Sylvia Sanchez

Acting

Sylvia Sanchez

Born

1971-05-19 (55)

Place of birth

Nasipit, Agusan del Norte, Philippines

Known for

Acting

Credits

70 titles

Known for

Be Careful With My Heart poster
7.0

Be Careful With My Heart is a 2012 Philippine daytime television drama which premiered on ABS-CBN on July 9, 2012 airing before It's Showtime. It is also broadcast worldwide on The Filipino Channel. It is topbilled by Jodi Sta. Maria and Richard Yap. It is one of the most successful teleserye of ABS-CBN. It is the first television drama in the Philippines made by ABS-CBN to be filmed and broadcast in high definition.

Be Careful With My Heart

2012

Angels Without a Heaven poster
6.5

Five downtrodden and unfortunate street children, all with their own unique stories, unite to survive the harsh conditions and harsher realities life applies to them.

Angels Without a Heaven

2005

Mundo Man ay Magunaw poster
NR

Mundo Man Ay Magunaw is a Philippine television drama on ABS-CBN. It stars Empress Schuck, Ejay Falcon and Nikki Gil. The series is loosely based on the 1990 film starring Susan Roces, Nida Blanca, Alicia Vergel, Dante Rivero, Michael Locsin, Jennifer Sevilla, Sheryl Cruz and Romnick Sarmenta of Seiko Films in the same title. The full trailer was to be shown on January 10. The television series was supposed to be aired in the Kapamilya Gold afternoon block. However It will be aired on late morning/early noon time slot at 11:30 a.m. before Happy Yipee Yehey!. On February 6, ABS-CBN moved the show to its new time slot at 2:30 pm on Kapamilya Gold, airing after It's Showtime. The series uses some of the story sequences from the serialized version on the radio drama in the late 1980s on DZRH as anchored by Salvador Royales himself.

Mundo Man ay Magunaw

2012

Huwag Kang Mangamba poster
2.0

One fateful night, two girls die in an accident but miraculously come back to life at the same time. Bro crosses the paths of Mira, a blind orphan girl, and Joy, a misunderstood teenager, and leads them to renew the faith community of a small town called Hermoso. In the course of their mission to rebuild the church, they also uncover the secret of their identity.

Huwag Kang Mangamba

2021

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

No artwork available
6.0

Apoy Sa Dagat is a 2013 Philippine television drama that aired on ABS-CBN from February 11, 2013 to July 5, 2013. It is topbilled by Piolo Pascual, Diether Ocampo, and Angelica Panganiban in her first dual role.

Apoy Sa Dagat

2013

Film credits

2020s · 6 titles

2010s · 10 titles

Alone/Together poster
6.1

Former college sweethearts Christine and Raf reconnect as adults — reminiscing of their shared past, and revisiting what could've been their future.

Alone/Together

2019

Miss You Like Crazy poster
8.2

Allan and Mia meet in the most unexpected way. They eventually become close, causing their romance to blossom. Faced with huge decisions in life, the two find it hard to fight for their love for each other.

Miss You Like Crazy

2010

Nay poster
NR

Martin is a rich, sheltered youth who gets transformed into an aswang by his yaya, Nay Luisa. She teaches him how to hunt the poor and the weak for food, in Manila, a city that consistently dehumanizes and neglects the marginalized.

Nay

2017

Jesusa poster
NR

Jesusa, a barren woman comes to her wit’s end when her philandering husband moves in with his latest mistress. Left only with her stepdaughters, she succumbs to the sordid ways of the neighborhood drug addicts

Jesusa

2019

Wedding Tayo, Wedding Hindi! poster
3.2

Toni and Uge play close cousins in this movie. One is trying to end her marriage and the other trying to get married. Together they will discover and rediscover the most important lessons on staying married and getting married.

Wedding Tayo, Wedding Hindi!

