Rosanna Roces

Acting

Rosanna Roces

Born

1972-05-25 (54)

Place of birth

Manila, Philippines

Known for

Acting

Credits

69 titles

Rosanna Roces was born Jennifer Cruz Adriano on May 24, 1972. She is an actress and writer, known for La Vida Rosa (2001), Wanted: Border (2009), and Presa (2010).

Known for

Batang Quiapo poster
6.9

A young man rises to be one of the biggest outlaws in the neighborhood while he navigates his way in life to survive in Quiapo. Hoping to earn the affection of his parents, his feat draws him closer to the truth about his identity.

Batang Quiapo

2023

Maalaala Mo Kaya poster
6.9

Recognized as the longest and most award-winning drama anthology in the country, Charo Santos-Concio narrates real-life stories of people with well-crafted storylines, excellent performances by its actors, and topnotch production details.

Maalaala Mo Kaya

1991

Sagrado poster
9.0

The members of the Sagrado family live to prove they are the most powerful and influential, stopping at nothing to bury dirty secrets to keep their name faultless and sacred.

Sagrado

2024

Rainbow Rumble poster
NR

A Philippine game show created by ABS-CBN Studios & 3NITHINK.

Rainbow Rumble

2024

No artwork available
NR

Natutulog Ba Ang Diyos? was the fourth installment of Sineserye Presents, an ABS-CBN production. It is based on the 1988 film, Natutulog Pa Ang Diyos which, in turn, is based on the original novel of the same name by Ruben R. Marcelino. The story revolves around a young woman who was switched at birth. As a result, what could have been a life of prosperity became a life of poverty. Meanwhile, the baby boy who was put in her rightful place has grown up to be spoiled and irresponsible, but is secretly caught up in his feelings for her.

Natutulog Ba ang Diyos?

2007

Sa Ngalan ng Ina poster
NR

Sa Ngalan ng Ina is a Filipino drama series by TV5. This is the first offering of TV5 Mini Serye which aired only for a month. It aired on October 3 after Wil Time Bigtime.

Sa Ngalan ng Ina

2011

Film credits

2020s · 14 titles

Son of Macho Dancer poster
4.3

This is the story of Inno, the son of Pol, the original Macho Dancer.

Son of Macho Dancer

2021

Pornstar 2: Pangalawang Putok poster
5.2

The queens of bomba movies Alma Moreno, Ara Mina, Maui Taylor and Rosanna Roces are back to search for the next Philippine pornstar featuring new breed of sexy temptresses: Sab Aggabao, Cara Gonzales, Ayana Misola, Stephanie Raz.

Pornstar 2: Pangalawang Putok

2021

Seksi: Pantasya at Pelikula poster
1.0

A documentary on the rise and fall and recent return of sexy movies in Philippine cinema. Featuring interviews from the sexy movie icons of the past and the rising sexy stars of the present.

Seksi: Pantasya at Pelikula

2024

Kaka poster
4.5

Kaka, a female sex therapist who keeps a dark secret - she has never reached the climax. Things change when she meets a man and lets her experience the pleasure she wants.

Kaka

2021

Paglaki Ko, Gusto Kong Maging Pornstar poster
5.8

A group of former pornstars gathered to teach aspiring teen actress to be a porn star and will receive cash each if the actress will be launched.

Paglaki Ko, Gusto Kong Maging Pornstar

2021

I Wish You Had Told Me poster
5.1

When a young missionary uncovers his late father's long-held secret, he travels from the Philippines to Spain in search of his dad's forbidden love.

I Wish You Had Told Me

2025

P77 poster
4.7

A cruise ship chambermaid has to quit her job to attend to her sick brother. Only to find out their mother's gone missing and her brother's condition is getting progressively worse. The siblings desperately sneak into an empty condo unit but soon discover that Penthouse 77 is not what it seems...

P77

2025

Tuloy... Bukas ang Pinto poster
5.0

A story about a family gathering when their late Lola Claudia died and left her will, they are forced to stay in the confine of the mansion for a month or lose their share of the will.

Tuloy... Bukas ang Pinto

2022

Kahit Maputi na ang Buhok Ko poster
1.0

Rey Valera relives the inspirations - people, situations, communities, and times - that spurred him to compose some of his most popular and deeply meaningful Original Pilipino Music hits across the decades of his iconic career.

