Career
She made her screen debut via StarStruck, but became popular until playing the antagonist roles in Darna, Majika, MariMar and Destiny Rose and becoming the protagonist in One Night Only, Gagambino and Magdusa Ka. Katrina Halili is an alumna of the StarStruck talent search and the cover girl of leading magazines such as FHM and Maxim Philippines. She was voted as FHM Philippines" sexiest woman for the year 2006 and bagged the title yet again in 2007.
She is a four-time FHM Philippines covergirl (2005, 2006, 2008 and 2015).
With 123,000 votes, she placed 2nd in 2008 next to Marian Rivera, but Rivera didn"t appear on FHM until January 2013. In May 2009, a sex tape showing Halili and Doctor Hayden Kho, who was then in a relationship with Vicki Belo, was distributed over the internet without her consent.
The dispute lasted a long time and resulted in a number of legal actions and with some endorsements being taken away from her.