
Acting
Ana Abad Santos
Born
1976-03-18 (50)
Place of birth
Manila, Philippines
Known for
Acting
Credits
63 titles
Ana Abad Santos (born 18 March 1976) is a Filipino actress. She is best known for her roles in the films Metro Manila (2013), Apocalypse Child (2016), Third World Romance (2023), and A Very Good Girl (2023).
Known for
5.6The story of Romina, a secretary turned wife of business tycoon, Robert, who married her despite the fact that she was raped and is carrying the child of the assailant. Unknown to Romina, it was Daniela, Robert’s daughter, who had orchestrated her abduction, right before seducing Romina’s fiance, Carlos. With Romina's and Daniela's lives intertwined, their daughters, Cassandra and Margaret, are made to fight as to who among them is the rightful heiress to the Mondragon empire.
The Heiress
2018
NRThis is another action-drama film where the protagonist exacts payment of debts.
Lumuhod Ka Sa Lupa
2024
10.0In search of redemption, a crew of misfits joins a private military company on a series of deadly missions against the criminal underworld.
Incognito
2025
6.9Recognized 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
7.7The series follows a group of 16-year-olds through their day-to-day life, dealing with the issues of dependence on social media, how they face sex, love and ruptures, religion, the search of their identity and the need to fit in.
SKAM España
2018
9.7An author with severe antisocial tendencies learns to confront her deep emotional wounds when she meets a stranger who challenges her cold facade.
It's Okay to Not Be Okay
2025
Film credits
2020s · 19 titles
8.5A historical drama focusing on Manuel L. Quezon years after the Philippine Revolution during the American occupation. When his fight for independence from the United States is put to the test, Quezon finds himself playing the brutal game of politics to outmaneuver his rivals — including Leonard Wood, Sergio Osmeña, and Joven Hernando. In Quezon’s relentless quest for power, he ultimately faces off with Emilio Aguinaldo in the 1935 presidential elections, using charm and favoritism as both weapons and currency, in a campaign that ultimately changes the face of Philippine politics and history.
Quezon
2025
5.6A woman working in a laundry shop uses her clients' clothes to satisfy her sexual fantasies. When she meets a hot police officer, she wants to have him no matter what it takes.
Bula
2022
NRAn estranged couple who have forgotten what it means to love each other find themselves pretending to be together again for the sake of their daughter, whose memory is fading.
Remember
2026
NRSet during the first quarter storm in the 1970s, policemen Homer, Conrad, and Billy are consumed by the murder case of troublemaking teenagers in the slums.
Manila's Finest
2025
4.0Confident college senior Savannah must choose between wild bad boy L.A. and ambitious Vic while facing personal growth and past hurts, all while staying true to herself.
Love You So Bad
2025
NRAmid the cutthroat world of showbiz, a team of talent agents juggles celebrity egos, industry politics, and personal ambitions — revealing the chaos behind the spotlight. This is a film cut of the first two episodes of Call My Manager!, based on the French series Call My Agent!
Call My Manager!
2025
8.0While recovering from heartbreak, a screenwriter finds new inspiration when she makes an unexpected connection with a man via an old walkie-talkie.
Love You Long Time
2023
5.0Two years after their breakup, a Bicolano chef on the rise reunites with his ex- girlfriend who is back in the province for a brief work visit. Still feeling bitter about their breakup, he tries to seduce her to ruin her engagement, only to find himself falling for her once more.
Un/Happy for You
2024
6.1After a heartless firing triggers a chain of unfortunate events, Philo plots a meticulous revenge against retail mogul, Mother Molly, aiming to dismantle her empire and seize the ultimate payback. This time, there is no mercy.
A Very Good Girl
2023
6.0When a rich kid slacker meets a working class breadwinner, the two form an unlikely friendship in spite of their differences. With the pandemic and society bearing down on them, they fight back by throwing the biggest illegal rave the lockdown has ever seen.
When This Is All Over
2023
5.5In modern-day Metro Manila, a diverse group of Filipinos faces life's lows as their destinies collide on a fateful train ride, unfolding a heartwarming and comedic tapestry of interconnected stories.
Fruitcake
2024
7.0An outspoken cashier and laidback grocery bagger navigate the path to being happy despite the challenges of their blue-collared living in a world where nothing comes for free.
Third World Romance
2023
NRArvin and Ace, haunted by past traumas and dreams shattered by the pandemic, collide as they chase online fame, forcing them to confront buried secrets and redefine their identities.
What You Did
2024
NRAs peace talks unfold, a disillusioned jihadist militant group ravages Basilan, leaving innocent civilians vulnerable to abuse and abduction. Yet even in captivity, a Claretian missionary remains unwavering in his faith, offering hope to his fellow hostages.
In Thy Name
2025
6.5After their friend's death, four women set out on the dream trip they planned as teenagers, rekindling old bonds as they pay their last respects.
Road Trip
2024
NRA spunky teenage girl from Mindoro, moves to Manila to live with her estranged father and study in a prestigious school. She clashes with basketball varsity captain, unaware that their one-upmanship will blossom into something beautiful.
