Cherie Gil

Acting

Cherie Gil

Born — Died

1963-06-21 — 2022-08-05

Place of birth

Manila, Philippines

Known for

Acting

Credits

83 titles

Born Evangeline Rose Gil Eigenmann on 21 June 1963, Cherie Gil was a Filipino actress and the daughter of Filipino singer-actors Eddie Mesa and Rosemarie Gil, and sister of fellow actors Michael de Mesa and Mark Gil. She began her career as a child actress at the age of 9 and received numerous accolades throughout her career. She was best known for her role as Lavinia Arguelles in the 1985 film Bituing Walang Ningning.

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 17 titles

A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery poster
7.8

Andrés Bonifacio is celebrated as the father of the Philippines Revolution against Spanish colonial rule. This eight-hour epic examines this myth, undertaking an expedition into history through various interwoven narrative threads, held together by an exploration of the individual’s role in history.

A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery

2016

Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema poster
NR

A one-of-a-kind legacy project produced by TBA Studios, Habambuhay is a homage to the centennial anniversary of Philippine cinema–an insightfully entertaining documentary series, revisiting the personal experiences of those who work in front of or behind the cameras, those who have shaped the film industry of the Philippines for the longest time.

Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema

2019

Father Jejemon poster
NR

Father Jeremiah Jerome Montes has been asked by his old friend Father Baby to help him run the parish of Parmbil. Father Jejemon, as he’s known, has a knack for connecting with the young people of the community. But as soon as he gets there, he only encounters resistance. Father Baby’s sister Violetta doesn’t seem too keen on Father Jejemon running things. Worse yet, the ruthless businessman who owns the town has his sights on demolishing the Church in order to make way for a golf course. But Father Jejemon soldiers on, helping people out and showing them a new way to do things.

Father Jejemon

2010

Working Girls poster
5.0

Continuing the tradition of national artist Ishmael Bernal's benchmark film Working Girls after 25 years, Working Girls of 2010 depicts the role of women in the new millennium. Seven women of different backgrounds, stories and personalities entwined in a colorful story of family, love and life.

Working Girls

2010

Unforgettable poster
5.0

It's the story of a woman and her dog on a journey to Baguio to somewhat cure her ailing mother who was once saved by her dog. Somewhere along the journey, she will discover a different kind of love.

Unforgettable

2019

The Bit Player poster
7.4

A single mother working as a film extra dreams of landing bigger roles while struggling with the harsh realities of the entertainment industry.

The Bit Player

2013

For the Hopeless Romantic poster
5.2

A student writer struggles to find a happy ending for her romantic story when her own real life romance falls apart.

For the Hopeless Romantic

2015

Ang Huling Henya poster
6.5

Miri is trapped in her past and this time her whole past comes crashing back into her life: old dead secrets, her dead parents, and even the walking dead. Miris return to Manila only brings her back to more trouble the personal kind. Even as a young girl, Miri believed she is responsible for her parents death and the guilt kept her from building healthy relationships with those around her specially with her younger brother Mark. Miri Alvarez, is one of the best agents of an international group organized to protect scientists and inventors from a tech-grabbing group called The Agency. But Miri is hot headed and refuses to follow orders. In one rescue operation, Miris refusal to follow protocol gets her long-time partner killed. Miri is suspended and sent back to Manila.

Ang Huling Henya

2013

Just a Stranger poster
3.5

A story of a woman and a man, half of her age being in love with each other despite the fact that they are both tied with someone else.

Just a Stranger

2019

Single/Single: Love Is Not Enough poster
5.3

It picks up where the series left off in its final episode as the relationship of Joee and Joey moves on to the next level. Joee is about to give birth while Joey remains in love with her and tries to become a responsible foster father.

Single/Single: Love Is Not Enough

2018

Dark Is the Night poster
NR

Filipino director Adolfo Alix Jr. returns to the Festival with this timely story of a couple caught up in Rodrigo Duterte’s violent war on drugs when their son goes missing.

Dark Is the Night

2018

The Wedding poster
6.6

Lia is set to marry Cebu's most eligible bachelor and mayoral candidate Philip. Conflict begins when Lia's ex boyfriend Wado works for them in a project that will potentially help Philip win the elections.

