STORY OF ATE ANNE ANNE OJALES CURTIS-SMITH IS THE ELDEST DAUGHTER OF CARMENCITA OJALES, A FILIPINA-SPANISH, AND JAMES ERNEST CURTIS-SMITH, AN AUSTRALIAN LAWYER. ANNE WAS BORN IN WANGARATTA, AUSTRALIA BUT SPENT HER CHILDHOOD IN THE TOWN OF YARRAWONGA, VICTORIA WITH HER PARENTS. FROM KINDERGARTEN TO PRIMARY SCHOOL, ANNE STAYED AT HER DAD’S MOTHERLAND, WHERE SHE EXPERIENCED THE LITTLEST THINGS LIKE RIDING A BIKE TO SCHOOL, PLAYING OUTSIDE UNTIL SHE HAD TO BE CALLED, HAVING SLEEPOVERS, PLAYING NETBALL, GOING CAMPING, ENJOYING SWIMMING AT THE LAKE, AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING A CHILD NORMALLY GOES THROUGH. ANNE ADMITTED THAT SHE HAD NEVER DREAMT TO BECOME AN ACTRESS WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD. HER CHILDHOOD DREAM, IN FACT, WAS TO BE LIKE NADIA COMANICHE, THE FIRST GYMNAST TO GET A PERFECT 10 AT THE OLYMPICS. DISCOVERY BEING HALF-FILIPINO AND HALF-AUSTRALIAN, ANNE AND HER FAMILY WOULD COME VISIT THE PHILIPPINES TO SEE HER MOM’S RELATIVES. IN 1997 WHEN ANNE WAS 12 YEARS OLD, THEIR VACATION TO THE COUNTRY TURNED INTO A PERMANENT STAY. WHILE EATING AT A FAST-FOOD CHAIN ALONG BONI HI-WAY, ANNE WAS APPROACHED BY A TALENT SCOUT WHO ASKED IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO GET INTO MODELLING. HER DAD WAS HESITANT, THINKING THAT IT MIGHT BE A SCAM. HER MOTHER, ON THE OTHER HAND, WHO WISHED TO BE AN ACTRESS HERSELF WHEN SHE WAS YOUNGER, WAS ALL FOR IT. SO ANNE STARTED TO GO TO VTRS BEHIND HER DAD’S BACK. WITHIN THE FIRST WEEK OR SO, ANNE BAGGED HER FIRST TV COMMERCIAL. HER DAD FINALLY CAME AROUND AND ALLOWED HER TO PURSUE THE OPPORTUNITY. BY THEN, THEY DECIDED TO PERMANENTLY STAY IN THE PHILIPPINES. ANNE HAD HER GRADE 7 AT THE COLEGIO DE STA. ROSA IN MAKATI. SINCE SHE COULD NOT SPEAK OR UNDERSTAND TAGALOG, SHE HAD SPECIAL FILIPINO CLASSES TO DEVELOP HER FLUENCY. AFTER ABOUT A MONTH, ANNE WAS ASKED IF SHE WANTED TO TRY ACTING. SHE SAID THAT SHE REALLY DOES AND SO SHE AUDITIONED FOR A PART IN A MOVIE. ANNE WENT TO THE AUDTION AFTER SCHOOL STILL IN HER SCHOOL UNIFORM WITH GRAVY SPILLED ON HER TOP. BECAUSE SHE HAD ARRIVED SO LATE, THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF THE AUDITION WERE ALREADY CHOOSING FROM THE LINE-UP WHO WOULD BE THE FINAL FEW. ANNE WAS A PART OF THAT BATCH SO THEY ALL WALKED IN A LINE IN FRONT OF THE DIRECTORS, PEQUE GALLAGA AND LORE REYES, BEFORE BEING ASKED TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND ACT AS A PRINCESS.
Posted on: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 10:39:49 +0000
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