Angelica Panganiban is a Filipino-American actress who has received several awards and nominations throughout her entertainment career. She is known for her acting versatility in various movie genres and was dubbed as the new "Queen of Drama" by the media. Her accolades include three FAMAS Award, four Box Office Entertainment Awards, three Golden Screen Television Awards, two PMPC Star Awards for Movies, two KBP Golden Dove Awards, a Luna Award, a Golden Screen Movie Award, an EdukCircle Award, a Gawad Tanglaw Award including nominations from Guam International Film Festival, a Gawad Urian Award, Gawad Genio Award and The EDDYS Award nomination.
Panganiban was a child actress and started acting at the age of 6. She appeared in third season of the youth oriented show Ang TV (1995-1996) and the TV show Love Notes. Her breakthrough came with her critically acclaimed performance in the melodrama film Separada (1994), for which she won the FAMAS Award and PMPC Star Awards for Movies for Best Child Actress. After two years, she returned to family drama, playing the role of Issa, an adopted child in Ama, Ina, Anak (1996) and won a Best Child Actress Award at the PMPC Star Awards for Movies and a nomination from FAMAS Award.
She was able to transition into adult roles successfully and appeared in the drama movie Santa Santita (2004) with a biblical theme of Magdalene. For performance, she garnered Best Actress nominations from FAMAS Award, Luna Award and Golden Screen Movie Awards. She was in the romantic drama movie A Love Story (2007), playing Karyn, a flight attendant and won Best Supporting Actress award at the 26th Luna Awards and received nominations from Gawad Genio Award and Golden Screen Movie Awards. In 2010, she co-starred in the comedy movie Here Comes the Bride (2010) and won Best Actress in a comedy role at the 8th Golden Screen Movie Awards and received a special award for Comedy Actress of the Year at the 42nd GMMSF Box Office Entertainment Awards.
Panganiban continued to gain acclaimed in the horror movie Segunda Mano (2011), playing the role of Marie and won FAMAS Award for Best Supporting Actress with a nomination from PMPC Star Awards for Movies. The next year, she appeared in the romantic drama movie One More Try (2012) and was awarded with Film Actress of the Year at the 44th GMMSF Box Office Entertainment Awards and received various nominations from Metro Manila Film Festival, FAMAS Award, Golden Screen Movie Awards and PMPC Star Awards for Movies."Vic Sotto, Vice Ganda named Phenomenal Stars of the Year; John Lloyd Cruz and Sarah Geronimo are Box Office King & Queen" . Pep.ph. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
She appeared in romantic comedy movies Every Breath U Take (2014) and received Luna Award Best Actress nomination and in That Thing Called Tadhana (2014) and won Gawad Tanglaw Best Actress award and received nominations from Guam International Film Festival, Gawad Urian Award, Luna Award and Gawad PASADO Awards. In 2016, she starred in romantic film The Unmarried Wife (2016) and won FAMAS Award for Best Actress and named as the Most Influential Film Actress of the Year by EdukCircle Awards with a nomination from Gawad Pasado.
On television, she was part of the comedy sketch show Banana Sundae (2008-2020) and received several awards for Best Comedy Actress including three Golden Screen TV Awards, two KBP Golden Dove Awards, two Box Office Entertainment Awards and one PMPC Star Awards for Television.
