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Quick facts for kids Francine Diaz
Diaz in 2018
Born	Francine Carrel Saenz Diaz (2004-01-27) January 27, 2004 (age 20) Tondo, Manila, Philippines
Other names	Chin
Education	Southville International School affiliated with Foreign Universities
Occupation	Actress model endorser vlogger
Years active	2012–present
Agent	Star Magic (2014–present)
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
YouTube information
Years active	2020–present
Genre	Vlogging
Subscribers	2.13 million
Total views	60.6 million

Francine Carrel Saenz Diaz (Tagalog: ['pɾansin ˈdɪas]) is a Filipino actress and commercial model. She began her career at age 10, playing minor and supporting roles in a number of television programs such as young versions of the lead characters. Her breakthrough came following her portrayal as Cassie Mondragon in the drama revenge series Kadenang Ginto. Her accolades include a Box Office Entertainment Awards and two Anak TV Awards. Preview magazine named her one of the most influential Filipino personalities in 2022.

Personal life

Diaz grew up in Tondo, Manila and later moved to Cavite, Philippines. Francine Diaz is the third out of the six children of Jesus Michael Diaz and Merdick Saenz-Diaz. She began working at a young age.

Career

2014–2018: Early career

Francine Diaz was discovered by her talent manager and invited to audition (VTR), marking the beginning of her career in commercials and guest roles. She entered the entertainment business at the age of 10. Diaz undertook minor roles on television, often portraying younger versions of characters in various ABS-CBN teleseries. Her acting debut occurred in 2014 when she played Young Ana Mauricio in the "Ipaglaban Mo" episode titled "Pagkilala sa Ama", alongside Jennica Garcia with Mylene Dizon. In 2015, she portrayed Young Sari in the drama series Pasión de Amor.

In 2016, she got the young role of Pinang in the noontime drama series, Be My Lady and the role of Anya in the comedy-drama series We Will Survive. She also got the role of Ginny in the drama series The Blood Sisters.

2018–2020

In 2018, Diaz rose to fame when she was tapped to portray the protagonist, Cassie Mondragon, of ABS-CBN's afternoon television series Kadenang Ginto. Kadenang Ginto proved to be a huge hit in the Philippine Television, it is one of a few daytime television dramas to last for more than a year.

The success of Kadenang Ginto also led to the founding of the group called The Gold Squad, a teenage quartet made up by Francine, Kyle, Andrea and Seth. The quartet starred in several films and series. The Gold Squad channel gained 3M subscribers. A second channel called the Squad Plus was also formed and more members have been added to the group.

In 2020, Diaz and Echarri starred in an iWantTFC movie, Silly Red Shoes. The duo were also cast in Bawal Lumabas: The Series (now on Netflix with an English title Her Rules, Her No's), which was inspired by a viral statement made by the leading actress Kim Chiu regarding the ABS-CBN shutdown.

2021–present: Subsequent Projects

In 2021, she became a main character in a new teleserye, Huwag Kang Mangamba, where she starred along with her fellow Gold Squad members Brillantes, Echarri, and Fedelin. The quartet also became lead cast members in a four-part digital anthology series Click, Like, Share with 4 different episodes. Francine's episode was Cancelled with Renshi de Guzman in Season 1. She also starred in the film Tenement 66 alongside Francis Magundayao and Noel Comia Jr. directed by Rae Red and co-produced by Dreamscape Entertainment. Her first suspense thriller film with Magundayao and Comia with Direk Rae Red competed in the 25th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN), under the Bucheon Choice category in South Korea. Her performance in the movie Tenement 66 earned her the PinakaPASADONG Katuwang na Aktres at the 34th Gawad Pasado.

She made her fashion debut at Michael Leyva's Enchanted Fashion Show held at Hilton Manila in Pasay City.

In 2022 as she turned 18, she became a cover girl for the top magazines in the Philippines: Metro Magazine: The Debutante of the Hour is this Season's Breakthrough Leading Lady - where she made her debut in a Metro digital cover, modeling fashion designer Michael Leyva's dreamy and sparkly creations, Preview Ph, Candy Mag - as their first digital cover girl of the year, Stylish Magazine, Mega Magazine and Village Pipol Magazine: "The Rising Princess of Modern Media" and Village Pipol Finale Cover of the Year.

She secured another lead role in a limited web series entitled Bola Bola: Cook. Feed. Love. Repeat, starring alongside BGYO member - Akira Morishita , KD Estrada, and Ashton Salvador that landed on Top 2 Most-watched series on iWant. After the success of the series, Diaz appears with fellow former Gold Squad member Seth Fedelin in the primetime TV series Dirty Linen that premiered in January 2023. She also starred in Zack Tabudlo's latest single As You Are (AYA) music video.

Before the end of 2022, her Simply Francine YouTube channel joined the top YouTube creators and was ranked 9th when YouTube revealed the country's top trending videos, top music videos, and creators for 2022.

Discography

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Filmography

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