
Acting
Candy Pangilinan
Born
1972-05-08 (54)
Known for
Acting
Credits
76 titles
Maria Carmela "Candy" Espiritu Pangilinan (born May 8, 1972) is a Filipino film and television actress and comedian. She won best actress for CineFilipino 2016 and Los Angeles International Film Festival for the movie Star na si Van Damme.
Known for
8.0A high-flying, career-driven lawyer dies prematurely due to a clerical error in heaven.
Wonderful Nightmare
2026
8.0Princess Sarah was an ABS-CBN teleserye which premiered November 12, 2007 on primetime bida. The location of the series was shot in Camp John Hay in Baguio City and The Coconut Palace in Manila. The said series is a remake of the animated series Princess Sarah, produced by Nippon Animation, based on Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel, A Little Princess.
Princess Sarah
2007
8.5No synopsis available yet.
MariMar
2015
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Count the Stars in the Sky
2020
6.0Walang Kapalit was a Philippine television series broadcast by ABS-CBN. from April 23, 2007 to August 31, 2007 on ABS-CBN's Primetime Bida. It is loosely based on Mike De Leon's 1985 drama Hindi Nahahati Ang Langit, an adaptation from an earlier komiks version of the same title by Nerissa Cabral.
Walang Kapalit
2007
NRForever is a Filipino drama series created by Jun Lana, developed by Kit Villanueva-Langit and produced by GMA Network. It premiered on January 21, 2013 on GMA Telebabad block and January 24, 2013 worldwide via GMA Pinoy TV. The series headlines Heart Evangelista, Geoff Eigenmann and Gloria Romero. It executive produced by Kaye Atienza-Cadsawan and under the direction of Ricky Davao. The show narrates the magical love story of ill-fated lovers, Adora and Ramon and their quest to continue their tragic love affair five decades past through the present time with the help of an antique pocket watch. The series concluded on April 19, 2013. It ran for 13 weeks with the total of sixty three episodes.
Forever
2013
Film credits
2020s · 15 titles
8.0A high-flying, career-driven lawyer dies prematurely due to a clerical error in heaven.
Wonderful Nightmare
2026
9.5Ngongo volunteers at a cleft lip foundation and works at his mother's burger stand. He falls for a woman, but her family rejects him due to his condition and social status, leading him to face challenges with love and acceptance.
Love, Ngo
2026
NRAfter a final harvest forced upon him by the landlord, an old farmer and his loyal carabao embark on a magical road trip to Manila, chasing the ghost of a niece the years stole from him.
Beast
2026
NRMak, a soldier returning home from war, invites four of his comrades to meet his wife and newborn child. However, suspicion soon grows among his friends as they uncover a terrifying secret: Mak’s family is no longer among the living.
Pee Mak
2026
6.7A nurse and her patient are trying to escape when a violent intruder starts hunting them.
Isolated
2025
6.0A teenage girl moves to the countryside with her family. She meets a mysterious feral boy who lives on their property. The girl attempts to teach the boy how to behave like a human, but his wild instincts create challenges as their bond grows.
A Werewolf Boy
2026
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
7.3A Philippine adaptation of the 2011 hit Korean movie, Sunny is the story of a middle-aged woman who dreams to fulfill her dying wish to reunite with high school friends.
Sunny
2024
NRTasha is a woman diagnosed with Congenital Insensitivity to Pain. This condition makes her incapable of feeling pain – be it physical or emotional pain. And because of her condition, she also has no idea how love works. Until she meets Ngongo, a man with cleft palate. Ngongo becomes an instrument who made Tasha feel again, especially the joys of love and pains of heartache. And together, they experience an adventure that they will never forget.
The Woman Who Cannot Feel
2026
NRThe Cheating Game revolves around Hope (Julie Anne San Jose) and Miguel (Rayver Cruz). Hope is an NGO worker who finds out her fiance is cheating on her. She calls off the engagement, quits her job, and tries to start over. She then meets Miguel (Rayver Cruz), a self-made businessman who has also experienced getting cheated on. As they become closer, secrets from their past start to unravel and they discover they have more in common than just being cheated on.
