Memories of Isabel Granada

Isabel Granada was the daughter of Humberto Granada,a filipino chief marine engineer,and Isabel Villarama,a homemaker.Her father died in 1995.

She attended the Philippine Air Transport and Training Services College where she obtained engineering in 2001 and secured her private pilot license.

Granada's career started auditioning for That's Entertainment in 1986,where she became a member of the tuesday group.She was part of the cast of the film,Ligaya ang Itawag mo sa Akin which starred Rosanna Roces,and was given the FAMAS Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1998 for her role in the film.

After joining the cast of Ikaw Na Sana Granada became part of the drama series on ABS-CBN entitled Sa Puso Ko Iingatan Ka co-work with Judy Ann Santos.

In 1998 Granada released the album Out Here On My Own and 2000 she released In The Mood for Love.She recorded an album with songs like "Crush na Crush Kita"(You ara Really My Crush) and "Di na Bale"(Never Mind).

Granada's first marriage was to Geryk Genasky in 2002.They eventually separated,but their relationship produced one son,Hubert Thomas Jericho Granada Aguas.She married Arnel Cowley in 2015,and was a stepmother to his stepdaughters:Sarah and Abbey Cowley.

She took a break from showbiz from 2004 to 2006 after giving birth to her son.Around 2006,Granada underwent oophorectomy of her right ovary after a cyst had developed.In 2007 she resumed her acting career with GMA Network and worked with Sine Novela:Pasan Ko Ang Daigdig and Zaido:Pulis Pangkalawakan.

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 GMA Network.She also appeared in the romantic comedy drama Philippine remake Lalola.

She again had to undergo the operation in 2008 after two cysts had grown on her left ovary,which accidentally discoverd during removal of a benign tumor in her uterus.In 2009,she was one of the guest stars in the Philippine adption of Zorro.

As of 2013 she joined It's Showtime's Bida Kapamilya Celebrity Round with her Kapamilya's and she was working again on ABS-CBN's Got to Believe,along with Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla,among others.

In the latest drama series on ABS-CBN Isabel Granada played a role of Cris,the domineering and snooty friend of Anton in the Bea Alonzo-IanVeneracion led family drama,A Love to Last,which aired last september.

On October 25,2017,Isabel Granada fell into a coma after experiencing six cardiac arrests while on a business trip to Quatar with her husband.She was rushed to the Hospital of the Hamad Medical Cor
poration and was later transferred to Hamad General Hospital.
But the day before she  suddenly collapsed and went on coma,Isabel posted this on Facebook,as if already had a premonition.

  "As you turn your attention to Christ Jesus,feel the light of his Prescence shinning upon you.
   Open your mind and heart to recieve his heavenly smile of approval.Let his gold-tinged Love wash     over you and soak into the dephts of your being.As you are increasing filled with his being,you 
   experience joyous union with him.He suffuses your soul with Joy in His Precense ;at His right 
   hand there are pleasures forevermore"

She suffered from a brain hemmorrhage and aneurysm that affected her heart.On October 27,2017 Isabel was declared brain dead.November 4,2017,6 p.m.in Quatar,11 p.m. in philippine she declared dead at age 41.