, September 2012 In 2006, Poe was handpicked by an international singing duo named
Same Same to perform with them the song "Without You," which is included in the duo's debut album
The Meaning of Happy. She was then first paired with
Cogie Domingo in the youth-oriented drama
Love to Love. Her biggest acting break came when she played the character of Kristal Maisog in the hit 2006 drama,
Bakekang. Her co-star
Sunshine Dizon pushed her to join show business as an actress. Her acting performance in
Bakekang gained critical praise and was named as Best New Female TV Personality in the
21st PMPC Star Awards for Television. In 2007, Poe was cast in
Zaido: Pulis Pangkalawakan (a Philippine spin-off of
Shaider) as a newspaper journalist who is a close friend of policeman Alexis Lorenzo (played by
Marky Cielo) who turned into the superhero Zaido Green. In 2008, she played another starring role in the character of Joanna on the afternoon drama,
Sine Novela: Kaputol ng Isang Awit, alongside
Glaiza de Castro, Marky Cielo and Jolo Revilla. In 2008, she won the New Movie Actress of the Year award in the 24th
PMPC Star Awards for Movies for the film
Shake, Rattle and Roll 9. She was also part of the
Gabby Concepcion 20-city tour which started on August 17, 2008. Her
Bloom solo concert at the Music Museum in
San Juan, Metro Manila, was held on October 16.
Bloom is also the title of her second album under SonyBMG. She was also cast in the film
Paukay-Ukay by
Regal Entertainment. She also co-starred in
LaLola (2008) and
Ang Babaeng Hinugot sa Aking Tadyang (2009). Poe appeared on the
TV5 youth-oriented drama
Lipgloss; GMA Network previously did not allow her to join the series as per network policy stating their contract talents be exclusive to their network. Her manager, Leo Dominguez, defended their move saying that "Lovi does not have an existing contract with GMA." Since then, Poe has not appeared in any of GMA Network shows. It was also reported that she entertained offers from GMA's rival network ABS-CBN, until her manager decided to accept GMA's offer to cast Poe in the new sitcom
Show Me Da Manny. In 2010, she was a regular host on the GMA Sunday noontime variety show
Party Pilipinas. In July 2010, she appeared in the independent film
Mayohan for which she won her first acting award, the Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival Award for Best Actress. After 15 years with GMA Network, Poe moved to
ABS-CBN on September 16, 2021. Her first television drama project was the Philippine adaptation of
Flower of Evil with
Piolo Pascual. She has since launched her own
production company,
C'est Lovi Productions, in partnership with her eventual husband,
Montgomery Blencowe, as an executive. In 2023, she received her first screenwriter credit for the
Netflix film
Seasons, which
Carlo Aquino starred as a lead with Poe. Poe is part of the cast of the American independent film
Bad Man directed by Michael Diliberti, which released in 2025. She was previously cast in
The Chelsea Cowboy and ''My Sister's Bones,'' with the later released in January 2026, where she leads opposite
Olga Kurylenko. Poe finished her filmmaking of
Regal Entertainment's
Guilty Pleasure, a drama thriller directed by Connie Macatuno and written by Noreen Capili. She renewed her contract with Gracee Angles'
skin care Eevor Skin Care Depot (SCD), as
celebrity endorser since 2022. ==Personal life==