Tessie Tomas

Acting

Tessie Tomas

Born

1950-10-31 (75)

Place of birth

Catbalogan, Samar, Philippines

Known for

Acting

Credits

58 titles

Rita Theresa “Teresita” Laforteza Hermosa (born October 31, 1950), better known by her stage name, Tessie Tomas, is a Filipino actress, screenwriter, and stand-up comedian. Regarded as the original "Queen of Daytime TV", she is best known for hosting some of the most successful TV programs in the Philippines. She was the first Filipino actress to score a nomination in the Best Actress category at the International Emmy Awards for her performance in the 1989 film, A Dangerous Life.

Known for

Dirty Linen poster
6.6

To exact vengeance, a young woman infiltrates the household of an influential family as a housemaid to expose their dirty secrets. However, love will get in the way of her revenge plot.

Dirty Linen

2023

Mundo Man ay Magunaw poster
NR

Mundo Man Ay Magunaw is a Philippine television drama on ABS-CBN. It stars Empress Schuck, Ejay Falcon and Nikki Gil. The series is loosely based on the 1990 film starring Susan Roces, Nida Blanca, Alicia Vergel, Dante Rivero, Michael Locsin, Jennifer Sevilla, Sheryl Cruz and Romnick Sarmenta of Seiko Films in the same title. The full trailer was to be shown on January 10. The television series was supposed to be aired in the Kapamilya Gold afternoon block. However It will be aired on late morning/early noon time slot at 11:30 a.m. before Happy Yipee Yehey!. On February 6, ABS-CBN moved the show to its new time slot at 2:30 pm on Kapamilya Gold, airing after It's Showtime. The series uses some of the story sequences from the serialized version on the radio drama in the late 1980s on DZRH as anchored by Salvador Royales himself.

Mundo Man ay Magunaw

2012

The Blood Sisters poster
8.3

Triplets, separated at birth, reunite under the most chaotic circumstances that will test their bond as sisters.

The Blood Sisters

2018

Noah poster
NR

Noah was a teleserye Philippine action-fantasy series produced by ABS-CBN. The series premiered on July 12, 2010.

Noah

2010

Once Upon a Kiss poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Once Upon a Kiss

2015

Ako si Kim Samsoon poster
10.0

Ako si Kim Samsoon, or simply Kim Samsoon, was a romantic comedy Philippine drama that was aired on GMA Network, a remake of a popular and award-winning Korean drama that originally aired on MBC TV on Summer 2005. The series was part of the network's 58th Anniversary celebration. Re-telling the story of My Lovely Sam Soon, dubbed as the Korean Bridget Jones, the series began airing on June 30, 2008, replacing Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita, and ended on October 10, 2008. The title role, previously played by Kim Sun Ah, was played by Regine Velasquez. This show marked the last television directing of Khryss Adalia who died due to colon cancer on October 13, 2008 after the finale week and the show was cancelled due to low ratings. It was re-aired on GMA Life TV from December 20, 2010 to April 1, 2011. It currently airs on KIKU-TV in Honolulu, Hawaii since October 21, 2012. Ako si Kim Samsoon is also currently airing via Fox Filipino which premiered on May 28, 2013.

Ako si Kim Samsoon

2008

Film credits

2010s · 12 titles

This Guy's In Love With U Mare! poster
2.9

A man tries to keep his partner from straying by romancing the object of the man's affections himself.

This Guy's In Love With U Mare!

2012

Miss Bulalacao poster
NR

A young drag queen, Dodong, who joins a barangay gay pageant to gain acceptance in his father’s community. He is instead met with hostility from his father, who chases him into a jungle, where he sobs to a lone bright star. What follows is the strangest night in his entire life, and an even stranger nine months when he realises he is pregnant. Dodong deals with ridicule from a barangay who does not believe him.

Miss Bulalacao

2015

The Red Shoes poster
6.0

a film by Raul Jorolan.

