Ana Abad Santos

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

Film credits

2020s · 19 titles

Quezon poster
8.5

A 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

Bula poster
5.6

A 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

Remember poster
NR

An 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

Manila's Finest poster
NR

Set 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

Love You So Bad poster
4.0

Confident 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

Call My Manager! poster
NR

Amid 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

Love You Long Time poster
8.0

While 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

Un/Happy for You poster
5.0

Two 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

A Very Good Girl poster
6.1

After 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

When This Is All Over poster
6.0

When 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

Fruitcake poster
5.5

In 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

Third World Romance poster
7.0

An 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

What You Did poster
NR

Arvin 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

In Thy Name poster
NR

As 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

Road Trip poster
6.5

After 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

He's Into Her: The Movie Cut poster
NR

A 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

What If? poster
6.2

When 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

James & Pat & Dave poster
NR

Pat Reyes, a hardworking hostel manager and online vegetable seller, trains her boss' hardheaded and exiled grandson as a new employee.

James & Pat & Dave

2020

Subscribe poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Subscribe

2023

2010s · 18 titles

Metro Manila poster
7.3

Looking 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

Barcelona: A Love Untold poster
6.3

Ely, 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

The Gift poster
6.0

A 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

100 Poems for Stella poster
7.1

Throughout 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

When the Love is Gone poster
3.5

When 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

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

The Annulment poster
4.0

Gari 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

Love Me Tomorrow poster
6.8

A 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

Iska poster
NR

A loving but impoverished grandmother of an autistic child tragicomically loses everything and turns into someone society reckons her to be.

Iska

2019

Vince & Kath & James poster
5.7

Vince 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

The Gifted poster
7.3

Childhood best friend with a genius IQ become bittersweet rivals when they both fall for Mark.

The Gifted

2014

Ned's Project poster
NR

An 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

Apocalypse Child poster
8.4

Ford, 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

Ben & Sam poster
5.0

A college heartthrob meets a college newbie - a challenge, a tension, a discovery, and a love that will change everything between them.

Ben & Sam

2010

Doors: The Door Beneath the Earth poster
NR

A 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

Hospicio poster
NR

A troubled young woman enters a rehab facility that houses a deadly secret.

Hospicio

2018

Squad Goals: #FBois poster
2.0

Five boys finds connection in each other while dealing with school, love and family problems.

Squad Goals: #FBois

2018

Para Kay James poster
NR

Cedric 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

1990s · 3 titles

Series credits

The Heiress poster
5.6

The 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

Lumuhod Ka Sa Lupa poster
NR

This is another action-drama film where the protagonist exacts payment of debts.

Lumuhod Ka Sa Lupa

2024

Incognito poster
10.0

In search of redemption, a crew of misfits joins a private military company on a series of deadly missions against the criminal underworld.

Incognito

2025

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

SKAM España poster
7.7

The 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

It's Okay to Not Be Okay poster
9.7

An 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

Wildflower poster
8.0

Wildflower 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

High Street poster
4.0

Five 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

Senior High poster
7.7

A 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

He's Into Her poster
7.2

A 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

Love in 40 Days poster
4.9

After 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

Taskforce Firewall poster
0.5

A 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

Bagani poster
7.3

Five normal individuals from different regions of Sansinukob embark on a journey to protect their land from evil god, Sarimaw.

Bagani

2018

A Family Affair poster
3.4

An 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

The Haunted poster
NR

As 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

My Sunset Girl poster
NR

A 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

Bitter Diaries poster
NR

An anthology of different narratives of hugot-inspired shorts that mirrors our experiences with falling in love.

Bitter Diaries

2020

The Seniors poster
NR

Julia 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

The Bagman poster
NR

Convicted 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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Love vs Stars poster
4.0

When 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