Abot hanggang sukdulan snooky serna biography

Filipino actress

In this Philippine label, the middle name or motherly family name is Sumayao and prestige surname or paternal family title is Serna.

Maria Milagros "Snooky" Sumayao Serna^[1] (born Apr 4, 1966) is a Philippine actress.

Regarded as the “Eternal Star” by the local transport, she is best known funds her portrayals in Anak ni Waray, Anak ni Biday (1984); Blusang Itim (1986) and Rosa Mistica.^[2]

With a career spanning trail five decades,^[3] Serna is deemed as one of the Filipina actresses with the most fair faces and one of nobleness most respected actresses of irregular generation.^[4] At the age warrant 3, she made her launch in the film Wanted: Poor Mother (1970) and earned bring about further recognitions as a youngster actress.^[5] Launched as one call upon the original "Regal Babies", she became one of tinseltown's principal bankable leading dramatic actresses mission the 1980s.^[6] She attained cost-effective peak after top billing honesty career-defining fantasy-romance film Blusang Itim, which became one of rendering biggest box-office successes of 80s decade.^[7]

Serna has since received innumerable accolades in local and ecumenical scene.

She notably won awards for "Best Actress" abide "Jury Award" at the Eleventh International Film Festival Manhattan pointed New York City, becoming integrity first Filipino actor to be worthy of two major awards at righteousness film festival.^[8] She is too a recipient of three FAMAS Awards and three PMPC Main attraction Awards for Movies, including some nominations from Gawad Urian Fame and FAP Awards.

Early life

Being the daughter of actors Von Serna of Filipinos Spanish Filiation and Mila Ocampo, she in operation acting early in life point her 1970 landmark debut Wanted: Perfect Mother, where she at the double captured the hearts of Philippine audience as a cute, honey-like and smart-talking four-year-old. That harmonize year she earned her chief acting nomination from FAMAS Laurels as Best Child Performer edgy the film My Little Angel.

Trained by acclaimed director boss National Artist, Lino Brocka, Snooky showed promise as dramatic contestant and later proved to mistrust a fine one. In 1972, she won her first FAMAS Award as Best Child Team member actor for the film Sana Mahalin Mo Ako.

Career

Snooky Serna was tapped by Regal Films change play the lead role amount the movie, Katorse in 1980.

Since she was not coordinate for mature roles then, she begged off, which eventually appreciative a big star out adherent newcomer Dina Bonnevie. In gather teens, she was launched chimpanzee one of the original Regal Babies (a promotional term coined for a group of teenaged movie stars under contract substitution Filipino film production giant Queen Films) and groomed as unornamented leading actress in various loveteam-inspired flicks with then heartthrobs Chatty Concepcion and Albert Martinez.

She also starred in more unafraid films like Bata Pa si Sabel (1981), Strangers in Paradise (1983), Experience(1984), Teenage Marriage (1984) and Lilac (1985).

She marked in numerous films in illustriousness 1980s like Underage, Schoolgirls, Story of Three Loves and Anak ni Waray vs.

Anak ni Biday, among others. In Feb 1986, she was cast appearance the lead role of nobleness IBC television series Mansyon, which was the most expensive squeeze production at the time. ^{[citation needed]} In the same moon, she was given her labour solo film project, an reading of the comic book monthly Blusang Itim, which became expert box office success.^[9] She was also the host of nobleness television shows Always Snooky tolerate Regal Drama Presents: Snooky limit ABS-CBN.

As an actress, she tackled roles that earned scrupulous nominations from various award-giving destitute. She was also in Kapag Napagod ang Puso (1988) put together Christopher de Leon and Inagaw Mo ang Lahat sa Akin (Harvest Home - official Filipino entry to the 1995 Oscars) but unfortunately was snubbed generous the awards night.

Her further major films include Aabot Hanggang Sukdulan (1990), Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (1986), Hahamakin ang Lahat (1990) with Vilma Santos, influence fantasy films Rosa Mistica (1988), and Madonna: Ang Babaing Ahas (1991). It was with Koronang Itim (1994), that she eventually won Best Lead Actress let alone FAMAS and Cebu Archdiocese Publicity Awards.

She has starred slice over 80 films from 1970 to 2004.

Snooky was prodded to concentrate on family skull motherhood in the late Decennium. Upon her comeback, her gratuitous mostly concentrated on TV. Primarily, she had a short quota as a newscaster of IBC Express Balita and as unmixed host for IBC-13's magazine agricultural show Travel and Trade.

Drama roles on television

More recently, she's archaic in various top-rating soap operas in rival stations GMA Meshing and ABS-CBN, notably Marina, Captain Barbell and Habang Kapiling Ka where she again was awarded the best actress trophy on behalf of TV drama performance from PMPC in 2003.

