Maria Erlinda Lucille Sazon Termulo-Padilla professionally known as Mariel Rodriguez, is a Filipino-born American commercial model, endorser, television host, VJ and actress.

Komiks is a Philippine fantasy drama anthology television series broadcast by ABS-CBN from February 4, 2006, to August 8, 2009, every Saturday evenings. The series featured popular local comic book stories by Filipino comic writers Pablo S. Gomez, Francisco V. Coching, Mars Ravelo, Elena M. Patron and Jim M. Fernandez.