2011

Bulong poster
3.3

Hospital worker Conan is hopelessly in love with a sexy and beautiful nurse named Ellen. He is on friendly terms with the alluring lady, but gets desperate when he sees her kissing a resident doctor. The jealous guy seeks the help of his friends and learns about the power of a wish whispered to the dead. He scampers off to a wake and surreptitiously opens the casket. In a barely audible way, he whispers: Mahalin ako ni Ellen.

Bulong

2011

Mama’s Girl poster
NR

Young girl learns life lessons from loving mother.

Mama’s Girl

2018

The Imminent Immanent poster
8.0

As a typhoon bears down on a sleepy rural town in the Philippines, strange events and even stranger behaviour foreshadow the watery catastrophe to come.

The Imminent Immanent

2018

The Trial poster
7.5

A mentally-challenged guy was put into trial after allegedly raping his teacher. And as Amanda, Julian, and Ronald try to mount a convincing defense, they discover soon that they're all connected in more ways than just the case.

The Trial

2014

The Barker poster
8.0

A story of a barker who falls in love with a beautiful lady.

The Barker

2017

2000s · 5 titles

Akin Ang Labang Ito poster
NR

A Filipino action-drama about a determined man who refuses to back down from the challenges confronting him. Driven by courage and a strong sense of responsibility, he faces powerful adversaries and personal hardships in a fight to protect what matters most to him.

Akin Ang Labang Ito

2000

Unspoken Passion poster
6.6

Sikil tells the story of two men and a woman who are involved in a bizarre love triangle. These three friends grew up in a small town south of Manila. Enzo is a young closet gay prostitute who's obsessed with his childhood friend who happens to be a call-boy and has a girlfriend. Other interesting characters are the bi-sexual pimp, a regular bathhouse customer, and a sampaguita vendor-pickpocket-shoplifter and caretaker of Adong's daughter.

Unspoken Passion

2008

Forevermore poster
8.7

Young successful architect Anton obligingly pays a visit to his ailing grandfather Alejandor Cordero’s in their Cordero estate. The people in his grandfather’s place believe to a legend that their mango orchard would yield the sweetest mangoes in the country when the next Cordero will learn to fall in love unconditionally. Anton’s grandfather believes that Anton needs to find his one true love so the legend would be proven true. Anton does not share the same belief. When Marian learns about the homecoming of her childhood friend and crush; she gets excited for she believes that she and Anton would make the tale come true.

Forevermore

2002

Dreamboy poster
7.2

Hopeless romatic Cyd met three versions of the same man, until she was in for a rude awakening.

Dreamboy

2005

Pag Oras Mo... Oras Mo Na poster
9.0

An alcoholic detective meets a witty attorney.

Pag Oras Mo... Oras Mo Na

2000

1990s · 30 titles

Lethal Panther poster
5.8

In a war for gang supremacy, two beautiful female assassins are given the ultimate target - each other.

Lethal Panther

1990

Shake, Rattle & Roll II poster
6.3

Three terrifying tales follow a young groom in Baguio for his honeymoon is possessed by a homicidal spirit when he discovers a cursed ring and decides to wear it; in the eerie halls of a mysterious hospital, a doctor practices voodoo and dead bodies wander in the night; and a student who learns, while a guest at a town fiesta in a remote province, that the locals' hospitable ways leave her clueless about a mysterious nightly ritual.

Shake, Rattle & Roll II

1990

Kristo poster
7.0

The Gospel of John is reimagined as a Filipino pasyon tale.

Kristo

1996

No artwork available
NR

Three Women. Three tales of lust, love and woe.

Isang Gabi Tatlong Babae

1991

Takbo... Talon... Tili!!! poster
5.0

Episode 1: Mahiwagang Banga Decapitated, murdered and buried in the jar, the witch doctor promised to come back and seek revenge... Episode 2: Ang Lalaki sa Salamin Debora longingly believes that at midnight she will see the face of her future husband in a 100 year old mirror. Curious, she chants to a mirror and see Fidel... Episode 3: Mga Laruan ni Kiko, Tito and Toto Kiko, Tito and Toto were trapped in the mall after it closed for the night. Here, Michelle, the mannequin, and Toy Guardians come alive... - Written by cinelamour

Takbo... Talon... Tili!!!