Kahit Maputi na ang Buhok Ko

2023

Payback poster
NR

Chased by police, bike thief Isaac asks his boss for help but gets the cold shoulder. He then plans vengeance against the boss... Payback depicts a man caught in a slum's crime ring.

Payback

2021

Revirginized poster
6.0

Carmela, a mother, gets to enjoy life again in a wild beach party. With young people and a hunk tattoo artist, she drowns herself in alcohol to forget and renew her old self.

Revirginized

2021

Suarez: The Healing Priest poster
2.0

When Fernando was given the gift of healing at 16, he hid it for many years until he became a priest only to find himself in scandals and squabbles with the Catholic Church. Unfazed, he challenged head on but pauses when faced with the question - what if the gift is taken away from him? Based on the true to life story of Fr. Fernando Suarez.

Suarez: The Healing Priest

2020

Huwag Kang Lalabas poster
NR

Three stories of haunting secrets, folklore, and urban legends.

Huwag Kang Lalabas

2021

Adik poster
NR

About a single mom that has a son get into drugs due to family problem.

Adik

2022

2010s · 20 titles

Porno poster
5.9

An assassin, a porn dubber and a transgender. Three souls. One explicit illusion. To find the ultimate joy in their empty lives. A safe haven, where passion and love mean humanity, ecstasy means enlightenment; and the soul is the ultimate arbiter of the truth.

Porno

2013

Unbreakable poster
8.5

Mariel and Deena were strangers until they became the best of friends because of the similarities in the pain that they had experienced. Their friendship is put to the test when one of them decides to get married.

Unbreakable

2019

Mater Dolorosa poster
6.5

A woman runs her criminal syndicate all the while taking care of her family.

Mater Dolorosa

2012

On the Job poster
6.6

On The Job is about the ambitions and passions of four men trying to make a living, for themselves and their families. It shows the parallels between two prison inmates who are contract killers, and the two agents of the law investigating the murders. As they get caught in a web of machination of corrupt government officials, their jobs lead them on a head-on collision against each other with their loved ones as collateral damage.

On the Job

2013

My Cactus Heart poster
6.0

Sandy becomes a heart breaker after swearing off love. She leaves a trail of heartbroken men until her friend and a gorgeous co-worker compete for her heart.

My Cactus Heart

2012

The Panti Sisters poster
4.7

Three gay sons are called back by their estranged and terminally ill father and given an offer they can't refuse: a ₱300 million inheritance in exchange for each of them giving him a grandchild.

The Panti Sisters

2019

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

G! poster
4.7

A series of good times, bad times, cherished bonding moments which will make them all realize the value of love, friendship, family and life.

G!

2019

Padre de Familia poster
9.0

Noel who has to assume the responsibility of being the breadwinner of the family after his father went missing.

Padre de Familia

2016

Whistleblower poster
NR

Inspired by the much-publicized travails of Benhur Luy and Janet Lim Napoles, the film opens with a police operation that leads to the recovery of a certain Zeny Roblado who has been unduly detained by her boss Lorna Valera. From there, Zeny spills whatever she knows of Lorna's shady operations to Teresa, a journalist.

Whistleblower

2016

Pastor poster
NR

Pastor Luis Aguila and his family are seemingly tested with their faith. Luis is an ex-convinct who is now the head of his church. Mildred, his wife, tries to hide her secret as she grapples between her family and church duties. Their youngest son Carlo wrestles with growing up and tying up his family together. All of them try to overcome these obstacles but things intensify when Pastor Aguila's daughter, Katrina defies her family when she falls in love with the mysterious Jigo.

Pastor

2017

Kinabukasan poster
5.0

The day after the committal of her loved one, Ernest tries to move on. She gets a visit from Niles and they talk about the secrets of the past, hoping to forego of the conflict between them.

Kinabukasan

2014

Intertwined poster
NR

Bigkis is a progressive drama that reveals many of the problems and intense pressure in an overcrowded public maternity hospital. It tells the story of Mariel, an inner-city teen and a member of band faced with the realization of an unwanted pregnancy and its consequences. It also tells the story of Edel, a diligent young hospital attendant who witnesses all the predicament of these unfortunate individuals. This drama takes a straightforward look at the issue of teen pregnancy and single parenting and the plight of small public maternity hospital workers doing the dirty works without receiving any sufficient income.

