4 Philippine Showbiz Today
Cover Story
January 8 - 21, 2019
AC Bonifacio spends Christmas in Canada
Taking a break from her
busy schedule from her ABS-
CBN shows, Filipino-Canadian
dancer and actress AC Bonifacio
came home to Vancouver to
spend the holidays with her whole
family. Known for being the first
ever grand champion of Filipino
TV dance competition Dance
Kids along with Lucky Ancheta
in 2016, AC is now a mainstay in
ABS-CBN’s. variety show ASAP,
stints on Showtime, and a regular
cast of daytime soap Playhouse.
She also records songs with Ivory
Records.
Bonifacio also competed
on the Kids edition of Philippine
TV show Your Face Sounds
Familiar (season 1) where she
finished third. She also made her
acting debut on Wansapanataym
Presents The Amazing Ving in
which she played “Mika”.
From her busy schedule, AC
met with PST for an exclusive
interview. She told stories about
her hectic schedule in Manila, and
how she loves coming back to the
cold weather in Vancouver.
“I miss putting layers of clothes
on here, kasi in Manila, even
though I stay in air-conditioned
rooms all the time, when I go out,
I just put on more comfortable
summer clothes to stay cool,” she
adds with her engaging smile.
AC says working and
doing her school work can be
challenging. She is currently in
AC with dad, Arnold (leftmost) and her relatives
Grade 11, being home-schooled
with Canadian material being sent
to her, so that she can finish high
school and earn her Dogwood.
She says her parents told her to
make sure she finishes school
because it is very important.
“They remind me that showbiz
is not permanent, and that I need
something to fall back on when
the time comes that I have to go
back to life in Canada.” For AC,
this means pursuing a degree
in law, although she admits, she
wanted to do nursing first because
her parents and almost everyone
Emmanuel Medeiros -Director of Marketing and
Sales Sheraton Guildford, AC and Reyfort
in her family, are nurses.
For now, she is enjoying
working with ABS-CBN.
“We’re like a big family there,
and all those I have worked with
are really good people,” she says.
Among those she works with, she
credits Tito Gary Valenciano the
most.
“He is very nice, and always
gives me advice. Same thing with
his wife Tita Angelie.”
AC also enjoys working with
Sarah Geronimo, and fellow cast
members Angelica Panganiban
and
Smokey
Manaloto
on Playhouse.
“Both of them are very funny,
and even if our taping takes hours,
you won’t notice the time go by.”
In
2017,
Bonifacio
participated as one of the
performer contestant on ABS-
CBN’s singing and impersonation
competition Your Face Sounds
Familiar: Kids, the dancer won
two times in the competition,
for her impersonations of RNB
singer Usher and pop singer
Janet Jackson. She chose her
idol Sarah Geronimo to emulate
on the show’s grand showdown
and performed Sarah Geronimo’s
2014 hit Kilometro.
She is now currently working
and uploading on her YouTube
channel “Andree Bonifacio” every
Wednesday at 7pm. She has over
500,000 subscribers and has
received her Silver Play Button.
Bonifacio was born and raised
in Vancouver, British Columbia
and she is in the Hall of Fame
in Los Angeles and in Portland’s
International Dance Challenge.●
- Rosette D. Correa, PNC/BV
AC Bonifacio
PNC Senior correspondent Rosette Correa and AC Bonifacio
PNC Group dines with AC at the Sheraton Guildford. L-R are Rolly and Benilda Fortaleza,
AC, Arnold Bonifacio, Alvin Barrera, Rey Fortaleza and Rosette Correa.