Blanco co-hosted the noontime show
Student Canteen on GMA Network from 1982 until the show's cancellation in 1986. She was also a regular fixture on the Sunday musical extravaganza
GMA Supershow on the same network. In 1999, she became a household name when she played the main antagonist in the ABS-CBN primetime drama series
Saan Ka Man Naroroon. Her television appearances include a regular co-hosting stint in
Walang Tulugan from 2008 to 2016, and the sitcom
Vampire ang Daddy Ko, where she and her mother Pilita Corrales alternated for the role of Sonya Ventura as the older/younger versions. In June 2007, she enrolled in the
Associate of Arts program of the
University of the Philippines, Open University. Blanco wrote a column in
The Philippine Star newspaper. Since the 2000s, she has remained frequent with GMA-7 in afternoon and primetime dramas. ==Personal life==