Cherie Gil
Birthday: Born in 1963-06-21 in Manila, Philippines
Deathday: 2022-08-05
Born Evangeline Rose Gil Eigenmann on 21 June 1963. Cherie Gil was a Filipino actress and is the daughter of Filipino singer-actors Eddie Mesa and Rosemarie Gil, and sister of fellow actors, Michael de Mesa and Mark Gil. She began her career as a child actress at the age of 9, and has received numerous accolades throughout her career. She is best known for her role as Lavinia Arguelles in Bituing Walang Ningning
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Barangay 143
Character: Sophia Rivera (voice)
Barangay 143 follows the coming of age story of a young man in search of a father and how he finds an unlikely family in a team of misfits trying to bring glory to their hometown. It's a story about love and family set against the action-packed world of street basketball, where the stakes are always high and life is the biggest game you can win....
Sirkus
Character: Lara / La Ora
Miko and Mia, ran away with a travelling circus to escape a person who is after them. After their parents disappeared, they rely on the protection of a group of circus performers that include a magician, a fire-breather, an acrobat, a strongman, and a clairvoyant. They will discover that their new circus family is a group of magical folk in disguise....
Magic Palayok
Character: Yvonne Ledesma
Magic Palayok is a Philippine drama-fantasy-comedy series from GMA Network featuring Angeli Nicole Sanoy, Carla Abellana and Geoff Eigenmann and at the helmed of Joel Lamangan. The show premiered February 28, 2011 replacing Bantatay. The show premiered on GMA Pinoy TV on March 2, 2011, two days after its original premiere....
Temptation of Wife
Character: Stella Salcedo
Temptation of Wife is a Filipino drama series developed by Richard Cruz, which premiered on GMA Network on October 29, 2012 in GMA Telebabad block, replacing Luna Blanca, and October 30, 2012 worldwide via GMA Pinoy TV. The series is a remake of 2008 South Korean hit drama series of the same title. It banners Marian Rivera, Dennis Trillo, Glaiza de Castro and Rafael Rosell as the four main characters of the series. It is under the helm of Dominic Zapata. The show is part of the network's line-u...
Legacy
Character: Eva Altamirano-Alcantara
Legacy is Filipino drama series created by Dode Cruz, written by Denoy Navarro-Punio, under the directions of Jay Altarejos and Andoy Ranay, and produced and aired by GMA Network. The series premiered on January 16, 2012, replacing the epic series Amaya on GMA Telebabad block and January 18, 2012 worldwide via GMA Pinoy TV. The series features a star-studded cast headed by actresses Heart Evangelista, Lovi Poe and Alessandra de Rossi as the major characters of the story. With them are Sid Lucer...
Grazilda
Character: Veronne
Grazilda is a Filipino fantasy series based on Drizella, the stepsister of Cinderella. It premiered on GMA Network on September 13, 2010 and on GMA Pinoy TV on September 15, 2010. The series features an alternative history of La petite Pantoufle de Verre in the point of view of Cinderella's stepsister, Grazilda. The final episode of the show aired on January 7, 2011....
Time of My Life
Character: Martha
Time of My Life is a 2011 Philippine drama billed as a "danserye", created and developed by GMA Network, starring Mark Herras and Kris Bernal. It premiered on August 1, 2011 on GMA Network in the Philippines and on August 3, 2011 on GMA Pinoy TV....
Legal Wives
Character: Zaina Guimba
The story of a unique family where a Mranaw man marries three different women for various reasons....
Muling Buksan Ang Puso
Character: Marietta Beltran
Despite being raised in different worlds and separated by their social class, a young man and woman fall in love with each other, unaware of the buried secrets and deep-seated pain that they will unearth as their lives get more intertwined....
Bituin
Character: Carmela Gaston
Bituin is a Filipino soap opera that was aired by ABS-CBN from September 23, 2002 to May 23, 2003. It starred Carol Banawa and Desiree Del Valle, with Nora Aunor and Cherie Gil. The series was re-aired in 2007–2008 through Kapamilya Channel. Bituin was famously known for the line that Nora Aunor belts out in a high caliber dramatic scene: "Nasaan Nasaan si Bernadette at Melody?" The line was repeated in movies, TV series, and comedy bars. It was also known to have the highest rated episode wi...
