Ana Karylle Padilla Tatlonghari : Filipino singer, actress, TV host, athlete, and writer/blogger.

Karylle was born on March 22, 1981 in Manila to Zsa Zsa Padilla, a singer-actress and Dr. Modesto Tatlonghari, a dentist. She has two other siblings from her mother's remarriage to actor and comedian Rodolfo Vera Quizon; a younger sister, Zia Quizon and a step sister Nicole Quizon. She completed her elementary and secondary education, notably in O.B. Montessori Center - Greenhills during grade school (where she was class valedictorian) and Poveda, where she finished high school with a Service Medal for extra-curricular and volunteer works, before embarking on a showbiz career. She began taking formal ballet lessons at the age of three and continued until she was fifteen. While she was preparing for her debut album, Karylle had started rehearsals for her first stage musical Little Mermaid where she played Princess Sapphire and started taking B.S. Management major in Communications Technology Management at the Ateneo de Manila University, where she made the Dean’s list. Karylle is also an entrepreneur; part owner of the family KTV and resto-bar Centerstage and the Mey Lin Restaurant in Tomas Morato and Makati City.

After being busy in the concert scene for a while, she returned on the small screen as she was introduced as the new character in the daily afternoon drama Magkano Ang Iyong Dangal?. After months of absence in the local scene due to her international Asian TV series The Kitchen Musical which was aired in 19 territories via AXN. Her role as Maddie in the series, earned her a nomination for Best Actress for in the 52nd Monte Carlo TV Festival. The singer-actress is back. Karylle continues to host Showtime but due to her schedule she just appears semi regularly on ASAP. She also said that there are offers for her to do local TV series but due to her schedule she decided to turn down the roles. As for her international career she landed another role in the Singaporean action-drama series "Point of Entry".

Other than acting and singing, Karylle is also known to be a writer. Karylle had her poem published for the first time in the 2009 February issue of S Magazine where she was also the cover. The magazine was a hot seller. After it, she now dabbles in writing as contributor for S Magazine but before that she was already a contributor writer for Philippine Star’s Entertainment section where she shares tidbits from her travels and the events in her life.