A Showbiz Newbie Portrays Rosalinda

GMA 7 has just announced who will play the title role of the hit Mexican Telenovela "Rosalinda".  And to everyone's shock it's not Marian Rivera. She is a new face on showbiz, she is Carla Abellana, daughter of 1980's heartrob Rey "PJ" Abellana.

The announcement happened at the GMA Trade Show which was held last February 2 where GMA executives announced it's upcoming new shows for the coming months. It was expected that Marian Rivera will play "Rosalinda" since she played "Marimar" which is also a Thalia Telenovela so people could'nt help but to think that GMA did'nt gave Marian the tiltle role for "Rosalinda" as a sunction for all the intrigues and controversies that she got involved with and that GMA is looking for someone to replace Marian as GMA's banner star. But according to GMA management it was their decision not to give Marian two Thalia series in a row and the controversies and intrigues thrown against her(Marian) got nothing to do with their decision. The GMA management also added that Marian will always be GMA's top choice for top Soap, but it is always great to discover new faces and talents.

Going back to Carla Abellana, Carla is a graduate of B.S Phsychology at the De La Salle University just like Marian Rivera, what a big coinsidence? She is also a commercial model. Recently Carla has also signed a 12-movie contract with Regal Entertainment and she also auditioned as Richard's leading lady in "Zorro". And at a quick glance she resembles Marian Rivera.