Marina
Character: Victoria Raymundo
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Gulong ng Palad
Character: Philomena "Menang" Medel
Gulong ng Palad is a Philippine 50's radio drama series and 1980s soap opera hit. On January 9, 2006, the drama series came back in television under the direction of Eric Salud and Jerome Pobocan. The television series can be watched regularly in Philippines' ABS-CBN from Monday to Friday after TV Patrol World. The show also aired simultaneously on The Filipino Channel. The TV Dramas original inception was in 1977-1985 in 1977-1979 it aired on Fridays and aired in 1980-1985 as a primetime soap...
May Minamahal
Character: Becky
May Minamahal is a 1993 Filipino film produced by Star Cinema and was turned into a TV series by ABS-CBN. It is the third installment of ABS-CBN's Sineserye Presents....
Lastikman
Character: Ayessa White / Frosta
Eskappar, a child of an Earthling woman and an extraterrestrial man, is adopted by a human after his arrival on Earth. His foster father's death pushes him to use his powers against evil forces. Amid this, he takes on a mission to find his mother....
Onanay
Character: Helena Sanchez-Montenegro
Sisters Maila and Natalie have different approach to their mother, Onay who has Achondroplasia. Maila is a nice and attentive daughter, while Nataile is arrogant and disobedient. Besides their different upbringing, they have a different father as well....
Dolce Amore
Character: Luciana Marchesa
Destiny intertwines the lives of a rich Italian bella and a poor, hardworking Manila boy who are both in search of their true identity....
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No Other Love
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A lover's vow of eternal love is vigorously tested by time....
Wanted: Wives
Character: Chona
A film based on the files of the Lonely Hearts Club where lonely men and women hope to find company and eventually, life-time partners....
Tayo Na Sa Dilim
Character: Mimosa
A 1990 Filipino drama starring Janice de Belen, Princess Punzalan, and Cherie Gil....
Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema
Character: Herself
A one-of-a-kind legacy project produced by TBA Studios, Habambuhay is a homage to the centennial anniversary of Philippine cinema–an insightfully entertaining documentary series, revisiting the personal experiences of those who work in front of or behind the cameras, those who have shaped the film industry of the Philippines for the longest time....
Problem Child
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Sylvia, the beautiful middle-aged socialite whose string of lovers and public separation made her the center of Manila’s gossip mill....
Jessa: Blusang Itim 2
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The sequel reprises the story of an ugly duckling who turns beautiful with a black dress....
Kung Kaya Mo... Kaya Ko Rin
Character: Cathy Villaverde
A middle-aged married woman falls madly in love with a young painter half her age....
God... Save Me!
Character: Edita
A doting father, terminally ill with cancer, spends the remaining days of his life with his young daughter....
Manila by Night
Character: Kano
The hidden nightlife of ordinary people living in Manila unveils. Lovers and families conflict with each other as they live on the streets, which are rampant with drugs and prostitution....
Gold, Silver, Death
Character: Trining Ojeda
Oro, Plata, Mata follows two aristocratic families in Negros during World War II. It is structured in three parts: Oro a life of luxury and comfort in the city, Plata a still-luxurious time of refuge in a provincial hacienda, and finally Mata a toilsome retreat deeper into the mountains....
Ekstra
Character: Cherie Gil / Doña Beatriz
A socio-realist drama-comedy film, it follows a seemingly usual day in the life of Loida Malabanan as she embarks on yet another shooting day of a soap opera as an extra. As the shoot goes on, we get a glimpse of the truth in the ruling system of the production as well as the exploitation of the marginalized laborers like her....
Sonata
Character: Regina
A woman whose whole life is her art, but when she loses it she goes into a self-exile, only to be, hopefully, reinvigorated by a young boy daring to bring it all back....
Girlfriend
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A girl is torn between two lovers: the one she loves, and the one she cannot resist....
Working Girls
Character: Amanda dela Vega
Continuing the tradition of national artist Ishmael Bernal's benchmark film Working Girls after 25 years, Working Girls of 2010 depicts the role of women in the new millennium. Seven women of different backgrounds, stories and personalities entwined in a colorful story of family, love and life....