Awards and nominations
Film Year Category Movie Organization Result2017 Movie Supporting Actress of the Year Whistleblower 33rd PMPC Star Awards for Movies Best Actress The Unmarried Wife 65th FAMAS Awards Most Influential Film Actress of the Year 7th EdukCircle Awards Best Actress 19th Gawad Pasado Awards Best Actress Of The Year Gawad Bedista Award 2016 Best Actress That Thing Called Tadhana 34th Luna Awards 2015 Achievement in Acting Guam International Film Festival Best Actress 38th Gawad Urian Awards 17th Gawad Pasado Awards 13th Gawad Tanglaw 2014 2014 Cinema One Originals Film Festival 2013Ang Alamat ni China Doll 2013 Cinema One Originals Film Festival Every Breath U Take 31st Luna Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role (Drama) One More Try 10th ENPRESS Golden Screen Awards for Movies Best Actress 61st FAMAS Awards Film Actress of the Year"44th Guillermo Mendoza Box-Office Entertainment Awards" . Pep.ph. Retrieved May 19, 2014. 44th Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation Awards Best Actress 29th PMPC Star Awards for Movies 2012 38th Metro Manila Film Festival Best Supporting Actress Segunda Mano 60th FAMAS Awards Movie Supporting Actress of the Year PMPC Star Awards for Movies 2011 Comedy Actress of the Year"42nd Box-Office Entertainment Awards honors outstanding actors and actresses of 2010". Pep.ph. Retrieved May 21, 2014. Here Comes The Bride 42nd Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role (Musical or Comedy) 8th ENPRESS Golden Screen Awards for Movies Best Film Actress Gawad Genio Awards 2010 Best Actress I Love You, Goodbye 58th FAMAS Awards 12th Gawad Pasado Awards Movie Actress of the Year 26th PMPC Star Awards for Movies 2009 Best Actress 35th Metro Manila Film Festival Best Supporting Actress A Love Story 26th Luna Awards 2008 ENPRESS Golden Screen Awards Best Film Supporting Actress Gawad Genio 2005 Best Actress Santa Santita FAMAS Awards ENPRESS Golden Screen Awards 1998 Best Child Actress Hanggang Kailan Kita Mamahalin FAMAS Awards 1997 Ama, Ina, Anak PMPC Star Awards for Movies 1996 Sarah... Ang Munting Prinsesa FAMAS Awards PMPC Star Awards for Movies 1995 Separada FAMAS Awards PMPC Star Awards for Movies
Television
Year Category Show Organization Result2019 Best Actress for Comedy Banana Sundae 27th KBP Golden Dove Awards Best Comedy Actress 33rd PMPC Star Awards for Television 2018 32nd PMPC Star Awards for Television Most Innovative TV Commedianne 3rd Illumine Innovation Awards for Television Comedy Actress of the Year 49th Box Office Entertainment Awards 2017 Best Comedy Actress 31st PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Comedy Actress for Television Alta Media Icon Awards Best TV Actress for a Comedy Program 25th KBP Golden Dove Awards Comedy Actress of the Year 48th Box Office Entertainment Awards 2016 Best Comedy Actress 30th PMPC Star Awards for Television Comedy Actress of the Year Philippine Entertainment Portal List Awards 2016 2015 Best Drama Actress Pangako Sa 'Yo 29th PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Comedy Actress Banana Split Outstanding Performance by an Actress (Gag or Comedy Program) 6th ENPRESS Golden Screen TV Awards 2014 5th ENPRESS Golden Screen TV Awards Best Comedy Actress 28th PMPC Star Awards for Television 2013 27th PMPC Star Awards for Television Outstanding Performance by an Actress (Gag or Comedy Program) 4th ENPRESS Golden Screen TV Awards 2012 Best Comedy Actress 26th PMPC Star Awards for Television 2011 Outstanding Performance by an Actress (Gag or Comedy Program) 3rd ENPRESS Golden Screen TV Awards Best Actress in a Daily Soap Opera Rubi 7th USTv Students' Choice Awards Best Comedy Actress Banana Split 25th PMPC Star Awards for Television 2010 Best Drama Actress Rubi 24th PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Comedy Actress Banana Split 2009 Best Drama Actress Iisa Pa Lamang 23rd PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Comedy Actress Banana Split 2008 Villain of the Year Iisa Pa Lamang 1st Supreme to the Extreme Awards (Philippine Star)
Special awards and recognitions Box office Year Organization Award 2015 Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation 2009 Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation 2006 ASAP Pop Viewers' Choice Awards 1997 Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation
Rankings Year Organization Category Rank 2017 FHM Philippines Philippines 100 Sexiest Women Rank #50 2016 Rank #44 2015 Rank #33 2014 Rank #30 2013 Rank #12 2012 Rank #20 2011 Rank #13 2010 Rank #6 2009 Rank #9 2008 Rank #10 Maxim Hot 100 Hottest 100 Women Rank #62007 Rank #1 FHM Philippines Philippines 100 Sexiest Women Rank #4 2006 Rank #14 2005 Rank #9
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