The Wedding

2018

Mana poster
1.0

Amidst the vast sugar plantations of Negros in Southern Philippines, a matriarch lies in the throes of death. Her children rush home to confront the crisis as news of the impending death of their well-loved mother spreads among the community. There, in their ancestral house, the siblings are forced to deal with the issues of inheritance, tradition and the family legacy. It is a familiar tale. After all, every family has its story. And to each one, its own deserved secrets.

Mana

2014

A Moment In Time poster
7.2

A painter's new muse becomes his nemesis when he discovers her connection to his past.

A Moment In Time

2013

My Kontrabida Girl poster
5.0

Isabel Reyes (Rhian Ramos) is an infamous soap opera villain in the country. Everyone simply loathes Isabel which makes her the most condemned personality in the world of television. But by some weird twist of fate, Isabel's life turns upside down when she encounters a near-death accident. The wicked antagonist experiences a sudden change of heart and being the top kontrabida of her soap opera, Isabel couldn't just deliver her heartlessness and cruelty in front of the camera. Her over-the-top villainous persona disappears and she finds herself powerless to kick and slap the lead star. Isabel's show hits a major ratings slump and the network advises her to take a break from work with hopes of reigniting her passion. To solve her dilemma, Isabel seeks the help of the biggest kontrabida icon in the country, no less than Ms. Bella Flores. She finds her on YouTube and says that for Isabel to get herself back, she needs to find the person who hurt her the most.

My Kontrabida Girl

2012

No artwork available
NR

The film is about the entangled stories of a group of young people who happen to be in a bar in Puerto Princessa, Palawan on the eve of All Souls' Day. As midnight approaches, we become complicit as each of them takes the challenge of the Pangangaluluwa, a seemingly innocent Palawan tradition of honoring the dead by stealing something from the living. A young guitarist battles with crabs; an Indian guy gets caught in a crossfire; a hot cougar meets her match; Cosplayers battle for road supremacy; a religious woman finds true faith in a strange kiss; and a bartender prepares a drink that results in the most bitter of brews. The movie holds up a mirror to this dark night and bear witness to the inevitable consequences that mark the choices of the young

Madaling Araw Mahabang Gabi

2012

Kaputol poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kaputol

2019

2000s · 2 titles

1990s · 6 titles

1980s · 26 titles

Bagets 2 poster
4.0

Set in the immediate summer after the events of the first movie, and deals with more of the guys' misadventures as they prepare for college.

Bagets 2

1984

Bituing Walang Ningning poster
5.5

Dorina is an orphaned sampaguita vendor who dreams of becoming a big singing star like her idol, Lavinia. It later turns out that Lavinia is nothing like what Dorina thought she was. This disillusionment spurs the young girl to make it big as a singer and eventually become Lavinia’s chief rival.

Bituing Walang Ningning

1985

Begging for Love poster
6.5

On the outside it looks like a marriage made in heaven. But inside the thick walls of what they call home theirs is a relationship waiting to crumble. They have been waiting a child for so long but the wife does not have the capacity to bear a child. And when her husband cannot take it any it any longer he decides to end his misery once and for all.

Begging for Love

1986

Manila by Night poster
7.2

The hidden nightlife of ordinary people living in Manila unveils. Lovers and families conflict with each other as they live on the streets, which are rampant with drugs and prostitution.

Manila by Night

1980

Where Does Love Hide? poster
8.0

Made pregnant by Ric, Estella was forced to marry his intellectually disabled younger brother, Val, to save herself from the shame of having an illegitimate child. However, what was intended as a marriage of convenience became a fulfilling relationship that eventually opened the eyes and hearts of everybody to the beautiful soul hidden inside the young man nobody wanted.

Where Does Love Hide?

1987

Gold, Silver, Death poster
7.4

The story follows the Lorenzos and the Ojedas, the two land-owning clans in the island province of Negros, who were trying to cope and survive the war that lasted three tumultuous years, where they experienced or witnessed violence, blood, horror, and death. It is structured into three parts: Oro, a life of luxury and comfort in the city; Plata, a still-luxurious time of refuge in a provincial hacienda; and finally, Mata, a toilsome retreat deeper into the mountains. A war not only turned them into miserable people but also turned them into animals.

Gold, Silver, Death

1982

Jack & Jill poster
4.0

When the old man became ill Jack took over her father's job of chauffeuring for a handsome millionaire whose rather eccentric mother had decided to adopt Jill so she could fulfill her dream of having a daughter. But Jill was really Jack's sister or brother.