The Red Shoes

2010

Huling Biyahe poster
1.0

Two aging couple who work in the Filipino film industry, a linear editor and an ex-dubber, who, at the twilight of their lives, decide to part ways to know what’s missing in their lives. They both explore things they haven’t explored before as they both undergo a sexual awakening in their lives. The wife finds comfort in a local school janitor whom she sees a slight parallelism to her life. On the other hand, the husband gets enamored on a shy barrio lass whose face elicit the same weakness he has for women chinita eyes.

Huling Biyahe

2012

Coming Soon poster
7.0

As the end of the world draws near, six friends realize that they need to live the rest of their lives to the fullest.

Coming Soon

2013

Extra Service poster
2.0

The story revolves on the amazing adventures of Aw, Em and Gee, who are mild-mannered massage therapists by day and sexy secret agents who solve crimes by night. They are then tasked to embark on a top-level secret mission to retrieve the precious “Perlas Ng Silangan” in exchange for their lives and freedom

Extra Service

2017

No artwork available
NR

James is a gym instructor by day and a student by night, who struggles to keep both ends meet. Standing as the family bread winner, he is determined to make a difference in his troubled family. He and his three siblings grew up without knowing who their father is, while their mother is a retired prostitute who runs a whore house. James works hard to graduate.

Blindfold

2015

Water Lemon poster
NR

A story set in a coastal Quezon town where the mundane lives of a grieving widow, her socially-handicapped son and a helpless grandfather interconnect to create bumps in their flatline lives.

Water Lemon

2015

Two Funerals poster
NR

After a horrific collision between a passenger bus and an 18-wheeler truck in Nueva Ecija claimed two dozen casualties, two families await the arrival of their dead.

Two Funerals

2010

Delia & Sammy poster
NR

Delia, a faded movie star, finds out she is dying and looks for someone to care for her chronically ill husband, Sammy. Using their trusty old Mercedes Benz, the two travel far in the hopes of finding acceptance and forgiveness from Sammy's estranged family.

Delia & Sammy

2018

No artwork available
10.0

A retired university professor who refused to leave his home in the campus despite an administrative order for eviction. With his whole life bearing witness to Diliman estate's evolution, he is the only remaining gatekeeper of the histories of his homeland.

Alienasyon

2014

No artwork available
NR

Lola Fely lovingly dedicated most of her life to care for her family, she finally decided to pursue her longtime dream to finish Grade 6 at the age of 69. Too old for some, but never too late for Lola Fely who is determined to survive the challenges of studying and adapting to the pre-teen campus life. Other characters include Buboy, the class bully, played by Buboy Villar, and Pinky.

Old Skool

2015

2000s · 11 titles

Otso Otso Pamela-mela Wan poster
7.5

Misunderstood by their families, buddies Boy and Andoy run away to start a new life and end up switching places with a pair of look-alikes. Just as the two pals make their getaway, twins Mao and Dao flee their city to escape arranged marriages. A mix-up results in Boy and Andoy impersonating Mao and Dao and vice versa, and it's sheer chaos when one set decides to return home.

Otso Otso Pamela-mela Wan

2004

Rome and Juliet poster
4.1

Rome and Juliet follows the romantic journey and soul mating of two straight women caught in a web of forbidden love. Juliet (a conservative pre-school teacher) is a bride to be who befriends and hires Rome (a liberated businesswoman) as her wedding planner. As they go through the preparations, Rome and Juliet develop a deep friendship, a soulful connection and a love that is physically consummated. But conflicts arise when Marc, the groom, who is a young politician, shockingly discovers the ongoing relationship between the two women. Angered and humiliated, Marc calls off the wedding and a huge scandal explodes, leaving Rome and Juliet in a state of emotional turmoil.

Rome and Juliet

2006

Narinig Mo Na Ba Ang L8est? poster
9.0

A handsome bachelor rumored to be gay and a free-spirited woman are forced to work together to help their company.

Narinig Mo Na Ba Ang L8est?

2001

Ploning poster
5.3

In the picturesque island of Cuyo, Palawan, an illegal Taiwanese fishing vessel docks carrying the fisherman named Muo Sei, a man looking for something or someone with the name Ploning. He has from sunrise to sundown to look for this "Ploning".