He's Into Her: The Movie Cut
2021
6.2When a pair of newlywed musicians get trapped in a storm on their island honeymoon, they must face difficult truths that could tear their marriage apart.
What If?
2023
NRPat Reyes, a hardworking hostel manager and online vegetable seller, trains her boss' hardheaded and exiled grandson as a new employee.
James & Pat & Dave
2020
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Subscribe
2023
2010s · 18 titles
7.3Looking for a brighter future in metropolitan Manila, Oscar Ramirez and his family leave their miserable life in the rice terraces of Banaue, in the northern Philippines. In the sweltering capital, where all kind of perils lurk in every corner, Oscar catches a lucky break when he is offered a steady work for an armored truck company and the senior officer Ong takes him under his wing.
Metro Manila
2013
6.3Ely, a young man who can't get over Celine, his past love, meets Mia, a young woman who escaped from a painful past in the Philippines and is trying her luck to rebuild her life in Spain. They meet. They fall in love. But can they overcome the hurt of the past to have a future together?
Barcelona: A Love Untold
2016
6.0A young man with Asperger's Syndrome falls in love with a sheltered young woman who suffers from Mitral Valve Stenosis, a congenital heart condition. Will his condition cause her demise or will his love be the greatest gift she can ever receive?
The Gift
2019
7.1Throughout his four years in college, Fidel, a stuttering student, tries to finish 100 poems dedicated to Stella, an aspiring but frustrated rock star, to win her heart.
100 Poems for Stella
2017
3.5When the Love Is Gone is a 2013 Filipino romantic drama film directed by Andoy Ranay, starring Cristine Reyes, Gabby Concepcion, Alice Dixson, Andi Eigenmann, and Jake Cuenca. The film is distributed by Viva Films with co-production of Multivision Pictures and was released November 27, 2013 nationwide as part of Viva Films' 32nd anniversary. The movie is a remake of the 1983 blockbuster movie directed by Danny Zialcita entitled Nagalit ang Buwan sa Haba ng Gabi which stars Dindo Fernando, Gloria Diaz, Laurice Guillen, and Eddie Garcia.
When the Love is Gone
2013
3.5A 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
4.0Gari and Sherwin come from two different worlds. They meet, they fell in love and they get married. Years later, what they had is now shattered into pieces and Gari wants an annulment with Sherwin so she can pursue what was lost in her in the years they were together.
The Annulment
2019
6.8A journey of a young man named JC, a conflicted young woman Janine, and Christy a woman on the verge of renaissance.
Love Me Tomorrow
2016
NRA loving but impoverished grandmother of an autistic child tragicomically loses everything and turns into someone society reckons her to be.
Iska
2019
5.7Vince is secretly in love with Kath, but reluctantly agrees to text her anonymously on behalf of his cousin James. Things get complicated when Kath begins to feel a connection with Vince.
Vince & Kath & James
2016
7.3Childhood best friend with a genius IQ become bittersweet rivals when they both fall for Mark.
The Gifted
2014
NRAn itinerant tattoo artist joins a talent reality show for lesbians in the hopes of winning the prize money that will enable her to get artificially inseminated and achieve her lifelong dream of becoming a mother.
Ned's Project
2016
8.4Ford, a surfing instructor from the Philippines has been told his whole life that he's the son of Francis Ford Coppola. He's wasted his youth waiting as his mother petitions the director to acknowledge Ford as his son. But as the surfing season ends, he’s forced to confront his past actions, inactions, and the stories of his life.
Apocalypse Child
2016
5.0A college heartthrob meets a college newbie - a challenge, a tension, a discovery, and a love that will change everything between them.
Ben & Sam
2010
NRA change in a farmer’s family life after the appearance of a politician who is very interested in the farmer’s land.
Doors: The Door Beneath the Earth
2018
NRA troubled young woman enters a rehab facility that houses a deadly secret.
Hospicio
2018
2.0Five boys finds connection in each other while dealing with school, love and family problems.
Squad Goals: #FBois
2018
NRCedric goes to the wake of his deceased lover, James. While trying to gather the courage to tell James' mother, Carol, about their relationship, both Cedric and Carol journey through their memories with the departed. The film tackles grief and the many forms it takes.
Para Kay James
2018
2000s · 3 titles
NRTwo people cross paths every day but they hardly know each other. A Filipino domestic helper and her Chinese employer's son strike up an unlikely affair, one which forces them to come to terms with their sense of loss and alienation.
Dry Rain
2009
NRThe film is a story of relationships and the lies that unwittingly go with them. Butch and Sarah are a married couple whose relationship is not quite as smooth as it seems. A banana-flavored condom found by Sarah will unravel the many secrets that happens behind the closed doors.
Behind Closed Doors
2009
A Filipino worker is on the death row for killing his employer. Because of a lady reporter who is bent on doing a full story about him, government officials are now trying to help him. But Fidel insisted that he killed his employer on purpose. Vega learned about his past- a boy-next-door type of person who grew up with a loving family. His profile doesn't fit the picture of a killer. Sister Lourdes, the Filipino nun who visits Fidel regularly wants to know the truth too.
