Education
Prieto studied Bachelor of Surgery Psychology at Adamson University but was unable to finish her degree when she joined show business.
Prieto studied Bachelor of Surgery Psychology at Adamson University but was unable to finish her degree when she joined show business.
She is of Norwegian and Chinese Filipino descent. In her teen years, she showed the makings of a high-profile model that got her into the modeling industry. At 13, she was fielded in the Elite Model Look Search Philippines 1994 (formerly Look of the Year) and she emerged as one of the finalists.
Top model Linda Evangelista flew into Manila to judge the search.
Prieto, then known as Anna Marie Falcon did ramp modelling and photoshoots with her stunning Eurasian features towering at 5 feet 10 inches (178 m) in her teen years. A professional model at 14, she joined the Bodyshots Philippines competition and landed as 1st runner-up.
lieutenant opened more doors for her in the modeling industry for years. Prieto represented the Philippines at the Mission South East Asia Peninsula International Pageant where she emerged as 2nd runner-up.
In 2003, she was ventured into a major beauty contest, Binibining Pilipinas 2003 pageant.
Prieto screened as a candidate for Mutya ng Pilipinas 2003 but eventually dropped the plans after being offered exclusive starring roles contract by a then giant production outfit, Seiko. Prieto hold the record as 2 months from its first appearance from FHM Philippines as cover girl for November 2003. As an actress, she did several sexy roles with Seiko together with Diana Zubiri.
Her biggest break was when she played Queen Avria in Etheria, the second book of Encantadia.
She has also done comic roles in Bubble Gang, where she was one of the mainstays. She recently played Kuran, a villainess in Kamandag.
She also played a supporting role as Aureana in Codename: Asero. In early 2009, she played Sheila, one of the villains in Ang Babaeng Hinugot Sa Aking Tadyang.
As of 2012, she played Mistress
Smith in Kung Tayo"y Magkakalayo. Prieto terminated her contract with Global Media Arts-7. She has a contract with Kapamilya, although it is non-exclusive.
In 2010, she played a vampire co-revolutionary leader Imelda Fontanilla, in the supernatural thriller series Imortal.
Also in 2010, Prieto became the model and face of Ever Bilena Cosmetics. Aside from being an actress, she was a radio presenter at DZMM TeleRadyo"s program "Ka-Date" together with Bobby Yan, which also aired on DZMM 630 simultaneously.
Prieto began her career in the entertainment industry as a member of That"s Entertainment.