Ryza Cenon

Rhiza "Ryza" Ann Cenon Simbulan (born December 21, 1987) is a Filipino actress, dancer, model and painter. In 2004, she became the Ultimate Female Survivor of the second season of StarStruck of GMA Network. She appeared in several shows including Darna, Ay, Robot!, Majika, Fantastikids, Fantastic Man, Joaquin Bordado, Buena Familia, and Alyas Robin Hood.

In the year 2016, Cenon starred as Jewel in the romantic gore indie film Ang Manananggal sa Unit 23B. In December 2016, she appeared as Georgia Acuzar-Ferrer in the TV show Ika-6 na Utos and became more popular because of that.

Ryza Cenon was born Rhiza Ann Cenon Simbulan on December 21, 1987, in then municipality of Gapan, province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. She was the youngest child of the two children. Her mother, Rosanna C. Simbulan, died of stomach cancer in 1991 when Cenon was only three years old. Her father works as an OFW in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Cenon lived with her maternal grandmother for most of her childhood. Right after Rosanna's death, Rhiza and her grandmother stayed in Gapan. They transferred to the province of Laguna a few years later. After her father's marriage to his second wife, Cenon transferred to Malabon City. She later transferred to Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija after her father and step mother's separation. Few years later she left the province and transferred to her grandmother's residence in Santa Rosa, Laguna.

Cenon finished her elementary and high school at the Augustinian School of Cabuyao in Laguna. She later enrolled at the AMA Computer Learning Center and graduated as a computer programmer.

In 2004, Cenon joined GMA Network's original reality talent search. She became the Ultimate Female Survivor of StarStruck season 2 (with Mike Tan as the Ultimate Male Survivor). They both received 1,000,000 pesos plus exclusive contracts from the GMA Network. After winning StarStruck, Cenon appeared as a guest performer on the musical variety show SOP Gigsters (2004 - 2006).

Cenon began her career with GMA Network playing the role of Mae in Now and Forever (2005). In the same year, she joined the cast of Darna. Cenon played the villainous Louella, a member of the Divas Impaktitas who was determined to exact vengeance upon Darna (played by Angel Locsin) after she what she did to her sister. Darna became the first primetime television series in the Philippines to earn a 47.1% rating in its pilot episode, the highest rating for a pilot episode in the Philippine television history.

In 2006, Cenon appeared in Majika with Angel Locsin, Dennis Trillo, and Katrina Halili. It is directed by Eric Quizon (who also directed Darna) and Mac Alejandre. Cenon played the anti-heroine role of Pria / Sara, Sabina's (played by Angel Locsin) younger sister. After Majika, she starred in the movie Lovestruck (2006) where she won the New Movie Actress of the Year at the 2006 Star Awards for Movies. In the same year she also played Anabelle on the fantasy-adventure series, Fantastikids, where she starred alongside Marky Cielo, Jackie Rice and Glaiza de Castro, as well as former child star Paolo Contis and former beauty queen Melanie Marquez.