Jack & Jill

1987

Huwag Mong Itanong Kung Bakit poster
NR

Aning is a maid in the Cuevas household. She is raped by an unknown assailant and comes home to the province pregnant. Her older sister Dinya serves the Cuevas household to search for the culprit. She catches the culprit but at the cost of her own vitrue.

Huwag Mong Itanong Kung Bakit

1988

Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas poster
7.0

Three women united by friendship. Three women connected by music. Three women divided by fame. They were three women struggling to make a living when fate smiled at them. From anonymity, they were thrust into a world of glittering lights and deafening adoration. But much that celebrity brought them good things, it too, began to destroy them. They became too consumed by their fame that, one day, without them knowing, the friendship that had been their anchor was fast crumbling down?

Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas

1986

Prisoner in the Dark poster
7.0

Mike de Leon's only video feature to date, a personalized adaptation of John Fowles' chilling The Collector.

Prisoner in the Dark

1986

No artwork available
7.0

Ancestral home to a wealthy family is being haunted by malevolent spirits. On other side of town, evil creatures are lurking.

Gabi ng Lagim Ngayon

1980

Kahit Wala Ka Na poster
8.5

A story about a separated woman and the challenges she encounters when she faces the real world alone with her son.

Kahit Wala Ka Na

1989

Through Thick and Thin poster
9.0

A young couple eloped, got married and then must cope with problems like money, living on their own, trying finish school and raising a baby. not to mention the fact that even young married couples do get bored sometimes.

Through Thick and Thin

1984

No artwork available
7.0

This drama is based on the serialized comics of Nerissa Cabral.

Ang Bukas ay Akin! (Langit ang Uusig)

1989

Problem Child poster
NR

Sylvia, the beautiful middle-aged socialite whose string of lovers and public separation made her the center of Manila’s gossip mill.

Problem Child

1980

Puga poster
NR

Three fugitives struggle to survive life outside prison. They face a dilemma when they are forced to take on one last assignment.

Puga

1980

Immortal poster
8.5

Two star-crossed lovers, meeting each other across several lifetimes, hoping that in each cycle they can break down the walls that keep them apart.

Immortal

1989

The Woman Who Loses Herself poster
3.8

When a conservative woman is possessed by a vengeful spirit, she becomes sexually promiscuous and seduces a lot of men.

The Woman Who Loses Herself

1989

Jessa: Blusang Itim 2 poster
9.0

The sequel reprises the story of an ugly duckling who turns beautiful with a black dress.

Jessa: Blusang Itim 2

1989

No Other Love poster
8.0

A lover's vow of eternal love is vigorously tested by time.

No Other Love

1982

No artwork available
5.0

Two Brothers living in a small town gets themselves involved with a city girl escaping a crime syndicate.

Deadly Brothers

1981

Bilibid Boys poster
3.3

=The movie portrays seven wayward men who suffer within the walls of the national penitentiary. They serve their sentences as if they are living their regular free, luxurious lives outside the cold bars of the prison, in open air, able to go where they want when they want. Four of the men - Nandong, Noel, Butch, and Caloy - are gay men who feel attracted to Steve Guanzon and eventually sodomize and rape him.

Bilibid Boys

1981

When to Say I Love You? poster
10.0

A marriage which started on the wrong foot, compromised by her boyfriend agreed to marry family friend in order to save face. In turn he entered into marriage to get away from his aggressive clinging girlfriend. But the truth was that he was really in love with her but lacked the nerve to tell her. He saw the marriage of convenience as the best way to win her.

When to Say I Love You?

1985

God... Save Me! poster
10.0

A doting father, terminally ill with cancer, spends the remaining days of his life with his young daughter.

God... Save Me!

1985

Ito Ba Ang Ating Mga Anak? poster
10.0

A motion picture about about a group of lost and confused youth.

Ito Ba Ang Ating Mga Anak?

1982

Free to Love poster
NR

A story of hurt pride, obsession, vengeance, and love.

Free to Love

1981

Series credits

No artwork available
9.0

Sa Puso Ko Iingatan Ka is a Filipino drama made by ABS CBN in 2001. It starred Judy Ann Santos and Piolo Pascual. The Series re-aired Internationally from 2004-2006 on Pinoy Central TV and with back to back episodes on Cinema One Global from November 2012- 2013 part of its Drama Hour replacing Kampanerang Kuba re-runs.

