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American philanthropist, businesswoman, and former actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nanette Gwen Medved (born January 21, 1970) is a Russian-Chinese philanthropist, businesswoman, and former actress and model based in the Philippines.[1]
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Nanette Gwen Medved | |
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![]() Medved at a classroom turn-over in Upper Tambler Elementary School, General Santos City, June 2014 | |
Born | Nanette Gwen Medved January 21, 1970 Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S |
Alma mater | Babson College |
Occupation | Actress |
Known for | Darna (1991 film), GenerationHope |
Spouse |
Christopher Po (m. 1999) |
Children | 2 |
In 2014, Medved founded Generation HOPE, a social enterprise that produces packaged water known as "Hope in a Bottle," "Hope in a Box", and "(Not Just) Tubig," and builds public school classrooms across the Philippines. It is the first B-Corporation certified company in the Philippines.[2][3]
In 2019, Medved founded PCX, a non-profit plastic credit program. PCX established a Plastic Pollution Reduction Standard and recycles plastic waste with programs that aim to reduce the flow of plastic pollution into nature.[4]
From 2007 to 2012, Medved served on the advisory board of Bantay Bata.[5] In 2012, she began to serve on the National Advisory Council of the World Wildlife Fund Philippines and in 2019, she was invited to serve on its board of trustees.[6] In July 2019, she began serving as part of the Board of Directors of Winrock International.[7]
Prior to her philanthropic work, Medved had a career as a commercial model and actress. In 1996, she left the Philippines to pursue studies in the United States.[8] In 2002, she decided to leave the entertainment industry to focus on her advocacy work.[9]
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Medved was born in Hawaii to a Russian father and a Chinese mother.[10] Medved married businessman Christopher Po in South Africa in 1999. The couple have two sons.[11]
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