Intertwined

2014

4 Days poster
6.0

College friends Derek and Mark slowly realize they mean more to each other than either had initially imagined. In the days leading up to Valentine's Day, their friendship blossoms into something much more enduring as time goes on - which challenges both to question who they thought they were and who they truly want to be.

4 Days

2016

Fable of the Fish poster
6.0

Impoverished, childless and living in a garbage dump, Miguel and Lina become instant celebrities when Lina miraculously becomes pregnant. But Lina gives birth to a fish, which increases her celebrity but leaves Miguel humiliated and the couple at odds. What follows is an illuminating examination of how this unusual family copes and compromises in the face of a modern-day miracle.

Fable of the Fish

2011

Hustisya poster
2.0

A foul-mouthed woman fights for her soul in the belly of the city. Working for a human trafficking agency controlled by a powerful syndicate, she sees no evil, hears no evil. In a society like ours, you have only two choices—to be a victim or a victimizer. She makes her choice.

Hustisya

2014

Mrs. poster
NR

70-year-old Virginia shares the old ancestral house with Delia, her ever-loyal maid. Delia is marrying her long-time boyfriend, Rene, and tearfully confides to Virginia that she wants to go home to her parents in the province to start a new family life with him. Haunted by a past that Virginia tries to conquer her only son Sonny Boy who disappeared years ago, what follows shows a portrait of a woman and a mother trying to juggle the sad realities of life in a cycle of life and death.

Mrs.

2016

Springtime Man poster
NR

A Yakuza member seeking to lead a new life in Manila. A morbid turn of events brings Haruo (Jacky Woo) to the squalor of Manila. A prized asset of the feared Yakuza in Tokyo, Haruo, aka Tadano Hayashi, escapes the criminal syndicate with bountiful cash, a helpless Filipina bar girl (Nina Kodaka) – and tragic consequences. Now solitary, he has uprooted himself to the railside slums of the metropolis, wistfully fending for himself. Still hiding from his past, he rents out a small room, seemingly lost in the clutter of wandering souls desperate for survival. There, he spends his days anonymously roaming the congested streets selling food, and even giving them away for the hungry. But he mostly keeps to himself, even to the inquisitive Edna (Rosanna Roces), an aging bar girl with whom he occasionally shares his bed.

Springtime Man

2011

No artwork available
NR

A former movie actress went to jail for selling drugs.

Presa

2010

Hitboy poster
NR

Alex is still very young, but he is old enough to work as a low-rent gun-for-hire for a syndicate. And upon finding out he is about to be a father at age 15, he decides to grow up and get out of his dangerous job to be a family man. That is if his underground world allows him to.

Hitboy

2018

2000s · 6 titles

Sexposed: Sex in Philippine Cinema Vol. 4 poster
0.8

The fourth installment of the hottest video anthology. Featuring the sexiest and most beautiful goddesses from Philippine cinema, in their most memorable and daring roles.

Sexposed: Sex in Philippine Cinema Vol. 4

2007

Sex In Philippine Cinema 1 poster
4.9

Arouse your curiosity. Take off your inhibitions. Disrobe your desires. Soak up in the most steamy scenes ever to scorch the screens. Revel on Rosanna, Sizzle with Sunshine. Jack it up with Joyce. Risk it with Rica. Mash it with Maui. Pant over Patricia. Go booba over Rufa. This is raunchfest at its best with the flaming femmes of the Philippine moviedom.

Sex In Philippine Cinema 1

2004

La Vida Rosa poster
5.2

Crime does not pay, so the adage goes. But feisty and outspoken Rosa (Rosanna Roces)--however sharp-witted--does not know any better. Doggedly out for bigger money, she is quick to rebuff even her lover Dado's (Diether Ocampo) pitch for a new life. What will they risk to succeed? What will they give to taste the sweet pleasure of living peacefully and not running away from law and the syndicate anymore? Will their love for each other endure in the end?

