Princess Punzalan started out her career as one of the regular co-hosts in now defunct
GMA Network Sunday noontime musical variety show
GMA Supershow. Soon after she was launched in her own afternoon TV drama anthology entitled "Princess" in 1987 which was produced by her mom
Helen Vela's production outfit Hyper Vision. To avoid a possible collision with
RPN's
Coney Reyes on Camera (headline by her mom's best friend Coney), her drama anthology was aired at a later timeslot. While her TV career began to be successful, she also branched out into making films. She made her mark in the film
Kung Tapos Na ang Kailanman (shown in 1990) which gave her a FAMAS nomination for Best Actress. In 1989, her drama series was cancelled to make way for
Family 3+1, a sitcom which she headlined with her mother Helen Vela and also starred Ronaldo Valdez and Caridad Sanchez. The show made waves and even received 2 awards for Best Comedy Show at Star Awards. But with the untimely death of its main star Helen Vela caused the show to gradually decline until it was cancelled. Soon after, Princess filled in the void left by her mother (as producer-host/actress) in the drama anthology
Lovingly Yours, Helen which was renamed
Lovingly Yours. The reformatted drama anthology survived for four more years until it was ended by the GMA management in 1996. She became popular for her role as antagonist Selina Pereira-Matias in the 1997 hit TV series
Mula sa Puso starring
Claudine Barretto, aired on
ABS-CBN. In the later 2000s, she transferred back to GMA and did supporting/main roles. One of her last TV series as a series regular was
Kung Mawawala Ka a political drama on primetime airing on GMA Network which garnered attention at the time of its back to back battle with the drama series ''
Pangako Sa 'Yo''. She returned to film as co-teacher and Mila's best friend in
Mila played by
Maricel Soriano. In 2005, she played the evil aunt of
Ryza Cenon and
LJ Reyes in GMA Network's afternoon drama series and
Now and Forever first installment series
Mukha and then moved back to ABS-CBN though was only visible on
Maalaala Mo Kaya. She appeared in
The Last Prince (2010) starring
Aljur Abrenica and
Kris Bernal, where Punzalan played an evil witch named Alwana. She returned to ABS-CBN in 2015 after five years with GMA-7. She appeared in the
GMA Films and
Regal Films movie
My Valentine Girls with
Richard Gutierrez. She did a film
Johnny Loves Dolores (2012), an entry in the San Francisco International Asian Film Festival, directed by Clarissa delos Reyes. Punzalan is now based in the
United States, fulfilling her duties as a registered nurse. ==Personal life==