Krista Elyse Hidalgo Cariño Sullivan (born 3 May 1991), better known by her stage name Bela Padilla, is a Filipino-British actress, film producer, screenwriter, occasional host and model.
Padilla (born Krista Elyse Hidalgo Cariño Sullivan) was born to Cornelius Gary Sullivan and wife Margarette ("Meg"). Her mother is a maternal cousin to Robin Padilla. Her father was divorced from his first wife. She has three elder half-siblings in England from her father's first family while she also has an elder brother from both of her parents. She first attended a Montessori education-style international school in Forbes Park, Makati, before attending the foreigners class of Colegio San Agustin – Makati. Padilla took up journalism as an elective in senior high school.
Padilla's maternal grandmother is the sister of Eva Cariño-Padilla, wife of actor-director and former Camarines Norte governor Roy Padilla, Sr.. She is niece, of second degree consanguinity, to actors Rommel Padilla, Robin Padilla and BB Gandanghari, and second cousin to RJ and Daniel Padilla (sons of Rommel) and Queenie and Kylie Padilla (daughters of Robin).