Nadine Alexis Paguia Lustre (, ; born October 31, 1993) is a Filipino actress, singer, dancer, and advocate. Regarded as one of the finest Filipino actresses in the 21st century, her accolades include six FAMAS Awards, a Gawad Urian Award, five Box Office Entertainment Awards, and four Metro Manila Film Festival Awards, including nominations from MTV Europe Music Awards and Asian Academy Creative Awards. Preview magazine named her one of the 50 most influential personalities in 2022.
Born and raised in Quezon City, Lustre began her career as a child host in several television shows at age 8. She then played minor and guest appearances in a number of films and was eventually launched as one of the members of Viva Entertainment's Pop Girls in 2009. Her breakthrough came following her pairing with James Reid and have appeared together in a string of successful projects such as Diary ng Panget (2014), Talk Back and You're Dead (2014), On the Wings of Love (2015), Para sa Hopeless Romantic (2015), Beauty and the Bestie (2015), This Time (2016) and Never Not Love You (2018). As a recording artist, she has released one studio album Wildest Dreams (2020) and has co-directed her music videos. Her musical work has earned her thirteen Myx Music Awards and a PMPC Star Awards for Music.
Philanthropically, Lustre works with various charity organizations, and has centered on raising awareness about mental health and environmental sustainability. She has launched her own cosmetics, Lustrous, and fragrance line, Luster. She was the first local Filipino celebrity to have a full make-up line with an international brand. In 2017, she was hailed as the "Sexiest Woman" by FHM Philippines. She was also the first Filipino ambassadress of Swedish fashion brand H&M and is also one of the highest paid Filipino celebrities on Instagram. Lustre's films have grossed ₱1.28 billion, making her one of the highest-grossing box office stars of this century.
Early life and education Nadine Alexis Paguia Lustre was born on October 31, 1993, in Quezon City, Philippines. She is the eldest of four children to Myraquel Paguia-Lustre and Ulysses Lustre, a mechanical engineer.
She attended Diliman Preparatory School and majored in film at Colegio de San Lorenzo along Congressional Avenue in Quezon City.
Career Lustre, at the age of eight, started as a TV host in RPN's children oriented show entitled Storyland. She was also featured in Disney Channel Asia in the Philippines as a child host. After signing with Viva Entertainment, the actress became a member of the cast in TV5's youth-oriented program Bagets and appeared in several GMA Network shows, including performances in SOP Rules. Lustre also appeared in the film Petrang Kabayo with Vice Ganda and starred in TV5 drama series, P. S. I Love You.
Music 2009–2013: Pop Girls
Lustre debuted as one of the members in a girl group, Pop Girls which was launched by Viva Entertainment in 2009. She eventually left the group to start a solo music career.
2014–2016: Nadine Lustre and collaborations with James Reid
In 2014, Lustre released her self-titled EP under Viva Records. It had hit singles such as “Para-paraan,” “Paligoy-ligoy,” “No Erase,” “Bahala Na,” and “Hanap-hanap;” the last three songs mentioned she collaborated with James Reid, who later on became Lustre's onscreen and real life partner couple.
In 2015, her song "Me and You", from her self-titled album, was given the Titanium Award by Australian digital radio station SBS PopAsia. Lustre is among other artists like K-pop groups Super Junior, U-KISS and Exo who had songs that achieved Titanium status.
Lustre and Callalily vocalist Kean Cipriano interpreted the song written by Mark Villar (not the Las Piñas Congressman) entitled “Sa Ibang Mundo” for the 2015 PhilPop songwriting competition. They earned the People's Choice award and the song was the second runner-up during the 2015 PhilPop's finals night held on July 25, 2015, at the Meralco Theater.
Also in 2015, Lustre collaborated with Yassi Pressman's song, “Hush,” where Lustre showed off her rap skills. Lustre and Reid also released their own version of the song “On The Wings of Love” for their teleserye with the same name.
In the 2016 Philippines Myx Music Awards, Lustre won Favorite Song and Favorite Music Video for her single “Me and You.” She also won Favorite Artist and Favorite Female Artist. Lustre also bagged the Favorite Collaboration award for her song “Hanap-Hanap” with Reid.
Lustre and Reid in 2016 also released their own version of the song “This Time” under Viva which was used for their movie with the same name.
2017–2022: Careless and Wildest Dreams In 2017, Lustre started collaborating with James Reid's newly founded record label, Careless Music Manila. She was featured in the song IL2LU, which was included in Reid's LP, Palm Dreams. In the same year, Lustre also collaborated with Bret Jackson in a song called "Nowhere I Wouldn't Go", which was included in the latter's album, Island City Poems.
In January 2018, Lustre released her first single under Careless Music Manila. The song is called "St4y Up". Lustre worked with Reid and music producer CRWN for the song's production. In the same month, she released a music video directed by Petersen Vargas for the single.
In March 2018, Lustre and Reid released a cover of Sugarfree's "Prom" under Viva Records, as part of the official soundtrack of their romance movie Never Not Love You.
In October 2018, Lustre was featured in three tracks from the Careless Mixtape, which consists of songs from various artists of the record label. The tracks were “I Like It,” a song she penned herself; “Summer,” which was a duet with Reid; and “Nobody,” which also featured Sofia Romualdez.
