These days, Jodi Sta. Maria is thinking that, maybe, mentoring could be her new purpose. | marinelcruzINQ /PDI
But Jodi refuses to feel the pressure and would rather “take each day as it comes.” She recently won best actress at the 2022 Asian Academy Creative Awards for her performance in the drama series “The Broken Marriage Vow.” This year, she will be celebrating her 25th anniversary in the business.
Jodi continued: “I remember all the times I went to a go-see, and not a single project landed on my lap. It was Jonathan Hernandez who discovered me. He told me, ‘Anak, last na lang… go to the ABS-CBN compound. There’s a new batch of Star Circle that they plan to launch.’ I told him, ‘’Di naman po ako matatanggap d’yan.’ Just the same, he asked me to try, so from Pasay, where I lived, I went to Quezon City with my aunt.
Jodi later became a cast member of the teen-oriented series “Tabing Ilog” in 1999, then in “Pangako Sa’yo” a year later. In the 24 years she has been in show biz, Jodi thought of quitting only in 2021. “When we [Kriz Gazmen, head of ABS-CBN Films] were chatting about my process in creating characters, he told me, ‘Why don’t you facilitate a workshop on this?’ During the time he asked, I still felt I didn’t have the authority to do a workshop. Even I seek help from acting coaches before doing a project. I learn other acting techniques from them so that when I join the war, so to speak, I’m ready,” Jodi explained.
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