Maris Racal

Known for Acting

9/22/1997(Age 28)

Tagum, Davao del Norte, Philippines

Biography

Mariestella Cañedo Racal (born 22 September 1997) is a Filipino actress and singer. She is best known for her roles in the films I'm Ellenya L. (2019), Here Comes the Groom (2023), and Where Is the Lie? (2023).

Known For (29 credits)

Movie

Sunshine

2025

During the week of try-outs for the national team, a young gymnast named Sunshine discovers she is pregnant. On her way to meet a dealer in illegal abortion pills, she encounters a mysterious girl who questions her decision.

6.1

Movie

Sosyal Climbers

2025

Stuck with a massive debt after falling for a scam, two wannabe socialites create elaborate fake identities to swindle the rich out of their money.

10.0

Incognito

2025

In search of redemption, a crew of misfits joins a private military company on a series of deadly missions against the criminal underworld.

6.7

Movie

And the Breadwinner Is...

2025

A mistaken identity leads to a promising opportunity when breadwinner Bambi comes home to her own funeral. Instead of correcting the comical mistake, Bambi, together with her dysfunctional family, decide to keep up the ridiculous act of her death in order to claim her 10 million peso life insurance in hopes of finally turning their dream life to reality.

Takeshi's Castle Philippines

2023

Shitake will travel to the Philippines to find a new right-hand man for the hated Emperor Takeshi. Watch Takeshi's Castle and bet on the players amidst the antics and fun in and out of the prepared games.

Begin in the Middle

2023

Simula sa Gitna is a comedy-drama series that follows the (after)life of souls working as custodians of Middle and guardians to newly deceased people.

7.8

Can't Buy Me Love

2023

A young man gets entangled in a kidnap-for-ransom situation. He offers the kidnappers all his hard-earned money to save the victim, believing that her wealthy Filipino-Chinese family could easily repay him, or so he thought.

Movie

Where is the Lie?

2023

When a hopeless romantic transwoman matches with a seemingly perfect guy on a dating app, her chance at love takes a dark turn when he ghosts her, unraveling an intricate web of deceit, lies, and catfishing orchestrated by a sociopathic mastermind.

6.5

Movie

Here Comes the Groom

2023

Rodrigo Sr., his wife Salve, their children Rodrigo Jr and Blesilda are on their way to Junior's wedding in the midst of a solar eclipse and cruising on a magnetic field when their vehicle hits the van of a family of gay pageant konteseras Mama Wendy, Wanda, Winona, Whilhelmina and their trainee, Whitney when a soul swapping happens. How long will they need to stay in their swapped bodies before the next solar eclipse?

4.0

How to Move On in 30 Days

2022

Unceremoniously dumped by her influencer boyfriend, a young and dedicated talent handler vows to move on from him within 30 days. She chronicles her journey in her own vlog and later hires a fake boyfriend in hopes of fully healing from heartbreak.

The Goodbye Girl

2022

A successful woman with a promising career and a blissful marriage suddenly finds herself at a loss when her husband of seven years leaves her for his one great love.

4.0

The Kangks Show

2021

It follows Dr. Kara Teo (Angelica Panganiban), a sex therapist who's hosting the 15th season of The Kangks Show, a sex advice show. Its ratings are plummeting, and the millennial Kara finds out that her greatest threat is Cassandra (Maris Racal), a young influencer who runs her own sex advice show on TikTok.