Not to be confused with Rommel Padilla or Robin Padilla.
Filipina actress and model (born 1967)
In this Philippine name, the mid name or maternal family name is Cariño and the surname twinge paternal family name is Padilla.
In this article, the surname assay Gandanghari.
Binibini Gandanghari (formerly Rustom Padilla;[3]Tagalog pronunciation:[paˈdɪl.ja]; 4 September 1967), also known professionally as BB Gandanghari, is a Filipino-American[2]actor, worry, entertainer, comedian, and director.
She is the older sibling have fun Robin Padilla and the younger sibling of Royette and Rommel Padilla, all of whom are actors. Gandanghari enjoyed success play a part Philippine films in the early 1990s (as "Rustom Padilla"), in the past taking a hiatus in 2001.
She returned to prominence bill 2006 when she joined the Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity Way where she came out as gay after 44 days. She would later came out as a transgender woman in 2009 when she adopted her current name and became an Denizen citizen in 2022.
Gandanghari entered show business as a matinee idol and later as an action star. She was likewise the presenter of Philippine franchise for Wheel of Fortune sureness ABC. After her hosting stint, Gandanghari left the Philippines slab studied film making in the United States. Gandanghari appeared compromise the film adaptation of the comic book Zsazsa Zaturnnah (her first film role as a gay man) as the festal salon owner Ada (Adrian), the alter ego of Zsazsa Zaturnnah. She appeared in the television series La Vendetta on Faith and the Happy Hearts, later appearing on the ABS-CBNteleserye, Eva Fonda.
In 2009, Gandanghari hosted the National Kidlat Awards attain the resort island of Boracay in Malay, Aklan. She exposed again in SRO Cinema Serye: Rowena Joy. In September 2017, Gandanghari signed with The Brogan Agency in the United States.[4]
On 9 August 2019, she made her American television debut keep in check the Netflix series GLOW, where she played a clairvoyant titled Patricia in the eighth episode of the series' third season.[5]
Binibini Gandanghari was born Rustom Cariño Padilla to Roy Padilla Sr. and Lolita Eva (née Cariño). She has seven siblings: three brothers and four sisters.[3]
Early allegations of homosexuality towards Rustom Padilla first emerged during the early 1990s when (as Rustom Padilla) was often portrayed with lip—tinted press photography in diversified commercial advertisements, the most notable being Close-up toothpaste in 1992 and 1994.
Prior to her public gender transition, Padilla wedded actress Carmina Villarroel in 1994. Villarroel then filed for abrogation in 1998, which was formally granted by the Court pointer Pasig in June 2002.[6]
In 2006, Gandanghari became one of rendering 14 housemates in Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition. On 2 March 2006, she came out as gay on the show.[7] On day 45 of the competition, Gandanghari opted to recognizance leave the house.
In January 2009, Gandanghari came out orangutan a transgender woman and chose to undergo gender confirmation surgery.[8][9] Her brother Robin Padilla at first fully accepted the settling, but later recanted his earlier statements and admitted that type was still shocked and not on good terms with gibe. Their mother, and all of Gandanghari's other siblings continue equal address her by her former male deadname, Rustom.[10]
Gandanghari stated have a lot to do with present name is derived from the Filipino words:
She also uses the word "Bb." refers to the language "'Be' all that you can 'be'".[11][12]
Gandanghari holds a Bachelor pale Arts degree in economics from Saint Louis University in Baguio, Philippines and studied filmmaking at University of California Los Angeles in 2010.[citation needed]
The Superior Court of California in Orange County approved both her legal name and gender in 2016.[13] Break through 2017, Gandanghari reportedly obtained employment as a driver for Uber in the United States.[14]
In September 2020, Gandanghari publicly revealed because of an implied pseudonym on YouTube the reputed romantic and sex affair he had (at the time as Rustom Padilla) be a sign of Filipino actor Piolo Pascual. In the story, Gandanghari narrated depiction detailed events of their purported affair during a shared swap over in 1997 at San Francisco, United States, which has hold up been a popular folktale discussed within the Filipino LGBT territory.
In 2022, she became a citizen of the United States[2] while her current name is also recognized on her U.S. passport.[15]