Derek Arthur Ramsay Jr.[fn 1] (born December 7, 1976)[1] is a British-Filipino model, actor, and host. As of 2019, he is an exclusive talent of GMA Network. In 2021, he filed an indefinite leave and is currently inactive in showbiz to attend to his personal life.
Early life and education
Ramsay was born on December 7, 1976,[3] in Enfield, England,[4] and he was raised in Cainta, Rizal, Philippines.[citation needed] His Filipina mother, Remedios Paggao,[4] was the head of the housekeeping unit of 11 Cadogan Gardens in London, and his British father, Derek Arthur Ramsay Sr. was an inspector for the Metropolitan Police Service stationed in Scotland Yard.[4][5][1] He was educated in the Philippines at Maria Montessori High School and a boarding school in England. He studied for an undergraduate degree in marketing in New Hampshire and Boston.[4]
Career
Modelling
Early in the 2000s, Ramsay found work as an MTV VJ, a model, as well as TV commercial actor.[4]
Television and film
Ramsay first came into wider public attention in Eat Bulaga! as a co-host of the segment Pool Watch from 2001 to 2004 on GMA Network.[6]
In April 2012, he signed a three-year contract and transferred to TV5.[7]
His first show on TV5 was The Amazing Race Philippines. After his contract expired in February 2015, he signed another three-year contract with TV5 on 28 April 2015.[8]
After months of speculations about network transfer, Ramsay returned to GMA Network and signed an exclusive contract with the network on 3 April 2019. He started in the network as a co-host of Eat Bulaga! from 2001 to 2004.[9] His first comeback Kapuso project was The Better Woman that garnered high ratings aired in 2019.
In 2020, he was supposed to topbill a project Kapuso project entitled Sanggang Dikit however because of the pandemic the production was halted. Later on, he received an offer to do with To Love and To Hold but he declined the role due to lock-in taping.
Showbiz hiatus
In December 2021, Ramsey and GMA Network have agreed that the actor will take an "indefinite leave" and "freeze the contract" from showbiz to attend to "personal matters and family".
He also plays golf, a sport which he took up after his involvement in the 2014 film Trophy Wife. Along with John Estrada, Ramsay won the 2017 Jack Nicklaus International Invitational, a recreational golf tournament in Dublin, Ohio.[13]
He represented the Philippines again as part of the Boracay Dragons in the 2017 World Championships of Beach Ultimate.[15][16]
Personal life
Ramsay married fellow actor Ellen Adarna on November 11, 2021.[17]Derek Ramsey revealed on December 11, 2023, that Adarna had a miscarriage.[18] He and Adarna are coparenting Cruz' son, Elias Modesto.[19] Adarna gave birth to a child with Ramsay in October 2024.[20]
^Lo, Ricky. "Derek to the Point". The Philippine Star. Retrieved April 14, 2022. A Dragon (Dec. 7, 1976), Derek will "breathe fire" in this Year of the Sheep and will prove that, as the cliché goes, you can't put a good man down.
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