Mutya (Philippine TV series)

Mutya is a Philippine fantasy series produced and aired by ABS-CBN that is based on Pablo S. Gomez's comic of the same name. The series introduced the network's newest discovered child actress Mutya Orquia. The series premiered on January 31, 2011 on ABS-CBN's primetime slot.

Synopsis
Mutya embarks the story of a child mermaid who grew up in the midst of human civilization.

Plot
Mutya (Mutya Orquia), a child mermaid, was born due to the love of her parents, Cordelia (Precious Lara Quigaman), a human, and Prinsipe Irvin (Alfred Vargas), the Prince of the seaworld kingdom. However, their relationship was forbidden as Irvin is set to be married with another royalty mermaid, Nerissa (Nina Jose). Cordelia was pregnant at the time of their relationship, and was forced to give birth to the child. The child was born with an unknown disability, where her legs were attached to each other. Cordelia's mother, Delilah (Sandy Andolong), sees this, horrified and decided to dispatch the child. She assigned Tonyo (Jayson Gainza) to take away the baby. Tonyo however brought the child into their home and treated her as their own and named her Mutya. As Mutya grows up, she was protected by her older brother Aries (Jairus Aquino), who has always been there for her. Mutya was still yet to realize that she is a mermaid. With her legs being attached to each other, it was mistaken as a disability although it was actually her mermaid tail slowly forming. As the story unfolds, Mutya struggles to blend in to the human world while her parents struggles to find and be to be reunited with her.

Main cast

 * Mutya Orquia as Mutya
 * Jairus Aquino as Aries
 * Precious Lara Quigaman as Cordella/Ella Sardenas
 * Alfred Vargas as Prinsipe Irvin

Extended cast

 * Sandy Andolong as Madame Delilah Sardenas
 * Pen Medina as Haring Merrick
 * Malou Crisologo as Octopina
 * Ahron Villena as Zale
 * Niña Jose as Nerissa
 * Gary Lim as Lolo Sheldon
 * Jayson Gainza as Tonyo
 * Tess Antonio as Ester
 * Ogie Diaz as Rommel
 * Amy Nobleza as Merci
 * Piero Vergara as Dennis Sardenas
 * Yen Santos as Melinda
 * Cacai Bautista
 * Lassy as Mameng

Special Participation

 * Izzy Canillo as Young Aries
 * Carlo Lacana as Young Dennis
 * Michael Conan as Rudy
 * April Sun as Sirena
 * Justin Gonzales as Sireno
 * Jovic Susim as Sireno
 * Joe Vargas as Lumot
 * Jubail Andres as Eskale

Links

 * Mutya page on IMDB