In 2012, Wrightson (credited as Jervi Li) and Saida Diola formed Team Amigas on the series
The Amazing Race Philippines 1 on
TV5. The team placed 5th after being eliminated in
Boracay.
TV host and personality career In 2016, Wrightson impersonated
Karen Davila in the
Philippine presidential election, as part of a
political satire event led by UP Diliman. She would be known as KaladKaren due to her portrayal, a humorous
pun combining "Karen" and
Tagalog (meaning "someone who gets persuaded easily into joining activities", literally "[something] dragged along"). She co-hosted the morning talk show of ABS-CBN's
Umagang Kay Ganda and presented
Pilipinas Got Talent Exclusives,
The Voice Kids Digi TV,
The Voice Teens Digi TV and
Trabahanap. She was also a mainstay of the program
I Can See Your Voice and served as a resident judge on
Drag Race Philippines. In June 2023, she joined
Frontline Pilipinas on TV5 as a presenter for the Showbiz and Trivia segment, using the screen name "KaladKaren". In the film, she portrayed Wilhelmina who was also a trans woman like herself. Her character switched bodies with Junior, the protagonist which was portrayed by
Enchong Dee hence she had to act like a man for parts of the film to fulfill the role. She won the best supporting actress award in the festival, becoming the first trans woman to win the said award and second to win in an actress category award in the Philippine film industry after
Iyah Mina in 2018. After her marriage in September 2024, Wrightson changed her screen name from Kaladkaren to her real name, Jervi Wrightson, during an announcement on
Frontline Pilipinas. She appeared in the
iWantTFC miniseries such as
Drag You & Me and
Fit Check and is played by herself to make a supporting character was denoted by a cameo appearance in the drama-suspense thriller miniseries,
Fractured, along with co-stars by
Francine Diaz,
Seth Fedelin,
Jeremiah Lisbo,
Kaori Oinuma, Raven Rigor, Sean Tristan, and Daniela Stranner. ==Personal life==