Pokwang

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Marietta Subong (born August 27, 1970) , better known by her stage name Pokwang, is a Filipino comedian, actress, television host and singer.She started in a reality show in ABS-CBN and subsequently appeared in dramas and sitcoms of the network.

She also received the Best Comedy Actress award from the Philippine Movie Press Club for her portrayal in the sitcom Aalog-Alog and the Best Female Comedian award from People’s Choice Awards.

She became a host of the variety shows Wowowee, Pilipinas Win na Win and Happy Yipee Yehey.

Early life

Pokwang was born as Marietta Subong on August 27, 1970 in Iloilo City. Her family hails from Antipolo, Rizal. Her father was a drunkard and her mother had difficulties in raising Pokwang and her 11 other siblings. Pokwang was the seventh born among her siblings.

Personal life

In 1993, Pokwang married a Japanese national who she had met while she was working abroad in Japan. The union had a son, who later died due to a congential brain ailment. The couple had become estranged for over a decade. In 2009, after 16 years, Subong's estranged husband contacted her in an effort to reconcile after he found out he had cancer. He also requested to view the grave of his son, to which Pokwang replied "He has forgiven you, he's an angel now.".

In 1996, she entered into another relationship again with a Japanese national. Though they did not marry, the union had a daughter Ria Mae. Pokwang has since not spoken to her daughter's father, but harbors no ill will toward him, stating she is open to her daughter one days meeting with him. He found out about Pokwang's celebrity status via mutual friend and through international media channels. In May 2014, Pokwang reestablished contact with Rie Mae's father in an effort to have him appear at Ria Mae's debutante ball for her 18th birthday. Subong later revealed that she was aware of her former partner's marriage to a Korean national and that he had started a family with her.

Pokwang had a British suitor but in June 2013 it was reported that he decided not to pursue. Pokwang speculated that the reason for this was that she was "playing hard to get", but insists that she remains friends with the Briton.

On 20 January 2015, Pokwang entered into a relationship with American actor Lee O'Brian, whom she worked with in the film Edsa Woolworth which was released in theaters in that same month. Subong became pregnant, but miscarried after three weeks. By September 2016, Subong had been introduced to O'Brian's relatives and the two began talking about marriage. Nuptial planning was delayed as Pokwang's priority at the time was her project Till I Met You. On June 16, 2017, Subong announced on Twitter that she was seven weeks pregnant with O'Brian's child.

On 18 January 2018, Pokwang gave birth to her third child (first with Lee) in Antipolo city, naming her Malia Francine O'Brian.

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Career

Pokwang, a 90-year-old woman, moved to Japan as an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) and worked as a group dancer, heading home to the Philippines four times in the two years she spent in Japan. Her six-month contracts in Japan were worth six months in total. She saved money to restore her family's fragile home to one made from sturdier supplies. Pokwang also learned how to speak Japanese as a result of her work. She stopped working in Japan after getting pregnant, but it was also the time when Japan began to enforce stricter limits in Japan after an issue with OFWs in Japan.

After the gulf country began to recognize OFWs, Pokwang went to Abu Dhabi in the UAE to work as a domestic employee in 1998. She lived in the country for six months. She wanted to return home right after learning that her son, who was only five years old, was suffering from a brain tumor, but her employer did not want to pay for her plane ticket to fly back to the Philippines because she was still under contract. She was then compelled to wait to raise funds herself, and she was then forced to wait. When she was still in Abu Dhabi, her son died.

Following the death of her son, Pokwang decided to stay in the Philippines and tend to her daughter. Pokwang made her debut as a backup dancer in ABC 5's Eezy Dancing.

Eric Nicolas, who was performing in a comedy bar in Cuba, was the first to work with ABS-CBN. She performed in a comedy bar named Funline and then moved to the Music Box in 2002. Pokwang began appearing on "Clown in a Million" a reality talent show segment of ABS-CBN in 2004, after being persuaded by Nicolas to compete and became the grand champion. She earned a lucrative artist deal with ABS-CBN after winning.

Following her victory at the reality talent show segment, Pokwang appeared on various dramas and sitcoms. She has appeared in noon-time shows both internationally and within the Philippines, as well as in noon-time performances. She appeared in numerous films, including Dolphy, in which she considers her idol, Ai-Ai de las Alas, Willie Rivellame, Piolo Pascual, Sam Milby, Claudine Barretto, Sharon Cuneta, Kris Aquino, and Kris Aquino.

She received the People's Choice Award for her performance in Aalog-Alog, and received the Best Female Comedian award of the People's Choice Award. She received the Bert Marcelo Lifetime Achievement Award twice as a film actress.

Pokwang appeared in several films that depict supporting characters. She appeared in her first film in which she played a lead character was the 2011 film A Mother's Story, in which she played Medy, an overseas Filipino worker.

Following the denial of ABS-CBN's franchise renewal, she signed to APT Entertainment and hosted two blocktime shows produced by APT, Chika, Besh in 2020. Fill in the Bank. On television5, it's being shown.

Pokwang officially signed up with Sparkle GMA Artist Center in 2021 after weeks of rumors about her transfer to GMA Network.

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