Amy Austria | |
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Born | Esmeralda Dizon Tuazon December 13, 1961 Tondo, Manila, Philippines |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1976 - 2011 |
Amy Austria-Ventura (b. December 13, 1961 as Esmeralda Dizon Tuazon) is a FAMAS and Gawad Urian Award-winning Filipino film and television actress.
Austria has starred in 70 films since 1976 in many of the Philippines' most acclaimed films. Her most memorable role was in 1985 where she starred in the Ishmael Bernal classic melodrama Hinugot sa Langit alongside Maricel Soriano. Her final appearance in showbiz was of the ABS-CBN action, family, drama Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin as Lora "Rosa" Sebastiano-Del Tierro for health reasons.
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Esmeralda Tuazon was the second to the eldest among six children born in 1961 to an impoverished family. She helped the family by selling chewing gum. She studied at the Rajah Soliman High School. She was introduced to the producer Baby Martinez of MBM Productions through a common friend. She was then cast in Bitayin Si Baby Ama (1976), the movie that made a star of Rudy Fernandez. After her second film, Alas (1976), with Jun Aristorenas, she was given minor parts in several other pictures then dropped out of the movie scene for almost a year. When she came back in mid-1977, she was a contract star of Jesse Ejercito's Seven Star Productions. She became quite visible in the 1970s, in such films like Dabiana (1977), Miss Dulce Amor, Ina (1978), Atsay (1978), Menor de edad (1979), Gabun: Ama Mo, Ama Ko (1979), Bedspacers (1979) and Swing It, Baby (1979). After acting in two very relevant films for 1979, Ishmael Bernal's Aliw and Lino Brocka's Jaguar, Ms Austria was finally a lead star in Nang Bumuka Ang Sampaguita (1980). At a time when female parts in Filipino cinema were strong and revolutionary, Ms Austria became a busy actress: Langis at Tubig (1980), Sugat sa ugat (1980), Goriong Butete (1980), Tondo Girl (1981), Pusong Uhaw (1982) and Waywaya (1982). In the 1990s and well into the 21st century, she still gives powerful supporting performances, in The Flor Contemplacion Story (1995), Muro-ami (1999), and even in Pagdating ng Panahon (2001), a Sharon Cuneta starrer.
Year | Title | Role | Network |
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2012 | Walang Hanggan | young Margaret | ABS-CBN |
2011 | Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin | Lora "Rosa" Sebastiano-Del Tierro | ABS-CBN |
2007 | Walang Kapalit | Ceding | ABS-CBN |
2006 | Bituing Walang Ningning | Barbara Arguelles | ABS-CBN |
2006 | Crazy for You | ABS-CBN | |
2005 | Sugo | Graciela | GMA Network |
2005 | Now and Forever: Mukha | Fatima | GMA Network |
2004 | Mulawin | Lourdes | GMA Network |
2003 | Daisy Siete | GMA Network | |
2003 | Narito Ang Puso Ko | Elsa Capule | GMA Network |
2000 | Pangako Sa'yo | Lourdes Magbanua Buenavista | ABS-CBN |
1999 | Kirara: Ano Ang Kulay Ng Pag-ibig | GMA Network |
Year | Film Award/Critics | Award/Nomination |
2011 | 25th Star Awards for TV | Best Drama Actress for Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin (Pending) |
2005 | Golden Screen Awards, Philippines | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Drama) for Beautiful Life (Nominated) |
2005 | FAP Awards, Philippines | Best Supporting Actress for Beautiful Life (Nominated) |
2003 | FAMAS Awards | Best Supporting Actress for Mano Po (Nominated) |
2003 | Gawad Urian Awards | Best Supporting Actress (Pinakamahusay na Pangalawang Aktres) for Mano Po (Nominated) |
2002 | FAMAS Awards | Best Actress for New Moon (Nominated) |
2001 | FAP Award | Best Supporting Actress for The Child (Won) |
1996 | Young Critics Circle, Philippines | Best Performance by Male or Female, Adult or Child, Individual or Ensemble in Leading or Supporting Role for Nena (Nominated) |
1996 | Gawad Urian Award | Best Supporting Actress (Pinakamahusay na Pangalawang Aktres) for Nena (Nominated) |
1994 | FAMAS Award | Best Supporting Actress for Kung mawawala ka pa (Nominated) |
1994 | Gawad Urian Award | Best Supporting Actress (Pinakamahusay na Pangalawang Aktres) for Kung mawawala ka pa (Nominated) |
1993 | FAP Award | Best Supporting Actress for Narito ang puso ko (Won) |
1993 | Gawad Urian Award | Best Supporting Actress (Pinakamahusay na Pangalawang Aktres) for Narito ang puso ko
(Won) |
1989 | FAMAS Award | Best Actress for Celestina Sanchez A.K.A. Bubble (Nominated) |
1989 | FAP Award | Best Actress for Celestina Sanchez A.K.A. Bubble (Won) |
1986 | FAMAS Award | Best Supporting Actress for Hinugot sa langit (Nominated) |
1986 | Gawad Urian Award | Best Supporting Actress (Pinakamahusay na Pangalawang Aktres)
for Hinugot sa langit (Nominated) |
1982 | Gawad Urian Award | Best Supporting Actress (Pinakamahusay na Pangalawang Aktres)
for Ako ang hari (Nominated) |
1981 | FAMAS Award | Best Actress for Brutal (Won) |
1980 | Gawad Urian Award | Best Supporting Actress (Pinakamahusay na Pangalawang Aktres) for Jaguar (Won) |
1980 | Metro Manila Film Festival | Best Actress for Brutal (Won) |
1979 | FAMAS Award | Best Supporting Actress for Atsay (Nominated) |
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