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Bianca Umali

Filipino actress

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ16240381
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Maria Isadora Bianca Soler Umali (Tagalog pronunciation: [ʊˈmali]; born March 2, 2000) is a Filipino actress, television host, singer, dancer, and model.

Early life and education

Maria Isadora Bianca Soler Umali was born on March 2, 2000 in Parañaque, Philippines. She is the only child of May Soler and Jose Vicente Umali; both parents died from breast cancer in 2005 and a heart attack in 2010, respectively. Umali was later raised by her paternal grandmother, Victorina. She has older half-siblings from their previous relationships: two half-sisters from her mother and three half-brothers and one half-sister from her father. Umali also has relatives in Malolos, Bulacan. She attended junior high school for the homeschooling program at Learning Garden Montessori School in Parañaque. She attended senior high school under Humanities and Social Science (HUMSS) at Veritas Parochial School, which was later renamed Veritas Catholic School, in Parañaque and graduated in 2019.

Career

As a commercial model and endorser

Umali started her career as a commercial model at age two. She appeared in several TV commercials such as EQ Diapers and Nestle Ice Cream.

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Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2000, 2005, 2010, 2019—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2000-03-02. The account is most persuasive where Bianca, Umali and Filipino can be independently traced.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16240381. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2019.

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