Abad's first film role was in "Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo" in 1993, where she played one of the three children of Gabby Concepcion and Lorna Tolentino's characters.
[4] Abad is mostly remembered in Kung Mawawala Ka Pa[3], where she played the leukemia-stricken Charina, daughter to Christopher de Leon and Dawn Zulueta's characters.
In 1994, Abad appeared in the action-comedy film Tunay na Magkaibigan, Walang Iwanan... Peksman with Vic Sotto and Phillip Salvador.
[3] In recent years, she had appearances in the films We Will Not Die Tonight[5], Bloody Crayons and Historiographika Errata.
[1][7] However, Abad revealed that she and Contreras have remained friends and are co-parents to children Kidlat Caio and Isla Euan.