Real name and personal background of Anthony Jennings and his showbiz career.
ANTHONY JENNINGS – Here are some of the details about the personal life and show business career of the Kapamilya star.
Snoop is a well-loved character in the teleserye, Can’t Buy Me Love, and has been a ray of sunshine throughout the show. This character was played by Anthony Jennings and many people were fond of him because of this role. His love team with actress Maris Racal also took off, however, some issues are hounding him which will surely take a toll on his career.
Anthony Jennings Family
His full name is Anthony Michael Jennings, half-British and half-Filipino, and was born on November 1, 2000. He grew up with his grandparents in Negros Occidental and has two siblings. Growing up, he played at the beach and fished with his lolo and this is one of his most treasured memories from his childhood.
Life was hard for him moving from one house to another and seeing his parents pay numerous debts for their family.
Anthony Jennings Educational Background
Growing up, Jennings’ family was poor. In an interview with Ogie Diaz, he shared, “Wala naman akong sinisisi sa parents ko, alam ko namang lahat ng ginawa nila para din naman sa amin. Dumating lang talaga sa na malas lang talaga kami. Minsan kinakapos na gano’n, wala nang pambayad sa upa, so lilipat na naman kami.”
Because of this, he was not able to finish his school. He only finished the second grade (Grade 2). He did not know how to read and write. Up until now, his education remains one of his biggest regrets in life.
Anthony Jennings Showbiz Career
It took many years for him to land a spot in Star Magic’s pool of talents. He used to do VTR and commercials and in a podcast, he recalled that he once auditioned for a role in ABS-CBN even if he didn’t know how to write since he did not even finish elementary. He had a hard time reading and writing during his teenage years and only learned how to do these skills in the long run.
He confessed, “‘Yung pagbabasa kasi, natutunan ko nalang siya in the long run, tsaka pagsusulat. Parang kusa na lang.”
Belle Mariano and Gilian Vicencio are his batchmates in Star Magic Circle 2019 and his first acting project was Hello, Love, Goodbye. It was fortunate for him to be a part of a successful film for his acting debut. He played the youngest brother of Alden Richards in the film.
Anthony Jennings Films and TV Projects
Apart from Hello, Love, Goodbye, he also starred in the film Love At First Stream, a 2021 Metro Manila Film Festival entry. His first teleserye was with Enrique Gil and Liza Soberano in Make It With You (2020). However, this series was canceled because of COVID-19.
He was also a part of KathNiel’s House Arrest Of Us
Relationship with Jam Villanueva
Jam Villanueva was his girlfriend and their relationship lasted for seven years. However, due to cheating allegations, their relationship ended. After their split, Jam exposed the intimate messages he had with Maris Racal. This issue seemed to have cut off his already budding success as an actor after his chemistry with Racal appealed to a lot of people.
Issue with Maris Racal
Maris admitted recently that working with Anthony almost every day changed her. She was in a relationship with Rico Blanco but when she realized that things were not the same as before with her boyfriend for five years back then, she came clean and admitted to him everything. They broke up and this created space for her to put her attention to her love team with whom she had a deeper connection with outside of their onscreen partnership.
However, all the while she thought he was single, he was actually not. She only realized this when she read the screenshots that the ex-girlfriend spread online.