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Hope Elizabeth Soberano (born January 4, 1998) is a Filipino-American actress and model. She started in a range of television series and films, including Wansapanataym (2011), Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo (2012), She's the One (2013), Must Be... Love (2013), and Got to Believe (2013). She is known for playing Maria Agnes Calay in the romantic comedy television series Forevermore (2014–15). Since then, she has taken on starring roles in the films Just The Way You Are, based on the Wattpad book, The Bet, and Everyday I Love You (both 2015), In 2016 she will be starring in the upcoming television series Dolce Amore  alongside her on-screen love partner Enrique Gil.

Personal life
Soberano was born in Santa Clara, California to a Filipino father, John Castillo Soberano, and American mother, Jacqulyn Elizabeth Hanley. She was raised in Visalia, California by her paternal grandparents when her parents separated. In 2008 at the age of ten, she moved to Manila, Philippines to live with her father and relatives.

Early stage
At age ten, after moving to Manila she was offered jobs to model for print and television ads. Since she could only speak limited Filipino at the time, her talent manager, Ogie Diaz, encouraged her to become fluent in the language so that she can land good television and film projects.

In 2013, Soberano performed the role of Claire Raymundo in the defunct afternoon series Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo. Soberano then played the role of Angel in Must Be... Love, Daniel Padilla and Kathryn Bernardo's premier movie. She also starred as Gillian in She's the One with Bea Alonzo and Dingdong Dantes, which was her first minor movie appearance. A year later in 2014, she joined the primetime television series Got to Believe as Padilla's other love interest.



Television and film
Soberano received her first leading role in the hit romantic comedy TV series Forevermore as strawberry farmer Maria Agnes Calay alongside Enrique Gil, who played Alexander "Xander" Grande III, a hotel company heir who eventually becomes Agnes' love interest. The popularity of Soberano and Gil's pairing as a "love team" was considered by Star Cinema and ABS-CBN as the "Breakthrough Love Team of 2015" on Philippine primetime television.

Following the success of Forevermore, Soberano starred in the film based on the Wattpad book The Bet. The film adaptation, initially titled as the same name as its source material, and was renamed as Just The Way You Are.

In October 2015, the popular love team featuring Soberano and Gil starred in a romantic drama film with actor Gerald Anderson, Everyday, I Love You, directed by Mae Czarina Cruz-Alviar.

2014–present: Forevermore and breakthrough
Soberano received her first leading role in the hit romantic comedy TV series Forevermore as strawberry farmer Maria Agnes Calay alongside Enrique Gil, who played Alexander "Xander" Grande III, a hotel company heir who eventually becomes Agnes' love interest. The popularity of Soberano and Gil's pairing as a "love team" was considered by Star Cinema and ABS-CBN as the "Breakthrough Love Team of 2015" on Philippine primetime television.

Following the success of Forevermore, Soberano starred in the film based on the Wattpad book The Bet. The film adaptation, initially titled as the same name as its source material, and was renamed as Just The Way You Are.

In October 2015, the popular love team featuring Soberano and Gil starred in a romantic drama film with actor Gerald Anderson, Everyday, I Love You, directed by Mae Czarina Cruz-Alviar. Soberano's performance received praises from the critics; Peter P. Asilo of Philippine Daily Inquirer says "The gorgeously photographed film’s biggest thespic draw is its leading lady: Soberano’s acting choices may need more texture and refinement—but, at only 17, lovely Liza is quickly coming into her own as a fine actress!", and Abby Mendoza of Pep.ph stated her performance "it is Liza Soberano who particularly stands out—which isn’t to harp on her beautiful face on screen. She is a natural who displays the right restraint, pleasing to watch all the more since she doesn’t try too hard."

Controversy
In Sepetember 2015, Gil was allegedly involved in a drunken incident on a plane from Manila to London, which caused him to harassed actress Jessy Mendiola. Gil spoke about the incident on TV Patrol on September 11. And has issued a public apology after he caused a commotion. "I had some drinks sa plane, I mean, more than I should be having, so as a result things got out of hand. I want to apologize to my brothers and sisters from Star Magic. I sincerely apologize to Jessy, to JM (De Guzman, Jessy's boyfriend) if ever I offended him in any way, I'm sorry. We're just humans who made a mistake, we all makes mistakes but you own up to it, you learn from it and you move forward," He said.