Fidel
2009
1990s · 3 titles
6.0Three tales of unbridled terror follow a couple vacation on a secluded island where strange forces are at work to keep them there; a young woman whose boyfriend is ill meets a handsome young man in the woods who seems to exhibit magical powers that can cure her sick friend, on the condition that she stay with him forever; and a family who move into a new apartment, unaware of a supernatural tragedy that occurred there.
Shake, Rattle & Roll V
1994
NRA family of siblings moves into their new apartment but little did they know of a tragedy that occurred within its walls.
Shadow
1994
NRA documentary on Gilda Cordero-Fernando's fashion theater show that was staged at the Cultural Center of the Philippines in 1995. “Is it a play? Yes, but more than. Is it a drama? Of course, but more than. A fashion show, I was told. Not quite,” Cordero-Fernando wrote in “My love affair with the ‘saya.’” Jamming on an Old Saya, staged in 1995 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, was all those things and more. Designers, couturiers, and artists reinterpreted the traditional dress for an anything-but-traditional event that included “dancers and an almost-nude man painted gold climbing a rope.”
Jamming on an Old Saya
1995
Series credits
5.6The story of Romina, a secretary turned wife of business tycoon, Robert, who married her despite the fact that she was raped and is carrying the child of the assailant. Unknown to Romina, it was Daniela, Robert’s daughter, who had orchestrated her abduction, right before seducing Romina’s fiance, Carlos. With Romina's and Daniela's lives intertwined, their daughters, Cassandra and Margaret, are made to fight as to who among them is the rightful heiress to the Mondragon empire.
The Heiress
2018
NRThis is another action-drama film where the protagonist exacts payment of debts.
Lumuhod Ka Sa Lupa
2024
10.0In search of redemption, a crew of misfits joins a private military company on a series of deadly missions against the criminal underworld.
Incognito
2025
6.9Recognized 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
7.7The series follows a group of 16-year-olds through their day-to-day life, dealing with the issues of dependence on social media, how they face sex, love and ruptures, religion, the search of their identity and the need to fit in.
SKAM España
2018
9.7An author with severe antisocial tendencies learns to confront her deep emotional wounds when she meets a stranger who challenges her cold facade.
It's Okay to Not Be Okay
2025
8.0Wildflower is a Philippine revenge drama television series starring Maja Salvador, together with an ensemble cast. The show originally aired on ABS-CBN, and worldwide on The Filipino Channel, from February 13, 2017 to February 9, 2018.
Wildflower
2017
4.0Five years after, Sky is reunited with her high school friends through Sanya and Kenjie's engagement. However, things head south when Z suddenly disappears, with Sky and her loved ones being targeted by a vengeful puppeteer.
High Street
2024
7.7A student’s death causes a scandal at the prestigious Northford High. Investigations conclude it was a suicide. The victim’s twin sister thinks otherwise. As she searches for truth, she will unravel secrets that are far more shocking and dangerous.
Senior High
2023
7.2A new girl in school gets off to a rocky, adversarial start with the basketball team's captain – can he prove his feelings for her are real?
He's Into Her
2021
4.9After getting involved in a fatal car crash, a competitive career woman arrives in an uncanny purgatory. While settling her unfinished businesses as a lingering spirit, she meets and finds her soulmate in a rebellious scion with a third eye.
Love in 40 Days
2022
0.5A group of individuals becomes cyber protectors against modern digital threats. Cybercrime investigations with field operations, intense combat scenes, and technologically driven missions.
Taskforce Firewall
2026
7.3Five normal individuals from different regions of Sansinukob embark on a journey to protect their land from evil god, Sarimaw.
Bagani
2018
3.4An inheritance from the late matriarch of the Estrellas intertwines the life of Cherry Red with Dave, Paco, Seb, and Drew. Amid the romance that arose between her and two of the four brothers, Cherry's past unravels and exposes deeply buried secrets.
A Family Affair
2022
NRAs they try to give their marriage a second chance, a couple’s relationship is once again put to the test when a resentful ghost haunts them because of a dark secret in their family’s past.
The Haunted
2019
NRA young woman pursues love and adventure despite her disease. Her world turns upside down when she discovers that her circumstances are born out of revenge and heartbreaks of the past.
My Sunset Girl
2021
NRAn anthology of different narratives of hugot-inspired shorts that mirrors our experiences with falling in love.
Bitter Diaries
2020
NRJulia Barretto stars with Ella Cruz, Awra Briguela and Andrea Babierra as they play four teens trying to make it through senior high while facing love and life problems. Produced by renowned duo, writer-directors Antoinette Jadaone and Dan Villegas.
The Seniors
2022
NRConvicted prisoner and former governor, Benjo Malaya, learns the tragic news about his missing family, he is left with no choice but to return to the vicious underworld that he turned his back on, and take on a new mission, this time, as a fixer for the sitting president of the Philippines to stop an impending and civil war.
The Bagman
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4.0When her best friend starts courting her, astrology-obsessed Luna worries that they're incompatible. Soon the stars appear to show their displeasure.
Love vs Stars
2021
