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Gina Pareño

Acting Born Dec 17, 1949 Tondo, Manila, Philippines 24 credits

Biography

Gina Pareño is a Filipina actress born in Tondo, Manila.  Her career began as an extra in several films throughout the 1960s, before starring in numerous roles with the Philippine film production company Sampaguita Pictures.  In 2006, she gained international recognition for her role in Kubrador (The Bet Collector) wherein she won the Best Actress award at the Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema and at the Brussels International Independent Film Festival. Pareño also won the Metro Manila Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actress as an outspoken and brash mother in the movie Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo and then later on received accolades for the same film and category in the FAMAS Awards as well as the Film Academy of the Philippines Awards in that same year.

Pareño and co-actress Jaclyn Jose were cited in the 61st Cannes Film Festival in 2008 for their performance in Brillante Mendoza's Serbis. The film earned several recognitions including a Best Actress award for Pareño at the 6th Pacific Meridian International Film Festival and an Asian Film Award for Best Supporting Actress.

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Known for

Film

Bad Company

as Felipa Escallon

Darna

as Milagros
Film

Animal House

as Rita "Lola Gets" Dionisio

Frequent co-stars

Angel Locsin 1 shared title
Alessandra de Rossi 1 shared title
Wendell Ramos 1 shared title
Dennis Trillo 1 shared title
Jeremy Marquez 1 shared title
Eddie Garcia 1 shared title
Christopher de Leon 1 shared title
Celia Rodriguez 1 shared title
Sandy Andolong 1 shared title
Caridad Sanchez 1 shared title

Career timeline

The HollowedQueue
P77
Secrets of UrdujaAbeNida
Crush Kong Curly
Kara Mia
Ikaw Lang Ang Iibigin
Dyesebel
Juan dela Cruz
Lorenzo's Time
My Binondo Girl
Kung Tayo'y MagkakalayoMara Clara
Tayong Dalawa
Ysabella
Darna
Basta't Kasama Kita
Labs Ko Si BabeKiss Mo 'KoHey Babe!
Second Chances
Monster
Paula

Full filmography

  • Labs Ko Si Babe (1999) as Felipa Escallon
  • Basta't Kasama Kita (2003) as Nanay Ligaya
  • Darna (2005) as Milagros
  • Tayong Dalawa (2009) as Rita "Lola Gets" Dionisio
  • Ysabella (2007) as Trinidad "Trining" Mendoza
  • Kung Tayo'y Magkakalayo (2010) as Petulah "Pet" Crisanto
  • My Binondo Girl (2011) as Amorsola "Amor" Dimaguiba
  • Dyesebel (2014) as Stella Villamayor
  • Juan dela Cruz (2013) as Belen Gonzales
  • Kara Mia (2019) as Corazon
  • Mara Clara (2010) as Lupe
  • Ikaw Lang Ang Iibigin (2017) as Lydia “Lola Ganda” Villoria
  • Secrets of Urduja (2023) as Merly Posadas
  • P77 (2025) as Lola Martha
  • The Hollowed (2026)
  • Second Chances (1995) as Lita
  • Paula (1969)
  • Crush Kong Curly (2021) as Lola Elvira
  • Kiss Mo 'Ko (1999) as Tita Ampy
  • Hey Babe! (1999) as Madame Lola
  • Lorenzo's Time (2012) as Bella "Ate Belle" Nobleza
  • Queue (2026) as Regina
  • Monster (1986) as Mommy
  • AbeNida (2023)