Fe de los Reyes (Ella)

Fe de los Reyes is arguably the Philippine's top female singer-comedienne, who in 1993 left her career and home in Manila, to come to the US to search for a sister she has never met.   Along the way, Fe had to contend with US Immigration, and those experiences are given new life in her new show "Amerikana The Musical", a stage production about coming to America, and based loosely on her life story.

Many people who see Fe for the first time, are amazed with her energy, and ability to switch from funny girl to broadway singer, and prance across the stage and break into choreographed dance,  all without missing a beat (unless that's part of the comedy routine).  Such talent, these same people marvel, and they are genuinely surprised to learn how long she has been a professional entertainer.  

Fe started her professional career in 1979 as a member of Music and Magic, the Philippine’s premier showband in the 80’s, credited with highly successful performances in Manila, the Asian circuit and North American cities.  She turned solo in 1987 and became much sought for her unique one-woman comedy cum  dance-musical acts, acts that she updates and performs to this day. She’s appeared in top venues like Carnegie Hall, MGM Grand, SF Civic Center, Shrine Auditorium, and many more. Staying true to her filipino roots, she’s reached out to a diverse world audience, easily wowing crowds from 200 to 20,000. 

Fe de los Reyes is a graduate of Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines. As a working student, Fe divided her time with studies, the Ateneo Glee Club, and singing backup for then-unknown Kuh Ledesma who later became a top recording star and  “Pop Diva.” After graduating and earning a degree in A.B. Economics, Fe plunged headlong into a career as an entertainer with Kuh’s back-up band. The band came into its own as the Music and Magic, and for the next seven years became the Philippines’ number one showband.  The group disbanded in 1986 when Fe and band members decided to launch solo careers.

From the outset, Fe’s career stood out as exceptional and most exciting.  Hers was a total act combining stand-up comedy with singing and dancing, a genre known as “comedy cabaret”.  The proponents of this art form are largely American---Carol Burnett, Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin, to name a few.  From this influence, she infused her pinoy brand of humor to claim a style that’s uniquely her own.

In 1993, Fe left a flourishing showbiz career in Manila to 1) find family in the States (she found a long-lost sister, and that’s a whole other story),  2)  start a family of her own, and 3)  pursue a dream of making it in America.  No small goals!

Today, Fe is happy to say she’s succeeding on all three fronts --- and more.  In addition to a successful career as concert performer and homemaker, Fe is an officially accredited Realtor in California, with an impressive track record of commercial and residential real estate transactions.

In 1995, the United States INS granted her a greencard as an Alien of Extraordinary Ability, the highest immigrant  category, reserved for those individuals who represent the top in their field.  Fe acquired US citizenship in 2002.

Fe also starred in the award-winning Filipino American film THE DEBUT (2000, Columbia Tri-Star), playing Tita Alice.

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