Katherine Anne Alano is a Filipino-British model, actress and television presenter/VJ in the Philippines.
Early life Kat Alano was born to an English mother and a Filipino father. She was educated at Gresham's School, Norfolk, England, and at the German Swiss International School, Hong Kong. She was born in Birmingham, England, then later moved to Hong Kong.
Career Before becoming famous, Alano performed in theatre in England, including William Shakespeare plays and West Side Story. When she came to the Philippines in 2003, she started her modeling career and joined GMA Artist Center using the screen name Olga. She even won the Miss Batangas competition in 2004 and that same year, she won the Studio 23 VJ Hunt along with Beau Canlas, Ayanna Oliva and Juddha Paolo. After that stint, she became one of the first official co-hosts of the variety show Wowowee. She later joined Studio 23's show E-Club. After winning the MTV VJ Hunt in June 2007, she was a VJ for MTV Philippines, as well as being the host for Cinema One's VIP Pass. She also hosted QTV 11's Fit & Fab in season two partnered with fellow MTV VJ Maggie Wilson.
After a brief hiatus in the UK, she co-hosted the morning show The KC Show with Kat on Wave 891 alongside KC Montero. She is now working on her musical endeavors, having already collaborated with SNRG on several tracks, she is now the Singer/Songwriter for Alikat, (https://soundcloud.com/alikat-music) as well as hosting her own podcast show on nmfnetwork.tv with Basti Artadi and Sib Sibulo called That Show.
In 2015, Kat launched her company, Diwata Yoga Mats, (https://lovediwata.com/). Her purpose with Diwata was to bring inspiration through art she created around the world.
Filmography + Television Year Title RoleNotes 2004–2006 Studio 23 Herself VJ 2005–2006 Wowowee Herself Host 2006 E-Club Herself Host 2007 VIP Pass Herself Host 2007 MTV Philippines Herself Host 2007 Ysabella Georgia 2008 Uploaded on MTV Herself Co-host 2008 Eva Fonda Clarice 2009 Fit and Fab Co-host
+ Film Year Title RoleNotes 2006 First Day High Ashley 2006 Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo Sandra 2006 All About Love Elizabeth/Betchay 2007 Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo Sandra 2011 In The Name Of Love Jennifer 2011 No Other Woman Michelle
+ Music videos Year Title RoleNotes 2005 "Too Crazy" South Border 2006 "First Day High" Kamikazee 2007 "Break It To Me Gently" Mark Bautista 2009 "You Don't Know Me" SNRG 2011 "T.I.P.S.Y" BOK76 and SNRG 2012 "Gayuma" Abra
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Pictures at celebgallery.us
Kat Alano on Instagram Kat Alano Music on SoundCloud DIWATA yoga mat company