La Vida Rosa

2001

Aurora poster
NR

"The social worker Aurora is kidnapped by a group of Moslem rebels who have lost their ideals and only plunder. In a military attack on the camp where Aurora is being held, she manages to escape. But in the jungle, she doesn't have a hope and two attackers find her the same night. Her name means 'first light of day', but it's not at all certain that Aurora will make it that far." - IFFR

Aurora

2009

Manila poster
6.4

A tribute to filmmakers and National Artists Lino Brocka and Ishmael Bernal. In the "Day" segment, Piolo Pacual portrays the role of William, a drug addict who tries to rebuild his sense of self and reconnect with the people around him. For the "Night" segment, Pascual portrays the role of Philip, who works as a bodyguard for a mayor's son. The bodyguard believes that his boss considers him as part of the family but after a shooting incident, he realizes his real worth to his boss. As he struggles to hide, he is slowly consumed by the claws of darkness lurking the city.

Manila

2009

Ante poster
10.0

LV and her family make their living by operating an illegal off track betting outlet. But things haven't been going well for them lately, and the future is uncertain with Sta. Ana Park closing down.

Ante

2009

1990s · 18 titles

The Man in Selya's Life poster
6.0

Selya is disappointed with Bobby who only wants sex but no real relationship nor marriage. So she leaves and decides to marry the gay Ramon who, she is convinced, is definitely different.

The Man in Selya's Life

1998

Curacha: The Restless Woman poster
5.6

Curacha, a torera (live sex performer), finds herself trapped in an anomalous game of association between sex, life and death, and its political equivalent of sleaze, subservicence and power in drug-addled world. Every night, she sets off to join her fellow toreras for a midnight show of fun and kitschy live sex act. In one tuning point of her life, she bumps into a long-lost friend, Myrna, a former torera, who seems to have a lost grip on life. Curacha makes it her personal mission to save Myrna as she does some soul-searching herself. In the end, we see traces of hope glimmering somewhere, somehow, in a manner that escapes the restless Curacha.

Curacha: The Restless Woman

1998

Ms. Kristina Moran: Ang Babaeng Palaban poster
9.0

Kristina "Tina" Moran is a nightclub star performer whose dream is to one day make it big. Her desire for fame and fortune leads her to a string of exciting sex-capades with a variety of men.

Ms. Kristina Moran: Ang Babaeng Palaban

1999

They Call Me Joy poster
4.6

Ligaya, a prostitute, decides to change her life and quit her job after saving some money. She then meets the decent farmer, Polding, who becomes her safe haven and her way out of her miserable life. However, her past threatens to undo everything and ruin her life.

They Call Me Joy

1997

Kahit Pader Gigibain Ko poster
4.7

A 1998 Tagalog-language Action movie starring Phillip Salvador, Rosanna Roces, and Eddie Gutierrez.

Kahit Pader Gigibain Ko

1998

Basta't Ikaw... Nanginginig Pa poster
7.0

a film by Tony Y. Reyes.

Basta't Ikaw... Nanginginig Pa

1999

Di Mapigil Ang Init poster
5.9

Serial killer on the loose seducing women.

Di Mapigil Ang Init

1995

Mapusok poster
3.3

Emma was once a prostitute. She fell for her client Ben (Julio Diaz) expecting that he will free her from her work. One day, Ben was murdered and the police is trying to solve the case. Who murdered him? But is he really dead or not?

Mapusok

1998

Woman by the Window poster
5.5

Abandoned by his wife, Mitch finds respite from his depression by spying on his beautiful new neighbor, Jack. Before long, the pair becomes intimately acquainted. But trouble lies ahead: it seems that Jack's lover has ties to Manila's underworld, and Mitch soon finds himself in grave danger.

Woman by the Window

1998

Patikim ng Pinya poster
5.3

A pretty pineapple plantation owner is very strict with her younger sister when it comes to men. One days she finds a good-looking man suffering from amnesia. She makes him believe that he is her husband.

Patikim ng Pinya

1996

Comfort Women: A Cry for Justice poster
4.0

This is a compeling story of 2 sisters both raped, assaulted and held captives during the Japanese occupation. A Makapili (Japanese informer) rounded up women of Sta. Monica forced and used them as "sex slaves" by Japanse soldiers

Comfort Women: A Cry for Justice

1994

Katawan poster
4.7

The moment the doctor confirms his wife's pregnancy Carlo felt a sign of a curse coming to life. It's the curse caused by his errant grandfather, the curse that doomed his father. The same curse that's about to destroy him. Advised by his doctor to rest, Carlo returns to his family's villa in Lucban and there, he meets Carmen, the woman destined to kill her.