Ploning

2008

La Visa Loca poster
9.0

Jess Huson has a dream like many other struggling Filipinos, he dreams of a better life for himself and his family in America. After he is rejected, Jess embarks on a comical adventure filled with crazy schemes and ludicrous plans that end up in hilarious train wrecks that can only happen, where else, in the Philippines.

La Visa Loca

2005

Bukas na Lang Kita Mamahalin poster
8.0

Abby, a woman afraid that love is just another path to a broken heart. Jimbo, a man who can’t break free from his past. Together they discover that love happens when you trust in the chance of a new tomorrow.

Bukas na Lang Kita Mamahalin

2000

Pinoy/Blonde poster
9.0

Two cousins accomplish the final wish of their dying uncle to deliver a brown paper bag to a seedy, run-down hotel crawling with shady characters and retrieve in exchange a mysterious package.

Pinoy/Blonde

2005

Padre de Pamilya poster
NR

Padre De Pamilya is a story about a father Joselito Mirasol (Ariel Rivera) whose only wish is for his children to grow up as good Catholic Christians. Unfortunately, his salary as a government officer is not enough to make ends meet. And because he is working under a corrupt mayor (Tessie Tomas), the temptation to become a corrupt government official are always there.

Padre de Pamilya

2009

One True Love poster
7.0

Finally after three years of courtship, Migs, a medical intern, marries simple and unassuming Joy, a nurse in the hospital of Migs' residency. Several days before the wedding, his first love and childhood best friend Bela, a sophisticated woman, returns from Canada, still single and in love with Migs. The young couple meets an unfortunate incident turning their newly-found bliss into a tragic existence. Living with Migs turns out to be an agonizing experience as his new state of mind gets more complicated as days pass. A creature of serenity, Joy refuses to name her pains and secretly vows to make Migs remember their love that was inexplicably lost and waiting to be rekindled; faithful that along the way, his heart will remember what his mind forgets.

One True Love

2008

100 poster
6.8

With only three months left to live, a cancer patient compiles a list of tasks to complete before she dies.

100

2008

Sanglaan poster
7.3

Follows the lives of four different people, each linked to the other by the house of business. Olivia, owner of the establishment, yearns for her late husband and denies the onset of old age. She lives with her appraiser Amy, a romantic who is doing almost everything for love. Kanor serves as the pawnshop security guard. He holds Olivia in high esteem for letting him and his wife stay in the apartment above the shop. Kanor opens his house to boarder David, a seaman in transit.

Sanglaan

2009

1990s · 11 titles

Mama's Boys: Mga Praning-ning poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mama's Boys: Mga Praning-ning

1993

Gagay: Prinsesa ng Brownout poster
6.0

Gagay (Gelli de Belen) and her family are gathering woods which they make into coal. Though they were poor, they already saw some improvement in their lives. This is the Cinderella story for the brown-out plagued generation of this country.

Gagay: Prinsesa ng Brownout

1993

Dahil ba sa Kanya? poster
10.0

Jed and Jonas are cousins who go on a group date with Mitch and her best friend. Things get problematic when both of them fall for one woman.

Dahil ba sa Kanya?

1998

No artwork available
9.0

Edward is always distracted by his GameBoy and forgets to tend to his wife who comes into a possession of a magical artifact.

Ayaw Ko Ng Mangarap

1993

Bala at Lipistik poster
4.0

Twins Bambi and Bobby (Roderick Paulate) are separated from birth. Their mother Mameng (Nanette Inventor), unconscious from childbearing, is found by an old woman who takes one infant Bambi, who grows up to be a gay running a beauty parlor. Bobby grows up with his biological mother and becomes a tough guy getting involved with a crime syndicate now hunting him for taking away a damning microfilm. But the syndicate always mistakes Bambi for Bobby and has taken him captive.

Bala at Lipistik

1994

Pempe Ni Sara At Pen poster
NR

Sara escapes from her mother's forced marriage and in her time of need, Pempe the taxi driver helps her.

