Celia Rodriguez

Celia Rodriguez

Known for
Acting
Born
March 17, 1938 (age 88)
Birthplace
Bulan, Sorsogon, Philippines

Biography

Maria Cecilia Rodriguez (born March 17, 1938) is a multi-awarded Filipina actress. She appeared in more than 130 movies and television shows. She won four FAMAS Awards in the films Kulay Dugo Ang Gabi, The Passionate Strangers, Lilet and Magnifico. She also received an award for Best Supporting Actress in the Metro Manila Film Festival for the movie Bulaklak Sa City Jail (1984). Rodriguez joined the movie industry in the late 1950s, appearing in Sa Ngalan Ng Espada (1958), and Shirley, My Darling (1958). She performed in movies such as Lilet, released in 1971, Super Gee (1973) and Mrs. Eva Fonda, 16 (1976). She was known as the original Valentina in Darna movies. She was included in the GMA-7 TV sitcom Who's Your Daddy Now? (2007) and the romantic-comedy series I Heart You, Pare! (2011) starringDingdong Dantes and Regine Velasquez.

Known For

Filmography

2025
Mudrasta: Ang Beking Ina poster

Mudrasta: Ang Beking Ina

Movie · as Madam Evita Santillanes

2025
Kontrabida Academy poster

Kontrabida Academy

Movie · as History Teacher

2023
Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933) poster

Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)

Movie · as Herself (archival footage)

2023
Stolen Life poster

Stolen Life

TV · as Azon Rigor · 80 eps

2023
Batang Quiapo poster

Batang Quiapo

TV · as Pilar Guerrero · 282 eps

2020
Anak ni Waray vs. Anak ni Biday poster

Anak ni Waray vs. Anak ni Biday

TV · as Zenaida Agpangan · 62 eps

2017
Haplos poster

Haplos

TV · as Biring Alonzo · 164 eps

2013
Ganito Kami Muli poster

Ganito Kami Muli

Movie

2013
Home Sweet Home poster

Home Sweet Home

TV · as Pandora · 64 eps

2013
Magkano Ba ang Pag-ibig? poster

Magkano Ba ang Pag-ibig?

TV · as Doña Hilaria Buenaventura · 100 eps

2012
My Kontrabida Girl poster

My Kontrabida Girl

Movie

2012
Coffee Prince poster

Coffee Prince

TV · as Mamita Ochoa · 35 eps

2012
Broken Vow

Broken Vow

TV · as Ofelia "Amorcita" Rastro · 93 eps

2011
Tamawo poster

Tamawo

Movie · as Aling Epang

2011
Shake, Rattle & Roll 13 poster

Shake, Rattle & Roll 13

Movie · as Epang (segment "Tamawo")

2011
I Heart You, Pare! poster

I Heart You, Pare!

TV · as Marita Castillo · 78 eps

2011
Iglot poster

Iglot

TV · as lola Idang Salvador · 55 eps

2010
I'll Be There poster

I'll Be There

Movie · as Mrs. Conching Collins

2010
Basahang Ginto poster

Basahang Ginto

TV · as Marina Vergara · 90 eps

2009
Fuschia

Fuschia

Movie · as Priscilla

2009
Tarot poster

Tarot

Movie · as Lola Nena

2009
All About Eve

All About Eve

TV · as Concepcion Gonzales · 63 eps

2009
Ang Babaeng Hinugot sa Aking Tadyang poster

Ang Babaeng Hinugot sa Aking Tadyang

TV · as Laurenna Alcaraz · 63 eps

2007
Mga Mata ni Anghelita

Mga Mata ni Anghelita

TV · as Leticia Manresa / Rasfelina / Corazon · 70 eps

2006
Ligalig poster

Ligalig

Movie · as Martha

2006
Just to See You Again

Just to See You Again

TV · as Olmypia Van Helden · 75 eps

2006
Noel

Noel

TV · 50 eps

2005
Darna poster

Darna

TV · as Braguda · 170 eps

2004
Silent Passage poster

Silent Passage

Movie · as Mrs. Roces

2003
Magnifico poster

Magnifico

Movie · as Ka Doring

2002
Bituin poster

Bituin

TV · as Doña Virginia Gaston · 173 eps

2001
Biglang Sibol, Bayang Impasibol poster

Biglang Sibol, Bayang Impasibol

TV · as Nena · 228 eps

2000
May Bukas Pa

May Bukas Pa

TV · as Conchita Suarez · 224 eps

2000
Kakabakaba poster

Kakabakaba

TV · 1 ep

1999
Bullet poster

Bullet

Movie

1999
Rio Del Mar

Rio Del Mar

TV · as Candida · 541 eps

1998
Halik Sa Apoy

Halik Sa Apoy

TV · as Tuding · 145 eps

1997
Madonna's Secret poster

Madonna's Secret

Movie · as Viring

1997
Ikaw Pala Ang Mahal Ko poster

Ikaw Pala Ang Mahal Ko

Movie · as Corinne Balmaceda

1985
Sanay poster

Sanay

Movie

1984
Flowers of the City Jail poster

Flowers of the City Jail

Movie · as Luna

1984
Bagets poster

Bagets

Movie · as Ermat

1984
Dapat Ka Bang Mahalin? poster

Dapat Ka Bang Mahalin?

