Background
Granada is the daughter of a Filipino chief marine engineer father Humberto Granada and a Spanish homemaker mother named Isabel Villarama, also known as Mommy Guapa (Guapa is the Spanish word for "beautiful").
Granada is the daughter of a Filipino chief marine engineer father Humberto Granada and a Spanish homemaker mother named Isabel Villarama, also known as Mommy Guapa (Guapa is the Spanish word for "beautiful").
As an actress, she made her first appearance in the television series Villa Quintana, broadcast on he Global Media Arts Network. She is fluent in Tagalog, Spanish and English. Her father died in 1995.
Her mother did not approve of nor attend Granada"s marriage to Geryk Genasky Aguas, a councillor in Pampanga.
She recorded an album with songs like “Crush Na Crush Kita” (You are Really My Crush) and “Di Na Bale” (Never Mind). After joining the cast of Ikaw Na Sana Granada became part of the drama series on ABS-Christian Broadcasting Network entitled Sa Puso Ko Iingatan Ka co-work with Judy Ann Santos.
In 2008, Granada played the role of Elena Valderama in the remake of Kaputol ng Isang Awit with co-star Glaiza de Castro and Lovi Poe, recently shown on the Global Media Arts Network. She also appeared in the romantic comedy drama Philippine remake Lalola.
In 2009, she was one of the guest stars in the Philippine adoption of Zorro.
But as of 2013 she joined lieutenant"s Showtime"s Bida Kapamilya Celebrity Round with her Kapamilya"s and she is back and working again on ABS-Christian Broadcasting Network via Got to Believe along with Kathryn Bernardo, Daniel Padilla, and with her same generation co actresses Carmina Villaroel and Manilyn Reynes. In 2008 Granada acted opposite troubled actor-producer Stegath Dorr in the film Pirate"s Blood, for which she did not receive her contractual fee. Pirate"s Blood has long been available in bootleg and pirated versions according to Dorr, but cannot be exhibited theatrically as a result of the fee owed to Granada.
Music
In 1998 Granada released the album Out Here on My Own and in 2000 she released In the Mood for Love.
Her career started after auditioning for That’s Entertainment in 1986, where she became a member of the Tuesday group.