1992

Hanggang Kailan Kita Mamahalin? poster
7.0

Lisa and Mike lives a happy life with a with a great family until one day when the promotions in the company they both work for chose Lisa instead Mike to be promoted. Due to this event their lives change when Mike's pride got the better of him causing both trouble in work as well as in the family.

Hanggang Kailan Kita Mamahalin?

1997

Isang Linggong Pag-ibig poster
NR

A rich heiress leaves her cheating boyfriend, escapes to the countryside, and falls for a local folk singer.

Isang Linggong Pag-ibig

1993

Esperanza: The Movie poster
9.5

A Filipino movie based on the television series Esperanza, opens up where the TV finale left off.

Esperanza: The Movie

1999

Alyas Stella Magtanggol poster
8.5

Femme fatale causing death to anyone she ever crossed paths with.

Alyas Stella Magtanggol

1992

Sonny Boy, Public Enemy Number 1 of Cebu City poster
9.0

Sonny Boy's (Romnick Sarmenta) life begins to be in shambles when his parents separate. Can he be put back on the right path in life?

Sonny Boy, Public Enemy Number 1 of Cebu City

1992

Cheeta-eh: Ganda lalake? poster
NR

Cheeta-eh is a simple-minded jungle boy who is given a magical stone which turns him into a superhero, after he saves a girl from another planet. Being kind-hearted, Cheeta-eh puts his powers to good use, saving helpless people and doing good.

Cheeta-eh: Ganda lalake?

1991

Tora Tora, Bang Bang Bang poster
7.0

Its a story about a family get together of all the sons from different woman, meeting up with the father then going of war?! Confusing welcome to Tora Tora, Bang Bang Bang.

Tora Tora, Bang Bang Bang

1990

Dinampot Ka Lang sa Putik poster
4.3

A love triangle involving a young woman who leaves her provincial boyfriend and newborn son to try her luck in Manila. She meets a man who promises to marry her and take care of her son.

Dinampot Ka Lang sa Putik

1991

Darna poster
9.0

A girl is granted a magical stone by an angel to become the superheroine Darna to combat evil and would later battle Valentina, her future nemesis.

Darna

1991

Isla: The Young Version poster
4.5

A story of an innocent young lass desperate to leave her homeland to escape her adoptive father's lustful desires.

Isla: The Young Version

1996

Kulayan Natin Ang Bukas poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kulayan Natin Ang Bukas

1997

Mahal Ko Ang Mister Mo poster
4.0

A film by Junn P. Cabreira.

Mahal Ko Ang Mister Mo

1991

Ikaw Lang Ang Mamahalin (Camiguin) poster
7.0

Big 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

Hot Summer poster
7.5

A plot of love, lust, lies and revenge intertwine in one hot summer where multiple fates collide: Janine, a rich socialite returning home to the Philippines with her parents after the death of the family matriarch; Marco, her coy boyfriend harboring a secret connected to both their pasts; Loida, her mother, still haunted by the memory of a baby forcibly taken away from her 18 years ago; Leni, a simple girl and housemaid with big ambitions, silently jealous of Janine's looks, money, and man; and Robert, Marco's best friend simply longing for Leni's heart, if she could only take her eyes off of Marco.

Hot Summer

1990

Starzan III poster
7.5

Starzan part 3.

Starzan III

1990

Twist: Ako Si Ikaw, Ikaw Si Ako poster
8.0

a film by Efren Jarlego.

Twist: Ako Si Ikaw, Ikaw Si Ako

1990

How Much I Love You poster
8.0

A man whose face is burned beyond recognition, facing multiple operations, despairs, but is brought back to the land of the living by the love of a woman and his faith in God.

