Jane De Leon: The Philippines' new 'Darna'

Filipina actress, 20, take on iconic role, set to follow Angel Locsin and Marian Rivera

Last updated: December 02, 2019 | 16:04

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Jane Florence Benitez De Leon (born November 22, 1998) is a Filipino actress, singer, model, and dancer.

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Jane De Leon was one of the members of "Girltrends". Jane and Miho Nishida both joined The Girltrends on It's Showtime in 2016.

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The 20-year-old Filipina artist is set to follow the footsteps of Angel Locsin and Marian Rivera in playing the iconic role of "Darna," a fictional Filipino comics superhero created by writer Mars Ravelo and artist Nestor Redondo. The origin of Darna relates that she is a deceased extraterrestrial warrior magically manifesting herself through a woman from Earth, named Narda.

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Jane De Leon was formerly represented by GMA Artist Center. In 2013, she was named a Supermodel Philippines Semi-Finalist.

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Jane De Leon (right) with Filipina actress Marian Rivera Gracia-Dantes, a Spanish-Filipino commercial model and actress

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Jane De Leon was cast in the 2016 series Wansapanataym and can be seen as one of the Girltrends dancers on It's Showtime.

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The multi-talented entertainer was signed by Star Magic in 2015 and has performed as an actress, dancer, model and singer.

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Jane de Leon takes a break during a set with actresses Amy Austria, Yam Concepcion and Filipino actors Romnick Sarmenta, Jericho Rosales and others..

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Filipina actress Jane de Leon

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Jane De Leon is famous for modeling, acting, youtubing and many more.

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Jane De Leon has appeared un may famous magazines such as Brand Magazine, MOSSIMO Philippines Lookbook, Philippine Fashion Racks Top Teen Model and so on

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Ever since Jane was a kid, she was passionate and interested in modeling, dancing, singing, and acting.

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Due to her decision to keep her personal life away from the attention and limelight, Jane has not unveiled her love partner or relationship status at the moment.

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Filipina actress Jane de Leon

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At 5-foot-8 actress has more than 615,000 followers on her Instagram account. Advertisers pay a certain amount for posts they make.

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Jane De Leon is famous for modeling, acting, youtubing and many more. She has appeared un may famous magazines such as Brand Magazine, MOSSIMO Philippines Lookbook, Philippine Fashion Racks Top Teen Model and so on.

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