Eva Fonda


Eva Fonda is a Philippine drama show on ABS-CBN that aired from December 1, 2008 to February 6, 2009. Eva Fonda is a remake of a 1976 film of the same name starring Alma Moreno.

Plot summary

Eva de Jesus comes from a poor but a loving family in a small Philippine fishing village. After losing her father at an early age, she and her mother Edeng have been making ends meet on their own. De Jesus wishes to finish school and settle down with her boyfriend Joel Dakila. She is perpetually targeted by the town's men because of their perception of her as beautiful and innocent.
When town rich kid Val Mendez returns from Manila, he seeks out and rapes de Jesus; causing her life to circle the drain. Her boyfriend leaves her, and her family is devastated. In her quest to seek justice, she accidentally stabs Mendez's father, Don Ismael. Whilst imprisoned, her sister dies from a freak accident. De Jesus escapes imprisonment and flees to Manila. Whilst there, she saves beauty agency manager Patricia "Tita Patty" Rosal from an assailant; grateful, Rosal offers her work as a model.
De Jesus's modelling career rises quickly, and Rosal informs her a Japanese company has hired them. She and de Jesus fly to Japan, where they meet company president Toshiro Fonda. Fonda secretly plans to marry de Jesus; de Jesus accepts and their marriage is solemnised; however, a week after their wedding, Toshiro dies from heart complications.
Eva, now surnamed Fonda, returns to the Philippines, only to be preyed on by Mendez again. Mendez has kidnapped Dakila and another friend, Rosanna "Osang" Paredes, and confined them in a dilapidated building.

Cast and characters

Main cast