IN HER young career, Jodi Santamaria has survived the forgettable movies (Mystrio, Tarzan, Mahal na Kung Mahal) and attracted critics' notice in the important ones (Anak, Sugatang Puso, Bagong Buwan, Jologs). She was last seen on the big screen as the strong-willed, liberated young mother who would rather raise her child fatherless than get tied down in a marriage (Noon at Ngayon), but it n TV where the doe-eyed beauty is really making her mark. After Pangako Sa ‘Yo, she is currently seen weeknights as Nicole, a beautiful but feisty young woman caught between two men desperately in love with her in Darating Ang Umaga. And it is in her star-making role in the Sunday drama Tabing Ilog, where she plays the liberated, bubbly, sexy George, a character closest to the real Jodi, that fans will Forever remember her as.