Jackie Lou Blanco

Biography

Jacqueline Lourdes Corrales Blanco-Davao (born February 11, 1964) is a Filipino actress and aerobic instructor. During the 1980s and the 1990s, she appeared in different film genres including Hihintayin Kita sa Langit, (1991), Si Aida, Si Lorna, o Si Fe, (1989) Misis Mo, Misis Ko, (1988) and Palabra de Honor (1983).

Blanco co-hosted the noontime show Student Canteen on GMA Network from 1982 until the show's cancellation in 1986. She was also a regular fixture on the Sunday musical extravaganza GMA Supershow on the same network. In 1999, she became a household name when she played the main antagonist in the ABS-CBN primetime drama series Saan Ka Man Naroroon. Her television appearances include a regular co-hosting stint in Walang Tulugan from 2008 to 2016, and the sitcom Vampire ang Daddy Ko, where she and her mother Pilita Corrales alternated for the role of Sonya Ventura as the older/younger versions.

In June 2007, she enrolled in the Associate of Arts program of the University of the Philippines, Open University. Blanco wrote a column in The Philippine Star newspaper.

Since the 2000s, she has remained frequent with GMA-7 in afternoon and primetime dramas.