best actress (philippine movies)
by jrc_ven | created - 12 Aug 2011 | updated - 02 Sep 2011 | Public
1. Vilma Santos
Actress | Sister Stella L.
Rosa Vilma Santos started as a child actress at the age of 9 in Trudis liit (1963). The same movie that gave her first FAMAS best child actress award. She was married to Eduardo Manzano, with whom she has a son named Luis Philip. The birth of her son gave more success to her movie career; the ...
2. Charito Solis
Actress | Kisapmata
Charito Solis was born on October 6, 1935 in Manila, Philippines. She was an actress, known for In the Wink of an Eye (1981), El filibusterismo (1962) and Of the Flesh (1983). She died on January 9, 1998 in Laguna, Philippines.
3. Lolita Rodriguez
Actress | Ina ka ng anak mo
Lolita Rodriguez, Dolores Clark in real life, was born on January 29, 1935 in Urdaneta Pangasinan. In 1953, at the age of 18, she entered the movies. She was given walk-on roles. As an extra, she used to earn 5 pesos per appearance. Her first movie was Ating Pag-ibig, followed by Gorio at Tekla, El...
4. Nida Blanca
Actress | Magdusa ka!
Dorothy Acueza Jones was born Jan 6 1936, the only child of Inocencia Acueza and American national John William Jones II. She finished high school at the Adamson University and took up Pre-law at the University of Sto Tomas (UST). She has a daughter, Kay Torres, by estranged husband Victorino ...
5. Gloria Romero
Actress | Dalagang Ilokana
Gloria Galla was born in 1933 in Denver Colorado, to a hardworking Filipino, Pedro Galla, and an American woman, Mary Borrego. Her elementary education was spent in Mabini Elementary School and she graduated from Riverview High School in Mabini, Pangasinan.
She married actor Juancho Gutierrez after ...
6. Anita Linda
Actress | Sisa
Anita Linda was born Alice Buenaflor Lake in Pasay City, Manila, Philippines. Her parents were James Lake, an American mining engineer, and Gorgonia Buenaflor of Iloilo. She attended Polo Elementary School and graduated from Good Shepherd Convent High School. She married actor Fred Cortes, with ...
7. Rita Gomez
Actress | Salawahan
Rita Gomez is known for Salawahan (1979), Talipandas (1958) and Ang sawa sa lumang simboryo (1952).
8. Celia Rodriguez
Actress | Lilet
Celia Rodriguez is known for Lilet (1971), Bulaklak sa City Jail (1984) and Magnifico (2003).
9. Rosa Rosal
Actress | Sonny Boy
Rosa Rosal was born on October 16, 1928 in the Philippines. She is an actress, known for Sonny Boy (1955), Blessings of the Land (1959) and Ang lahat ng ito pati na ang langit (1989).
10. Nora Aunor
Actress | The Flor Contemplacion Story
She was born Nora Villamayor to a large, poor family in Iriga City, Camarines Sur. At age 5 she was selling water at the railroad station. The family lived in a nipa house with only one gasera to provide light, and sometimes Nora went to school barefoot. Then Tinseltown beckoned. She began to make ...
11. Gina Alajar
Actress | Kaya kong abutin ang langit
Regina Alatiit was born as the eldest child, on June 28, 1959, to Bernardino Alatiit of Roxas City and Angelica Liguid of Cavite. She attended elementary school at the P. Burgos Elementary School and, after high school, took a one-year course on Tourism and Travel at the Centro Escolar University. ...
12. Hilda Koronel
Actress | Insiang
Hilda Koronel was born on January 17, 1957 in Angeles, Philippines. She is an actress, known for Insiang (1976), Wherever You Are (2005) and Babangon ako't dudurugin kita (1989).
13. Cherry Pie Picache
Actress | Foster Child
Cherry Pie Picache was born on May 27, 1970 in Metro Manila, Philippines. She is an actress, known for Foster Child (2007), Kaleldo (2006) and Manay po! (2006).
14. Gina Pareño
Actress | Kasal, kasali, kasalo
Geraldine Acthley was born in 1950 to Patricia Dory Ocura of Bacolod, a ticket taker at the Mayfair Theater in Avenida, Manila, and to Bouffard Acthley, a German-American who didn't stay long after Geraldine's birth. Geraldine grew up in the rough neighborhood of Gagalangin, Tondo, accompanying her...
15. Jaclyn Jose
Actress | The Flor Contemplacion Story
Jaclyn Jose was born on October 21, 1963 in Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines. She was an actress, known for The Flor Contemplacion Story (1995), Ma' Rosa (2016) and Service (2008). She was married to Mark Gil. She died on March 2, 2024.
16. Maricel Soriano
Actress | Inang yaya
Born as Maria Cecilia Dador Soriano on February 25, 1965. A Filipina actress best known as "The Diamond Star" for her versatile acting and award giving performance. She is considered to be the 3rd most awarded female actress in the Philippines, next to Nora Aunor and Vilma Santos.
Soriano started ...
17. Amy Austria
Actress | Bubble's Ativan Gang
Esmeralda Tuazon was born in 1961, the second of six children She helped her impoverished family by selling chewing gum. She studied at the Rajah Soliman High School She was introduced to producer Baby Martinez of MBM Productions by a mutual friend. She was then cast in Bitayin Si Baby Ama (1976), ...
18. Irma Adlawan
Actress | Transit
Irma Adlawan is known for Transit (2013), Stray Cats (2005) and Oro (2016). She is married to Dennis Marasigan.
19. Lorna Tolentino
Actress | Maging akin ka lamang
Lorna's parents were Eloisa Perez and Amado Aluquin. Her birth name was Lorna Perez Aluquin. She attended the elementary grades at St Anthony School where she also finished high school She took up a Bachelor of Arts course at St Paul College in Quezon City, and also at the University of Sto Tomas ...
20. Sharon Cuneta
Actress | Dapat ka bang mahalin?
Sharon Cuneta was born on January 6, 1966 in Manila, Philippines. She is an actress and producer, known for Dapat ka bang mahalin? (1984), Babangon ako't dudurugin kita (1989) and Pasan ko ang daigdig (1987). She has been married to Francis Pangilinan since 1998. They have two children. She was ...
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