Chanda Romero
Chanda Romero (born March 6, 1954) is a Filipino actress.[1] She is mostly seen on GMA Network.
Chanda Romero | |
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Born | Chanda V. Romero March 6, 1954 |
Other names | Chanda |
Occupation | Actress, film and TV actress, product endorser, comedian |
Years active | 1970–present |
Agent | GMA Network ABS-CBN TV5 |
Spouse(s) | Jose Mari Alejandrino |
She played supporting roles and leading roles in many films during the early and late 1970s. Her prolific work in sexy comedies and dramas caught the attention of many directors, and in the 1980s, showed her serious work as an actress in the Ishmael Bernal's Working Girls and Dapat Ka Bang Mahalin?, both in 1984. She showed a different side in what may be considered as her most underrated work in Kapag Tumabang ang Asin with Daria Ramirez, and Pag-ibig na Walang Dangal with Dindo Fernando and Charo Santos.
Biography
Chanda Romero is the daughter of Enrique Romero, son of Francisco Romero Jr. and Gloria Villanueva of Negros Oriental, and Remedios Valenzuela, daughter of Ramiro Valenzuela and Josefina de la Victoria of Cebu.
Her father Enrique, also known as Bobby, was the paternal grandson of Francisco Romero Sr., mayor of Tanjay, Negros Oriental from 1909 to 1916 and later a member of the Provincial Board of Negros Oriental, and Josefa Calumpang Muñoz, daughter of Tanjay gobernadorcillo Don José Teves Muñoz and Doña Aleja Ines Calumpang, a great-granddaughter of Don Fernando Velaz de Medrano Bracamonte y Dávila (es), Marquis of Tabuérniga de Velazar (es), 15th Marquis of Cañete (GE) (es), 6th Marquis of Fuente el Sol (es), 8th Marquis of Navamorcuende (es), 15th Lord of Montalbo, and Knight of the Order of St. John.[2][3][4][5][6][7] Her father was also the maternal grandson of Enrique Cayetano Teves Villanueva Sr., governor of Negros Oriental from 1916-1925 and later representative of the 2nd district of Negros Oriental from 1925 to 1931, and Francisca Gomez Baena, Negros Oriental Carnival Queen in 1909.
Other relations include her mother's sister Milagros Valenzuela-Urgello, Cebu Carnival Queen in 1937; her grandfather's brother José E. Romero, the first Philippine ambassador to the Court of St. James's and later Secretary of Education; Eddie S. Romero, National Artist for Film; Jose V. Romero Jr., former Philippine ambassador to Italy; Hector R.R. Villanueva, Press Secretary of Philippine President Fidel Ramos and later Postmaster General of the Philippines during the Arroyo administration; among others.
Career
In the 1970s and the 1980s, she had a staple of films in which she starred with award-winning actresses such as Elizabeth Oropesa, Hilda Koronel, Gloria Diaz and Daria Ramirez. As a result, she caught the attention of directors Celso Ad Castillo, Ishmael Bernal, Danny Zialcita and Lino Brocka. Her leading men include Philip Salvador, Eddie Garcia, Christopher de Leon, Dindo Fernando, Joel Torre, etc. In the 1990s, her work in television also brought her success. Shows such as Villa Quintana. She was also praised for her role in the 1997 movie Ligaya Ang Itawag Mo Sa Akin which was directed by Carlos Siguion-Reyna. Romero is a freelancer but does more projects in GMA Network. She has starred in ABS-CBN projects as well like the religious-centered drama series Kapalaran and the role of Vida Mojica in the Vietnamese-Filipino teleserye starring Maricel Soriano and John Estrada, Vietnam Rose. During 2012, she transferred to TV5 for the first time and became part of Kidlat as Minerva Megaton. As of 2013, Romero is with GMA-7.
Personal life
She married Jose Mari "Mayi" Alejandrino on October 25, 2013. On May 17, 2014, Chanda and Mayi professed their vows in a commitment ceremony at the Tierra de Maria Chapel in Tagaytay City.
Her mother died on July 6, 2020 as one of the casualties of COVID-19 in Cebu City.[8]
Filmography
Television
Movies
Year | Title | Role | Production Company |
2014 | Shake, Rattle & Roll 15: Ulam | Aling Lina | Regal Entertainment |
2010 | Rosario | Tenant | Cinemabuhay International Studio5 |
2009 | When I Met U | Sylvia | GMA Films Regal Entertainment |
2008 | Love Me Again | Migo's Mother | Star Cinema |
2007 | Eddie Romero's Faces of Love | MFX Media | |
2004 | Naglalayag | Maita | Angora Films |
1997 | Ligaya Ang Itawag Mo Sa Akin | Lolay | Star Cinema Regal Home Video |
1993 | Hindi Kita Malilimutan | Cita | Regal Films |
1987 | Walang Karugtong Ang Nakaraan | Tess | Viva Films |
1985 | Bakit Manipis ang Ulap? | Jocelyn | Essex Films |
1984 | Dapat Ka Bang Mahalin? | Glacilda Gancayco | Viva Films |
Bagets | Christine | ||
Working Girls | Anne | ||
Hindi Mo Ako Kayang Tapakan | Thelma | V. H. Films | |
1982 | My Only Love | Tiffany | |
Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan? | Charley | ||
1980 | Aguila | Diwata | Bancom Audiovision |
1978 | The Last Reunion | Rita | |
1977 | Banta ng Kahapon | Hemisphere Pictures |
In the 1970s Chanda Romero starred in both Award-Winning Films Pag Puti Ng Uwak Pag Itim Ng Tagak which transitioned her from more daring roles such as skin flicks through the 1970s and 1980s she has also done films with VIVA Films entirely she even starred with bigger actors in numerous films such as Christopher De Leon (Bituing Walang Ningning) and Gabby Concepcion and even Aga Muhlach she even did numerous antagonist roles
Awards and nominations
Year | Film Award/Critics | Category | Work | Results |
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2014 | 40th Metro Manila Film Festival | Best Festival Supporting Actress | Shake, Rattle & Roll XV | Nominated |
References
- "Movie Spice". Manila Standard. August 3, 1989. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
- Merlie M. Alunan; Bobby Flores Villasis; Negros Oriental Centennial Foundation (1993). Kabilin: legacies of a hundred years of Negros Oriental. Negros Oriental Centennial Foundation. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
- TÉLLEZ ALARCIA, Diego. "Intriga cortesana y represión política en el reinado de Carlos III: el caso de D. Fernando Bracamonte Velaz de Medrano (1742-1791)". www.academia.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
- Glendinnig, N; Harrison, N, eds. (1979). Escritos autobiográficos y epistolario de José de Cadalso. London: Thamesis Book Limited.
- Romero, José E. (1979). Not So Long Ago: A Chronicle of My Life, Times and Contemporaries. Manila: Alemar-Phoenix Publishing House, Inc.
- Echauz, Robustiano (1894). Apuntes de la Isla de Negros (in Spanish). Tipo-lit. de Chofre y comp.
- "Subject - Tabuérniga de Velazar, marqueses de". PARES. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
- "Chanda Romero's mom dies of COVID-19". GMA News Online. Retrieved 2020-09-02.