How Much I Love You

1993

Gangland poster
4.5

A gang of teenagers accidentally inherits a bag of drugs. They try to sell them back to their original gangster owners, but when that goes awry, they are reluctantly drawn into a protracted and bloody gang war. Meanwhile, they are neglected at home, and must deal with family abuse as well as the gangsters.

Gangland

1998

Bakit Pa Kita Minahal poster
9.0

The plight of two ill-fated sisters separated by the need to live a better life. They are re-united by tragedy.

Bakit Pa Kita Minahal

1994

No artwork available
9.5

A strong-willed matriarch and her family leave their fishing village for Manila after an oil spill.

Lucia

1992

Paniwalaan Mo poster
9.0

A woman, who is in a relationship, develops a friendship with a painter. Later, they realized they want each other more than friends, that made the relationship complicated.

Paniwalaan Mo

1993

Enteng and Mokong poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Enteng and Mokong

1997

Nimfa poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Nimfa

1990

Tolentino poster
10.0

A security guard battles bank robbers after stopping a bank heist.

Tolentino

1996

Hex poster
NR

In the eerie halls of a mysterious hospital, doctors practice voodoo and dead bodies wander in the night.

Hex

1990

Series credits

Be Careful With My Heart poster
7.0

Be Careful With My Heart is a 2012 Philippine daytime television drama which premiered on ABS-CBN on July 9, 2012 airing before It's Showtime. It is also broadcast worldwide on The Filipino Channel. It is topbilled by Jodi Sta. Maria and Richard Yap. It is one of the most successful teleserye of ABS-CBN. It is the first television drama in the Philippines made by ABS-CBN to be filmed and broadcast in high definition.

Be Careful With My Heart

2012

Angels Without a Heaven poster
6.5

Five downtrodden and unfortunate street children, all with their own unique stories, unite to survive the harsh conditions and harsher realities life applies to them.

Angels Without a Heaven

2005

Mundo Man ay Magunaw poster
NR

Mundo Man Ay Magunaw is a Philippine television drama on ABS-CBN. It stars Empress Schuck, Ejay Falcon and Nikki Gil. The series is loosely based on the 1990 film starring Susan Roces, Nida Blanca, Alicia Vergel, Dante Rivero, Michael Locsin, Jennifer Sevilla, Sheryl Cruz and Romnick Sarmenta of Seiko Films in the same title. The full trailer was to be shown on January 10. The television series was supposed to be aired in the Kapamilya Gold afternoon block. However It will be aired on late morning/early noon time slot at 11:30 a.m. before Happy Yipee Yehey!. On February 6, ABS-CBN moved the show to its new time slot at 2:30 pm on Kapamilya Gold, airing after It's Showtime. The series uses some of the story sequences from the serialized version on the radio drama in the late 1980s on DZRH as anchored by Salvador Royales himself.

Mundo Man ay Magunaw

2012

Huwag Kang Mangamba poster
2.0

One fateful night, two girls die in an accident but miraculously come back to life at the same time. Bro crosses the paths of Mira, a blind orphan girl, and Joy, a misunderstood teenager, and leads them to renew the faith community of a small town called Hermoso. In the course of their mission to rebuild the church, they also uncover the secret of their identity.

Huwag Kang Mangamba

2021

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

No artwork available
6.0

Apoy Sa Dagat is a 2013 Philippine television drama that aired on ABS-CBN from February 11, 2013 to July 5, 2013. It is topbilled by Piolo Pascual, Diether Ocampo, and Angelica Panganiban in her first dual role.

Apoy Sa Dagat

2013

Ningning poster
NR

The series shows life through the eyes of a little girl named Ningning. Born in a secluded island called Isla Baybay, Ningning grew up living a simple life with her father Dondon, her mother Lovely, and her grandmother Mamay. As a fisherman, Dondon barely earns enough to make ends meet but the constant support and love of his family makes him feel like the richest man in the world. Through their love for each other, everyday in Ningning's life seems happy and content. As fate would have it, a strong typhoon ravished the island and destroyed the boat by which Dondon makes his living. This forced the family to leave for the city to find a better life. Although faced with many challenges in their life in the city, Ningning and her family showed that though hope, perseverance, love of family and friends, all things are achievable. Through the eyes of Ningning the world takes on an innocent perception full of beautiful relationships, second chances, forgiveness, and love.

