Grace Poe is the daughter of Susan Roces. She was the chairperson of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board from 2010 to 2012. Poe is the adopted daughter of actors Fernando Poe Jr and Susan Roces.
Grace Poe ran for a seat in the Philippine Senate during the election in 2013 as an independent affiliated with the Team PNoy coalition of Benigno Aquino III.
She ended up winning more votes than other candidates and over 20 million votes, ahead of Loren Legarda, who previously topped two candidates. She was a candidate for the 2016 presidential elections.
Despite numerous attempts to have her disqualified based on questions regarding her citizenship, the Supreme Court of the Philippines deemed her natural-born Filipino citizen and was qualified to become president based on her 10-year residency.