Katawan

1999

Cariño Brutal poster
4.2

No synopsis available yet.

Cariño Brutal

1998

Machete II poster
3.8

A young, struggling couple tries to make ends meet by having the husband pose in the nude for a sex-starved female sculptor. When he dies in a shoot-out, his statue comes to life... but is "he" the property of his wife or of the sculptor?

Machete II

1994

Kandungan poster
3.0

Rosita and Julio are in love, but all that changes when Julio has to marry a woman that he had gotten pregnant. Heartbroken, Rosita decides to get married to mentally challenged Monchito. Julio returns to the province to look for Rosita as the woman he married did not turn out to be pregnant. Will Julio be able to woo Rosita back?

Kandungan

1995

Pusakal poster
4.3

An action-drama movie starring Cesar Montano, Rosanna Roces, Jess Lapid Jr., Dan Alvaro, Willie Revillame. Dennis Roldan, Roy Alvarez, Roldan Aquino, Rommel Valdez, Gamy Viray, Archie Adamos, Cris Daluz, Danny Labra, Cris Aguilar, Jimmy Reyes, Polly Cadsawan, Josie Tagle, Rene Matias and Kimberly Diaz. Directed by Toto Natividad.

Pusakal

1997

Matrikula poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Matrikula

1997

Ginto’t Pilak poster
7.0

Director: Romy Suzara Stars: Rudy Fernandez, Rosanna Roces, Bong Villafuerte

Ginto’t Pilak

1998

Series credits

Batang Quiapo poster
6.9

A young man rises to be one of the biggest outlaws in the neighborhood while he navigates his way in life to survive in Quiapo. Hoping to earn the affection of his parents, his feat draws him closer to the truth about his identity.

Batang Quiapo

2023

Maalaala Mo Kaya poster
6.9

Recognized as the longest and most award-winning drama anthology in the country, Charo Santos-Concio narrates real-life stories of people with well-crafted storylines, excellent performances by its actors, and topnotch production details.

Maalaala Mo Kaya

1991

Sagrado poster
9.0

The members of the Sagrado family live to prove they are the most powerful and influential, stopping at nothing to bury dirty secrets to keep their name faultless and sacred.

Sagrado

2024

Rainbow Rumble poster
NR

A Philippine game show created by ABS-CBN Studios & 3NITHINK.

Rainbow Rumble

2024

No artwork available
NR

Natutulog Ba Ang Diyos? was the fourth installment of Sineserye Presents, an ABS-CBN production. It is based on the 1988 film, Natutulog Pa Ang Diyos which, in turn, is based on the original novel of the same name by Ruben R. Marcelino. The story revolves around a young woman who was switched at birth. As a result, what could have been a life of prosperity became a life of poverty. Meanwhile, the baby boy who was put in her rightful place has grown up to be spoiled and irresponsible, but is secretly caught up in his feelings for her.

Natutulog Ba ang Diyos?

2007

Sa Ngalan ng Ina poster
NR

Sa Ngalan ng Ina is a Filipino drama series by TV5. This is the first offering of TV5 Mini Serye which aired only for a month. It aired on October 3 after Wil Time Bigtime.

Sa Ngalan ng Ina

2011

Pamilya Ko poster
NR

Pamilya Ko shows us that in our journey through life, whatever triumphs or travails we face, we will always go back home—to our family. From our birth to our last breath, our world revolves around our family who first taught us the power of unconditional love.

Pamilya Ko

2019

Happenstance poster
6.9

Wade and Jose Manuel, two people who magically meet although they are living in different periods - one in 1974, one in 2020. Jose Manuel is grounded after his military father learned of his relationship with Luis, an activist. Wade, on the other hand, is recovering from a recent break up with Eric and while on vacation is caught up in the Quarantine because of the COVID 19 Pandemic. After the super moon, an opportunity opens for these two heartbroken souls to connect across time and find love once again.

Happenstance

2020

Kung Pwede Lang poster
10.0

The family that rants together, stays together. Get to know the Panting family and their endless rants about life and... each other.

Kung Pwede Lang

2021