Gabriela Annjane "Ella" Umali Cruz[1][2] (Tagalog pronunciation: [ʊˈmalɪ ˈkɾus]; born August 17, 1996)[3] is a Filipino actress.

[citation needed] She was known for playing the teen character of Cristine Reyes in the TV series Dahil sa Pag-ibig.

Cruz was often paired with Francis Magundayao who played the teen Piolo Pascual in the same TV series.

Also, Cruz and her team Daphny Red and Eunice Creus were the representative in a Jakarta Indonesia Competition[clarification needed] with South Korean girl group Blackpink.

[citation needed] In 2022, she was cast to play the role of Irene Marcos in the film Maid in Malacañang, a historical drama telling an alternative account of the last 72 hours of the Marcos family in the Malacañang Palace before their exile to Hawaii in the wake of the People Power Revolution in 1986.