Marian Rivera as Marimar of the Philippines

Marian Rivera was born August 12, 1984 in Madrid, Spain and she is a Spanish-Filipino descent. You will see her in GMA TV shows like "Super Twins", "Muli" and her latest "Marimar" which is a Mexican telenovela originally roleplayed by Thalia. This is her biggest break when she won the title role. I bet this show will make her on the toplist of FHM top 100.

Marimar was the epitome of simplicity and innocence, unassuming lass who was lovable in her naïveté and yet she captured the hearts of millions of viewers in different parts of the world especially in the Philippines and became a household name familiar even to young children.

The story of Marimar bespeaks a journey of a young lass who has been deprived of everything that was rightfully hers. Separated from her real parents at a young age, Marimar was found and raised by an old couple who treat her as their own grandchild. Not knowing that she is the sole heiress to the riches of Don Gustavo Aldama, Marimar lives a modest and carefree life by the sea. She befriends the ambitious Angelika, who later holds the greatest grudge against her due to an incident that is beyond Marimar’s control.

Angelika becomes the girlfriend of Sergio Santibañez, but her selfishness and gold-digging nature is further manifested when she marries Sergio’s father, the resort tycoon Renato Santibañez. Devastated by the betrayal of the woman he loves, Sergio vows to retaliate against his father and ex-girlfriend. He meets the unassuming Marimar, who easily falls in love with him.

Marimar’s complicated and tormented life begins when she agrees to marry Sergio and is subjected to the cruelty of Angelika in the Santibañez mansion. Here starts Marimar’s awakening to the harsh reality of what her love for Sergio has done to her. And when fate begins to favor the once oppressed Marimar, how will she turn the tables on Sergio and all the others who once looked down on her?

Watch Marimar and you will see the hot side of Marian Rivera every weeknights in GMA-7’s primetime Telebabad block. Visit this link for more updates about the show, www.igma.tv/marimar