Sa Puso Ko Iingatan Ka

2001

No artwork available
NR

Pieta is a television daytime drama series that aired on ABS-CBN from October 27, 2008 to May 1, 2009.

Pieta

2008

No artwork available
NR

Rubi was a television series in the Philippines that is a remake of Televisa's Rubí and produced by ABS-CBN which premiered February 15, 2010.

Rubi

2010

No artwork available
7.0

May Bukas Pa is a Philippine television series aired by IBC and RPN, and produced by Viva Television. It stars Dina Bonnevie, Albert Martinez and Cherie Gil.

May Bukas Pa

2000

Marina poster
8.0

Cursed for her parents’ offense, Christina became a mermaid on her seventh birthday. Her mother, Esther, took her to the ocean to protect her from the townspeople who feared mermaids. Now known as Marina, she lived peacefully among her kind but sought her human roots. She met Rodge, whom she believed was her true love. They struggled to regain their losses while facing her spellcaster, Victoria.

Marina

2004

Dolce Amore poster
NR

Destiny intertwines the lives of a rich Italian bella and a poor, hardworking Manila boy who are both in search of their true identity.

Dolce Amore

2016

Bituin poster
8.0

Bituin is a Filipino soap opera that was aired by ABS-CBN from September 23, 2002 to May 23, 2003. It starred Carol Banawa and Desiree Del Valle, with Nora Aunor and Cherie Gil. The series was re-aired in 2007–2008 through Kapamilya Channel. Bituin was famously known for the line that Nora Aunor belts out in a high caliber dramatic scene: "Nasaan Nasaan si Bernadette at Melody?" The line was repeated in movies, TV series, and comedy bars. It was also known to have the highest rated episode with the The Diva vs Supernova concert. It was aired three days after the initial concert with more than a 48.7 audience share. In 2007 TFC ABS-CBN international affiliate KPTV re-aired the whole series from September 2007 to February 2008. The series also had a crossover with Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay in 2003 in various episodes. In early March 2012 - June 2012 the series had a 2 hour back to back episodes shown weekdays internationally through Cinema One Global part of its Drama On Demand hour of requested Classic TV Programs as request by television viewers commercial free and uncut.

Bituin

2002

No artwork available
NR

Katorse is a television primetime series that aired on ABS-CBN from August 24, 2009 to January 8, 2010. It tells the story of a simple small-town girl who fell in love with a childhood friend who later fathers a child with her. It is loosely based on a 1981 film of the same name starring Dina Bonnevie, Gabby Concepcion and Alfie Anido.

Katorse

2009

Legacy poster
NR

Legacy is Filipino drama series created by Dode Cruz, written by Denoy Navarro-Punio, under the directions of Jay Altarejos and Andoy Ranay, and produced and aired by GMA Network. The series premiered on January 16, 2012, replacing the epic series Amaya on GMA Telebabad block and January 18, 2012 worldwide via GMA Pinoy TV. The series features a star-studded cast headed by actresses Heart Evangelista, Lovi Poe and Alessandra de Rossi as the major characters of the story. With them are Sid Lucero, Geoff Eigenmann and Mike Tan as the leading men. This series is set mostly on the fictional beauty company called Legacy Corporation where the three main characters are vying to be the sole heiress of the said company. Also big part of the series are veteran actors Eddie Garcia who plays the role of Don Romualdo Alcantara, the patriarch, founder and president of the Legacy Corporation; and Cherie Gil as the main antagonist. The series concluded on June 1, 2012. It ran for 20 weeks, with 98 episodes all in all. It replaced by Makapiling Kang Muli on its timeslot.

Legacy

2012

Legal Wives poster
NR

The story of a unique family where a Mranaw man marries three different women for various reasons.

Legal Wives

2021

Time of My Life poster
NR

Time of My Life is a 2011 Philippine drama billed as a "danserye", created and developed by GMA Network, starring Mark Herras and Kris Bernal. It premiered on August 1, 2011 on GMA Network in the Philippines and on August 3, 2011 on GMA Pinoy TV.