The Cheating Game
2023
6.7Having had to fend for herself for most of her life, newly turned 30, Zuri has now become an independent and competent career woman who has put love on the backburner. But when she finds out she has a rare case of premature menopause - and may soon lose the ability to carry a baby - she scrambles to find a man with whom she can have a family of her own. After many attempts at different methods, she finds one last hope in her ex, ANDY. The only problem is that Andy has amnesia and has forgotten all about Zuri. Now, Zuri has to find a way to get him to fall in love with her all over again.
Un-Ex You
2025
2.0A pair of partners-turned-rivals compete to interview the richest man in the Philippines, only to find themselves at the scene of a baffling crime.
Partners in Crime
2022
5.8After a tragic car crash, Gabby finds herself in a love triangle with the ghost of her fiancé and a friend seeking more than a platonic relationship.
Once Before
2020
10.0A rehabilitating love story. A story about Paulo isang lalaking dating adik sa drugs nakailang rehab and Joy, na di man sa droga ay parang mas malala pa dahil adik ito kay Paulo simula high school – may rehab ba para sa dalawang ito? Is there a space for true love in between this addiction?
Adik Sa'Yo
2023
1.0Three intern nurses get locked down in an asylum where they meet three special patients. Together, they attempt to escape before the other patients kill them.
Tililing
2021
2010s · 16 titles
6.3Norma, a typical teenager who is always online, created a joint social media account for her and her boyfriend to mark their third monthsary. She gets a rare illness called electromagnetic hypersensitivity, which means she can't be around cellphones, tablets, laptops, and Wi-Fi. To help her cope with her syndrome, Norma relocates to a remote province with no signal, forcing her to have a long-distance relationship with Leo.
The Girl Allergic to Wi-Fi
2018
4.3Divided into three "short films", each one pokes fun to a particular genre. Episode 1: Bala Sa Bala, Kamao Sa Kamao, Satsat Sa Satsat. Episode 2: Shake, Shaker, Shakest. Episode 3: Asawa ni Marie.
Lumayo Ka Nga Sa Akin
2016
NRTrina who has lived her whole life as a third wheel meets the man who passes her standards and believes that this man will finally make her a third wheel no more. As they get to know each other, she finds out she's actually dating a single dad with an 8-year-old boy and he actually has a good relationship with the mother.
The National Third Wheel
2018
NRBest friends forever or worst friends ever? Many years after high school, Emerald, Ruby, Perla, and Goldie (considered the Bicol “It Girls” of their batch) are reunited for the latter’s upcoming wedding. Joining them is Jade, Goldie’s friend from America. Everyone is excited about this get-together, but somehow, Goldie’s friends are finding it hard to believe that she is going to be the first to fulfill their dream of getting married, considering that she is the least attractive among them.
Abay Babes
2018
6.3Samantha falls in love with a hot-headed guy named Top, the leader of a gang.
Talk Back and You're Dead
2014
7.9A young woman takes a job as a personal maid for a rich young man. The pair do not get along, but soon due to their classmates' games of love, their relationship grows more complicated than before.
Diary ng Panget
2014
4.8When a young man lets his temper get out of control, Diobayo, the goddess of horses, puts a curse on him to teach him a lesson.
Petrang Kabayo
2010
8.2A Palanca-winning comedy about gay best friends for life John and Mark whose friendship is put to the test when one of them has a terminal illness and asks the other to help him stage his fake death, wake, and funeral as his dying wish. The result is a laughfest of "deadly" proportions.
Deadma Walking
2017
1.5Jaz, a woman who goes on a road trip with her best friend to heal her broken heart.
