Maritoni Fernandez

Maritoni Fernandez-Dayrit (born Antonita Maria Carmen Fernandez Moynihan; March 31, 1969[1]) is a Filipina character actress, model and entrepreneur.

Maritoni Fernandez-Dayrit
Born
Antonita Maria Carmen Fernandez Moynihan

(1969-03-31) March 31, 1969
Citizenship
  • United Kingdom
  • Philippines
Years active1989–2013; 2016; 2018
Spouse(s)
Mon Dayrit
​
(m. 2020)​
ChildrenLexi Fernandez

Family

She is the daughter of Antony Moynihan, 3rd Baron Moynihan,[2] who was English with some Irish roots, and a Filipina mother. She is niece to Colin Moynihan, the current Baron Moynihan and former head of the British Olympic Association.[3] She was reared by her grandmother in York, England during her childhood years, later moving to the Philippines to accompany her father, who became a close friend of former Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos and a successful food critic and restaurant owner in Manila in the 1980s. She is the mother of actress Lexi Fernandez, who was a former GMA Network contract artist.[4][5] On September 10, 2016 her sister, Maria Aurora Moynihan, was killed in the Philippines.[6][7][8]

Career

As an adult, she became a commercial model and actress in the Philippines, adopting the screen name Maritoni Fernandez.[9] She has had considerable success as a screen actress, figuring in many movies with the respected Filipino actor Fernando Poe, Jr. and appearing in the award-winning Hong Kong film Days of Being Wild by acclaimed director Wong Kar-wai.

In 1993 Fernandez was linked to the Brunei beauties affair.[10]

On her 30th birthday, Fernandez was diagnosed with breast cancer and has since undergone a lumpectomy in the United States.[11] In remission, she has been serving as a spokesperson for breast cancer patients and survivors in the Philippines and abroad.[12][13]

Fernandez is currently an entrepreneur-owner of Herb-All Organic Trading Corporation, a food supplement company specializing in "young barley" powder and other natural health supplements. Simple Thoughts, her easy text floral service Bella Regalo, RSVP Event Planning and Design, and Just Desserts[14] in addition to her jobs as commercial model and actress in television soap operas for a major Philippine television network. She resides with her children in Makati.[15] She is a member of the ICanServe Foundation.

Filmography

Television
YearTitleRoleNotesNetwork
2018Victor MagtanggolAlice Espiritu-RegaladoSupporting CastGMA Network
2016Pepito ManalotoGigiEpisode Guest
That's My AmboyAlicia FordSupporting role
2013Prinsesa ng Buhay KoTess de Leon
Magpakailanman: Ligaw na DiyosaDoctoraEpisode role
2012—2013Paroa: Ang Kuwento ni MariposaBelen SarmientoSupporting Cast / Antagonist
2012A Beautiful AffairEvelyn SaavedraSpecial participationABS-CBN
LegacyAnna Marie LevisteSupporting Cast / Antagonist / ProtagonistGMA Network
2011Elena M. Patron's Blusang ItimVictoria SorianoExtended Cast
2010Langit sa Piling MoGloria HilarioSupporting Cast
2009—2010Ikaw SanaLoreta Reyes-MontemayorSupporting Cast / Antagonist
2009Sine Novela: Dapat Ka Bang Mahalin?Donya Connie "Ms. Constance" Sanchez
2008LoboDr. Vivian LeeExtended CastABS-CBN
2006PinakamamahalMarikrissa PaduaMain Cast / AntagonistGMA Network
Carlo J. Caparas' BakekangElsaGuest Cast
2003It Might Be YouFrida Montegracia-TrinidadSupporting Cast / AntagonistABS-CBN
Darating ang UmagaFionaSupporting Cast
1996Anna KareninaRuth MonteclaroSupporting Cast / AntagonistGMA Network
1995T.G.I.S.PiaGuest; Episode 4
1993Kapag May Katwiran, Ipaglaban Mo!Episode: Talunan Ang MagwagiABS-CBN
1993It Might Be You (TV show)ABS-CBN

Movies

References
  1. Purificacion, Marlon. "Si Viceo na ang video-karera king sa Maynila!". Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  2. "Antony Patrick Moynihan, 3rd Baron Moynihan - Everything2.com". Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  3. "BBC SPORT - Other Sport... - Olympics 2012 - Moynihan named new BOA chairman". Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  4. Garcia, Cara Emmeline. "LOOK: Maritoni Fernandez's tearful send-off to daughter Lexi Fernandez". www.gmanetwork.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  5. Eusebio, Aaron Brennt. "IN PHOTOS: Do you still remember former 'Tween Hearts' star Lexi Fernandez?". www.gmanetwork.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  6. "British baron's daughter killed in Philippines amid drug war". 20 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016 – via www.bbc.com.
  7. Griffiths, James. "British baron's daughter shot dead in Philippines". CNN. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  8. correspondent, Oliver Holmes South-east Asia (19 September 2016). "Daughter of late British peer killed in Philippines drug war". Retrieved 21 September 2016 – via The Guardian.
  9. "Maritoni Fernandez". Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  10. Salanga, Elyas Isabelo (2 June 2009). "Looking Back: Showbiz scandals that raised public outcry". Philippine Entertainment Portal. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  11. "interview with Maritoni Fernandez". Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  12. "ICanServe Information Network - ICANSERVE.NET". Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  13. "ABS-CBN Interactive". archive.ph. 9 July 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  14. www.linkedin.com
  15. "Maritoni Fernandez in her home". 13 December 2007. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
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