“It’s a good part for an Asian actress like me who is often stereotyped during casting,” said the home-schooled Wengky. The petite star - who looks fragile as a porcelain doll with her silky, smooth skin and pearly white teeth - has several moments in the movie and gets to display her singing, acting and dancing prowess with other performers that include fellow Fil-Am teen actor Roshan Fegan, a dancefloor dynamite who has the moves of John Prats and Rayver Cruz combined. In the end, Ella discovers she doesn’t have to be a follower of Tess to be recognized and let her own talents shine through. In Camp Rock, which stars the megastar trio Jonas Brothers and Disney’s hottest find Demi Lovato (touted as the next Miley Cyrus), Wengky plays Ella, a talented yet not-so-smart girl who gets orders from the bossy Tess Tyler (Meaghan Jette Martin) to make the life of Mitchie Torres (Lovato) miserable. Her father is former TV personality Archie Perez de Tagle (now based in San Gabriel, California, with wife Evelyn Enriquez and two older sons, Juan Miguel and Jose) and her aunt is former child star Che-Che Perez de Tagle (now a mom of two and runs a Montessori school also in California). And she knows my whole background.”Īnna Maria - Wengky to family and friends - is better known among Filipinos as the granddaughter of the legendary Sylvia La Torre. “There was this girl who saw me in the mall and called me by my whole name, Anna Maria Francesca Perez de Tagle. “I’m amazed that they are recognizing me more,” she told Funfare’s Big Apple correspondent Edmund Silvestre. (Camp Rock premiered in the US last June 20 and will be aired in the Philippines and the rest of Southeast Asia in September.) She enjoys working with the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, and on her free time, likes to design and make her own clothes, as well as snow ski, dance, sing, play the piano and read.Add Anna Maria Perez de Tagle to the fast-growing roster of Filipino-American (or pure Filipino) talents carving their own names in Hollywood (and other foreign places).Īnna Maria, one of the stars of Disney Channel’s latest smash-hit original TV-movie Camp Rock, admits relishing fame with enthusiastic young fans (and their parents as well) recognizing her wherever she goes. Her big screen debut will be with "Fame" (2009), the reinvention of the 1980s smash hit "Fame" (1980), produced by Lakeshore Entertainment, released thru MGM.Īnna Maria lives in Los Angeles with her 2 brothers. A sequel Camp Rock: The Final Jam (2010) (TV) follows in 2010. This television feature is due out in June. Since hitting Los Angeles, this beauty has graced the small screen numerous times with roles in CBS's morning show "Cake" (2006) and "Just Jordan" (2007), as well as the voice of Martha, the Safety Patrol Kid in "Higglytown Heroes" (2004).Īnna Maria can be seen in Disney's upcoming hit, Camp Rock (2008) (TV) starring as Ella, a lip-gloss obsessed mean girly girl who makes an unlikely transformation. Anna Maria plays Ashley Dewitt, a ditsy fashionista who has no idea that her nemesis, Miley, is really her favorite performer, Hannah Montana. After begging her parents to let her audition, Anna Maria booked her 1st audition, winning a role on Disney's hit "Hannah Montana" (2006), so her family packed up and moved to Hollywood. She always loved performing in front of the camera and on stage, starring in regional productions of "Cinderella" "Bugsy Malone" and "The King and I." She kept busy by modeling for several catalogs, including Macy's and Mervyns and was a junior finalist for "Star Search" (1983). After begging her parents to let her audition, Anna Maria booked her 1st audition, winning a role on Disney's hit "Hannah Montana" (2006), so her family packed up and moved to Born in San Francisco California, Anna Maria developed her love for theater and began training in singing, dancing and acting. Description: Born in San Francisco California, Anna Maria developed her love for theater and began training in singing, dancing and acting.
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