Maritoni Fernandez

Maritoni Fernandez
Born	Antonita Moynihan (1969-03-31) March 31, 1969
Citizenship	United Kingdom Philippines
Years active	1989–present
Relatives	Lexi Fernandez (daughter)

Maritoni Fernandez (born Antonita Moynihan on March 31, 1969) is a Filipina character actress, model and entrepreneur.

Family

She is the daughter of Antony Moynihan, 3rd Baron Moynihan, who is English with some Irish roots, and a Filipina mother. She is niece to Colin Moynihan, the current Baron Moynihan and head of the British Olympic Committee. Antonita was reared by her grandmother in York, England during her childhood years and later moved to the Philippines to accompany her father who became a close friend of former Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos and a successful food critique and restaurant owner in Manila in the 1980s. She is the mother of actress Lexi Fernandez, who is currently a GMA Network contract artist.

Career

As an adult, Antonita became a commercial model and actress in the Philippines, adopting the screen name Maritoni Fernandez. She has had considerable success as a screen actress, figuring in many movies with the respected Filipino actor Fernando Poe, Jr. and appearing in the award-winning Hong Kong film Days of Being Wild by acclaimed director Wong Kar-wai.

On her 30th birthday, Maritoni was diagnosed with breast cancer and has since undergone a lumpectomy in the United States. In remission, she has been serving as a spokesperson for breast cancer patients and survivors in the Philippines and abroad.

Maritoni is currently an entrepreneur-owner of Herb-All Organic Trading Corporation which is a food supplement company specializing in young barley powder and other natural health supplements. Simple Thoughts, her easy text floral service Bella Regalo, RSVP Event Planning and Design, and Just Desserts in addition to her jobs as commercial model and actress in television soap operas for a major Philippine television network. She resides with her children in Makati City Manila. She is a member of the ICanServe Foundation.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network
2016	That's My Amboy	Alicia Ford	GMA Network
2013	Prinsesa ng Buhay Ko	Tess de Leon
	Magpakailanman: Ligaw na Diyosa	Doctora
2012/2013	Paroa: Ang Kuwento ni Mariposa	Belen
2012	A Beautiful Affair	Evelyn Saavedra	ABS-CBN
	Legacy	Anna Marie Leviste	GMA Network
2011	Elena M. Patron's Blusang Itim	Victoria Soriano
2010	Langit sa Piling Mo	Gloria Hilario
2009/2010	Ikaw Sana	Loreta Reyes-Montemayor
2009	Sine Novela: Dapat Ka Bang Mahalin?	Donya Connie Sanchez Ms. Constance
2008	Lobo	Dr. Vivian Lee	ABS-CBN
2006	Pinakamamahal	Marikrissa Padua	GMA Network
	Carlo J. Caparas' Bakekang	Elsa
2003	It Might Be You	Frida Montegracia-Trinidad	ABS-CBN
1996	Anna Karenina	Ruth Monteclaro	GMA Network

Movies

• You and Me Against the World (2003) - Celine Guerrero
• Ang Dalubhasa (2000)
• Bridesmaids (1997)
• Dyesebel (1996) - Dyangga
• Student Body (1990)

External links

• Herb-All Organic Trading Corporation
• Maritoni Fernandez at the Internet Movie Database