Danielle Claudine Ortega Garcia, commonly known as Coleen Garcia (born September 24, 1992), is a Filipino-Spanish commercial model and actress. She is one of the co-hosts of ABS-CBN's noontime variety show, It's Showtime.
Born of Spanish and Filipino descent, Garcia spent her high school education at the Veritas Parochial School in Parañaque City. She was once awarded as the top scholar of Southville International School and Colleges, an editor-in-chief for their high school paper The Wire and part of the school's student council and outreach program.
Garcia started as a commercial model as early as age 2, when she and her mom appeared in a commercial for Johnson & Johnson. At nine years old, she was an image model for Just G, the teens line for Gingersnaps. As she entered her teen years, she starred in a commercial endorsement alongside John Lloyd Cruz for Skin White, Lewis & Pearl Cologne alongside Enrique Gil as "Angel" and as "Martina" for Nestea alongside Neil Coleta.
Garcia has been under contract with ABS-CBN's Star Magic group of talents since 2011.[4] She first appeared in Maalaala Mo Kaya episode School I.D., and was cast alongside ex-Lewis & Pearl partner Enrique Gil and ex-PBB Teen housemates James Reid, Devon Seron, Fretzie Bercede and Yen Santos in a teen-oriented show Good Vibes. She also made appearance in other ABS-CBN shows and teleseryes such as My Binondo Girl, Wansapanataym, Oka Tokat, Little Champ, among others.[5] Currently, she is one of the co-hosts for the noontime variety show It's Showtime and one of the main cast of the early primtime teleserye Pasión de Amor.