Zymic Demigod Lara Jaranilla (born 20 May 2004) is a Filipino actor. Jaranilla is a GMA Network contract artist. His first appearance in TV was on ABS-CBN's May Bukas Pa, where he played as Junjun.
Jaranilla is the youngest and the third sibling within the Jaranilla family. He lives with his father, his grandmother, and his two older brothers. He is the brother of Zaijian who is primarily a contract artist of Star Magic, the talent management agency of GMA Network's former rival ABS-CBN, and also worked concurrently and secondarily with GMA and TV5 through his appearances at Eat Bulaga!, support of Shayne Sava of StarStruck on July 2019, and ABS-CBN's collaboration with TV5 (January 24, 2021âÂÂJanuary 1, 2026) and GMA (April 5, 2022âÂÂpresent), and Zildjian Jaranilla. He was homeschooled under Angelicum College in his elementary years.
Taking inspiration from his eldest brother, Jaranilla became an actor at a young age, initially signing with ABS-CBN Corporation to play as Junjun on May Bukas Pa of the media company's namesake TV network. During behind the scenes of the series production that lasted until February 5, 2010, he is often along with Zaijian.
He further signed with TV5 Network for the series ' in 2011, playing the role of Young Joaquin. The series aired from February 27 to May 25, 2012.
After his short stints at ABS-CBN and TV5, he is currently signed with GMA's Sparkle. His first role with GMA was as the younger version of Aljur Abrenica's character in Prinsesa ng Buhay Ko. In 2014, he was cast alongside other child actors in the series Yagit, a remake of a popular series back in the 1980s. His performance and the rest of the young cast's was praised as "emotional and solid".