Darna: The Return
Character: Valentine
Valentina, Darna's snake-haired arch enemy, is trying to take over the Phillipines through subliminal messages on religious TV shows. Darna has her own problems, however, as she has lost her magic pearl and with it the ability to transform into her scantily clad super self. Trapped as her alter-ego, the plucky reporter Narda, she must try to regain the pearl and foil Valentina's plans....
A Moment In Time
Character: Karen Linden
A painter's new muse becomes his nemesis when he discovers her connection to his past....
Devil Woman
Character: Young Manda
A woman is born with the power to control snakes. She uses these powers to seek revenge on the villagers who killed her parents along with the help of a local gang....
Father Jejemon
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Father Jeremiah Jerome Montes has been asked by his old friend Father Baby to help him run the parish of Parmbil. Father Jejemon, as he’s known, has a knack for connecting with the young people of the community. But as soon as he gets there, he only encounters resistance. Father Baby’s sister Violetta doesn’t seem too keen on Father Jejemon running things. Worse yet, the ruthless businessman who owns the town has his sights on demolishing the Church in order to make way for a golf course. But Fa...
Magno Barumbado
Character: Teresa
A story about Magno a fight junkie and his adopted step-sister Teresa....
Prisoner in the Dark
Character: Marissa
Mike de Leon's only video feature to date, a personalized adaptation of John Fowles' chilling The Collector....
Panakip Butas
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Jack & Jill
Character: Susan
When the old man became ill Jack took over her father's job of chauffeuring for a handsome millionaire whose rather eccentric mother had decided to adopt Jill so she could fulfill her dream of having a daughter. But Jill was really Jack's sister or brother....
Agaton & Mindy
Character: Mme. Tanya
"Agaton & Mindy" tells the story of two young dancers from different background. Mindy (Louise De Los Reyes) is from rich family and suffers from depression. Agaton (Chase Vega) is from poor family and is searching for his mother (Dina Bonnevie) who abandoned him while he was a young child. Both meet in a dance class handled by Tanya Dolokhov (Cherie Gil) who pairs them up in a dance recital. A brilliant and devotional teacher, Tanya encourages her students to tap into their wild sides for ...
Elehiya
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Celine, a grieving widow returns to her estranged husband’s family’s island estate to scatter his ashes and claim her inheritance. Paeng and Celine de Miranda, both doctors, seemed to be the perfect couple, beloved by the islanders who were beneficiaries of their many medical missions. But the marriage fell apart, marked by her being unable to bear children and rumors of his infidelities. The once idyllic island is now mired in poverty, squalor, and decadence. It is now up for sale to Korean inv...
Sugatang Puso
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A divorced man who marries a widowed wife. De Leon's previous wife suddenly develops problems, and De Leon is forced to bring his son back home to live with him, his wife and her own son....
Donsol
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About two lonely people who met during the whaleshark watching season in Donsol, Sorsogon....
For the Hopeless Romantic
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A student writer struggles to find a happy ending for her romantic story when her own real life romance falls apart....
Dark Is the Night
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Filipino director Adolfo Alix Jr. returns to the Festival with this timely story of a couple caught up in Rodrigo Duterte’s violent war on drugs when their son goes missing....
Lastikman: Unang Banat
Character: Lastika
Adrian, a teenager tried to prevent illegal logger from cutting the tree in the forest. He was mauled and was left life less under a rubber tree. The tree revived him an bestowed him the powers of elasticity and morphing. Adrian decided to use his powers for good and becomes the superhero Lastikman. His main villain was who possesses the same powers....
Sosy Problems
Character: Martina
The problems of 4 rich, beautiful women from Manila....
Bilibid Boys
Character: Kaila
=The movie portrays seven wayward men who suffer within the walls of the national penitentiary. They serve their sentences as if they are living their regular free, luxurious lives outside the cold bars of the prison, in open air, able to go where they want when they want. Four of the men - Nandong, Noel, Butch, and Caloy - are gay men who feel attracted to Steve Guanzon and eventually sodomize and rape him....
The 13th Chapter
Character: Marge
A story of good versus evil revolving around a young woman. When Angela is born to David and Sara they are full of joy but as she grows up, she proves to be more of a curse than a blessing. Angela herself is confused and is only sure of one thing ... she doesn't want the dark powers which she cannot control....
Sugatang Puso
Character: Miriam
A divorced man who marries a widowed wife. De Leon's previous wife suddenly develops problems, and De Leon is forced to bring his son back home to live with him, his wife and her own son....
