Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1949-12-17 (Age: 77)
Place of Birth
Tondo, Manila, Philippines
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.
Filmography (99)
The Hollowed
2026
Queue
2026
Lakambini, Gregoria de Jesus
2025
Lola Barang
2025
P77
2025
AbeNida
2023
Feast
2023
Crush Kong Curly
2021
Big Night!
2021
Ang Manananggal na Nahahati ang Puso
2021
Kaka
2021
Tililing
2021
Unforgettable
2019
Heaven's Waiting
2018
