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.
Ang Manananggal na Nahahati ang Puso
Laging Umaga
Crime
Service
(Nanay Flor)
Magnificent Bakya
Ploning
(Intang)
Jamboree 66
If Eternity Were Finished
Tansan vs. Tarsan
Mga Batang Iskwater
Let's Dance the Soul!
Working Girls
(Nimfa)
Crush Kong Curly
(Lola Elvira)
Feast
(Adela)
Dalaw
(Olga)
Papa Um Mamaw
Leron Leron Sinta
Sabina
(Sulforina)
Zoom, Zoom, Superman!
(The Ape Monster)
Si Popeye, Atbp
Bad Example: I Have Seven Wives
Elizabeth
Hey Babe!
(Madame Lola)
The Fatima Buen Story
(Frank)
BFF: Best Friends Forever
(Lola)
Working Girls
(Nimfa Cajanding)
Of All the Things
(Mommy Susie)
Three Faces of Love
(Magda (segment "I Love You, Moo-moo"))
Children of Terror
Paula
Sariwa
(Christie)
Magic Temple
(Telang Bayawak)
Booba
(Lola Belle)
Working Boys
(Gina)
Hating Kapatid
(Lola Gerty/Amor)
Dugo ng Vampira
Pagsapit ng Dilim
Nena
Bridal Shower
Sa Bilis, Walang Kaparis
Jukebox Jamboree
Bye-bye na sa Daddy
One More Try
The Reunion
(Aling Nena)
Mga Batang Turista
Otso Otso Pamela-mela Wan
(Nurse Tessie)
Madonna and Child
Second Chances
(Lita)
D' Kilabots Pogi Brothers Weh?!?
(Sophia Kilabot)
Mission: Get the Killers on the Loose
Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo
(Belita)
Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo
(Belita)
The Adventures of Pureza - Queen Of The Riles
(Mother Baby)
Dito Sa Puso Ko
(Mother of Ligaya)
Big Night!
(Babae sa Ospital)
Kiss Mo 'Ko
(Tita Ampy)
Baseco Bakal Boys
(Lola Salvia)
Radio Romance
(Ched Cordero)
Hanggang Kailan Kita Mamahalin?
(Carmen)
Mula Noon Hanggang Ngayon
Mula Noon Hanggang Ngayon
(Rose)
Bukas Luluhod Ang Mga Tala
(Fidela Rios)
Pare Ko
(Isabel)
The Bet Collector
(Amy)
Mangarap Ka
(Lucita)
Ipaglaban Mo: The Movie II
(Loleng (episode 2))
Pagdating Ng Panahon
Labs Kita...Okey Ka Lang?
(Cora)
Hiling
(Manang Gracia)
Sa Totoo Lang!
(Purita)
God Is Still Asleep
(Patria Ramirez)
Where the Heart Is
(Elena)
Halimaw Sa Banga
(Mommy)
World of Awe and Dread
(Cristina)
AbeNida
Anak ni Baby Ama
Meron Akong Nakita... (Hindi Ko Sasabihin!)
Alfredo S. Lim: The Untold Story
(Fred's Mother)
One Question, One Answer
Till There Was You
(Lagring Boborol)
Darna and the Planetman
(Darna)
Kiliti
Ging Gang Gooly Giddiyap: I Love You Daddy
Wander Bra
(old Wander Bra)
Heaven's Waiting
(Mona Lisa "Lisang" Valdez)
Love on Line (LOL)
Unforgettable
(Lola Olive)
Tililing
(Socorro)
Child of Darkness
(Lola Pura)
Masikip sa Dibdib: The Boobita Rose Story
Kaka
(Lolita Kiri / Kiri Bataan)
First Lessons
Basta't Kasama Kita
(Nanay Ligaya)
Mara Clara
(Lupe)
My Binondo Girl
(Amorsola "Amor" Dimaguiba)
Darna
(Milagros)
Labs Ko Si Babe
(Felipa Escallon)
Lorenzo's Time
(Bella "Ate Belle" Nobleza)
Juan dela Cruz
(Belen Gonzales)
Ikaw Lang Ang Iibigin
(Lydia “Lola Ganda” Villoria)
Ysabella
(Trinidad "Trining" Mendoza)
Tayong Dalawa
(Rita "Lola Gets" Dionisio)
Kung Tayo'y Magkakalayo
(Petulah "Pet" Crisanto)
Quaranthings
Kara Mia
(Corazon)
Secrets of Urduja
(Merly Posadas)
Dyesebel
(Stella Villamayor)