Dolce Amore Cast and Characters

Serena (Liza Soberano) is a young and beautiful Italian woman who was adopted by a rich Italian father and mother when she was an infant. When she found herself stuck in an arranged marriage, she runs away to the Philippines, a country she had been fascinated by since she was little from the stories she heard from her Filipina nanny and the stories that her Penpal friend from the Philippines have been talking about. There, she meets and falls in love with her Penpal friend, Tenten (Enrique Gil), a poor and hardworking adopted boy from Tondo who was forced to take unconventional jobs for his family.



Liza Soberano as Serena Marches
The female protagonist of the story. She is a Filipina who was adopted by a rich Italian man as an infant. She is raised as a 'princess', with several servants around her at all times, including a Filipina nanny. Despite her upbringing, she longs for a simple life, which her mother disapproves of. She is fascinated by the Philippines, from the stories she hears from her nanny and from her father who always speaks to her in Tagalog and later on reveals her true parentage.[2][3] Attempting to escape her arranged marriage to her best friend, she travels to the Philippines to search for a young billionaire who can save her family's company.




Hannah F. Lopez Vito as young Serena




Enrique Gil as Simon Vicente "Tenten" I
The male protagonist of the story. He is a sickly orphan who lived in an orphanage before he was adopted by a family. They lost everything after he falls ill, and he had to start taking unconventional jobs to get their house back. He meets Serena while doing one of his jobs, as a call boy, under the impression that she was hiring him.




Marc Santiago as young Tenten




Matteo Guidicelli as Gian Carlo De Luca
He is Serena's childhood best friend from Italy. He seemed to be madly in love with Serena that he will go to any lengths to make her marry him.




Cherie Gil as Luciana Marchesa
Serena's Italian adoptive mother. She was initially against the adoption of Serena, which her husband decided on without her consent. She also doesn't approve of Serena's wishes to live a simple life because she believes "the worst thing in life is to be ordinary".




Sunshine Cruz as Alice Urtola
A nurse and refugee in the fictional country of Askovia. She was separated from her husband and two daughters after an explosion during a war in the 1990's




Edgar Mortiz as Ruben "Dodoy" Ibarra
Tenten's adoptive father and Taps' husband.




Rio Locsin as Pilita "Taps" Ibarra
A cook in the orphanage Tenten was in and she is Tenten's adoptive mother.




Kean Cipriano as Alvin "Binggoy" Ibarra
Dodoy and Taps' eldest son and Tenten's adoptive brother.




Ruben Maria Soriquez as Roberto Marchesa
Serena's adoptive father who longed to have a child which was impossible for him and his barren wife. He raised her as his own and taught her about the Filipino culture, often speaking to her and telling her stories in Tagalog, since he himself was also raised by a Filipino nanny.




Andrew E. as Eugene "Uge" Urtola
Alice's husband and Serena's biological father. He was separated from his wife and children in the war of Askovia.




Sue Ramirez as Angela "Angel" Urtola
Serena's biological sister. She was separated from her sister after an explosion during a war in 1990's of Askovia.




Alvin Anson as Favio De Luca
The uncle of Gian Carlo




Tetchie Agbayani as Vivian Dubois
She introduced herself as Simon's real mother.