[1] Her family owns various hotels, condominiums and Queensland and Madonna, a chain of motels in Cebu, Manila and Davao.
A Gravure model, Adarna has appeared in various magazine covers in the Philippines, such as Candy, FHM, Esquire, UNO, Preview, Speed and Women's Health.
She completed her primary and secondary education at the premier, all-girls' Catholic school Saint Theresa's College of Cebu.
Adarna briefly worked as a secretary at her dad's company before leaving Cebu for Manila, to pursue a career in the limelight.
[3] Adarna made her acting debut through the Philippine television's longest-running gag show, Bubble Gang, where she appeared as a regular until 2013.
Her career then went into expansion after she became part of the cast of Captain Barbell (2011) opposite Richard Gutierrez and Jillian Ward.
She became part of the fantasy television series Alice Bungisngis and her Wonder Walis, in 2012, reuniting with her Tween Academy: Class of 2012 co-stars Derrick Monasterio and Lexi Fernandez.
The series premiered on ABS-CBN's Kapamilya Gold afternoon block on March 31, 2014, and concluded on August 15, 2014, with a total of 97 episodes.
While doing Pasión de Amor, Adarna was part of You're Still the One, playing the role of Racquel, the woman who Jojo (Dennis Trillo) is engaged to.