Gina Pareño
Acting • Born 1949-12-17
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.
Filmography
112 credits
Ang Manananggal na Nahahati ang Puso
Movie • 2021
Laging Umaga
Movie • 1975
Crime
Movie • 1974
Service
Movie • 2008
Nanay Flor
Magnificent Bakya
Movie • 1965
Ploning
Movie • 2008
Intang
Jamboree 66
Movie • 1966
When Forever Ends
Movie • 1990
Tansan vs. Tarsan
Movie • 1963
Mga Batang Iskwater
Movie • 1964
Let's Dance the Soul!
Movie • 1967
Working Girls
Movie • 1984
Nimfa
Crush Kong Curly
Movie • 2021
Lola Elvira
Feast
Movie • 2023
Adela
Dalaw
Movie • 2010
Olga
Papa Um Mamaw
Movie • 1965
Leron Leron Sinta
Movie • 1964
Sabina
Movie • 1963
Sulforina
Zoom, Zoom, Superman!
Movie • 1973
The Ape Monster
Si Popeye, Atbp
Movie • 1973
Bad Example: I Have Seven Wives
Movie • 1974
Elizabeth
Movie • 1968
Hey Babe!
Movie • 1999
Madame Lola
The Fatima Buen Story
Movie • 1994
Frank
BFF: Best Friends Forever
Movie • 2009
Lola
Working Girls
Movie • 2010
Nimfa Cajanding
Of All the Things
Movie • 2012
Mommy Susie
Three Faces of Love
Movie • 1988
Magda (segment "I Love You, Moo-moo")
Children of Terror
Movie • 1964
Paula
Movie • 1969
Sariwa
Movie • 1996
Christie
Magic Temple
Movie • 1996
Telang Bayawak
Booba
Movie • 2001
Lola Belle
Working Boys
Movie • 1985
Gina
Hating Kapatid
Movie • 2010
Lola Gerty/Amor
Dugo ng Vampira
Movie • 1969
Pagsapit ng Dilim
Movie • 1975
Nena
Movie • 1995
Bridal Shower
Movie • 2004
Lourdes
Sa Bilis, Walang Kaparis
Movie • 1964
Jukebox Jamboree
Movie • 1964
Bye-bye na sa Daddy
Movie • 1965
One More Try
Movie • 2012
Lola Medy
The Reunion
Movie • 2012
Aling Nena
Mga Batang Turista
Movie • 1965
Otso Otso Pamela-mela Wan
Movie • 2004
Nurse Tessie
Madonna and Child
Movie • 1996
Rosing
Second Chances
Movie • 1995
Lita
D' Kilabots Pogi Brothers Weh?!?
Movie • 2012
Sophia Kilabot
Mission: Get the Killers on the Loose
Movie • 1975
Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo
Movie • 2006
Belita
Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo
Movie • 2007
Belita
The Adventures of Pureza - Queen Of The Riles
Movie • 2011
Mother Baby
Dito Sa Puso Ko
Movie • 1999
Mother of Ligaya
Big Night!
Movie • 2021
Babae sa Ospital
Kiss Mo 'Ko
Movie • 1999
Tita Ampy
Baseco Bakal Boys
Movie • 2009
Lola Salvia
Radio Romance
Movie • 1996
Ched Cordero
Hanggang Kailan Kita Mamahalin?
Movie • 1997
Carmen
Mula Noon Hanggang Ngayon
Movie • 1996
Rose
Mula Noon Hanggang Ngayon
Movie • 1996
Tomorrow the Stars Will Kneel
Movie • 1984
Fidela Rios
My Pal
Movie • 1995
Isabel
The Bet Collector
Movie • 2006
Amy
To Dream
Movie • 1995
Lucita
Ipaglaban Mo: The Movie II
Movie • 1997
Loleng (episode 2)
Pagdating Ng Panahon
Movie • 1998
Labs Kita...Okey Ka Lang?
Movie • 1998
Cora
Hiling
Movie • 1998
Manang Gracia
Sa Totoo Lang!
Movie • 1985
Purita
God Is Still Asleep
Movie • 1988
Patria Ramirez
Nasaan ang Puso
Movie • 1997
Elena
World of Awe and Dread
Movie • 1974
Cristina
Monster in a Jar
Movie • 1986
Mommy
AbeNida
Movie • 2023
Anak ni Baby Ama
Movie • 1991
Anghel's mother
Meron Akong Nakita... (Hindi Ko Sasabihin!)
Movie • 1975
Alfredo S. Lim: The Untold Story
Movie • 2013
Fred's Mother
Isang Tanong, Isang Sagot
Movie • 1997
Till There Was You
Movie • 2003
Lagring Boborol
Darna and the Planetman
Movie • 1969
Darna
Kiliti
Movie • 1997
Ging Gang Gooly Giddiyap: I Love You Daddy
Movie • 1994
Wander Bra
Movie • 2018
old Wander Bra
Heaven's Waiting
Movie • 2018
Mona Lisa "Lisang" Valdez
Love on Line (LOL)
Movie • 2009
Unforgettable
Movie • 2019
Lola Olive
Tililing
Movie • 2021
Socorro
Child of Darkness
Movie • 1997
Lola Pura
Masikip sa Dibdib: The Boobita Rose Story
Movie • 2004
Lupe
Kaka
Movie • 2021
Lolita Kiri / Kiri Bataan
First Lessons
Movie • 1989
Rendezvous
Movie • 2016
P77
Movie • 2025
Lola Martha
Lola Barang
Movie • 2025
Lola Barbara
Lakambini, Gregoria de Jesus
Movie • 2025
Gregoria de Jesus
Yesterday's Promise
Movie • 1994
Corazon
Basta't Kasama Kita
TV • 2003
Nanay Ligaya
Mara Clara
TV • 2010
Lupe
My Binondo Girl
TV • 2011
Amorsola "Amor" Dimaguiba
Darna
TV • 2005
Milagros
Labs Ko Si Babe
TV • 1999
Felipa Escallon
Lorenzo's Time
TV • 2012
Bella "Ate Belle" Nobleza
Juan dela Cruz
TV • 2013
Belen Gonzales
Ikaw Lang Ang Iibigin
TV • 2017
Lydia “Lola Ganda” Villoria
Ysabella
TV • 2007
Trinidad "Trining" Mendoza
Tayong Dalawa
TV • 2009
Rita "Lola Gets" Dionisio
Kung Tayo'y Magkakalayo
TV • 2010
Petulah "Pet" Crisanto
Quaranthings
TV • 2020
Kara Mia
TV • 2019
Corazon
Secrets of Urduja
TV • 2023
Merly Posadas
Dyesebel
TV • 2014
Stella Villamayor