Maine Mendoza

Nicomaine Maine Dei Capili MendozaAtayde born March 3 1995 is a Filipino television host and actress She is best known for her viral Dubsmash videos and her role as Yaya Dub in the noontime variety show Eat Bulaga segment Kalyeserye previously aired on GMA Network and worldwide via GMA Pinoy TV Her rise to fame is often described as phenomenal and unconventional due to the unscripted forming of AlDub love team in Eat Bulaga on July 16 2015 where she was paired with Alden Richards AlDub is a portmanteau of Richards first name and Mendozas character in Kalyeserye Beyond Eat Bulaga Mendoza featured in the 2015 film My Bebe Love KiligPaMore for which she won Best Supporting Actress at the 41st Metro Manila Film Festival She was the lead actress in the 2016 film Imagine You Me where she also wrote and sang its theme song In October 2017 she released her first autobiographical book entitled Yup I Am That Girl which is an unfiltered version of her personal blog Pessimistic Optimist Bella