Hope Elizabeth Soberano was born in Santa Clara, California, to a Filipino father, John Castillo Soberano from Pangasinan, and an American mother, Jacqulyn Elizabeth Hanley. She was raised in Visalia, California, by her paternal grandparents when her parents separated. In 2008 at the age of 10, she moved to Manila, Philippines to live with her father and relative.
At the age of 12, after moving to Manila, she was offered jobs to model for print ads. At the age of 13, a talent scout spotted her and was introduced to Ogie Diaz, who is her current talent manager. Since she could not speak Tagalog at the time her talent manager encouraged her to become fluent in the language so she can land good television and film projects.
She made her acting debut in the anthology series Wansapanataym (2011). She then had a minor role as Claire Raymundo in Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo (2012). Soberano then played the role of Angel in Daniel Padilla and Kathryn Bernardo's premier movie ‘’Must Be... Love’’. In 2013 she also starred as Gillian in She's the One with Bea Alonzo, Dingdong Dantes and Enrique Gil. A year later in 2014, she joined the primetime television series Got to Believe as padilla's other love interest.
She is often described in the media as "one of Philippines' television's most beautiful faces", she stated "I appreciate it but sometimes that’s all they notice and I don't want them to remember me because I'm pretty." As for her, she wants to be recognized for her confidence and courage to take new roles in her career.
She claimed the top spot in “The 100 Most Beautiful Faces 2017” released by Independent Critics, led by film critic TC Candler as revealed in a YouTube video on Monday. Soberano bested 90,000 female celebrities from around the world.