My First Romance
Character: Jackie's Mom (segment "One Love")
The first episode is entitled One Love. Jackie is the campus queen, rich, beautiful and liked by everyone except Che, who thinks that Jackie is just a shallow brat. After being forced to work together for school activities, Jackie made it a personal goal for Che to like her. Two Hearts is the second episode. Enzo is a star soccer player at school who loves the attention that he gets. However, he takes many things for granted, this changes when he gets a heart problem and doctors say that only a...
Kailan Sasabihing Mahal Kita?
Character: Arriane Velez
A marriage which started on the wrong foot, compromised by her boyfriend agreed to marry family friend in order to save face. In turn he entered into marriage to get away from his aggressive clinging girlfriend. But the truth was that he was really in love with her but lacked the nerve to tell her. He saw the marriage of convenience as the best way to win her....
Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas
Character: Monique Versoza
Three women united by friendship. Three women connected by music. Three women divided by fame. They were three women struggling to make a living when fate smiled at them. From anonymity, they were thrust into a world of glittering lights and deafening adoration. But much that celebrity brought them good things, it too, began to destroy them. They became too consumed by their fame that, one day, without them knowing, the friendship that had been their anchor was fast crumbling down?...
Begging for Love
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On the outside it looks like a marriage made in heaven. But inside the thick walls of what they call home theirs is a relationship waiting to crumble. They have been waiting a child for so long but the wife does not have the capacity to bear a child. And when her husband cannot take it any it any longer he decides to end his misery once and for all....
Saan Nagtatago ang Pag-ibig?
Character: Zeny
Made pregnant by Ric, Estella was forced to marry his brain-damaged younger brother played by Val to save herself from the shame of having an illegitimate child. But what was intended as a marriage of convenience became a fulfilling relationship that eventually opened the eyes and hearts of everybody into the beautiful soul hidden inside the young man nobody wanted....
Bagets 2
Character: Special Sabet
Set in the immediate summer after the events of the first movie, and deals with more of the guys' misadventures as they prepare for college....
Baka Siguro Yata
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An intertwined love stories within a dysfunctional extended family for three generations. It tells how each generation understands and perceives the idea of love....
Sa Hirap at Ginhawa
Character: Karen
A young couple eloped, got married and then must cope with problems like money, living on their own, trying finish school and raising a baby. not to mention the fact that even young married couples do get bored sometimes....
Bituing Walang Ningning
Character: Lavinia Arguelles
Dorina Pineda is a Sampaguita vendor idolizing the most famous singing sensation in the country, Lavinia Arguilles. Lavina with her ego getting big, drives away her fans and even her boyfriend Nico Escobar. He later discovers Dorina as a wonderful singer and eventually falls in love with her. A simple die-hard fan at first, Dorina rose to the ranks and become the biggest singing star in the country, even becoming more famous than her idol Lavinia....
Huwag Mong Itanong Kung Bakit
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Aning is a maid in the Cuevas household. She is raped by an unknown assailant and comes home to the province pregnant. Her older sister Dinya serves the Cuevas household to search for the culprit. She catches the culprit but at the cost of her own vitrue....
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
Character: Babae / Female Tikbalang
Andrés Bonifacio is celebrated as the father of the Philippines Revolution against Spanish colonial rule. This eight-hour epic examines this myth, undertaking an expedition into history through various interwoven narrative threads, held together by an exploration of the individual’s role in history....
Kahit Wala Ka Na
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A story about a separated woman and the challenges she encounters when she faces the real world alone with her son....
Streetsmart
Character: Anya
The first team-up of Richard Gomez and Carmina Villaruel, playing Ardo and Rosel in this action flick, which is at the same time Ishmael Bernal's last film that is an attack on the religious establishment. Together, they become a part of Manila's petty underworld. After all the ordeals they encounter, they realize that they lost their innocence as they brush with evil and corruption. But they still survive the ordeal and make a new life somewhere else....
Ngayon at Kailanman
Character: Donna Benitez
Ayra comes home to bury her dead father and later discovers that her family's estate had been taken over by Edwin, her childhood sweetheart and the son of their former overseer. Though terribly disappointed, she agrees to marry Edwin just so she could keep her hands on what was supposed to be inheritance...