Ningning

2015

Crazy for You poster
NR

Crazy For You is a soap opera shown on ABS-CBN. It is the first television series about overseas Filipino workers, followed by 2012 soap Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo on the same network. It premiered simultaneously on ABS-CBN and The Filipino Channel on September 11, 2006, the first world launch in Philippine TV history. The show's title is taken from the 1985 Madonna pop-ballad of the same name.

Crazy for You

2006

The Greatest Love poster
NR

The Greatest Love (2016) Through the years, Gloria (Sylvia Sanchez) has become a doting and selfless mother to Amanda (Dimples Romana), Andrei (Matt Evans), Paeng (Arron Villaflor), and Lizelle (Andi Eigenmann). However, a long-kept secret will shatter their once happy family, leading Gloria’s children.

The Greatest Love

2016

No artwork available
NR

Langit sa Piling Mo or Heaven With You is a Filipino drama series produced by GMA Network, developed by Senedy Que and directed by Gil Tejada, Jr. The series featured Heart Evangelista, Mark Herras and Katrina Halili as the lead characters. It premiered May 31, 2010. Internationally, it is aired on GMA Pinoy TV with a two-day delay. From July 5, 2012 until October 12, 2012 GMA Life TV aired its English-dubbed version worldwide. Airport scenes are shot mainly at Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 in Pasay City.

Langit sa Piling Mo

2010

Koreana poster
NR

Koreana or Jenna is a Filipino drama television series produced by GMA Network. It stars Kris Bernal, Saab Magalona, Steven Silva and Rocco Nacino. This series is directed by Gil Tejada, Jr. and premiered October 11, 2010 on GMA Haponalo block. The show also broadcast internationally through GMA Pinoy TV and premiered three days later, October 14, 2010, from the original airdate. The show concluded on February 25, 2011, comprising a total of one hundred episodes. On May 29, 2013 GMA Life TV airs its English-dubbed version worldwide.

Koreana

2010

Iglot poster
NR

Iglot is a Philippine television drama series created by GMA Network. It premiered on GMA Telebabad and GMA Pinoy TV on August 29, 2011 and August 31, 2011, respectively. The shows stars Claudine Barretto, Marvin Agustin, Jolina Magdangal, Luis Alandy, Patrick Garcia, Pauleen Luna, and newcomer Milkcah Wynne Nacion.

Iglot

2011

Hanggang Saan poster
NR

Hanggang Saan is a 2017 Philippine drama television series starring Sylvia Sanchez and Arjo Atayde, together with Sue Ramirez, Maris Racal, Yves Flores, Teresa Loyzaga and Ariel Rivera.

Hanggang Saan

2017

Kuan On One poster
NR

Kuan on One is a Philippine digital talk show by ABS-CBN Studios. Hosted by Melai Cantiveros-Francisco, it premiered on YouTube and iWant on July 2, 2024. It has been recognized as the first mainstream talk show in the Cebuano language.

Kuan On One

2024

Eva Fonda poster
NR

Eva Fonda is a Filipino drama show on ABS-CBN that aired on December 1, 2008 and ended on February 6, 2009. Eva Fonda is a remake of a 1976 film of the same name starring Alma Moreno.

Eva Fonda

2008

No artwork available
6.0

E.S.P. is a horror Philippine drama by GMA Network starring Iza Calzado. The series premiered on February 7, 2008 and ended on May 8 of the same year. The show has a similarity of 2 American hit suspense series Ghost Whisperer and Medium.

E.S.P.

2008

Misis Piggy poster
NR

A single mother of three has devoted her life working hard to provide for her family. Her sacrifice finally pays off as she sees the success of her children. Their peaceful life is shaken when his ex-husband returns, hoping to make up for lost time.

Misis Piggy

2022

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

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