Gina Pareño

Gina Pareño

Known for
Acting
Born
December 17, 1949 (age 76)
Birthplace
Tondo, Manila, Philippines

Biography

Gina Pareño is a Filipino 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), winning Best Actress awards at the Osian’s Cinefan Festival and 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

2026
Queue poster

Queue

Movie · as Regina

2026
The Hallowed poster

The Hallowed

Movie · as Berta

2025
P77 poster

P77

Movie · as Lola Martha

2025
Lola Barang poster

Lola Barang

Movie · as Lola Barbara

2025
Lakambini, Gregoria de Jesus poster

Lakambini, Gregoria de Jesus

Movie · as Gregoria de Jesus

2023
Feast poster

Feast

Movie · as Adela

2023
AbeNida poster

AbeNida

Movie

2023
Secrets of Urduja poster

Secrets of Urduja

TV · as Merly Posadas · 48 eps

2021
Ang Manananggal na Nahahati ang Puso poster

Ang Manananggal na Nahahati ang Puso

Movie

2021
Crush Kong Curly poster

Crush Kong Curly

Movie · as Lola Elvira

2021
Big Night! poster

Big Night!

Movie · as Babae sa Ospital

2021
Tililing poster

Tililing

Movie · as Socorro

2021
Kaka poster

Kaka

Movie · as Lolita Kiri / Kiri Bataan

2020
Quaranthings poster

Quaranthings

TV · 8 eps

2019
Unforgettable poster

Unforgettable

Movie · as Lola Olive

2019
Kara Mia poster

Kara Mia

TV · as Corazon · 92 eps

2018
Wander Bra poster

Wander Bra

Movie · as old Wander Bra

2018
Heaven's Waiting poster

Heaven's Waiting

Movie · as Mona Lisa "Lisang" Valdez

2017
Ikaw Lang Ang Iibigin poster

Ikaw Lang Ang Iibigin

TV · as Lydia “Lola Ganda” Villoria · 195 eps

2016
Rendezvous poster

Rendezvous

Movie

2014
Dyesebel poster

Dyesebel

TV · as Stella Villamayor · 87 eps

2013
Alfredo S. Lim: The Untold Story

Alfredo S. Lim: The Untold Story

Movie · as Fred's Mother

2013
Juan dela Cruz poster

Juan dela Cruz

TV · as Belen Gonzales · 188 eps

2012
Of All the Things poster

Of All the Things

Movie · as Mommy Susie

2012
One More Try poster

One More Try

Movie · as Lola Medy

2012
The Reunion poster

The Reunion

Movie · as Aling Nena

2012
D' Kilabots Pogi Brothers Weh?!? poster

D' Kilabots Pogi Brothers Weh?!?

Movie · as Sophia Kilabot

2012
Lorenzo's Time poster

Lorenzo's Time

TV · as Bella "Ate Belle" Nobleza · 70 eps

2011
The Adventures of Pureza - Queen Of The Riles poster

The Adventures of Pureza - Queen Of The Riles

Movie · as Mother Baby

2011
My Binondo Girl poster

My Binondo Girl

TV · as Amorsola "Amor" Dimaguiba · 110 eps

2010
Dalaw poster

Dalaw

Movie · as Olga

2010
Working Girls poster

Working Girls

Movie · as Nimfa Cajanding

2010
Hating Kapatid poster

Hating Kapatid

Movie · as Lola Gerty/Amor

2010
Mara Clara poster

Mara Clara

TV · as Lupe · 158 eps

2010
Kung Tayo'y Magkakalayo

Kung Tayo'y Magkakalayo

TV · as Petulah "Pet" Crisanto · 122 eps

2009
BFF: Best Friends Forever poster

BFF: Best Friends Forever

Movie · as Lola

2009
Baseco Bakal Boys poster

Baseco Bakal Boys

Movie · as Lola Salvia

2009
Love on Line (LOL) poster

Love on Line (LOL)

Movie

2009
Tayong Dalawa poster

Tayong Dalawa

TV · as Rita "Lola Gets" Dionisio · 178 eps

2008
Serbis poster

Serbis

Movie · as Nanay Flor

2008
Ploning poster

Ploning

Movie · as Intang

2007
Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo poster

Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo

Movie · as Belita

2007
Ysabella

Ysabella

TV · as Trinidad "Trining" Mendoza · 150 eps

2006
Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo poster

Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo

Movie · as Belita

2006
The Bet Collector poster

The Bet Collector

Movie · as Amy

2005
Darna poster

Darna

TV · as Milagros · 170 eps

2004
Bridal Shower poster

Bridal Shower

Movie · as Lourdes

2004
Otso Otso Pamela-mela Wan poster

Otso Otso Pamela-mela Wan

Movie · as Nurse Tessie

2004
Masikip sa Dibdib: The Boobita Rose Story poster

Masikip sa Dibdib: The Boobita Rose Story

Movie · as Lupe

2003
Till There Was You poster

Till There Was You

Movie · as Lagring Boborol

2003
Basta't Kasama Kita

Basta't Kasama Kita

TV · as Nanay Ligaya · 338 eps

2001
Booba poster

Booba

Movie · as Lola Belle

1999
Hey Babe! poster

Hey Babe!

