Coraleen "Cora" Sarah Waddell[fn 1] (Tagalog:[ˈkɔɾaˈwɐdɛl]; born December 15, 1989) is a Filipino actress.
Early life
Coraleen Sarah Waddell was born in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, to Scott Waddell and Francy Roberto. Her family migrated to Orlando, Florida when she was eight. Her family's financial problems became worse when Cora's mother was involved in a vehicle accident, had to undergo emergency surgeries and was hospitalized for a month. The subsequent surgeries and long recovery depleted the family's finances and they were unable to pay the huge medical bills. Waddell was forced to quit college and moved to the Philippines to pursue modeling in 2010. Shortly thereafter, she clinched a modelling contract with Elite Manila Management and a five-year contract with Viva Entertainment. She then appeared in two Viva Films-produced movies Diary ng Panget: The Movie and Talk Back and You're Dead.[2][3] She made guest appearances on several episodes of TV5's remake of Bagets.
On October 29, 2016, Waddell was introduced as a regular housemate of the seventh regular season of Pinoy Big Brother: Lucky 7, and was dubbed “Dazzling Daughter ng Bulacan”.[4] She became the Seventh Big Placer.[5]
In August 2018, Waddell married businessman Terence Lloyd, with whom she has only one child.[6][7] The couple annulled in 2021. Her child with him was named Leila Celeste Waddell.[8]
Waddell starred in Jed Madela's Love Takes Time music video together with Tanner Mata. The music video peaked at #5 on Myx's Daily Top Ten. On June 22, 2017, Waddell announced a cameo in Vini Uehara's music video.
