Personal Life
Janelle was born in Albay to parents Maria Rosario Elvira Quintano and Julius Manahan who is a former radio announcer in their province. Ever since she was a child, her parents noticed her love for dancing, acting and singing. She got influenced by her father who's in Media.
Her showbiz career started when she auditioned for Star Circle National Teen Quest, among the thousand to auditioned, she fortunately made it to Top 10, she was supposedly part of the FAB 5 (top 5) but due to wild card, Paw Diaz grabbed the spot and she finished her league to Top 6.
After SCQ, she has been seen in some ABS-CBN shows like SCQ Reload: Ok Ako, ASAP Fanatics, Vietnam Rose. Then she changed her screen name to Janelle Quintana and been seen in shows like Your Song, MMK, Komiks among the others. She was best known for her role as the chubby chikadora named "Maffi" in ABS-CBN's sitcom Let's Go.
While busy taping for Let's Go, Janelle and Ram Revilla crossed paths and their relationship as boyfriend-girlfriend started. There are rumors that due to Ram's request, Janelle quit showbiz and left Let's Go's 3rd season as well. She declined her supposed big break for Anne Curtis and Zanjoe Marudo's starrer "The Wedding".
While away from showbiz, she was enrolled in De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde. Her unpublicized relationship with Ramgen lasted for five years and they were supposed to get married by 2013. Ramgen died on October 28, 2011. She miraculously survived the incident and is now the star witness to her deceased fiance's case.
In January 2012, an intimate video of Janelle and Ramgen was leaked on the internet. Ramgen's brother, Senator Ramon Revilla Jr. has condemned the release of this video, much to his embarrassment as he was an author of a anti-voyeurism bill.
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