Awra Briguela
| Awra Briguela | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Mcneal Briguela 26 March 2004 Las Piñas, Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Other names | Awra, Aura |
| Occupation | |
| Years active | 2016–present |
| Agent | PowerCasting Artist Management |
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Awra Briguela is a Filipino child actor and comedian. He gained recognition when he starred as "MakMak" in FPJ's Ang Probinsyano (2016–present), personally chosen for the role by the show's lead actor Coco Martin. Briguela's life was featured in a titular episode of Maalaala Mo Kaya in 2016. In 2017, He was declared champion in the first season of the Filipino version of Your Face Sounds Familiar: Kids 1.
Briguela has been openly gay since the age of three, and is fond of impersonating Filipina actresses like Sarah Geronimo, Sarah Lahbati, and his idol Maja Salvador, who was one of his co-casts in FPJ's Ang Probinsyano. He popularized his screen name "Awra" upon achieving mainstream recognition as an actor and comedian.
He started his career off as an internet sensation. He was successful, Briguela became known to his parents for impersonating actress such as Sarah Geronimo and Sarah Lahbati. He was discovered by actor, Coco Martin, who personally saw him as a chance in his primetime television series Ang Probinsyano (2016–17), a remake of the 1997 film of the same title and name. Briguela gained widespread for his role as "MakMak" and the series was produced by Dreamscape Entertainment Television, who created many successful pictures such as Doble Kara, Ina, Kapatid, Anak, and Till I Met You. Briguela starred in the series opposite Coco Martin, Susan Roces, Maja Salvador, Bela Padilla, Albert Martinez, Arjo Atayde, Eddie Garcia, Agot Isidro, Jaime Fabregas, and Simon "Onyok" Pineda, who played the role of Onyok. Briguela won a 3rd Aral Parangal Awards for Best Child Performer, which he won twice, for the primetime series.
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