Camille Prats Filipino Actress Born 1985 in the Philippines

Camille Prats, full name Sheena Patricia Camille Quiambao Prats-Yambao, is a Filipino actress, television host, public speaker and businesswoman. She was born on 20 June 1985 in Manila. She came to wide attention as a child in the 1995 film Sarah... Ang Munting Prinsesa, in which she played the title role, and she has remained active in Philippine television for three decades.

Early life

Prats was the second child of Daniel Rafael Prats and Alma Prats, whose maiden name is Quiambao and who comes from Macabebe, Pampanga. She has a sister and three brothers, among them the director and former actor John Prats.

She studied marketing at Thames International Business School, and in 2007 she went to the United States to finish her studies, taking courses in early childhood education and Montessori teaching in Los Angeles.

Career

Prats made her debut in 1990 as a grand finalist in Little Miss Philippines, a segment of the variety show Eat Bulaga!. She then became a regular on the ABS-CBN children's programme Ang TV, and in 1993 she joined the cast of Oki Doki Doc, which starred Aga Muhlach. Her first film credit listed in the records is Shake, Rattle & Roll VI (1994).

In 1995 she played Princess Sarah in Sarah... Ang Munting Prinsesa, the Philippine adaptation of the anime A Little Princess, and the role remains the one most closely associated with her. In 1999 she took the lead in the youth series G-mik, with Stefano Mori, Miko Samson and Danilo Barrios; her brother John Prats was in the cast as well. The same year she appeared in the afternoon drama Marinella alongside Shaina Magdayao and Serena Dalrymple.

In the early 2000s she appeared in several ABS-CBN sitcoms, among them Arriba, Arriba! (2000 to 2003) and Home Along Da Airport (2003 to 2005). Her first villain role was in the action-drama series Basta't Kasama Kita, which starred Judy Ann Santos and Robin Padilla.

Prats left ABS-CBN in 2005 and moved to GMA Network, where her first series was Kung Mamahalin Mo Lang Ako. The following year she starred opposite Richard Gutierrez in Captain Barbell. Later television credits include Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan (2008), Munting Heredera (2011) and Luna Blanca (2012). In 2009 she appeared in the Star Cinema horror film T2.

From 2012 to 2022 she hosted the talk show MARS. When it ended she renewed her contract with GMA and came back to television in 2023 with the series AraBella. In 2025 she played a dual role in the series Mommy Dearest, as Jade and her twin sister Olive. While promoting that series she appeared on the variety show It's Showtime, her first appearance on ABS-CBN channels in 21 years.

Recognition

In 2015 Prats received a star on the Eastwood City Walk of Fame. She has also been a prominent celebrity endorser; brands she has promoted include PLDT Home, Jollibee and Colgate, and she was the first celebrity endorser of the skin care brand DermAid. In 2002 she became the first national president of the Happy Savers Club of Banco Filipino, which had more than 90,000 members.

Public roles

Prats is a board director of the DS Prats Group of Companies, a family-owned business. In 2008 she opened a school, Divine Angels Montessori of Cainta, now called Roots Academy Philippines, where she is president and directress. She also owns two restaurants and co-owns the activewear brand Moov Activ.

She supports causes related to body positivity and the environment, and she has worked with World Vision on its A Pursuit of Joy campaign. In 2020 she took part in a WWF-Philippines series on food waste and home cooking. She is also an advocate for the Kythe Foundation. As a public speaker she shares a message about her faith in the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan, having become a born-again Christian in 2013.

Personal life

Prats had a civil marriage with her childhood friend Anthony C. Linsangan in Los Angeles on 5 January 2008, and a church wedding followed in Makati on 5 March 2010. Their first child was born in January 2008. Linsangan died in September 2011. On 7 January 2017 she married John "VJ" Yambao, a Filipino-American businessman and a former grade school classmate, at the Nayomi Sanctuary Resort in Batangas. They have two children together, and she shares the parenting of his son from an earlier relationship.