Nakalimutan Ko Nang Kalimutan Ka
2018
4.2Elizabeth Pedroza is a UST Architecture graduate infatuated with her long-time school crush, John Eduque. Her world comes crushing down when she learns about the death of Eduque. She immediately goes to the wake and gets the shock of her life. She sees an older man, instead of a young man, lying in the coffin. The wife of the deceased John Eduque Sr gets piqued with her visit. A family friend’s simple question ‘who’s that girl?’ soon escalates into a grand-scale inquisition complete with kidnapping and high-profile rescue.
Who's That Girl?
2011
5.5Childhood friends Coby and Ava, who only see each other during summer vacations. As time passes, the characters develop feelings for each other but having a relationship long-distance is a great challenge for both.
This Time
2016
7.3Childhood best friend with a genius IQ become bittersweet rivals when they both fall for Mark.
The Gifted
2014
9.5The life story of a kid diagnosed with Down syndrome. He dreams of being an artista; his family has to make ends (and dreams) meet.
Star Na Si Van Damme Stallone
2016
NRA modern-day fairytale that depicts the quaint journey of two prisoners in and out of a provincial jail.
Wala Na Bang Ibang Title?
2014
6.5Miri 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
5.3Elsa is a troubled young woman who is yearning for a mature and intimate relationship.
#Jowable
2019
2000s · 10 titles
8.7Manuel is a man who's just been conned out of his savings. One day, when he meets up with Nanding, a jeepney driver, he has a plan for how the two of them can find riches. It is no other than billiards.
Pakners
2003
7.0A bachelor dreams of settling down, while a bored postal worker wishes for a man.
Only You
2002
7.0Four women named Res, Gay, Dolly, and Brite who swore to be friends forever, become domestic helpers when they go over to another country. However, Res is beaten to death by her employers, making the other three worry because her husband gave her one condition if she comes with her friends: that she comes home safe, sound and alive. Brite, Gay, and Dolly decide to bring their dead friend Res home.
Apat Dapat, Dapat Apat
2007
7.9Tina and Lea are best friends who are also avid fans of Vilma Santos. They were inseparable until Lea decides to leave the country and go to Korea. They promise that someday they will really become one big happy family when their children get married. Years after, by virtue of an old vow, Lucky Girl and Lucky Boy are forced to be together by their mothers. Problem is, they hate each other's guts. But, just when they're falling for each other, love plays a trick on the meddling moms which threatens to bring the young lovers apart.
D' Lucky Ones!
2006
6.0Mortal Enteng Kabisote (Vic Sotto) and his magical fairy wife continue to face danger and adventure in this fourth film based on the popular Filipino television series "OK Ka Fairy Ko." The hazards include a time-traveling mirror, an evil dragon lady, a vampirish villain, a gun-armed bad guy and the ever-present aswangs. As always, Enteng must rise to the challenges to protect his beloved family from all the potential mayhem.
Enteng Kabisote 4: Okay ka, Fairy ko... The Beginning of the Legend
2007
3.6Two lovers spend an unforgettable summer in Greece, but their differences threaten to break them up.
For the First Time
2008
9.0The story of two people leading two different lives. Ramon is a delivery truck driver while Amor owns a neighborhood kitchenette. He is looking for the perfect partner. Her seven goon-like brothers are guarding her. When they meet, it's love at first sight.
Ayos Na... Ang Kasunod
2000
NRWhen Lara lost her husband of five months, she didn't think she could go on living, much less love again. Now, seven months later, Lara is still in mourning. Every time a loved one died, someone else was there to cushion the blow. When her mother followed six years later, there was the rest of the family. But when her husband died, no one could offer any consolation - not her siblings, not her in-laws, not her friends. Not only was he the love of her life, he had also become her life. It would have been better if she died with him. In the meantime, her business -has taken a nosedive. She's also deep in debt with her unpaid condo and car mortgages. With all her predicament, how would Oliver and Chris figure in her life? Will she finally move on?
