Jennylyn Mercado

Profile
Popular name            Jennylyn Mercado
Birth name                 Jennylyn Anne Pineda Mercado
Birth date                  May 15, 1987
Birth place                Las Pinas City, Metro Manila Philippines.
Occupation               Actress


Career
Jennylyn Mercado is a Filipina Actress and Singer. She was the winner of the first season of Star Struck. In May 4, 1991, She made headlines as bottered child. The assailant was her stepfather, who burned her skin with cigarette butts and put a flut iron on her back. her mother was working in Dubai as a domestic helper, Immediately came home not to rescue her daughter but to bail out her partner, who was in detention, Her life story was featured in the TV drama series Magpakailanmar on October 14, 2004. Now Jennylyn is the official spokerperson of the Bata Foundation (Christian Mission Servoces).
(Source: http://philippinecelebs.blogspot.com/2012/10/jennylyn-mercado.html)