Jennylyn Mercado

Jennylyn Mercado is a Filipino actress, singer and songwriter. She gained fame as the winner of the first season of the reality talent competition StarStruck. Mercado is most known for receiving much critical acclaim at her young age for her acting performances on television and film. She has released three albums from GMA Records and Viva Records which have several popular singles such as Sa Aking Panaginip, Moments Of Love collaboration with Janno Gibbs, Maybe This Time and Kahit Sandali.

Jennylyn Mercado was born on May 15, 1987, to a mother who was a dutyfree store beauty consultant. Mercado had opened up about her stepfather who abused her as a child. He burned her skin with cigarette butts. Her mother, who was working in Dubai at that time, immediately flew back to the Philippines not to help her daughter, but to bail out Mercados stepfather, who was in jail for abusing his fouryearold daughter. After the incident, her aunt took her away from them and raised her, eventually adopting Jennylyn as her legal daughter.

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