In August 2019, Lustre once again recorded songs under Viva Records for the soundtrack of her dance musical film, Indak. She was featured in the track “Sumayaw sa Indak” and in the cover of Thyro and Yumi's hit song “Triangulo.” She also had a duet called “Swerte Sa Palad Mo” with her co-star Sam Concepcion.
In November 2019, Careless released another collaborative mixtape called The Island City Playlist. Lustre was featured in the track “Headspace” along with Curtismith, Massiah, and Billy Davis. She also collaborated in a track called “No 32” with rapper Ruby Ibarra. In December 2019, Lustre officially signed a recording contract with Careless Music.
In October 2020, Lustre announced her first full-length album under Careless Music, entitled Wildest Dreams. The visual album, the first of its kind in the Philippines, garnered 1 million views in 2 days.
On October 29, 2021, she released a digital single called “Wait For Me”.
In December 2022, Lustre revealed that she parted ways with Careless Music.
2023–present: Standalone singles In 2023, Lustre collaborated with WILD Entertainment and released the single “Overgrown” in June, a homage to her twenties.
In 2026, Lustre released “Personal” in July, her first musical release in three years, through Cool Girl Records. In September, she released “Donuts,” a collaboration with Apl.de.ap.
Acting Film
2011–2014: Career beginnings and breakthrough Lustre started her career in film by playing bit roles in several projects produced by Viva such as Petrang Kabayo, Who's That Girl?, and When the Love is Gone. Her breakthrough role came in 2014 when she took on the role of Reah "Eya" Rodriguez in the teen romantic comedy Diary ng Panget, a Viva-produced movie based on the novel of the same name written by HaveYouSeenThisGirL. The author was very particular about who played her characters and handpicked Lustre for the role of Eya. Lustre starred together with Reid, Pressman and Andre Paras. The film was released on April 2, 2014, and earned at least 120 million pesos during its four-week run. The film received negative reviews, but the young cast was praised for their performances. Zig Marasigan of Rappler wrote, "Despite this criticism, Diary ng Panget succeeds in bringing together a particularly charming cast with relative newcomer Nadine Lustre leading the charge."
2015–2016: Love team with James Reid
With the success of Diary ng Panget and her tandem with Reid, the pair moved on to star in the film adaptation of another Wattpad novel, Talk Back and You're Dead, which was written by Alesana Marie. The film also featured Joseph Marco and Pressman. It was released on August 20, 2014, in theaters nationwide. Lustre played the role of Miracle Samantha Perez, a rich girl who fell in love with a teenage gang leader who was also her childhood sweetheart.
In 2015, Lustre starred in her third film opposite of Reid, Para sa Hopeless Romantic, which is a film adaptation of the novel with the same name written by Marcelo Santos III. Lustre played the role of Rebecca del Mundo, a college student who writes love stories with bitter endings as a way of expressing her heartbreak. The movie received negative reviews. However, Oggs Cruz of Rappler wrote of Lustre's performance, "Lustre makes her character's seemingly unimportant struggle moving."
She also had a special role in Adolf Alix Jr.'s horror film Chain Mail as Anne Nuñez, which premiered on August 22, 2015. In December 2015, Lustre alongside Reid starred in an action comedy drama movie with Vice Ganda and Coco Martin in Beauty and the Bestie for the 2015 Metro Manila Film Festival directed by Wenn V. Deramas. As of January 25, 2016, the movie earned 526 million pesos in local and domestic screenings making it the highest-grossing Filipino film at that time. The movie received lukewarm reviews from critics. Philbert Dy of Click The City, however, praised the cast for being "so game" and "unafraid to look goofy". He remarks that Lustre is "pretty funny."
Lustre and Reid starred on their fourth movie called This Time in May 2016 which earned 15 million pesos on its opening day. The movie was directed by Nuel Naval and was loosely based on the Wattpad novel That One Summer by Aly Almario.
2018–2023: Critical acclaim
In 2018, Lustre and Reid made a comeback to the big screen with Never Not Love You, which was directed by Antoinette Jadaone. Lustre's performance in the film earned her major awards from three of the most prestigious award-giving bodies in the Philippines, namely, the Young Critics' Circle, Gawad Urian, and FAMAS. Wanngo Gallaga of Click The City called Lustre a "powerhouse" and the "real star" of the film while praising her performance by saying that "There is a whole world of emotions within her that she carries with every movement". The Philippine Daily Inquirer's Cake Evangelista praised Lustre for being someone who "evokes a wealth of meaning and emotion"
In 2019, she starred in Irene Villamor's Ulan, her first major film project without Reid. She played the role of romance novel editor turned children's book writer Maya Landicho in the film, which uses elements of magic realism. Praising Lustre's performance in the film, Tito Valiente of Business Mirror wrote, "It has been such a long time when the camera of a local film has ever been in love with an actress. Nadine Lustre, with the face that can act, deserves that love." The film, which was co-produced by HOOQ, got recognized by the Asian Academy Creative Awards. It won several awards in the regional category of the awards procedure, including one for Best Actress. Lustre competed with other regional winners for the Grand Prize, but lost to India's Shefali Shah. Lustre next starred in the dance musical film by Paul Basinilio, Indak, opposite Sam Concepcion. She played the role of Jen, an island girl who joined a dance group after a video of her dancing went viral on social media. Lustre and Concepcion, along with other dancers in the film, went through weeks of dance training before filming began.