It Started from the Heart
Character: Chari
A young college student is in a heated affair with his college professor. He attempts revenge after being stricken with grief and resentment by his professor's mother, and takes revenge on his professor's now settled family only to obtain her for himself...
Ito Ba Ang Ating Mga Anak?
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A motion picture about about a group of lost and confused youth....
Mana
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Amidst the vast sugar plantations of Negros in Southern Philippines, a matriarch lies in the throes of death. Her children rush home to confront the crisis as news of the impending death of their well-loved mother spreads among the community. There, in their ancestral house, the siblings are forced to deal with the issues of inheritance, tradition and the family legacy. It is a familiar tale. After all, every family has its story. And to each one, its own deserved secrets....
Brocka x Bernal
Character: Self
A documentary on the life and work of National Artists Lino Brocka and Ishmael Bernal....
My Kontrabida Girl
Character: Herself
Isabel Reyes (Rhian Ramos) is an infamous soap opera villain in the country. Everyone simply loathes Isabel which makes her the most condemned personality in the world of television. But by some weird twist of fate, Isabel's life turns upside down when she encounters a near-death accident. The wicked antagonist experiences a sudden change of heart and being the top kontrabida of her soap opera, Isabel couldn't just deliver her heartlessness and cruelty in front of the camera. Her over-the-top vi...
Immortal
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Vilma Santos and Christopher De Leon portray two star crossed lovers, meeting each other across several lifetimes, hoping that in each cycle they can break down the walls that keep them apart....
Dancing Master
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Citizen Jake
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A drama of the personal saga of a young man struggles with the contradictions within his own social class and the demands of a dysfunctional political family in the Philippine Islands....
Free to Love
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A story of hurt pride, obsession, vengeance, and love....
Bakit Ikaw Pa Rin?
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Paul and Jenny eloped at the tender age of 17 and overcame their difficulties. Things eventually take their toll as Paul's sister, Sylvia schemes to separate them....
Single/Single: Love Is Not Enough
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It picks up where the series left off in its final episode as the relationship of Joee and Joey moves on to the next level. Joee is about to give birth while Joey remains in love with her and tries to become a responsible foster father....
Ang Babaeng Nawawala sa Sarili
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When a conservative woman is possessed by a vengeful spirit, she becomes sexually promiscuous and seduces a lot of men....
The Wedding
Character: Helen
Lia is set to marry Cebu's most eligible bachelor and mayoral candidate Philip. Conflict begins when Lia's ex boyfriend Wado works for them in a project that will potentially help Philip win the elections....
Just a Stranger
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A story of a woman and a man, half of her age being in love with each other despite the fact that they are both tied with someone else....
Tía Madré
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Tia Madre is a horror story told through the eyes of a child: a clingy, hyper-imaginative and slightly twisted 10-year old girl named Camille whose mother Emilia inexplicably changes into something else, something more sinister, something more violent, something more distant, something that isn’t her mother anymore and quite possibly isn’t human....
Sensitive and in Love
Character: Dr. Gina Sampaguita
A millennial writer from San Francisco travels to the Philippines where she and her brother, a music producer, must come face to face with their traumatic childhood and embrace their seemingly unbearable trait....
Kaputol
Character: Kiki / Rina
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Gayuma
Character: Tita Malena
A dark tale of fatal obsession and erotic passion, centers on a young student artist mesmerized by a beautiful and mysterious figure drawing model in his art school....
Beerhouse
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Three distinct yet interwoven stories of various women and their ordinary experiences living not-so-ordinary lifestyles. Seedy, realistic, and raw....
Sugar Daddy
Character: Elena
A story about the hardship of a naive young village girl falling in love with the son of a landlord who promises to marry her....
Sana'y Ikaw na Nga
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This love triangle story is about love, music, and drugs. Jessica was an upcoming singer who met Gary, a lead singer of a band, and Karlo, Gary's older brother who was an ex-convict....
Puga
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Three fugitives struggle to survive life outside prison. They face a dilemma when they are forced to take on one last assignment....
Too Young
Character: Angie
A story about a young girl caught in the crossfire when his father plans to testify against a syndicate boss....
Magikland
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On Christmas eve, four lonely kids are chosen to save Magikland, a fantastic and magical world where all the world’s toys and games come from....