Maricel Soriano is a Filipino film and television actress, occasional host and dancer.
30 Facts About Maricel Soriano
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Maricel Soriano is a Hall of Famer at MMFF Best Actress category.
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Maricel Soriano has won 5 FAMAS Awards including 2 Best Actress wins and a Dolphy Memorial Award for her contributions to Philippine comedy films.
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Maricel Soriano was recognized by FAMAS as one of the 'Iconic Movie Queens of Philippine Cinema.
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Maricel Soriano was known as 'Taray Queen' for her feisty roles in movies, where she's usually loud and energetic at the same time.
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Maricel Soriano started acting at the age of six in the 1971 film My Heart Belongs to Daddy with Tirso Cruz III and fellow child actress Snooky Serna.
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Maricel Soriano was brought by her paternal grandmother to Sampaguita Pictures search for a child actress who will portray Tirso Cruz, III's younger sister.
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Maricel Soriano developed her comic skills under the guidance of the veteran comedians Dolphy and Nida Blanca, both of whom she considered second parents, especially when she grew up acting in John en Marsha where she was a regular cast.
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Maricel Soriano was named as "Drama Anthology Queen" in the early 1990s because of her successful weekly drama show topped the primetime ratings game since its airing in October 1986.
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In July 1988, Freddie M Garcia acknowledged that Soriano was the number one star of ABS-CBN, of which he was then the general manager.
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In September 2009, Maricel Soriano appeared in Florinda, the third and final episode of Sineserye Presents: The Susan Roces Cinema Collection.
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In 2010, Maricel Soriano was now a freelancer and guested in Pilyang Kerubin, her comeback on GMA-7, where she played a mother who gives to her children; this was her first show on the channel.
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Maricel Soriano starred as Millet Gonzales-Real in Ang Dalawang Mrs Real, her first major project as a Kapuso actress which marked her return on the small screen and then did guesting in Bubble Gang and Sunday PinaSaya.
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Maricel Soriano has appeared in musical variety shows, a drama anthology, comedy shows, soap operas and John en Shirley, where she is reunited with Dolphy and Susan Roces.
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Maricel Soriano has received two awards from the Asian TV Awards as Best Actress in a Comedy Show aside from her two awards for the same category from the Philippine Movie Press Club.
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Maricel Soriano is formerly signed to GMA Network and is currently under Viva Artist Agency and ABS-CBN.
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Maricel Soriano has appeared in numerous comedy films, from John en Marsha in 1973 to I Will Survive in 2004.
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Maricel Soriano's action-oriented films with action superstars are all certified hits starting with the record-breaking Batang Quiapo until her last in 1998's Sige, Subukan Mo.
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Maricel Soriano is the third most awarded film actress of all time with over 50 plus accolades trophies to boost from various legitimate award giving bodies such as FAMAS, PMPC, Empress, FAP, YCC, Pasado, GMMSFP, MMFF, Manila, Iloilo and Cinemanila Film Festivals.
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In 2006, Maricel Soriano was back with Regal Films as the lead star of Bahay Kubo, a movie intended for the 2007 Metro Manila Film Festival.
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Maricel Soriano was born in Pasay to Linda Dador and Victor Soriano.
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Maricel Soriano even designed the graphics and title credits at the start and end of her drama anthology.
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Maricel Soriano married Edu Manzano in 1989 and joined him in Makati, but later went back to White Plains.
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Maricel Soriano briefly had her own condo in Rockwell, Makati with Eric Quizon as neighbor.
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Maricel Soriano opened a sing-along bar, Mr Melody, in Quezon City and Diamond Star Records.
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Maricel Soriano was married to Edu Manzano from 1989 to 1991 and maintains friendly relations with him.
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Maricel Soriano has received a number of awards, most notable of which are the two Asian TV Awards as Best Comedy Actress, and three FAP awards, three FAMAS and five PMPC Star Awards for her drama performances.
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Maricel Soriano won her second acting award at the 1974 Ilo-ilo Film Festival for the movie version of the TV sitcom John En Marsha which later became the longest-running Philippine sitcom.
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Maricel Soriano received four consecutive nominations for FAMAS Awards in the years 1994,1995,1996 and 1997.
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Maricel Soriano won in the 38th Box Office Queen and King Entertainment Awards as Film Actress of the Year for her performance in A Love Story.