Kiray Celis The One To Beat Among Abs-Cbn's Young Comedians Today

AMONG TEEN comedians today, we place our bet on the bubbly Kiray Celis. She’s the first to admit that she’s not beauty queen material, but she has one innate talent: she can make people laugh without much trying. Her real name is Joanna and was discovered when she joined Munting Miss U in “Magandang Tanghali Bayan” in 2000 when she was only 4 years old.

She then became part of “Goin’ Bulilit” from 2005 to 2007. She was also in soaps like “Mga Anghel na Walang Langit” and “Mara Clara”. She was last seen in ‘100 Days to Heaven” and “Growing Up”.

Now, she’s part of the new teen comedy, “Luv U”, an acronym for Leandro Uy Villarama University. She plays the role of Whitney, the cousin of Miles Ocampo and Angeli Gonzales, with Joy Viado as their lola. She’ll be paired with Igiboy Flores who plays Rocky.

“Masaya kaming lahat dahil dati na kaming magkakasama sa ‘Goin’ Bulilit’ as child stars,” says Kiray. “So parang reunion namin ito and we’re glad na we’re still together in a show ngayong teenagers na kami.”

One writer tells her: “Siguro mayaman ka na kasi sunod-sunod ang shows mo.” She replies: “Hindi naman po. Papayaman pa lang po.”