Filipino singer-actress Jennylyn Mercado has received several awards and nominations throughout her acting career in the entertainment industry. She is dubbed as the Ultimate Star and a Rom-com Queen by several media outlet. Her accolades include three Metro Manila Film Festival Best Actress Awards, four Box Office Entertainment Awards, two Edukcircle Awards, one FAMAS Award, one PMPC Star Awards for Television, one Gawad Tanglaw Award and several nominations from Gawad Urian Award , Luna Awards and PMPC Star Awards for Movies.
Mercado made her acting debut as a recurring cast in the 2002 drama series Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay. In 2003, she joined a reality talent competition known as StarStruck and won the top prize as the Ultimate Female Survivor, winning 1 million pesos and an exclusive contract with GMA Network.
She starred in the romantic drama movie, Blue Moon directed by Joel Lamangan in 2005. For playing the shy, young Corazon, she won her first award for People's Choice Best Actress at the 31st Metro Manila Film Festival and Best Supporting Actress in 2005 Gawad Tanglaw Award with nominations from Gawad Urian Award, ENPRESS Golden Screen Awards and Luna Awards.
Mercado top billed the period drama, Rosario a movie based on a true story directed by Alberto Martinez. She played the role of Rosario, a young liberated woman. She was nominated for Best Actress in Gawad Pasado Awards, Luna Award and FAMAS Award.
In 2014, she was cast as the main lead, opposite Derek Ramsay in a romantic comedy movie, English Only, Please directed by Dan Villegas. For playing the role as a young, perky Filipino tutor, Mercado won her first Best Actress Awards in a competitive category at the 40th Metro Manila Film Festival and earned nominations from PMPC Star Awards for Movies and FAMAS Award.
The following year, she returned to romantic comedy with Jericho Rosales in the movie, Walang Forever directed by Dan Villegas. She won her second Best Actress Awards at the 41st Metro Manila Film Festival and won Best Actress award at the Box Office Entertainment Awards with nominations from Gawad Urian and Gawad Pasado. In 2017, she starred with John Lloyd Cruz in another romantic comedy movie, Just the 3 of Us directed by Cathy Garcia-Sampana for which she won a Film Actress Award at EdukCircle Awards.
In television, Mercado received a Best Actress nomination for her performance in drama series Rhodora X at the ENPRESS Golden Screen TV Awards. The next year, she starred with her husband, Dennis Trillo in a drama series My Faithful Husband and won Best Drama Actress at the PMPC Star Awards for Television. In 2019, she was chosen to star opposite Dingdong Dantes in the Philippines adaptation of the Descendants of the Sun which earned her Best Actress nomination at the PMPC Star Awards for Television.
As television host, she won Best Reality Talent Show Host for Starstruck at EdukCircle Awards and received nominations from ENPRESS Golden Screen TV Awards and PMPC Star Awards for Television. In music, Mercado won two Awit Awards with several nominations from PMPC Star Awards for Music.
Awards and nominations Performance awards
Organization YearNominated Work Category ResultRef.Box Office Entertainment Awards2005Jennylyn Mercado and Mark HerrasMost Popular Loveteam20062015The PrenupBreakthrough Box Office Film (shared with Derek Ramsay)2016WalangForeverBest Actress Edukcircle Awards2017Just the 3 of UsFilm Actress of the YearSuperstar DuetsBest Female TV Host2019StarStruck Best Female Reality Show HostENPRESS Golden Screen Awards2006LovestruckBest Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in Musical or ComedyBlue MoonBest Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in Drama2013Showbiz CentralOutstanding Female Program Host in a Talk ShowProtégé: The Battle for the Big BreakOutstanding Original Reality Competition Program Host2015Rhodora XBest Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in DramaFAMAS Award2005HerselfGerman Moreno Youth Oriented Award2011RosarioBest Actress 