Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 17, 1949
Place of Birth
Tondo, Manila, Philippines
Credits
113 titles
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
Filmography
The Hollowed
Queue
Regina
Lakambini, Gregoria de Jesus
Gregoria de Jesus
Lola Barang
Lola Barbara
P77
Lola Martha
AbeNida
Feast
Adela
Secrets of Urduja
Merly Posadas
Crush Kong Curly
Lola Elvira
Big Night!
Babae sa Ospital
Ang Manananggal na Nahahati ang Puso
Kaka
Lolita Kiri / Kiri Bataan
Tililing
Socorro
Quaranthings
Unforgettable
Lola Olive
Kara Mia
Corazon
Heaven's Waiting
Mona Lisa "Lisang" Valdez
Wander Bra
old Wander Bra
Ikaw Lang Ang Iibigin
Lydia “Lola Ganda” Villoria
Rendezvous
Dyesebel
Stella Villamayor
Alfredo S. Lim: The Untold Story
Fred's Mother
Juan dela Cruz
Belen Gonzales
One More Try
Lola Medy
D' Kilabots Pogi Brothers Weh?!?
Sophia Kilabot
Of All the Things
Mommy Susie
The Reunion
Aling Nena
Lorenzo's Time
Bella "Ate Belle" Nobleza
My Binondo Girl
Amorsola "Amor" Dimaguiba
The Adventures of Pureza - Queen Of The Riles
Mother Baby
Dalaw
Olga
Mara Clara
Lupe
Hating Kapatid
Lola Gerty/Amor
Working Girls
Nimfa Cajanding
Kung Tayo'y Magkakalayo
Petulah "Pet" Crisanto
Love on Line (LOL)
Baseco Bakal Boys
Lola Salvia
BFF: Best Friends Forever
Lola
Tayong Dalawa
Rita "Lola Gets" Dionisio
Serbis
Nanay Flor
Ploning
Intang
Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo
Belita
Ysabella
Trinidad "Trining" Mendoza
Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo
Belita
The Bet Collector
Amy
Darna
Milagros
Masikip sa Dibdib: The Boobita Rose Story
Lupe
Otso Otso Pamela-mela Wan
Nurse Tessie
Bridal Shower
Lourdes
Basta't Kasama Kita
Nanay Ligaya