Pempe Ni Sara At Pen

1992

Walang Matigas na Pulis sa Matinik na Misis poster
8.0

Bong Revilla plays Capt. Bartolome “Bart” Renaldo, a tough and honest cop but is very afraid of his wife Gloria (Lani Mercado), who resigned from being a cop to be a plain housewife. And although he is a loyal husband, Bart’s ex-girlfriend Mildred (Plinky Recto) tries so hard to win her back. And now, Bart has a bigger problem with Gloria.

Walang Matigas na Pulis sa Matinik na Misis

1994

Dino... Abangan ang Susunod na... poster
8.0

A Filipino comedy movie starring Anjo Yllana in the title role.

Dino... Abangan ang Susunod na...

1993

Cordora: Lulutang Ka sa Sariling Mong Dugo! poster
8.0

Biography action film of the late Gaudencio "Boy" M. Cordora; chief inspector of the Philippine National Police.

Cordora: Lulutang Ka sa Sariling Mong Dugo!

1992

Pare Ko poster
8.7

A set of happy-go-lucky teenagers struggles to keep the group together as each of them faces various challenges on life, love, friendship, and family.

Pare Ko

1995

Barbi for President poster
NR

A 1991 Filipino satirical comedy starring Joey de Leon.

Barbi for President

1991

1980s · 11 titles

Once Upon a Time poster
7.0

The "Tikbalang" Puga searches for the magic crystal which will restore peace in his land. His dangerous quest leads him to earth where he meets three young men.

Once Upon a Time

1987

Your Body Is Mine poster
NR

A 1984 erotic melodrama by Lino Brocka about a former softcore porn star ("bold star" in the Philippines), her abusive husband and their new next-door neighbor.

Your Body Is Mine

1984

Jack en Poy: Hale-Hale Hoy! poster
NR

Comedy movie starring Maricel Soriano, William Martinez and Roderick Paulate.

Jack en Poy: Hale-Hale Hoy!

1987

My Only Love poster
8.0

Billy and Cindy are teeners trapped in the conflicted world of their parents. Two children of two marriages gone sour. Young and confused by the whole situation, they try to look for answers, but the whole business of life is not as simple as it seems. Left with no choice but to come to terms with whatever it is that life presents, they rely on each other for emotional support. And in the process, they learn that despite their parents marital woes, much remains in life and love reserved for the two of them.

My Only Love

1982

Broken Marriage poster
8.4

Trapped in a world of hectic schedules, pressure, and little time for each other, married couple Ellen and Rene decide to have a temporary separation.

Broken Marriage

1983

Schoolgirls poster
8.0

Maricel, Dina, and Snooky are in for exciting times as they hit the college campus! They meet cute guys, join organizations, fall in love with their professor, and get into all sorts of mess.

Schoolgirls

1982

Clown poster
9.0

St. Peter inadvertently lost his heavenly keys that the Almighty sends his jester planet earth of all places to search for the misplaced keys. Wandering the streets, the petulant clown is greatly grieved by poverty and the moral degradation of man.

Clown

1986

Paalam... Bukas Ang Kasal Ko poster
NR

Charo and Raffy are lovers when she starts seeing another man, Paul. Charo knows what she is doing is wrong. Enraged, one-night Raffy not finding Charo, drives his car to look for her. He met an accident and died instantly. Raffy's family blames Charo for their son's early demise. To save face, Charo avoids Paul. After all, it's her infidelity that drove Raffy crazy.

Paalam... Bukas Ang Kasal Ko

1986

Kapitan Kidlat poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kapitan Kidlat

1981

No artwork available
3.7

A typical story of a hopeless Filipino worker whose last resort is to work abroad to save his family from poverty. Melo trudged the desert to look for greener pasture but it seems like it is too far and hard to reach. His family in the Philippines was left in a maze, with each of them trying to find their way out. On his homecoming, which welcome will hurt him most: his torn pocket or his broken home and heart?

Napakasakit, Kuya Eddie

1986

Erpat Kong Forgets poster
7.0

What happens when Dad exchanges lifestyle with his son? Join Ariel (Aga Muhlach) and his widowed Erpat (Eddie Garcia) in this riot of a comedy on young and not so young love.