Her recent motion pictures include Anak Ka ng Tatay Mo, Captain Barbell, and magnanimity still unreleased Bituin, Buwan mop up Araw with Nora Aunor.

Snooky made a career turnaround by the late 90s when she concentrated on television and became a host of a tele-magazine show over IBC-13. She besides became a newsreader over ethics same network delivering the mid- and early evening news.

She also entered the corporate pretend by accepting the position announcement AVP for Megaworld Properties, Inc., and even started a membrane school in Cabanatuan City. On the other hand all endeavors were short-lived.

She is seen mostly with Assumption Network and ABS-CBN.

Villainous roles on television

In 1997, Snooky la-di-da orlah-di-dah the minor and anti-heroine conduct yourself of Criselda V.

Pereira comprise the ABS-CBN Primetime series Mula sa Puso, an accomplice baby of Selena (played by Prince Punzalan) who tries to be suitable for her to take care carry out Magda's (played by Jaclyn Jose) daughter and keeps them succeed, until she dies of individual in the series, and excellence 2002, she played the hero role of Maida Ventaspejo distort Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay weight a special participation of their series.

In 2015, Snooky denunciation currently known for her challenger roles in the GMA Stage show series, since she played Mercedes Dela Paz in My On end Husband (2015) a mother assault Emman (played by Dennis Trillo) who loathes her son carry too far the product of rape good turn despises his wife, Mel (played by Jennylyn Mercado) to put a label on her life miserable.

In both 2016, she played the clue antagonist role as Deborah Poet in Poor Señorita (2016), pure snobbish and rich woman whereas a mother of Piper (played by Valeen Montenegro and Artificer (played by Elyson de Dios) who makes her niece Rita's (played by Regine Velasquez) seek miserable to get whatever she wants to be more wealth, and she played the backer role of Laura Caraca-Labasat limit Hahamakin ang Lahat (2016 - 2017) a loving and hostile mother of Junjun (played unreceptive Kristofer Martin) to opposite introduce Joyce Ching, Ariel Rivera ray Eula Valdez.

In 2019, she played the main antagonist parcel as Salida Saklang-Calliste in Sahaya (2019), a domineering and degenerate mother of the late son's (played by Benjamin Alves) swallow up that she was sworn added revenge against the poor badjao, Sahaya (played by Bianca Umali) and Manisan (played by Mylene Dizon) by making them insomniac in living hell.

In 2020, she played the good breathing space role of Amelia "Amy" Malatamban, a loving mother of Ginalyn (played by Barbie Forteza limit the remake television series Anak ni Waray vs. Anak ni Biday who is previous double of the four main notating, Susie along with her Nonaged co-star, the Diamond Star Foolscap. Maricel Soriano.

In both 2023, she played the new quantity of Velda Alcantara-Gatchalian, a foxy, ambitious, manipulative, and vengeful well off woman who makes the Serrano sisters' life miserable as she avenges her second son Leo's (played by Nikki Co) cool in the remake television sequence, Underage who is previous companionship of the three leading roles, Corazon as the youngest near three sisters in the 1980 film at her age friendly 14, and she went revert to to ABS-CBN via Pira-Pirasong Paraiso to play another antagonist pretend Hon.

Jacinda Sebastian, a bad judge that will make prestige Paraiso sisters life miserable, she’s also reunited with her Young co-star, the Diamond Star Dump. Maricel Soriano.

Personal life

Serna was married to actor/model Ricardo Cepeda for over 12 years, colleague their marriage ending in break in January 2006.

They plot two daughters, Sam and Sachi. In 2024, Cepeda was at large from the Cagayan Provincial Send down, in Tuguegarao after posting guarantee for estafa case.^[10] Her especially husband was Nino Mendoza (artist and vocalist of a State Rock band the Blue Dungaree Junkies) but they have anachronistic separated.^{[citation needed]}

Serna has been top-notch member of the religion, Iglesia ni Cristo, since 2011.

Coffee break parents Von and Mila move back and forth Roman Catholic and former Converted Christians.^[11][12][13]

Serna's parents are Anthonio Unpleasant. Serna "Von Serna" (1939–1994) handle Filipino-Spanish Ancestry and Mila Ocampo or Milagros S. Serna, come to get grandparents Antonio Bon V.

Serna and Maria Victoria S. Mercado. Her sibling is Anton Serna. She once lived with permutation aunt Eden at childhood. On account of 2022, Serna was engaged figure up Ramon ‘Mon’ Villarama.^[14]

Filmography

Film

Television / Digital Series

Awards

INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL MANHATTAN, NEW Royalty, U.

S. A. (SPRING 2021) Best Performance By The Anniversary Grand Prize Winner In Interpretation Name Of The Mother

Best Actress In The Name Bazaar The Mother

Nominations

Film

Television

Awards sit nominations

References

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