KATE VALDEZ as Natalie is slowly redeeming herself from being the villainous daughter in “Onanay” to one who now has learned to care for her mother, Jo Berry as Onay. This started after Onay was kidnapped and she was also mistakenly abducted by the kidnappers who were hired by her grandma, Cherie Gil as Helena. Onay was buried alive and nearly died and went into a coma, but she was eventually revived. This turn of events proved to be so involving for viewers that the ratings of “Onanay” shot up to overtake the competition for several nights.
“This is a period of redemption for Natalie, who’s actually Rosemary before her grandma, Cherie Gil, snatched her away from her real mama, Jo Berry as Onay,” she says. “Pagkatapos niyang pagmalditahan ang sarili niyang ina at tunay na kapatid, si Mikee Quintos as Maila, mare-realize niya ang mga kamaliang ginawa niya sa kanila. Sa wakas, tinawag ko na ring nanay si Onay kaya tuwang-tuwa siya.”
Many viewers wrote to Jo Berry that they really cried when she almost died after sacrificing her own life just to save Kate as Natalie. “Hindi lang nag-rate ang episodes na yun kundi nag-trending din nang husto sa social media,” adds Kate. “Nakakaantig naman talaga kasi ng damdamin, pero kaming mga gumaganap doon, namugto naman nang husto ang mga mata namin sa kaluluha dahil kailangan naming umiyak sa halos bawat eksena. Pero huwag kayong bibitaw dahil marami pang pasabog na eksena sa darating na episodes hanggang sa ending namin in March. Siempre, hindi papayag si Cherie Gil na basta matalo siya ni Onay sa laban. Hindi niya matatanggap na mabubuking lahat ng mga kasamaang ginawa niya. Marami pa siyang maiitim na balak para mabawi ako sa tunay kong ina.”
Don’t miss the final few weeks of “Onanay”, which will be replaced by the drama about indigenous tribes, “Sahaya” starring the love team of Bianca Umali and Miguel Tanfelix.
