12 Facts About Lucy Torres-Gomez

Lucy Torres-Gomez previously served as the Representative for Leyte's 4th district from June 2010 to March 2013 and from June 2013 to June 2022.

Lucy Torres-Gomez is married to fellow actor turned politician Richard Gomez, who currently serves as the representative for Leyte's 4th district.

Lucy Torres-Gomez has an older sister and two younger brothers.

Lucy Torres-Gomez later attended the University of the Philippines Cebu, from which she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business management.

In 1993, Lucy Torres-Gomez shot a TV commercial for Lux Shampoo at Lake Caliraya, Laguna, where she met her future husband, Richard Gomez.

Five years later in 1998, the two starred in the ABS-CBN television sitcom Richard Loves Lucy Torres-Gomez, and married that same year.

Lucy Torres-Gomez was elected the Representative for Leyte's 4th legislative district as substitute candidate for her husband Richard Gomez on May 10,2010.

In May 2016, Lucy Torres-Gomez was again re-elected as representative, defeating Violeta Codilla.

Lucy Torres-Gomez is the chairperson of the House Committee on Disaster Resilience, and the vice chairperson of committees on Tourism, and Women and Gender Equality, and the special committee on Creative Industry and Performing Arts.

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in June 2020, Lucy Torres-Gomez expressed her support for the controversial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, stating that fear of the abuse of law is not a valid reason to reject needed legislation.

Lucy Torres-Gomez married actor and Leyte representative Richard Gomez on April 28,1998 at the Saints Peter and Paul Parish Church in Ormoc, Leyte.

In 2018, Lucy Torres-Gomez was named Most Stylish Woman by Philippine Tatler.