Gina Pareño
Known For
Acting
Born
1949-12-17 in Tondo, Manila, Philippines
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.
Most Known For
Darna
as Milagros
Tayong Dalawa
as Rita "Lola Gets" Dionisio
Ikaw Lang Ang Iibigin
as Lydia “Lola Ganda” Villoria
Juan dela Cruz
as Belen Gonzales
Paula
Labs Ko Si Babe
as Felipa Escallon
Basta't Kasama Kita
as Nanay Ligaya
Secrets of Urduja
as Merly Posadas
Love on Line (LOL)
My Binondo Girl
as Amorsola "Amor" Dimaguiba
AbeNida
Kung Tayo'y Magkakalayo
as Petulah "Pet" Crisanto
Mara Clara
as Lupe
Ploning
as Intang
Ysabella
as Trinidad "Trining" Mendoza
Lorenzo's Time
as Bella "Ate Belle" Nobleza
Dyesebel
as Stella Villamayor
Hey Babe!
as Madame Lola
Kara Mia
as Corazon
