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Isabella Villarama Granada (; March 9, 1976 – November 4, 2017) was a Filipino actress and singer.
Granada attended the Philippine Air Transport and Training Services College, where she obtained her bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering in 2001 and secured her private pilot license. She served as an airwoman second class in the Philippine Air Force for two years.
Granada took a break from showbiz from 2004 to 2006 after giving birth to her son. She resumed her acting career in 2007 with GMA Network and worked with and .
In 2008, Granada played the role of Elena Valderama in the remake of Kaputol ng Isang Awit with co-star Glaiza de Castro and Lovi Poe, recently shown on the GMA Network. She also appeared in the romantic comedy drama Philippine remake Lalola. In 2009, she was one of the guest stars in the Philippine adaptation of Zorro. During her final years in 2013, she joined It's Showtime's Bida Kapamilya Celebrity Round with her Kapamilya's and she was working again on ABS-CBN's Got to Believe as Tessa Zaragosa, along with Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla, among others.
In 2017, she played the challenging role of Jessica in Wish Ko Lang wherein she portrayed a woman disguised as a man just to feed her kids. No one knew that the new carpenter was a woman.
In 1998, Granada released the album Out Here on My Own and in 2000 she released In the Mood for Love.
Around 2006, Granada underwent oophorectomy of her right ovary after a cyst had developed; she again had to undergo the operation in 2008 after two cysts had grown on her left ovary, which were accidentally discovered during a removal of a myoma in her uterus.
Granada had suffered from a brain hemorrhage and aneurysm that affected her heart. On October 27, 2017, she was declared Brain death. Granada died on November 4, 2017, at age 41. Her body was laid in state on November 10–11 at Santuario de San Jose in East Greenhills, Mandaluyong, and was cremated on November 12.
In December 2017, actress Kim Rodriguez portrayed Granada and actor Benjamin Alves as Granada's husband, Arnel Cowley for their love story on the drama anthology, Wagas.
Legacy
Granada was posthumously awarded a star on the Eastwood City Walk of Fame on November 21, 2017.
Filmography
Film
Isabel Andrea Isabel Santa Babae Sabsy Consuela Karren Matet Girlfriend No. 3 Estela Buwan Terresa Mina Ligaya Eli Marisel Eli Peter Parker Anderson's Parents Rey
Television
Herself Bimbim Rochelle Luchi Adelaine Enriquez Ricca Luna Elena Valderama Tala Romina Guest Role Minerva Doy Tessa Laika Garcia Castaway Demi Czarina Angge's mom Bida Kapamilya Celebrity Round Grand Champion Alona Villarama Herself/Guest Judge Tessa Zaragosa Herself/Celebrity Player Lilybeth Lopez Emerald Bartolome Loreta Piper Celebrity Bluff Herself/player Loreta Eat Bulaga! Herself/contestant Mars Herself/guest Mariel Benitez 2017 Pinoy M.D. Herself Maalaala Mo Kaya Alda Wish Ko Lang! Jessica Tadhana Natalia Pop Talk Herself A Love to Last Cris (Last TV appearance)
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Categories: 1976 Births, 2017 Deaths, 20th-century Filipino Actresses, 21st-century Filipino Actresses, Actresses From Manila, Deaths From Aneurysm, Filipino Child Actresses, 20th-century Filipino Women Singers, Filipino Film Actresses, Filipino Television Actresses, Filipino Television Presenters, Filipino People Of Spanish Descent, Filipino Women Comedians, Filipino Women Television Presenters, Actresses From Angeles City, Philippine Air Force Reservists, Gma Network People, Survivor Philippines Contestants, Abs-cbn People, Comedians From Angeles City, Comedians From Manila
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