
Acting
Sylvia Sanchez
Born
1971-05-19 (55)
Place of birth
Nasipit, Agusan del Norte, Philippines
Known for
Acting
Credits
70 titles
Known for
7.0Be 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
6.5Five 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
2.0One 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
NRMundo 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
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
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
NRTwo people with Down syndrome navigate love, acceptance, and self-discovery in a world that often sees their condition before seeing them.
I'mPerfect
2025
2.0It is Salve’s dream for her children to live happily after working hard to raise them alone. Now in her daughter Sally’s wedding, she feels she has accomplished that seeing her children giving tribute to her. Unknown to her, a big surprise awaits when they arrived home. An unconscious man is in their gate. Salve is quite familiar who the man is. She can never forget him – he is the man who left him years ago for another woman – her husband Benny.
Coming Home
2020
NRBased on true stories. These Five Filipino overseas contract workers tell a plot contrary to what is perceived as ordinary and looked on the sunny side of life and work abroad in rose-colored glasses.
OFW the Movie
2023
NRFacing the threat of demolition from a ruthless developer, young folk-punk Ria joins her foster mother and their punk community to defend their home, the last surviving building standing amid the ruins of their neighborhood.
Ria
2026
6.0Based on true stories. These Five Filipino overseas contract workers tell a plot contrary to what is perceived as ordinary and looked on the sunny side of life and work abroad in rose-colored glasses.
OFW: The Movie
2023
NRThe stubborn and feisty Mamang is back in town after 20 years to organize her funeral. But she wants to be cremated against all odds...
Silig
2024
2010s · 10 titles
6.1Former college sweethearts Christine and Raf reconnect as adults — reminiscing of their shared past, and revisiting what could've been their future.
Alone/Together
2019
3.2Toni 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
NRMartin 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
8.2Allan 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
NRJesusa, 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
3.3Hospital 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
8.0As 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
NRYoung girl learns life lessons from loving mother.
Mama’s Girl
2018
7.5A 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
8.0A story of a barker who falls in love with a beautiful lady.
The Barker
2017
2000s · 5 titles
8.7Young 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
NRA 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
7.2Hopeless romatic Cyd met three versions of the same man, until she was in for a rude awakening.
Dreamboy
2005
6.6Sikil 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
9.0An alcoholic detective meets a witty attorney.
Pag Oras Mo... Oras Mo Na
2000
1990s · 30 titles
5.8In a war for gang supremacy, two beautiful female assassins are given the ultimate target - each other.
Lethal Panther
1990
6.3Three 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
Three Women. Three tales of lust, love and woe.
Isang Gabi Tatlong Babae
1991
7.0Lisa 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
NRA rich heiress leaves her cheating boyfriend, escapes to the countryside, and falls for a local folk singer.
Isang Linggong Pag-ibig
1993
5.0Episode 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
7.0The Gospel of John is reimagined as a Filipino pasyon tale.
Kristo
1996
9.0Sonny 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
4.0A film by Junn P. Cabreira.
Mahal Ko Ang Mister Mo
1991
8.5Femme fatale causing death to anyone she ever crossed paths with.
Alyas Stella Magtanggol
1992
4.5A story of an innocent young lass desperate to leave her homeland to escape her adoptive father's lustful desires.
Isla: The Young Version
1996
9.5A Filipino movie based on the television series Esperanza, opens up where the TV finale left off.
Esperanza: The Movie
1999
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Kulayan Natin Ang Bukas
1997
NRCheeta-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
7.5A 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
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
9.0A 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
7.0Its 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
4.3A 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
8.0A 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
A strong-willed matriarch and her family leave their fishing village for Manila after an oil spill.
Lucia
1992
4.5A 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
8.0a film by Efren Jarlego.
Twist: Ako Si Ikaw, Ikaw Si Ako
1990
7.5Starzan part 3.
Starzan III
1990
9.0The 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
4.0No synopsis available yet.
Nimfa
1990
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Enteng and Mokong
1997
9.0A 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
10.0A security guard battles bank robbers after stopping a bank heist.
Tolentino
1996
NRIn the eerie halls of a mysterious hospital, doctors practice voodoo and dead bodies wander in the night.
Hex
1990
Series credits
7.0Be 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
6.5Five 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
2.0One 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
NRMundo 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
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
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
NRKoreana 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
NRThe 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
NRThe 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
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
NRCrazy 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
NRIglot 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
NRHanggang 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
NRKuan 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
NREva 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
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
NRA 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
NRPamilya 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

