Biography

Maureene Larrazabal was born in the Philippine's and has lived and worked there all her life. She got an AB Comm Arts in Interior Design from St. Paul Q.C. Her immediate family consists of a brother, E.J. Leonardo, and a sister, Lorraine Ana. Her mother is called Ana Marie Larrazabal and her father Nestor Vera Cruz.

Maureene is also in a band, Mau's Big Deal, and played abroad. She has been a member for 5 years. The rest of the band are Chanda Espiritu (vocalist), Jelo Morales (vocalist), Arnold Austria (drummer), Arnold Mariano (keyboards), Jun delos Reyes (bass) and Robert Rivera (guitar) respectively.

She is of course a film star but her first break was on TV in Mikee Forever as Carrie, the Weather Girl. She has gone on to star in Sana'y Ikaw Na Nga, GMA 7 (Primetime soap series), Kirara, GMA 7 (Weekly morning series), Kool Ka Lang, GMA 7 (Weekly comedy sitcom), Eat Bulaga, GMA 7 (Daily variety show), Gags Must Be Crazy, Viva TV 13 (Weekly comedy sitcom), Home Along Da Riles, ABS-CBN 2 (Weekly sitcom starring Dolphy and Nova Villa), L, GMA 7 (A drama series on GMA 7 with Ruffa Gutierrez, Sunshine Cruz and Gary Estrada), Iskul Bukol, VTV 13 (A comedy series on VTV 13 starring Joey de Leon and Ruby Rodriguez) and Mikee Forever, GMA 7 (A comedy series).

Commercial appearances include Clown, A tv ad for Condura Refrigirators and Skin Reborn, A tv ad for Hirudoid. Her first big screen role was in Viva Films' Strict ang Payrents Ko starring Amanda Page and Gary Estrada. However she had to go abroad and never finished filming the project.
- IMDb mini biography by: cbabes123@hotmail.com