Roxee B

Roxee B
Birth name	Anne Roxanne Jordan Barcelo
Also known as	Roxie, Roxanne Barcelo
Born	January 20, 1985 Fairfax, Virginia, U.S.
Origin	Quezon City, Philippines
Genres	OPM, Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer, Actress
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Universal

Anne Roxanne Jordan Barcelo (born January 20, 1985), known as Roxee B, is a Filipino-American actress, model and singer. In 2006, she became one of the 14 housemates of ABS-CBN's Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition.^[1] Before entering the Big Brother House, she was a finalist of ABC's Hollywood Dream.

Early life

Born in Fairfax, Virginia, she spent her childhood in the United States. She was only eight years old when she joined and won "Best of the Best", a singing contest in the United States. Her broadcasting talent was again put to the test when she became a member of ESPN Kids. Already a professional child model, she did TV commercials for the Smithsonian Museum's 150th anniversary, 4th of July, GAP and JC Penney. She graduated from the School of the Holy Spirit in Quezon City and from Miriam College, also in Quezon City.

Acting and singing career

Upon arriving in the Philippines when she was 13, she was one of the contestants in GMA's Metropop Search. Aside from that in 1999, Roxie became a mainstay in the GMA's then top-rated youth oriented show, Click, she learned so much in her 2½ years in the show. She also appeared in the television drama series Kahit Kailan and Sana Ay Ikaw Na Nga. She was a regular host of on SOP and guest-starred in several GMA shows. Her song "Kung Alam Mo Lang" (If You Only Knew), the Tagalog version of "Because I'm A Girl" (Hangul: 여자 이니까; RR: Yeoja Inikka) by the South Korean female pop trio band Kiss topped the Philippine music charts. She also has an album, Roxie.

Other ventures

Roxee starred in a contemporary full-length film, Mudraks, which was screened for competition in 2006's Cinemalaya Film Festival. She played the daughter of the lead actress, Rio Locsin. The movie is about a dysfunctional family who never talk to each other.

Present career

In 2008, she returned to GMA Network, her home channel, whose rival station is ABS-CBN, to do a kiddy program as one of the main hosts; she called in the programme Ate Anne in the show called Batang Bibbo . But in early 2009 she was cast to the most awaited fantasy series starring Marian Rivera in Darna.^[2] After Darna, she appeared on First Time, together with Joross Gamboa and Michelle Madrigal who were also a former ABS-CBN member. In 2010, Roxee returned to hosting a children's show via Art Angel on GMA 7 with original host Tonypet Gaba, replacing the former hosts.

She joined Alodia Gosiengfiao for the July 2013 edition of FHM Philippines. In 2014, she appeared again for Online Babe for FHM (now as FHM #NewCrush and Idols) for June 2014 as well as in the December 2014 issue of FHM.^[3]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network
1999	Click	Toni	GMA Network
1999	Dear Mikee	Various	GMA Network
1999	Ibang Klase	Various	GMA Network
2000	SOP Rules	Herself	GMA Network
2000	GMA Telecine Specials	Various	GMA Network
2000	Super Klenk	Various	GMA Network
2000	Campus Romance	Various	GMA Network
2000	GMA Love Stories	Various	GMA Network
2001	Sana Ay Ikaw Na Nga	Eloisa Fulgencio	GMA Network
2001	Maynila	Various	GMA Network
2002	Kahit Kailan	Eden Miseracordia	GMA Network
2002	Magpakailanman	Various	GMA Network
2005	Hollywood Dream	Herself	ABC (now TV5)
2006	Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition:	Herself	ABS-CBN
2006	Maalaala Mo Kaya	Various	ABS-CBN
2006	Goin' Bulilit	Guest/Herself	ABS-CBN
2008	Kahit Isang Saglit	Trisha	ABS-CBN
2008–2009	Batang Bibbo	Ate Anne/herself	GMA Network
2009	Darna	Aleli	GMA Network
2010	First Time	Ms. Berna	GMA Network
2010	Art Angel	Herself	GMA Network
2010–2013	Party Pilipinas	Herself	GMA Network
2010-2012	Reel Love: Tween Hearts	Rose	GMA Network
2011	Amaya	Kayang	GMA Network
2012	Cielo de Angelina	Elaine	GMA Network
2013	Viva PantaXa season 2	Host	Viva TV
2015	Pinoy Big Brother: 737	Houseguest	ABS-CBN
2016	Bakit Manipis ang Ulap?	Katrina Alarcon	TV5

References

1. Philippine Headline News
2. Philippine Daily Inquirer
3. Profile, fhm.com.ph; accessed August 18, 2015.