Nadine Burgos Eidloth-Chua (born March 2, 1988), known professionally as Nadine Samonte-Chua, is a Filipino actress. She participated as an Avenger of the first season of StarStruck.
Career
She received the "Most Promising Actress" award from the Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation.
She was included in the second installment of GMA's seasonal afternoon soap, Now and Forever with their plot entitled Ganti (Revenge). Then, she made another film teen-romance flick, Say That You Love Me. She was also included in the comedy film, Hari ng Sablay.
She then acted in the television series Etheria and the movie Isusumbong Kita sa Kuya Ko, which was an official entry to the Metro Manila Film Festival. She starred in Bakekang as Lorraine. Samonte which was followed by a role in Super Twins. Then, she was then chosen to reprise the role of Hilda Koronel in the TV remake of Kung Mahawi Man ang Ulap. She starred in the TV remake of Maging Akin Ka Lamang where she reprised the role of Dina Bonnevie.
In 2011, she starred in the suspense-drama series My Lover, My Wife where she played the main antagonist but later the show did not renewed into second season. On 13th of July 2011, TV5 announced that she will be joining on their upcoming television pilot playing the lead role.[1] In October 2014, she declared that she is open to any network since she's now a freelance artist.
After a long hiatus in showbiz, she officially came back to her home network GMA Network by signing as a Sparkle artist last September 22, 2023.[2]
Personal life
Samonte has been married to businessman Richard Chua since October 30, 2013; they kept their marriage private until their first wedding anniversary.[3] In June 2016, it was announced that the couple were expecting their first child.[4] Their daughter was born in August 2016.[5]
^ABS-CBN Entertainment (13 November 2014). "GIVE LOVE ON CHRISTMAS Teaser". ABS-CBN Entertainment. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2014 – via YouTube.
^Mauricio-Arriola, Tessa (19 September 2015). "Look who's doing drama now!". The Manila Times. Retrieved 30 October 2015.