And I Love You So
2009
7.0Abet Razalo and Ana Maria Gomez were childhood sweethearts. They find each other again, only this time they have to deal with each other on a professional level - Abet is now Anas bodyguard, and he is tasked to watch over her, now a phenomenally successful singer-actress because she is threatened by an obsessed fan. Abet also learns of Anas engagement to Vince Madrigal, a handsome billionaire. As the situation turns more complicated, the two of them are obliged to spend more time with each other, tempting them to rekindle their old flame. But Abet finds out that Ana is no longer the simple girl he promised marriage to ten years ago. Will love be lovelier the second time around for Ana and Abet or will Ana be spending the rest of her life.
Eto Na Naman Ako
2000
5.0A story of a young couple, Charlie Sicat and U.S.-based Prince Price, who decides to get married after two years of long-distance relationship. But there is one hitch: Charlie’s father Dindo had promised to give his wife Sunshine another church ceremony to mark their 25th wedding anniversary. Dindo vehemently refuses to have both weddings take place. Prince’s attempt to win over Dindo is further complicated by his nouveau riche mother Marlene, who insists on having her son’s wedding done her way.
The Only Family
2009
1990s · 19 titles
NRVandolph plays big city streetwise kid who shacks up with a bunch of other kids like him in a makeshift home, hull of a bus, where Totoy (Babalu) lords over them as a surrogate date. Together they do their shenanigans that almost always end up in the craziest of misadventures. Until a band of underworld gangsters discover Boy's potential in one of their rackets - as a boy sumo wrestler. The kid obliges. The adventure heightens as Boy, Totoy and their cohorts go up against the bad guys in the wackiest chase ever!
Boy! Gising!
1995
8.0Dolzura Cortez has had several men in her life. One returns to her as an AIDS researcher and unwittingly, Dolzura becomes his subject. He encouraged her to come out in public so she can dispel the social stigma that comes with the disease.
Because I Love You
1993
9.0Arrogant Don Emilio is a rich man who have maids, a private nurse Nikki, and later a sexy, personal secretary Susie at his disposal. He has two brothers, Dodong and Egay who have sinister thoughts on him, as they want his riches. After some slapstick mishaps and when the Don seemingly went bankrupt, he left his mansion to live with the two but experiences unfair treatment. He ended up living with his stepbrother Edwin in the slum, but his arrogance and his annoying cohorts resulted to differences with Edwin and his girlfriend Girlie. Unbeknown to them, Don Emilio is actually playing a scheme of his own to determine which brother really cares for him the most.
Weder-weder lang 'yan
1999
7.6In three tales of extreme horror, a young couple hires a mysterious nanny for their baby; a young woman discovers that her sister has been dead and been made alive again; and a student unwittingly brings home from a beach field trip the egg of an alien monster.
Shake, Rattle & Roll III
1991
9.2As Via turns 18, she learns that the life she has been living comfortably is packed with lies. While family secrets unfold before her eyes, she still finds herself falling in love.
Mula sa Puso
1999
9.0A coconut dealer named Isko must save the princess and the land of Animasia from the evil monsters.
Isko: Adventures In Animasia
1995
NRA young, beautiful woman runs into an ugly beast named Johnny Tinoso and immediately judges him for his looks. However, she discovers that he transforms into a handsome man after midnight.
Johnny Tiñoso and the Proud Beauty
1993
7.0A man who vows to fight for justice (Lito Lapid) and a hard-hitting TV reporter (Maricel Soriano) are forced to work together to escape the people who are after them.
Ikaw Pa... Eh Love Kita
1995
7.0Dr. Jose Rizal was exiled in Dapitan from 1892-1896. These were his last four years. Dapitan served as his prison cell. He always compared it to “a beautiful cage” where he is imprisoned. This was the longest imprisonment Rizal ever had. He became so lost by those times, but still he did not lose his mind. Even there, he continued studying and discovering things. He continued his conversation with his friends, scientists and doctors outside the country.
