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Gina Pareño

Gina Pareño

Birthday: 1949-12-17 | Place of Birth: Tondo, Manila, Philippines

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

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
Kaka

as    Lolita Kiri / Kiri Bataan

2021
Tililing

as    Socorro

2019
Unforgettable

as    Lola Olive

2018
Heaven's Waiting

as    Mona Lisa "Lisang" Valdez

2012
Of All the Things

as    Mommy Susie

2012
D' Kilabots Pogi Brothers Weh?!?

as    Sophia Kilabot

2011
My Binondo Girl

as    Amorsola "Amor" Dimaguiba

2010
Dalaw

as    Olga

2008
Ploning

as    Intang

2006
Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo

as    Belita

2003
Basta't Kasama Kita

as    Nanay Ligaya

1999
Hey Babe!

as    Madame Lola

1999
Dito Sa Puso Ko

as    Mother of Ligaya

1999
Kiss Mo 'Ko

as    Tita Ampy

1998
Hiling

as    Manang Gracia

1997
1997
Ipaglaban Mo: The Movie II

as    Loleng (episode 2)

1996
Radio Romance

as    Ched Cordero

1996
Sariwa

as    Christie

1996
Mula Noon Hanggang Ngayon

as    Rose

1996
Magic Temple

as    Telang Bayawak

1995
Second Chances

as    Lita

1995
Mangarap Ka

as    Lucita

1994
The Fatima Buen Story

as    Frank