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Anne Roxanne "Roxie" Jordan Barcelo (born January 20, 1985 in Fairfax, Virginia, United States) 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. Before entering the Big Brother House she a finalist on ABC's Hollywood Dream.
[edit] EducationShe attended high school at the School of the Holy Spirit in Quezon City and recently graduated college from Miriam College also in Quezon City. Caused her to exit Big Brother's house :( [edit] Early lifeRoxanne 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, Roxanne did TV commercials for the Smithsonian Museum's 150th anniversary, 4th of July, GAP and JC Penney. [edit] Acting and singing careerUpon 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. Roxie also made waves in the TV drama series Kahit Kailan and Sana Ay Ikaw Na Nga (I Hope It's You). She was also a regular on S.O.P. and guest-starred in several GMA shows. Her song "Kung Alam Mo Lang" ("If You Only Knew"), the Filipino version of the famous Korean love song "Because I'm a Girl" by Kiss, topped the Philippine music charts. She also has an album entitled "Roxie". [edit] Pinoy Big BrotherDuring her stay in the ABS-CBN's reality hit show Pinoy Big Brother house she was well known for her complicated relationships, and she was called the "cry-baby". She was teased for pairing with Rico Robles. On day 22 in the early hours of the morning, Rico asked Roxanne to read his book and used Big Brother's task of commanding their other housemates. Rico was dissatisfied with Roxanne's readings and told her to read the book "with feelings". Roxanne got irritated by this and walked out. Gretchen was the first person who offered help about the situation. Barcelo was the eighth housemate to exit the house via voluntarily to attend her college graduation. [edit] Other venturesShe recently starred in a contemporary full length film, Mudraks, which was screened for competition in 2006's Cinemalaya Film Festival. Roxanne played the daughter of the lead actress, Rio Locsin. The movie is about a dysfunctional family who never talk to each other. She is currently being managed by top celebrity builder Boy Abunda, who owns a talent company called Backroom. [edit] Present CarrierIn 2008, Roxanne decided to return back to GMA Network, her home channel, whose rival station is ABS-CBN, to do a kiddy program as one of the main host; she called in the programme Ate Anne in the show called Batang Bibo . But in early 2009 she was casted to the most awaited fantasy series starring Marian Rivera in Darna. She portrayed the role of Black Darna, one of the villains of Narda on the series. This series served her as her comeback project on the screen. She decided to back out on her TV Series on GMA. She was replaced by Katrina Halili as Darna. This 2011, Roxanne is part on up coming shows on Kapamilya Network to play the character Gail on the much awaited Philippine remake of Boys Over Flowers as the best friend of Jan Di (Sarah Geronimo). [edit] Filmography[edit] Television
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