Liza Lorena

Liza Lorena (born Elizabeth Ann Jolene Luciano Winsett in 1948) is a former beauty queen and multi-awarded actress in the Philippines. She was a First Runner-Up in the Bb. Pilipinas pageant in 1966.

Career

Lorena was a flight stewardess (for PAL domestic flights), tourist guide and PTTA receptionist before she became first runner-up in 1966 Binibining Pilipinas pageant. She received movie offers from Dr. Jose Perez of Sampaguita Pictures, but Jose Nepomuceno won over her. She was chosen from among 64 candidates who read the lines of Esperanza for Dahil Sa Isang Bulaklak (1967), topbilled by Charito Solis and Ric Rodrigo.

She won the FAP Best Supporting Actress award for her performance in Oro, Plata, Mata (1982). In 1986, she received the Best Supporting Actress award from Gawad Urian for the movie Miguelito: Batang Rebelde.

Lorena appeared in GMA's TV series Kung Mawawala Ka (2001-2003) with Sunshine Dizon, and in ABS-CBN's Maria Flordeluna (2007) starring Eliza Pineda. She also in the cast of ABS-CBN's Apoy Sa Dagat premiered on February 11, 2013, which stars Angelica Panganiban, Diether Ocampo and Piolo Pascual.

As a veteran actress, Lorena appeared in more than 185 movies and television shows since 1967.

Personal life

Lorena was born in Pampanga in 1948. She is the mother of actor Tonton Gutierrez to former matinee idol Eddie Gutierrez. Lorena has a daughter by businessman Honey Boy Palanca. She has grandson, Carlos Philippe Winsett-Palanca, who won first place in the 2009 Kids Golf European Championships, beating 30 other golfers from around the world, held in Scotland.

Awards and nominations

Filmography

Television

Selected movies

• Rosario (2010)
• Presa (2010)
• Working Girls (2010)
• The Red Shoes (2010)
• I Love You, Goodbye (2009)
• Maximus & Minimus (2009)
• Last Supper No. 3 (2009)
• Villa Estrella (2009)
• Katas Ng Saudi (2007)
• Sukob (2006)
• Matakot Ka Sa Karma (2006)
• Mother Nanny (2006)
• Barang (2006)
• The Wedding Curse (2006)
• Summer Heat (2006)
• Kutob (2005)
• My First Romance (2003)
• Kailangan Kita (2002)
• Ikaw Lamang Hanggang Ngayon (2002)
• The Life Of Rosa (2001)
• May Minamahal (1993)
• Tinik Sa Dibdib (1985)
• Oro, Plata, Mata (1982)
• Because of a Flower (1967)

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References

External links

• Liza Lorena at the Internet Movie Database
• "Movie Celebrities Now And Then: Liza Lorena