2015English Only, PleaseFemale network 2011Protégé: The Battle for the Big BreakBest Television Show HostGawad PasadoRosarioPinakapasadong Aktress2016WalangForeverGawad Tanglaw2005Blue Moon Best Supporting Actress Gawad Urian Award20062016WalangForeverBest Actress Luna Awards (PAF)2006Blue MoonBest Supporting Actress 2011RosarioBest Actress Metro Manila Film Festival2006Blue MoonPeople's Choice for Best Actress2014English Only, PleaseBest Actress 2015WalangForever 2017All of YouPEP Awards2009 Ikaw SanaBest Drama Actress 2015Rhodora XTeleserye Actress of the Year (Editors choice)2016Teleserye Actress of the YearMy Faithful HusbandPMPC Star Awards for Movies2006Blue MoonMovie Actress of the Year2015English only, pleasePMPC Star Awards for Television2012Protégé: The Battle for the Big BreakBest Talent Search Program Host 2013Best Reality Competition Program HostH.O.T. TV: Hindi Ordinaryong Tsismis2014Anak ko YanBest Program Host in a Talent Show28th Star Awards for Television nominees revealed, Pep.ph, Retrieved November 5, 20142015Sarap with FamilyBest Educational Program Host2016My Faithful HusbandBest Drama Actress 2017Sarap DuetsBest Game Show HostEveryday Sarap with CDOBest Educational Program Host2019Descendants of the SunBest Drama Actress VP Choice Awards2020Descendants of the Sun: The Philippine AdaptationTV Actress of the Year
Music awards Year Organization Category Result Ref (s)2004 Candy Mag Awards Breakthrough Artist SOP Music Awards 2005 iFM Pinoy Music Awards Most Popular Adaptation of a Foreign Song Awit Awards Best Performance by a Duet for the song 2006 ASAP POP Viewers Choice Awards Female Pop Artist of the Year 2010 2nd PMPC Star Awards for Music Female Pop Artist of the Year – Love Is... 2013 5th PMPC Star Awards for Music Female Pop Artist of the Year – Forever by Your Side ASAP 18 24K Gold Award – Forever by Your Side Gold Awardee 2015 7th PMPC Star Awards for Music Female Pop Artist of the Year – Never Alone Pop Album of the Year – Never Alone Album of the Year – Never Alone 2017 30th Awit Awards Best Inspirational Recording – "Hagdan" Best Cover Art – Ultimate Best Music Video of the Year – "Hagdan" Best Christmas Recording – "Hagdan" Best Performance by a Female Recording Artist – "Hagdan"
Box-office awards Year Organization Category Result 2007 Kapuso Box-Office People's Choice Awards Kapuso Box Office Princess Kapuso Movie Box Office Queen Kapuso Television Box Office Queen Kapuso Box Office Actress Kapuso Box Office Sexiest Female
Special awards and recognitions Year Organization Category Result 2004 Yes Magazine Reader's Choice Awards Most Popular Female Young Star PMPC Star Awards for Television Female Star of the Night StarStruck Season 1 Ultimate Female Survivor 2008 Yes Magazine Reader's Choice Awards Young Female Superstar 2012 Metro Manila Film Festival Best Dressed Female Celebrity Award 2015 PEP List Choice Awards Teleserye Actress of the Year FHM Sexiest Women in the Philippines Philippines Finest – Rank No. 1 2016 EDUKCIRCLE Drama Actress of the Year PUSH Awards Female Celebrity for 2016 PEP List Editor's Choice Year 3 Female TV Star of The Year
Entertainment awards Year Organization Category/Result 2004 Yes Magazine Reader's Choice Awards 2006 Franz Entertainment's Top 50 Sexiest Women in the Philippines Inside Showbiz Magazine Reader's Choice MOD's Magazine 32 Most Beautiful Filipinas 2007 Starmometer 100 Most Beautiful Pinays 2008 Yes Magazine Reader's Choice Awards Friendster Most Popular 2009 Yes Magazine 100 Most Beautiful Stars Starmometer.com 2011 Yahoo! OMG Awards 2012 PEP Top List Yes Mag 100 Most Beautiful Stars 2013 Inside Pinoy Showbiz 2014 Yahoo! OMG Awards
FHM rankings Year Award Category Result Won by 2004 FHM Philippines 100 Sexiest Woman Cindy Kurleto 2005 Angel Locsin 2006 Katrina Halili 2007 Katrina Halili (2) 2008 Marian Rivera 2009 Cristine Reyes 2010 Angel Locsin (2) 2011 Sam Pinto 2012 Sam Pinto (2) 2013 Marian Rivera (2) 2014 Marian Rivera (3) 2015 Herself 2016 Jessy Mendiola 2017 Nadine Lustre
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