Antoinette Taus

Antoinette Taus was born on August 30, 1981,^[6] to Thomas Sr. and Maria Corazon Flores Taus.^[7][8] Her younger brother Tom, a DJ who lives in the United States, is the former child actor who starred in Cedie (1996).^[7][9] Taus started out as a child actress under the agency ABS-CBN Talent Center. She appeared on the ABS-CBN children's television series Hiraya Manawari and in Patayin Sa Sindak si Barbara (1996) as the possessed daughter of Dawn Zulueta's character.^[10]

In 1996, Taus moved to VIVA Artists Agency and got a lead role in Anna Karenina (1996–2002), a VIVA-produced teledrama which aired weekly on GMA-7. She played the kind and reserved Anna Serrano, one of three girls claiming to be the titular missing heiress.^[10] Anna Karenina's success led to Taus being cast as Bianca in the second batch of the GMA weekly teenage drama T.G.I.S. (1995–1999).^[10][11]

After her mother died from cancer in 2004, Taus became depressed and organized a feeding program to cope. Although it was intended to be a one-off event, Taus was inspired to continue after it received attention on social media and eventually founded Communities Organized for Resource Allocation (CORA), a non-profit organization named for her mother.

• The Wizard of Oz
• I Ought to be in Pictures
• Les Misérables (as Gavroche)
• The Little Mermaid at the Ayala Center (2003)^[13]
• Grease The Musical (as Betty Rizzo, 2014)^[14]
• Bituing Walang Ninging The Musical (as Lavinia Arguelles, 2015)^[15]