Movie · as Myrna's mother

1984
Hayop sa Sarap poster

Hayop sa Sarap

Movie

1983
Angkinin Mo Ako poster

Angkinin Mo Ako

Movie

1983
Ang Boyfriend Kong Kano poster

Ang Boyfriend Kong Kano

Movie

1982
Mother Dear poster

Mother Dear

Movie · as Nilda

1982
Palengke Queen poster

Palengke Queen

Movie

1982
Diary of Cristina Gaston poster

Diary of Cristina Gaston

Movie · as Donya Madonna

1982
Anak poster

Anak

Movie · as Gloria

1982
First Kiss, First Love poster

First Kiss, First Love

Movie

1981
Bantay-Salakay poster

Bantay-Salakay

Movie

1981
Macho Gigolo poster

Macho Gigolo

Movie · as Charisma

1981
Pabling poster

Pabling

Movie · as Paloma

1981
Kapitan Kidlat poster

Kapitan Kidlat

Movie

1981
Bilibid Boys poster

Bilibid Boys

Movie · as Steve's Mother

1980
Angela Markado poster

Angela Markado

Movie · as Rona

1980
Aguila poster

Aguila

Movie · as Margo

1980
Darna and Ding poster

Darna and Ding

Movie · as Lei Ming

1980
Under-age poster

Under-age

Movie

1980
Fourteen poster

Fourteen

Movie

1979
Iskandalo poster

Iskandalo

Movie

1979
Tonyong Bayawak poster

Tonyong Bayawak

Movie · as The Witch

1979
Roberta poster

Roberta

Movie · as Bella

1979
Darna, Kuno? poster

Darna, Kuno?

Movie

1979
Star? poster

Star?

Movie · as Vina Amor

1979
Tomcat

Tomcat

Movie

1978
Bomba Star poster

Bomba Star

Movie · as Estrella Montana

1977
The Enforcer and the Pussycats poster

The Enforcer and the Pussycats

Movie

1977
Satan's Seed poster

Satan's Seed

Movie · as Blanca Garchitorena

1976
Mrs. Eva Fonda, 16 poster

Mrs. Eva Fonda, 16

Movie · as Mylene Mineros

1976
Divino poster

Divino

Movie

1976
Sapagka't Kami'y mga Misis Lamang poster

Sapagka't Kami'y mga Misis Lamang

Movie

1976
Mga Rosas sa Putikan poster

Mga Rosas sa Putikan

Movie

1975
May Isang Tsuper Ng Taxi poster

May Isang Tsuper Ng Taxi

Movie

1975
Karugtong Ang Kahapon poster

Karugtong Ang Kahapon

Movie

1974
La Paloma: Ang Kalapating Ligaw

La Paloma: Ang Kalapating Ligaw

Movie

1974
Bad Example: I Have Seven Wives poster

Bad Example: I Have Seven Wives

Movie

1974
Sumigaw ka hanggang ibig mo! poster

Sumigaw ka hanggang ibig mo!

Movie

1974
The Devil's Daughter poster

The Devil's Daughter

Movie

1974
Daigdig ng Sindak at Lagim

Daigdig ng Sindak at Lagim

Movie · as Stella

1974
Why Blood is the Color of the Night poster

Why Blood is the Color of the Night

Movie

1974
Kampanerang Kuba poster

Kampanerang Kuba

Movie · as Tating

1973
Super Gee poster

Super Gee

Movie

1973
Zoom, Zoom, Superman! poster

Zoom, Zoom, Superman!

Movie · as The Spiderwoman

1973
Si Popeye, Atbp poster

Si Popeye, Atbp

Movie

1973
Fly, Darna, Fly! poster

Fly, Darna, Fly!

Movie · as Babaing Ahas

1971
Lilet poster

Lilet

Movie · as Lilet

1966
Wanted: Johnny L poster

Wanted: Johnny L

Movie

1966
The Passionate Strangers

The Passionate Strangers

Movie · as Lydia Transmonte

1964
The Blood Drinkers poster

The Blood Drinkers

Movie · as Tanya

1961
Konsiyerto ng Kamatayan poster

Konsiyerto ng Kamatayan

Movie · as (segment "Noche Azul")