Christine Jacob

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Christine Sotto Jacob-Sandejas (born April 30, 1967) known professionally as Christine Jacob, is a Filipina swimmer, actress, TV host, and newscaster.

She was born in Manila, Philippines to a German American father George Jacob and a former TV host Rosemarie (née Sotto), and grew up in the United States in her elementary years.

She and her family returned to the Philippines in 1980s. She joined Southeast Asian Games in Singapore in 1983 where she won a gold medal.^[2] Jacobs then competed in the swimming competition in the 1984 Summer Olympics.^[3]

After joining athletics, she was requested by her aunt to co-host in Eat Bulaga! in 1990 (then airing on ABS-CBN). She became a news caster for PTV while hosting Eat Bulaga!, where she had a short-lived relationship with the main host Vic Sotto (no blood relationship to Jacob's mother). After her contract with APT Entertainment and TAPE Inc. (producer of Eat Bulaga!) expired, Jacob hosted its rival, Magandang Tanghali Bayan, in ABS-CBN (Eat Bulaga is already airing in GMA Network).

She stopped hosting in showbiz in 2001 when she became pregnant with her first child with her husband, Francisco "Paco" Sandejas. After four years, GMA Network gave her her own TV show, Mobile Kusina. This ended in early 2007.

• 1991: Rocky Plus V (Regal Films and M-Zet Productions) as Lorna
• 1992: Sam & Miguel (Your Basura, No Problema) (Regal Films and M-Zet Productions) as Lydia
• 1993: Kuya Kong Siga (Moviestars Production and M-Zet Productions) as Jessica
• 1997: Babae (Gem Communications and Premiere Productions) as a student

• 1991 PMPC Star Awards for Television "Best New TV Personality" (Eat Bulaga! / ABS-CBN 2)^[5]
• 2006 PMPC Star Awards for Television "Best Educational Show Host" (Mobile Kusina / GMA 7)

• Christine Jacob at IMDb

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Christine Jacob". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.