Alyssa Alano is a Filipina film and TV actress. She was a former member of the popular Viva Hotbabes franchise. Though she grew up in Tarlac, Alano was actually born Geramie Daud in Zamboanga City on 11 August 1987, to a Filipina mother and an Australian father of Spanish descent[1][2] (who later abandoned her and her mother).[3]
She has been a contract artist under the GMA Network eversince she entered show business, and continues to do so.
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During an appearance on GMA's late night variety show Walang Tulugan with the Master Showman in June 2006, Alyssa performed a cover of the song "Kiss Me" by Sixpence None the Richer. The performance would become a viral video in the country after a user uploaded a mondegreened version of the performance to YouTube, with karaoke subtitles of her accented lyrics, which among other things, rendered the title of the song as "Keys Me."
Alysaa did not know about the video until it was shown to her during an interview on 24 Oras' Chika Minute segment. After discovering the video, she reacted positively, and credited the video for her growing popularity.[4]
In 2007, Alano got a break on television, portraying the role of Mary in an adaptation of the action series Lupin.
Within the same year, she accepted the role of a monkey-woman in the hit fantasy series titled Kamandag alongside Benjie Parras who was the King of the Monkey-People.
In 2008, Alano plays the role of Maan in the afternoon drama Una Kang Naging Akin top-billed by Angelika dela Cruz and Maxene Magalona. She considers this project to be her biggest break in television, even though she was not the main character in the series.
In 2009, she joins the cast of the adaptation of Carlo J. Caparas's thriller drama Ang Babaeng Hinugot sa Aking Tadyang with main stars Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes. Alyssa plays Yaya Citas, one of Homer's (Dingdong Dantes) Maid. After Ang Bababeng Hinugot Sa Aking Tadyang Allysa became a guest cast of the 2009 remake Rosalinda aired on Primetime Block.
In 2009, Alyssa is chosen to play Marissa (the Flora Venom) one of Darna's enemies. As the story continues she gets her power with Lucefera (Ang Babaeng Tuod) whom is portrayed by Francine Prieto. Flora Venom has an ability to kill people by shooting venom out of her mouth.
Alyssa's character is killed off on Darna. She is currently doing a new project on the GMA Network, the remake of the Korean hit comedy romance called Full House starring Heart Evangelista and Isabel Oli.
In 2009, she was surprised by her half-sister in Spanish Australian father's side by telephone and realized that her father already died. In February 2010, she and her paternal half-sister met face-to-face. In March, Alyssa moved to Australia to meet her paternal relatives.[2] She speaks Tagalog, Spanish, and limited English.