Gina Pareño

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Dec 17, 1949 (75 years old)

Gina Pareño

Known For

AbeNida
Movie 2023

AbeNida

Abe, a woodcarver and artist, loses everything when his wife leaves him for another man. He falls in love with a woman who looks like his wife and calls her by his wife's name Nida, when in reality she is a prostitute named Cecile.

Feast
1h 37m
Movie 2023

Feast

A hit-and-run accident transpires two families. When her husband succumbs to death, Nita files a criminal case. Alfredo is sent to jail after pleading guilty in place of his son Rafael, but Rafael cannot be released from the burden of guilt.

Crush Kong Curly
1h 41m
Movie 2021

Crush Kong Curly

When curly camgirl Elle meets an architect, Peter, she believes she's ready to love again. How long can she keep her job secret from him?

Big Night!
1h 45m
Movie 2021

Big Night!

A gay beautician is determined to clear his name after learning he's included in a drug watchlist.

Ang Manananggal na Nahahati ang Puso
1h 38m
Movie 2021

Ang Manananggal na Nahahati ang Puso

A barrio lass agrees to be the subject of a man's research about aswangs. He falls for her but hides his feelings knowing that she's an aswang.

Ang Manananggal na Nahahati ang Puso
1h 38m
Movie 2021

Ang Manananggal na Nahahati ang Puso

A barrio lass agrees to be the subject of a man's research about aswangs. He falls for her but hides his feelings knowing that she's an aswang.

Kaka
1h 55m
Movie 2021

Kaka

Kaka, a female sex therapist who keeps a dark secret - she has never reached the climax. Things change when she meets a man and lets her experience the pleasure she wants.

Tililing
1h 27m
Movie 2021

Tililing

Three intern nurses get locked down in an asylum where they meet three special patients. Together, they attempt to escape before the other patients kill them.

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.