Rizal in Dapitan
1997
10.0Jed 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
NRA 1995 Filipino comedy film starring Vic Sotto and Charito Solis
Isang Kahig, Tatlong Tuka
1995
4.3Sarah Jane Salazar, a young woman with HIV, fights for her rights as a human being and becomes a national figure for safe sex at age 19.
The Secrets of Sarah Jane
1994
10.0True love happens between Noel and Marian, only to have calamity strike at the most inopportune moment. When the bride to be dies in a car accident going the rehearsal, Noel is heart broken. Not expecting such misfortune, what will he do? All along, his co-worker Winnie has strong feelings for him. Will she be able to mend Noel's broken heart, or can Marian help turn misfortune in to bliss as a ghost. Will Noel ever find true love?
Honey, Nasa Langit na ba Ako?
1998
8.0In a rush to escape from the policemen arresting his boss, Mario disguised himself as an Arab man and gets to meet Teresa, a woman who is waiting for an Arab prince whom she is set to marry.
Mahal Kita, Alam Mo Ba?
1996
9.0Doris is a loving yet strict sister to Ditas, who could not make decisions on her own. Doris has always treated her younger sister like a child to the point that Ditas feels smothered by her sister’s attention. One day Doris gets impressed with a young cab driver Miko who volunteered to fix her eatery’s broken electric fuse box. Doris hires him as Ditas’ official school service driver. Ditas initially protested but she yielded to her sister’s demand nonetheless. The two then started to secretly date each other. On the other hand, Doris’ world was turned upside down when her ex-flame Mike showed up to her. Because of Mike’s persistence Doris decided to open up her heart for the second time. However, as the two sisters’ respective romantic relationship become stable, Doris learned about Ditas’ affair with Miko.
Kung Ayaw Mo, Huwag Mo!
1998
9.0Popular singing duo, Vingo and Jimmy, collectively known as the April Boys, brought the real life tale of their climb to fame to the big screen.
April Boys: Sana'y Mahalin Mo Rin Ako
1996
7.0Big city honky-tonk woman flies off to a fishing village to do some soul searching. There she meets a boy from the boondocks–a slow one. They fall in love. The girl's dubious past catches up with her. Trouble in paradise begins.
Ikaw Lang Ang Mamahalin (Camiguin)
1995
8.0A winning lottery ticket leads to trouble and romance for an indebted man.
Manalo, Matalo, Mahal Kita
1995
9.0The young Doray takes a job as a babysitter in an old house. It is home of the doctor Sagrado with his wife and the housekeeper Melba. Soon after her arrival happened strange things and she has nightmares. She received warnings from the young Hermie and his mother. The child is a demon, a so called Impakto.
Impakto
1996
Series credits
8.0Princess Sarah was an ABS-CBN teleserye which premiered November 12, 2007 on primetime bida. The location of the series was shot in Camp John Hay in Baguio City and The Coconut Palace in Manila. The said series is a remake of the animated series Princess Sarah, produced by Nippon Animation, based on Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel, A Little Princess.
Princess Sarah
2007
8.5No synopsis available yet.
MariMar
2015
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Count the Stars in the Sky
2020
6.0Walang Kapalit was a Philippine television series broadcast by ABS-CBN. from April 23, 2007 to August 31, 2007 on ABS-CBN's Primetime Bida. It is loosely based on Mike De Leon's 1985 drama Hindi Nahahati Ang Langit, an adaptation from an earlier komiks version of the same title by Nerissa Cabral.
Walang Kapalit
2007
NRForever is a Filipino drama series created by Jun Lana, developed by Kit Villanueva-Langit and produced by GMA Network. It premiered on January 21, 2013 on GMA Telebabad block and January 24, 2013 worldwide via GMA Pinoy TV. The series headlines Heart Evangelista, Geoff Eigenmann and Gloria Romero. It executive produced by Kaye Atienza-Cadsawan and under the direction of Ricky Davao. The show narrates the magical love story of ill-fated lovers, Adora and Ramon and their quest to continue their tragic love affair five decades past through the present time with the help of an antique pocket watch. The series concluded on April 19, 2013. It ran for 13 weeks with the total of sixty three episodes.
