Maritoni Fernandez

Fernandez is the daughter of Antony Moynihan, 3rd Baron Moynihan,^[2] who was English with some Irish roots, and a Filipina mother. She is niece to Colin Moynihan, the current Baron Moynihan and former head of the British Olympic Association.^[3] She is the mother of actress Lexi Fernandez, who was a former GMA Network contract artist.^[4][5] On September 10, 2016, her sister, Maria Aurora Moynihan, was killed in the Philippines.^[6][7][8]

As an adult, Fernandez became a commercial model and actress in the Philippines, adopting the screen name Maritoni Fernandez.^[9] 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.

In 1993, Fernandez was linked to the Brunei beauties affair.^[10]

On her 30th birthday, Fernandez was diagnosed with breast cancer and has since undergone a lumpectomy in the United States.^[11] In remission, she has been serving as a spokesperson for breast cancer patients and survivors in the Philippines and abroad.^[12][13]

Fernandez is an owner of Herb-All Organic Trading Corporation, 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^[14] 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.^[15]