Judy Ann Santos is a Filipino actress and film producer who has received various awards and nominations for her work in film and television. At the age of eight, she began her acting career with a supporting role in the drama series Kaming Mga Ulila (1986). Santos had her breakthrough role in the drama series Mara Clara (1992) and earned her first FAMAS Award for her performance in its 1996 film adaptation. Three years later, she starred opposite Fernando Poe Jr. in the comedy drama Isusumbong Kita sa Tatay Ko (1999). It became the first Filipino film to earn more than million at the box office, for which Santos was awarded the Box Office Queen title. The supporting role of a Chinese mogul's daughter in the family drama Mano Po 2: My Home (2003) won her a Golden Screen Award. Santos made a transition to adult roles playing a woman with dissociative identity disorder in the 2004 psychological drama Sabel, for which she received the Gawad Urian for Best Actress. For her role as the titular character in the superhero series Krystala (2005), she won the Star Award for Best Drama Actress.
Further critical and commercial success came with Jose Javier Reyess comedy drama Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo (2006), in which Santos starred opposite Ryan Agoncillo as his character's feisty and outspoken wife involved with the complexities that arise as she interacts with her family and in-laws. She won several awards, including a Metro Manila Film Festival, a Luna, and a Star Award for Best Actress. In 2009, Santos co-produced and starred in the independent film Ploning (2009). She was nominated for numerous accolades as an actress and producer, including FAMAS, Golden Screen, and Luna Awards for Best Actress. She was cast in the role of nurse Jane Alcantara in Wenn Deramass medical drama series Habang May Buhay (2010), and earned the KBP Golden Dove Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series. For her next appearance, the ensemble drama Mga Mumunting Lihim (2012), she was jointly awarded Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress alongside Iza Calzado, Janice de Belen, and Agot Isidro at the Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival. In 2015, Santos appeared in an episode of the anthology series Maalaala Mo Kaya, which earned her the Star Award for Best Single Performance by an Actress.
Santos received her second Best Actress nomination at the Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival for her role in the drama Kusina (2016). She played a married woman who discovers her husband's infidelity in the comedy Ang Dalawang Mrs. Reyes in 2018, and garnered a Comedy Actress of the Year win at the Box Office Entertainment Awards. In 2019, Santos portrayed a Muslim woman caring for her cancer-stricken daughter while her husband is deployed in Brillante Mendozas war drama Mindanao. She won Best Actress at the Cairo International Film Festival, becoming the second Filipino, after Nora Aunor, to receive the top acting honor. Santos is the recipient of many honorary awards, including the Dekada Award from the Golden Screen and Star Awards.
Awards and nominations + Organizations Year Recipient(s) Category Result Anak TV Seal Awards 2017 Judy Ann Santos Hall Of Famer for Female Makabata Star Box Office Entertainment Awards 1997 Mara Clara: The MovieTeenage Queen of Philippine Movies 1998 Paano ang Puso Ko? 1999 Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay Miss RP Movies 2000 Isusumbong Kita sa Tatay Ko... Box Office Queen 2019 Ang Dalawang Mrs. Reyes Comedy Actress of the Year Cairo International Film Festival 2019 Mindanao Best Actress Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival2012Mga Mumunting Lihim Best Actress Best Supporting Actress 2016 Kusina Best Actress Gawad Pasado 2005 Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal KitaBest Actress 2006 Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo 2008 Ouija 2009Ploning Best Picture 2020 Mindanao Best Actress 2025 Espantaho Best Actress Gawad Tanglaw 2005 Sabel Chairman's Award for Excellence in Acting 2009Ploning Best Picture Best Actress 2014 Huwag Ka Lang Mawawala 2020 Mindanao Gawad Urian 2003 Magkapatid Best Supporting Actress 2005 SabelBest Actress 2007 Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo 2008 Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo 2009 Ploning Golden Screen Awards2004 Mano Po 2: My Home Best Supporting Actress Basta't Kasama Kita Best Actress in a Drama Series Sabel Best Actress in a Leading Role – Drama 2005 I Will SurviveBest Actress in a Leading Role – Musical or Comedy 2007 Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo 2008 Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo 2009Ploning Best Actress in a Leading Role – Drama Best Picture 2011 Movie Icons of Our Time 2012 My House Husband: Ikaw Na! Best Actress in a Leading Role – Musical or Comedy 2013 Mga Mumunting Lihim Best Actress in a Leading Role – Drama Dekada Award 2026 Dekada Award FAMAS Awards 1989 Best Child Actress 1997Mara Clara: The Movie German Moreno Youth Achievement Award Best New Movie Actress 1998 Nasaan Ang Puso? Best Supporting Actress 1999 Kay Tagal Kang HinintayBest Actress 2005 Sabel 2007 Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo 2008 Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo 2009Ploning Best Picture 2019 Ang Dalawang Mrs. Reyes Best Actress 2025Judy Ann Santos Child Icon of Philippine Cinema Best Actress Fantasporto International Film Festival 2025 Espantaho Best Actress Film Development Council of the Philippines 2020 Mindanao A-Lister 2025 Espantaho Annual Achievement Award KBP Golden Dove Award 2010 Habang May Buhay Best Actress in a Drama Series Luna Awards 1998 Nasaan Ang Puso? Best Supporting Actress 2005 SabelBest Actress 2007 Don't Give Up on Us Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo 2008 Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo 2009Ploning Best Picture 2011 Hating KapatidBest Actress 2020 Mindanao Metro Manila Film Festival1997 Nasaan Ang Puso? Best Supporting Actress BabaeBest Actress 1998 Kasal-Kasalan... Sakalan 1999 Esperanza: The Movie 2004 Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita 2006 Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo 2007 Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo 2011 My House Husband: Ikaw Na! 2012 Si Agimat, si Enteng Kabisote at si Ako 2019 Mindanao 2024EspantahoNational Commission for Culture and the Arts Ani ng Dangal Awards 2020 MindanaoCinema Award for International Recognition 2026 Espantaho Star Awards for Movies 2003 Magkapatid Movie Supporting Actress of the Year 2005 Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal KitaMovie Actress of the Year 2007 Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo 2008 Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo 2009 Ploning Movie of the Year Mag-ingat Ka Sa... KulamMovie Actress of the Year 2012 My House Husband: Ikaw Na! 2014 Dekada Award 2017 KusinaMovie Actress of the Year 2019 Ang Dalawang Mrs. Reyes 2021 Mindanao Star Awards for Television 1998 Esperanza Best Drama Actress 2000 Maalaala Mo Kaya(Episode: "Karnabal") Best Single Performance by an Actress 2004 Basta't Kasama KitaBest Drama Actress 2005 Krystala 2006 Maalaala Mo Kaya(Episode: "Rosaryo") Best Single Performance by an Actress Sa Piling MoBest Drama Actress 2008 Ysabella 2009 Maalaala Mo Kaya(Episode: "Lason") Best Single Performance by an Actress 2010 Habang May Buhay Best Drama Actress George and Cecil Best Comedy Actress 2013 Huwag Ka Lang Mawawala Best Drama Actress 2013 MasterChef Pinoy Edition Best Reality Competition Show Host 2014 Bet on Your Baby Best Game Show Host 2015 Maalaala Mo Kaya(Episode: "Ilog") Best Single Performance by an Actress 2021 Starla Best Drama Actress
See also Judy Ann Santos filmography
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