Vilma Santos

Biography

Rosa Vilma Tuazon Santos-Recto (born November 3, 1953) is a Filipina actress, singer, dancer, TV host, producer, and politician. She has currently serving as Governor of Batangas since 2025, which she previously served from 2007 to 2016. Her career as an actress has spanned more than five decades, beginning when she debuted as a child actress in the 1963 film Trudis Liit, for which she won her first FAMAS Award (Best Child Performer). She won the FAMAS Award for Best Actress for her dual role in "Dama de Noche" (1972). She has portrayed the superhero Darna in four films beginning with "Lipad, Darna, Lipad!" in 1973. Santos produced "Pagputi ng Uwak, Pag-itim ng Tagak" (1978), which won both the FAMAS Award for Best Picture and the Gawad Urian for Best Film. In local media, she has been referred to as "Star for All Seasons" for the varied genres of her films and holds the titles of Grand Slam Queen, Queen of Queens, and the Longest Reigning Box Office Queen of Philippine Cinema. She was hailed as the enduring Grand Dame of the Philippine Film Industry by a foreign critic at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, the first Filipina actress to be bestowed such a tile.

Most Known For

Fast Talk with Boy Abunda

as Self - Guest

Haplos

as Christy

The Child

as Josie

An Affair

as Maria Lourdes 'Marilou' Castañeda

Everything About Her

as Vivian Ribaya

Dyesebel

as Dyesebel

All for You

as Divina

Bertang Karengkeng

as Berta

Rubia Servios

as Rubia Servios

Summer Rains

The Creeping Hand

Miss X

Charot

Clown

The Healing

as Seth

The Longest Hundred Miles

as Maria

Uncensored: Sex In Philippine Cinema 3

as self (archive footage)

Uninvited

as Lilia Capistrano / Eva Candelaria

Because I Love: The Dolzura Cortez Story

as Dolzura Cortez

The '70s

as Amanda