Time of My Life

2011

Temptation of Wife poster
9.0

Temptation of Wife is a Filipino drama series developed by Richard Cruz, which premiered on GMA Network on October 29, 2012 in GMA Telebabad block, replacing Luna Blanca, and October 30, 2012 worldwide via GMA Pinoy TV. The series is a remake of 2008 South Korean hit drama series of the same title. It banners Marian Rivera, Dennis Trillo, Glaiza de Castro and Rafael Rosell as the four main characters of the series. It is under the helm of Dominic Zapata. The show is part of the network's line-up of primetime shows for the last quarter of 2012, along with Aso ni San Roque, Pahiram ng Sandali and Paroa: Ang Kuwento ni Mariposa. The series concluded on April 5, 2013 and replacing by Love & Lies on its timeslot. The show ran for twenty three weeks with 113 episodes. Starting September 2, 2013, it currently re-airs on GMA Life TV worldwide.

Temptation of Wife

2012

Onanay poster
3.3

Sisters Maila and Natalie have different approach to their mother, Onay who has Achondroplasia. Maila is a nice and attentive daughter, while Nataile is arrogant and disobedient. Besides their different upbringing, they have a different father as well.

Onanay

2018

Grazilda poster
NR

Grazilda is a Filipino fantasy series based on Drizella, the stepsister of Cinderella. It premiered on GMA Network on September 13, 2010 and on GMA Pinoy TV on September 15, 2010. The series features an alternative history of La petite Pantoufle de Verre in the point of view of Cinderella's stepsister, Grazilda. The final episode of the show aired on January 7, 2011.

Grazilda

2010

Lastikman poster
NR

Eskappar, a child of an Earthling woman and an extraterrestrial man, is adopted by a human after his arrival on Earth. His foster father's death pushes him to use his powers against evil forces. Amid this, he takes on a mission to find his mother.

Lastikman

2007

No artwork available
NR

Dangal is a Philippine television drama and the seventh installment of Now and Forever series. Dangal is a drama about love, trust and betrayal.

Dangal

2006

Muling Buksan Ang Puso poster
NR

Despite being raised in different worlds and separated by their social class, a young man and woman fall in love with each other, unaware of the buried secrets and deep-seated pain that they will unearth as their lives get more intertwined.

Muling Buksan Ang Puso

2013

Magic Palayok poster
NR

Magic Palayok is a Philippine drama-fantasy-comedy series from GMA Network featuring Angeli Nicole Sanoy, Carla Abellana and Geoff Eigenmann and at the helmed of Joel Lamangan. The show premiered February 28, 2011 replacing Bantatay. The show premiered on GMA Pinoy TV on March 2, 2011, two days after its original premiere.

Magic Palayok

2011

Gulong ng Palad poster
8.0

Gulong ng Palad is a Philippine 50's radio drama series and 1980s soap opera hit. On January 9, 2006, the drama series came back in television under the direction of Eric Salud and Jerome Pobocan. The television series can be watched regularly in Philippines' ABS-CBN from Monday to Friday after TV Patrol World. The show also aired simultaneously on The Filipino Channel. The TV Dramas original inception was in 1977-1985 in 1977-1979 it aired on Fridays and aired in 1980-1985 as a primetime soap at 8:00PM The TV Series was known for its Orgin as the Original Filipino Telenovela that starred TV and movie greats Marianne Dela Riva as Luisa and Ronald Corveau as Carding and Beth Bautista as Mimi and also known as BBC2 Now ABS-CBN Since 1985-Present and also made Award Winning Character Actress TV Veteran Caridad Sanchez a household name as Idad the loving mother and opportunist the original story was by Loida Virina for the tagalog version of the Cebuano Classic Radio Serial and in the present by Kristine Hermosa Tj Trinidad and Andrea Del Rosario as the leads and lead antagonist Cherie Gil

Gulong ng Palad

2006

Barangay 143 poster
7.3

Barangay 143 follows the coming of age story of a young man in search of a father and how he finds an unlikely family in a team of misfits trying to bring glory to their hometown. It's a story about love and family set against the action-packed world of street basketball, where the stakes are always high and life is the biggest game you can win.

Barangay 143

2018

May Minamahal poster
NR

May Minamahal is a 1993 Filipino film produced by Star Cinema and was turned into a TV series by ABS-CBN. It is the third installment of ABS-CBN's Sineserye Presents.

May Minamahal

2007

Circus poster
9.0

Miko and Mia, ran away with a travelling circus to escape a person who is after them. After their parents disappeared, they rely on the protection of a group of circus performers that include a magician, a fire-breather, an acrobat, a strongman, and a clairvoyant. They will discover that their new circus family is a group of magical folk in disguise.

Circus

2018

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