Forever
2013
NRNo synopsis available yet.
My Special Tatay
2018
NRHiram na Puso or A Change of Heart is a Filipino drama series created and written by Suzette Doctolero, under the directions of Andoy Ranay and Roderick Lindayag, and produced by GMA Network. The series features Kris Bernal and Gina Alajar as the main protagonists, with Mark Herras, Bela Padilla, Polo Ravales, Gardo Versoza and Ayen Munyi-Laurel. The series premiered March 5, 2012 replacing Kokak on GMA Afternoon Prime and March 7, 2012 worldwide via GMA Pinoy TV. The story centers on the lives of Zeny and her daughter Lira. In the story, Zeny is a loving and protective mother who takes all risks to save her daughter from death only to be abandoned by the same daughter after she literally had a change of heart. Soon, Zeny realizes that this is the dire consequence of one irreversible mistake she committed in the past. This series catches positive feedback, both from the audience and critics, because of its no protagonist-no antagonist concept and edgy and intriguing storyline. Viewers also praises the casts' good acting, particularly Gina Alajar, Kris Bernal and Ayen Laurel. The series concluded on July 6, 2012. It ran 18 weeks with 88 episodes overall. It replaced by Hindi Ka Na Mag-iisa in the same timeslot.
Hiram na Puso
2012
Only You is a Philippine remake of the Korean drama of the same title aired by SBS in 2005. It stars Angel Locsin, Diether Ocampo, Iya Villania and Sam Milby on the lead role, under the direction of Rory Quintos.
Only You
2009
P. S. I Love You is the TV sequel of the 1981 movie itself starred by Gabby Concepcion and Sharon Cuneta. It is a Filipino drama / Romance series offered by TV5 and Viva Television. This primetime series is led by Gabby Concepcion, Dina Bonnevie, Alex Gonzaga, Kean Cipriano, AJ Muhlach and Nadine Lustre. It aired Mondays to Fridays from November 21, 2011 to February 17, 2012 after Glamorosa. The TV series is a sequel to the 1981 film that originally starred by Sharon Cuneta and Gabby Concepcion. The role of Kristine now eventually goes to Dina Bonnevie. It is produced by Vic Del Rosario, Jr. and Manuel V. Pangilinan. It marks as the second primetime series produced by Viva Television for TV5 after a decade. The TV series garnered positive reviews throughout the run for Philippine Entertainment Critics.
P. S. I Love You
2011
Kokey @ Ako is a Filipino comedy-fantasy primetime series to be aired in ABS-CBN. The series is the sequel to the 2007 series, Kokey. It stars Vhong Navarro and Toni Gonzaga.
Kokey @ Ako
2010
6.0“LOL” or “Last One Laughing” is a reality show where ten comedians battle it out to make each other laugh. With no smiles allowed, they unleash their best jokes and antics, aiming to make each other crack up for six hours. It’s a hilarious battle of wit and self-control, where the last one laughing wins ONE MILLION PESOS!
LOL: Last One Laughing Philippines
2024
9.5A troubled new student and an aloof young man make an unlikely investigative pair as they try to uncover the truth behind crimes at their school.
Project Loki
2026
NRFor The Love is a drama anthology aired on TV5 and produced by Studio Viva premiered on August 5, 2023, and is hosted by Pops Fernandez.
For The Love
2023
10.0'Kakabakaba' is a weekly horror-fantasy series that was aired from 2000-2002 on GMA Network
Kakabakaba
2000
NRHeartbroken Estong meets the mysterious Ysa, who has Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), and learns that love comes with not one twist, but lots of it.
Love U Lots
2026