Erpat Kong Forgets

1984

Series credits

Dirty Linen poster
6.6

To exact vengeance, a young woman infiltrates the household of an influential family as a housemaid to expose their dirty secrets. However, love will get in the way of her revenge plot.

Dirty Linen

2023

Mundo Man ay Magunaw poster
NR

Mundo Man Ay Magunaw is a Philippine television drama on ABS-CBN. It stars Empress Schuck, Ejay Falcon and Nikki Gil. The series is loosely based on the 1990 film starring Susan Roces, Nida Blanca, Alicia Vergel, Dante Rivero, Michael Locsin, Jennifer Sevilla, Sheryl Cruz and Romnick Sarmenta of Seiko Films in the same title. The full trailer was to be shown on January 10. The television series was supposed to be aired in the Kapamilya Gold afternoon block. However It will be aired on late morning/early noon time slot at 11:30 a.m. before Happy Yipee Yehey!. On February 6, ABS-CBN moved the show to its new time slot at 2:30 pm on Kapamilya Gold, airing after It's Showtime. The series uses some of the story sequences from the serialized version on the radio drama in the late 1980s on DZRH as anchored by Salvador Royales himself.

Mundo Man ay Magunaw

2012

The Blood Sisters poster
8.3

Triplets, separated at birth, reunite under the most chaotic circumstances that will test their bond as sisters.

The Blood Sisters

2018

Noah poster
NR

Noah was a teleserye Philippine action-fantasy series produced by ABS-CBN. The series premiered on July 12, 2010.

Noah

2010

Once Upon a Kiss poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Once Upon a Kiss

2015

Ako si Kim Samsoon poster
10.0

Ako si Kim Samsoon, or simply Kim Samsoon, was a romantic comedy Philippine drama that was aired on GMA Network, a remake of a popular and award-winning Korean drama that originally aired on MBC TV on Summer 2005. The series was part of the network's 58th Anniversary celebration. Re-telling the story of My Lovely Sam Soon, dubbed as the Korean Bridget Jones, the series began airing on June 30, 2008, replacing Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita, and ended on October 10, 2008. The title role, previously played by Kim Sun Ah, was played by Regine Velasquez. This show marked the last television directing of Khryss Adalia who died due to colon cancer on October 13, 2008 after the finale week and the show was cancelled due to low ratings. It was re-aired on GMA Life TV from December 20, 2010 to April 1, 2011. It currently airs on KIKU-TV in Honolulu, Hawaii since October 21, 2012. Ako si Kim Samsoon is also currently airing via Fox Filipino which premiered on May 28, 2013.

Ako si Kim Samsoon

2008

Kahit Nasaan Ka Man poster
NR

Kahit Nasaan Ka Man or Wherever You Are is a Filipino drama series broadcast by GMA Network starring Julie Anne San Jose, Kristoffer Martin and Lucho Ayala. It is set to premiere on September 23, 2013 replacing Anna Karenina on the network's primetime GMA Telebabad block and worldwide via GMA Pinoy TV on September 24, 2013.

Kahit Nasaan Ka Man

2013

Carlo J. Caparas' Bangis poster
NR

Carlo J. Caparas' Bangis is Philippine TV’s first higante-serye and another primetime offering aired on Philippines by TV5 and starred by Oyo Boy Sotto, Danita Paner and child actor BJ Go. It is also the first TV adaptation of Caparas comics novel Matatalim na Pangil sa Gubat.

Carlo J. Caparas' Bangis

2011

Coffee Prince poster
8.0

In this Filipino remake, we follow the comedic lives and loves of Andy and Arthur. Andy is a hardworking young woman who supports her mother and sister as a tricycle driver. Arthur, on the other hand, is a happy-go-lucky and wealthy bachelor whose family owns the biggest coffee factory in the country.

Coffee Prince

2012

A Dangerous Life poster
7.0

The final years of the Philippines under Ferdinand Marcos' rule, from the assassination of Benigno Aquino, Jr. in 1983 to the People Power EDSA Revolution in 1986 that ousted Marcos. The film focuses on American TV journalist (Gary Busey), who finds himself in the middle of key events that lead to the downfall of the Marcos regime.

A Dangerous Life

1988

Behind the camera