Movie · as Madame Lola

1999
Dito Sa Puso Ko poster

Dito Sa Puso Ko

Movie · as Mother of Ligaya

1999
Kiss Mo 'Ko poster

Kiss Mo 'Ko

Movie · as Tita Ampy

1999
Labs Ko Si Babe

Labs Ko Si Babe

TV · as Felipa Escallon · 338 eps

1998
Pagdating ng Panahon poster

Pagdating ng Panahon

Movie

1998
Labs Kita...Okey Ka Lang? poster

Labs Kita...Okey Ka Lang?

Movie · as Cora

1998
Wish poster

Wish

Movie · as Manang Gracia

1997
Hanggang Kailan Kita Mamahalin? poster

Hanggang Kailan Kita Mamahalin?

Movie · as Carmen

1997
Ipaglaban Mo: The Movie II poster

Ipaglaban Mo: The Movie II

Movie · as Loleng (episode 2)

1997
Nasaan ang Puso poster

Nasaan ang Puso

Movie · as Elena

1997
Isang Tanong, Isang Sagot poster

Isang Tanong, Isang Sagot

Movie

1997
Kiliti

Kiliti

Movie

1997
Child of Darkness poster

Child of Darkness

Movie · as Lola Pura

1996
Sariwa poster

Sariwa

Movie · as Christie

1996
Magic Temple poster

Magic Temple

Movie · as Telang Bayawak

1996
Madonna and Child poster

Madonna and Child

Movie · as Rosing

1996
Radio Romance poster

Radio Romance

Movie · as Ched Cordero

1996
Mula Noon Hanggang Ngayon poster

Mula Noon Hanggang Ngayon

Movie · as Rose

1995
Nena

Nena

Movie

1995
Second Chances poster

Second Chances

Movie · as Lita

1995
Pare Ko poster

Pare Ko

Movie · as Isabel

1995
Mangarap Ka poster

Mangarap Ka

Movie · as Lucita

1994
The Fatima Buen Story poster

The Fatima Buen Story

Movie · as Frank

1994
Ging Gang Gooly Giddiyap: I Love You Daddy

Ging Gang Gooly Giddiyap: I Love You Daddy

Movie

1994
Yesterday's Promise poster

Yesterday's Promise

Movie · as Corazon

1991
Anak ni Baby Ama poster

Anak ni Baby Ama

Movie · as Anghel's mother

1990
When Forever Ends poster

When Forever Ends

Movie · as Laura

1989
First Lessons poster

First Lessons

Movie

1988
Three Faces of Love poster

Three Faces of Love

Movie · as Magda (segment "I Love You, Moo-moo")

1988
God Is Still Asleep poster

God Is Still Asleep

Movie · as Patria Ramirez

1986
Halimaw poster

Halimaw

Movie · as Mommy

1985
Working Boys poster

Working Boys

Movie · as Gina

1985
Sa Totoo Lang!

Sa Totoo Lang!

Movie · as Purita

1984
Working Girls poster

Working Girls

Movie · as Nimfa

1984
Tomorrow the Stars Will Kneel poster

Tomorrow the Stars Will Kneel

Movie · as Fidela Rios

1975
Laging Umaga poster

Laging Umaga

Movie

1975
Pagsapit ng Dilim poster

Pagsapit ng Dilim

Movie

1975
Mission: Get the Killers on the Loose poster

Mission: Get the Killers on the Loose

Movie

1975
Meron Akong Nakita... (Hindi Ko Sasabihin!) poster

Meron Akong Nakita... (Hindi Ko Sasabihin!)

Movie

1974
Crime poster

Crime

Movie

1974
Bad Example: I Have Seven Wives poster

Bad Example: I Have Seven Wives

Movie

1974
Daigdig ng Sindak at Lagim

Daigdig ng Sindak at Lagim

Movie · as Cristina

1973
Si Popeye, Atbp poster

Si Popeye, Atbp

Movie

1973
Zoom, Zoom, Superman! poster

Zoom, Zoom, Superman!

Movie · as The Ape Monster

1969
Paula poster

Paula

Movie

1969
Dugo ng Vampira poster

Dugo ng Vampira

Movie

1969
Darna and the Planetman poster

Darna and the Planetman

Movie · as Darna

1968
Elizabeth poster

Elizabeth

Movie

1967
Let's Dance the Soul! poster

Let's Dance the Soul!

Movie

1966
Jamboree 66 poster

Jamboree 66

Movie

1965
Magnificent Bakya poster

Magnificent Bakya

Movie

1965
Papa Um Mamaw poster

Papa Um Mamaw

Movie

1965
Bye-bye na sa Daddy poster

Bye-bye na sa Daddy

Movie

1965
Mga Batang Turista poster

Mga Batang Turista

Movie

1964
Mga Batang Iskwater poster

Mga Batang Iskwater

Movie

1964
Leron Leron Sinta poster

Leron Leron Sinta

Movie

1964
Children of Terror poster

Children of Terror

Movie

1964
Sa Bilis, Walang Kaparis poster

Sa Bilis, Walang Kaparis

Movie

1964
Jukebox Jamboree poster

Jukebox Jamboree

Movie

1963
Tansan vs. Tarsan poster

Tansan vs. Tarsan

Movie

1963
Sabina poster

Sabina

Movie · as Sulforina