Tippy Dos Santos

Stephanie Denise Porcuna (; born August 16, 1994), better known by her stage name Tippy Dos Santos, is a Filipino singer, actress and lawyer. She first appeared on Ruffa & Ai in 2009.

Dos Santos is a member of ABS-CBN's circle of homegrown talents named Star Magic. In July 2013, she collaborated with singers Sam Concepcion and Quest to interpret the song "Dati" composed by Thyro Alfaro and Yumi Lacsamana, which won the grand prize at the 2nd Philippine Popular Music Festival.

Early life She was born in Houston, Texas to a Filipino mother (Happy Esquivias) and a Brazilian-American father (John Dos Santos). Since she was nine years old, Dos Santos sang at corporate events and also performed in kids' musicals for the Ateneo Children's Theater and for the theater group Trumpets. She also won a regional singing contest and was a grand finalist in the World Championship of Performing Arts (WCOPA) of 2008.

Career In 2009, Dos Santos began her career in the Philippine entertainment industry. She first made a guest appearance on Ruffa & Ai, in which she sang "Journey to the Past" from Anastasia. She then started acting on television with the 2010 drama 1DOL as the younger sister of Sam Milby's character. The following year, she had her film debut alongside Sam Concepcion in I Do Bidoo Bidoo: Heto nAPO Sila!. She picked up several awards for her performance in that film, including She was then paired alongside Igi Boy Flores in the teen comedy series Luv U.

In July 2013, Dos Santos collaborated with Concepcion and the singer Quest to interpret the song "Dati" composed by Thyro Alfaro and Yumi Lacsamana, which won the grand prize at the 2nd Philippine Popular Music Festival. Their version was nominated for "Favorite Collaboration" at the 2014 MYX Music Awards.

In 2015, Dos Santos was the opening act for Boyce Avenue's concert in Manila. This was also the year she joined the Myx tv channel as one of their VJs along with Erica Abello and Diego Loyzaga. On October 9, she released her self-titled debut album. That year, she also featured on the ballet production of Pinocchio as the Pink Fairy. In 2016, she co-hosted the Awit Awards with Matteo Guidecelli and also came home with two Awit Awards for "Parang Wala Lang". She also got to perform on stage alongside David Archuleta during his concert. In 2018, she had a role in the international indie thriller film Abomination which was directed by Yam Laranas.

Personal life On March 31, 2022, Dos Santos married pilot Miguel Porcuna after four years of dating each other.

Dos Santos first graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Family Life & Child Development. She then graduated from the University of the Philippines College of Law in August 2022 with a dean's medalist for academic excellence. She passed the 2022 Philippine Bar Examination and is pending her admission to the Integrated Bar of the Philippines before officially becoming a lawyer.

On December 30, 2023, Dos Santos' mother, Happy Esquivias Dos Santos, died in a vehicular accident while on vacation in Seoul, South Korea, at the age of 58.

She is the niece of actor Johnny Delgado.

2013- Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actress at the 10th Golden Screen Awards for Movies (for I Do Bidoo Bidoo: Heto nAPO Sila!) 2016- Best R&B Recording at the 29th Awit Awards (for "Parang Wala Lang") 2016- Best Performance by a Female Recording Artist at the 29th Awit Awards (for "Parang Wala Lang")

Filmography Television Year Title Role 2009 Ruffa & Ai Herself 2010 1DOL Carol Serrano 2010 Wansapanataym: Bandanang Itim Athena 2010 Shout Out! Herself 2010 Sabel Young Margaret 2011–present ASAP Herself/performer 2011 Growing Up Michelle 2012 Princess and I Adriana 2012 Luv U Paris Delos Santos 2013 Maalaala Mo Kaya: Orasan Young Gina 2013 Jim Fernandez's Galema, Anak Ni Zuma Mindy 2015–2017 myx VJ

Film Year Title Role 2012 I Do Bidoo Bidoo: Heto nAPO Sila! Tracy Fuentabella 2013 Raketeros Juicy 2013 Kimmy Dora: Ang Kiyemeng Prequel Cameo appearance 2014 Once A Princess Nina Ryans 2015 Crazy Beautiful You Margaret Alcantara 2018 Abomination Rachel Rivera

Discography

Album

Tippy Dos Santos (2015)

Singles

As a lead artist +List of singles, showing year released, selected chart positions, and name of the albumTitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbumPHL"Dati" (featuring Sam Concepcion and Quest)2013—Tippy Dos Santos"Parang Wala Lang"2015—"Open Ended (Acoustic Version)"2017—Non-album single

As a featured artist +List of singles, with year released and album name shownTitleYearPeak chart positionAlbumPHL Songs"Rockin' Them Jeans" (with Enrique Gil)2013—King of the Gil"Umpisa" (with Jensen Gomez)—Umpisa"Takipsilim" (with Gloc-9)2014—Biyahe ng Pangarap