Gina Pareño

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.

Known For

Darna

Tayong Dalawa

Ikaw Lang Ang Iibigin

My Binondo Girl

Mara Clara

Juan dela Cruz

Dyesebel

Secrets of Urduja

All Movies (99)

• The Hollowed2026
• Queue2026 · as Regina
• Lakambini, Gregoria de Jesus2025 · as Gregoria de Jesus
• Lola Barang2025 · as Lola Barbara
• P772025 · as Lola Martha
• AbeNida2023
• Feast2023 · as Adela
• Crush Kong Curly2021 · as Lola Elvira
• Big Night!2021 · as Babae sa Ospital
• Ang Manananggal na Nahahati ang Puso2021
• Kaka2021 · as Lolita Kiri / Kiri Bataan
• Tililing2021 · as Socorro
• Unforgettable2019 · as Lola Olive
• Heaven's Waiting2018 · as Mona Lisa "Lisang" Valdez
• Wander Bra2018 · as old Wander Bra
• Rendezvous2016
• Alfredo S. Lim: The Untold Story2013 · as Fred's Mother
• One More Try2012 · as Lola Medy
• D' Kilabots Pogi Brothers Weh?!?2012 · as Sophia Kilabot
• Of All the Things2012 · as Mommy Susie
• The Reunion2012 · as Aling Nena
• The Adventures of Pureza - Queen Of The Riles2011 · as Mother Baby
• Dalaw2010 · as Olga
• Hating Kapatid2010 · as Lola Gerty/Amor
• Working Girls2010 · as Nimfa Cajanding
• Love on Line (LOL)2009
• Baseco Bakal Boys2009 · as Lola Salvia
• BFF: Best Friends Forever2009 · as Lola
• Serbis2008 · as Nanay Flor
• Ploning2008 · as Intang
• Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo2007 · as Belita
• Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo2006 · as Belita
• The Bet Collector2006 · as Amy
• Masikip sa Dibdib: The Boobita Rose Story2004 · as Lupe
• Otso Otso Pamela-mela Wan2004 · as Nurse Tessie
• Bridal Shower2004 · as Lourdes
• Till There Was You2003 · as Lagring Boborol
• Booba2001 · as Lola Belle
• Dito Sa Puso Ko1999 · as Mother of Ligaya
• Kiss Mo 'Ko1999 · as Tita Ampy
• Hey Babe!1999 · as Madame Lola
• Wish1998 · as Manang Gracia
• Labs Kita...Okey Ka Lang?1998 · as Cora
• Pagdating ng Panahon1998
• Nasaan ang Puso1997 · as Elena
• Ipaglaban Mo: The Movie II1997 · as Loleng (episode 2)
• Hanggang Kailan Kita Mamahalin?1997 · as Carmen
• Child of Darkness1997 · as Lola Pura
• Kiliti1997
• Isang Tanong, Isang Sagot1997
• Magic Temple1996 · as Telang Bayawak
• Mula Noon Hanggang Ngayon1996 · as Rose
• Mula Noon Hanggang Ngayon1996
• Radio Romance1996 · as Ched Cordero
• Madonna and Child1996 · as Rosing
• Sariwa1996 · as Christie
• Mangarap Ka1995 · as Lucita
• Second Chances1995 · as Lita
• Pare Ko1995 · as Isabel
• Nena1995
• Ging Gang Gooly Giddiyap: I Love You Daddy1994
• The Fatima Buen Story1994 · as Frank
• Yesterday's Promise1994 · as Corazon
• Anak ni Baby Ama1991 · as Anghel's mother
• When Forever Ends1990
• First Lessons1989
• God Is Still Asleep1988 · as Patria Ramirez
• Three Faces of Love1988 · as Magda (segment "I Love You, Moo-moo")
• Monster1986 · as Mommy
• Sa Totoo Lang!1985 · as Purita
• Working Boys1985 · as Gina
• Tomorrow the Stars Will Kneel1984 · as Fidela Rios
• Working Girls1984 · as Nimfa
• Meron Akong Nakita... (Hindi Ko Sasabihin!)1975
• Pagsapit ng Dilim1975
• Laging Umaga1975
• Mission: Get the Killers on the Loose1975
• Crime1974
• Bad Example: I Have Seven Wives1974
• World of Awe and Dread1974 · as Cristina
• Si Popeye, Atbp1973
• Zoom, Zoom, Superman!1973 · as The Ape Monster
• Darna and the Planetman1969 · as Darna
• Paula1969
• Dugo ng Vampira1969
• Elizabeth1968
• Let's Dance the Soul!1967
• Jamboree 661966
• Papa Um Mamaw1965
• Magnificent Bakya1965
• Bye-bye na sa Daddy1965
• Mga Batang Turista1965
• Children of Terror1964
• Jukebox Jamboree1964
• Leron Leron Sinta1964
• Sa Bilis, Walang Kaparis1964
• Mga Batang Iskwater1964
• Tansan vs. Tarsan1963
• Sabina1963 · as Sulforina

All TV Shows (15)

• Secrets of Urduja2023 · as Merly Posadas
• Quaranthings2020
• Kara Mia2019 · as Corazon
• Ikaw Lang Ang Iibigin2017 · as Lydia “Lola Ganda” Villoria
• Dyesebel2014 · as Stella Villamayor
• Juan dela Cruz2013 · as Belen Gonzales
• Lorenzo's Time2012 · as Bella "Ate Belle" Nobleza
• My Binondo Girl2011 · as Amorsola "Amor" Dimaguiba
• Mara Clara2010 · as Lupe
• Kung Tayo'y Magkakalayo2010 · as Petulah "Pet" Crisanto
• Tayong Dalawa2009 · as Rita "Lola Gets" Dionisio
• Ysabella2007 · as Trinidad "Trining" Mendoza
• Darna2005 · as Milagros
• Basta't Kasama Kita2003 · as Nanay Ligaya
• Labs Ko Si Babe1999 · as Felipa Escallon