Joyce Jimenez

In this Philippine name for married women, the birth middle name or maternal family name is Herrin, the birth surname or paternal family name is Reintegrado, and the marital name is Egbalic.

Joyce Jimenez
Born	Joyce Herrín Reintegrado (1978-10-19) October 19, 1978 Los Angeles, California
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1996–2008
Spouse	Paul Ely Egbalic ​ (m. 2008)​
Children	3

Joyce Herrín Reintegrado-Egbalic, popularly known by her screen name Joyce Jimenez (born March 21, 1978) is an American-born former Filipino actress.

In the early 2000s, Joyce Jimenez was titled "Pantasya ng Bayan" (The nation's fantasy) after doing sexy films that did well at the box office under VIVA Films she worked with serious actors such as Richard Gomez, Albert Martinez and Jomari Yllana, later on in romantic comedies with Piolo Pascual and Diether Ocampo under Regal Films. In 2003, she was cast in Pinay Pie with Ai-Ai delas Alas and Assunta De Rossi under Star Cinema on her second film with Jose Javier Reyes after her pairing with Aga Muhlach in Narinig Mo Na Ba ang L8est?.

After her retirement in film and her regular television work for GMA Network at the time, she decided to go back to Los Angeles after marrying and starting a family. Her Ever Bilena brand Private Joyce disbanded in 2006.

Biography

Joyce Jimenez was born in Los Angeles, California to Philippine migrant parents. Her full name is Joyce Herrín Reintegrado-Egbalic. Jimenez grew up in the Los Ángeles area where she studied at Bishop Amat High School in La Puente, California. She was accepted at UCLA but decided to forgo schooling to move to the Philippines; most recently she had a college degree from a university in Australia.

In 1996, Jimenez participated in the Miss Taguig - Hollywood pageant. Although she did not win the title, she did win the Miss Photogenic title.

Jimenez started to venture out from films and into business. She owns Skin-Private Joyce, which specializes in bath and beauty products. She also opened a lingerie line Private Joyce Intimate Collection partnership with Ever Bilena Cosmetics Inc. Jimenez married Filipino-American Paul Ely Egbalic from Vallejo, CA on August 23, 2008, at Walnut, California and on October 16, 2009, Joyce & Paul welcomed their first baby girl named "Jorja".

On September 29, 2008, Jimenez suffered serious injuries in a car accident in Urdaneta City, Pangasinan (coming from a Baguio taping for ABC TV5's "Philippines Scariest Challenge"). Avoiding a truck, her Toyota 4Runner flipped four times and was totally wrecked when it rolled over in a rice field. She was treated at the Urdaneta City Sacred Heart Hospital and transferred to Medical City, Pasig. Her legs were badly injured, she had minor bruises, had to wear a brace on her neck, and had minor stitches on her face.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Production Company
1997	Dahil Tanging Ikaw	Cutie	Viva Films
	Boy Chico: Hulihin si Ben Tumbling	Edna
	Trabaho Lang Dear, Walang Personalan	Sexy Girl	Neo Films
1998	Sumigaw Ka Hanggang Gusto Mo	Dorothy
1999	Scorpio Nights 2	Valerie Martin	Neo Films
	Warat	Rica	Viva Films
	Bilib Ako Sa'yo	Varga
	Linlang	Jill
2000	Biyaheng Langit	Bea	Viva Films
2001	Balahibong Pusa	Sarah
	Harold Robbins' Body Parts	Ines	Concorde-New Horizons Premiere Entertainment Productions
	Ano Bang Meron Ka?	Carol
	Narinig Mo Na Ba ang L8est	Gina	Star Cinema Available Light Production
	Blades of the Sun
2002	I Think I'm in Love	Kaye	Regal Films
	Ang Galing Galing Mo, Babes	Babes
	Lapu-Lapu	Bulakna
2003	Pinay Pie	Karen	Star Cinema
2004	Sex in Philippine Cinema
2005	Birhen ng Manaoag

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network
1998	Halik sa Apoy	Trixie	GMA Network
2002	Maalaala Mo Kaya: "CD"		ABS-CBN
2006	Da Adventures of Pedro Penduko	Consehal Lino's wife
2007	Nuts Entertainment	Herself	GMA Network
2007–2008	Lupin	Cortney Amo

Awards

Year	Award-Giving Body	Category	Work	Result
2001	Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation	Ms. RP Movies		Won

External links

• Joyce Jimenez at IMDb