Plot
The movie begins where a lady customer who is heartbroken until she bumps into a male customer as she drops her coffee. This event has been spying by Cali (Liza Soberano) who wrote about them in her blog called "The Bakit List". It shows a flashback of two years ago where she meets Gio (Enrique Gil) a percussionist and a playboy who hangs out with his friends and some party goers who made a love game. As both were together, they witnessed Cali's father, Calisto (Emilio Garcia) who eventually leaves Cali's mother (Ara Mina) for his mistress and it was a tragic for Cali to see her parents are separated. But the worst thing happened to Cali is her relationship with Gio which she discovers a friend of Gio who called in his cellphone makes out on Gio who is drunk causing Cali to break up with him due to cheating.

At the present, Cali serves as a guest for the author of the book's mall show who is doing an introduction speech to her guests until she saw her ex-boyfriend, Gio who is watching her. When Cali gives her a job for the foreign bag ads, she reluctantly chooses Gio as her partner. Gio also wants to prove to Cali that he's a change man. Gio also created a blog called "The Dahil List" a counterpart to Cali's "The Bakit List" so that they could chat together with every hugot lines between the actions of a man and a woman.

Cali could not forget that Gio had cheating on her in the past, she and her friends decide to ruin Gio's reputation by adding someone in social media or someone tries to flirt him. But Gio rejects all of it knowing he has changed. Cali and Gio later meets their old friend Lee (Ryan Bang) who gives them a wedding invitation and tickets to Korea. When Cali made bachelor party for Lee, she has a opportunity to ruin Gio's reputation by sending strippers in the party and to take video onto her computer. But her plans are finally backfired when Lee's fiancee, Kimi saw the ordeal causing their wedding to be cancelled and Gio discovers her motives and was responsible for hiring the strippers making Lee get mad at her for what she had done as he walks away angrily. Gio wants to question Cali about what she did in the party as Cali admits that she is still mad at him for cheating on her in the past. Gio tells her that he will make things right and not to make any single mistake making Cali sadly walking away.

At the airport, Cali apologizes to Lee for her actions as well as ruining the party which Lee accepts as he allows her to come with Gio. Arriving at Korea, Cali apologizes to Kimi's family who calls Lee a disgrace and she admits to them it was her fault and Lee was innocent. Kimi's father tells them that Kimi is missing causing the trio to find her. With the help from Hana, a friend of Kimi's. Both Gio and Cali regain their friendship during thwor search as well as fulfilling their dream to see the trees with golden leaves as the weather is autumn. After failing to find Kimi, they eventually found her at her home as she hugs Lee after Cali befriended her at social media and admitting to her faults. Gio and Cali later watches the traditional wedding of both Lee and Kimi.

Upon returning to the Philippines and Gio leaves home, Cali discovers her mother was hurt again by her father, Calisto after he gives her a cake roll but he decided to stay for his mistress as her aunt (Arlene Muhlach) tells her that her mother was stupid enough to get through his deceptions. Because of the separation of her parents, she becomes insecure and jealous when Gio is dating with Hana.

As her video of Lee's bachelor party went viral as most people from social media are bashing at Gio, Gio's father, Master Pops (Joey Marquez) tells him to forget Cali because she needs some space and his decision to go back to Korea. When Cali becomes a guest of the mall show, she finally admits to everyone including the social media that she was the one who made the video much to everyone's shock. She did this not to hurt Gio any longer and knowing that she loves him. She also decided to sign off her own blog "The Bakit List" just to be with Gio as she eventually leaves to find him. With the help of the social media to find Gio, she eventually found him and his two siblings got stuck into a heavy traffic and Gio gets off the car to see her. Cali finally tells him that she will give him another chance which Gio calmly accepts and the two are last seen almost kissing each other.