# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sarah-balabagan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:15:40.824Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sarah-balabagan"
name: "Sarah Balabagan"
slug: "sarah-balabagan"
description: "Sarah Balabagan-Sereno is a Filipino former migrant worker and media personality who was imprisoned in the United Arab Emirates from 1994 to 1996 for murder. She was initially sentenced to death, but her sentence was later reduced to a year of imprisonment and she returned to the Philippines. Her story was made into a film in 1997."
tagline: "Filipino prisoner of the United Arab Emirates"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1979-08-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.39
  momentum:             5.562544082599937
  historical:           7.088524
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Balabagan"
    title: "Sarah Balabagan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "سارة بالاباجان سيرينو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Balabagan"
    title: "Sarah Balabagan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Balabagan"
    title: "Sarah Balabagan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Balabagan"
    title: "Sarah Balabagan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Balabagan"
    title: "Sarah Balabagan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE_%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%A8"
    title: "ਸਾਰਾ ਬਾਲਬਾਗਨ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Balabagan"
    title: "Sarah Balabagan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3088008"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump