Judy Ann Santos

Acting

Judy Ann Santos

Born 1978-05-11 · Philippines

Judy Anne Lumagui Santos is a Filipino actress and film producer. Prolific in film and television in the Philippines since the early 1990s, she is known for her comedic and dramatic roles in independent films and blockbusters, as well as for her portrayals of oppressed and impoverished women. She has received various accolades, including a Cairo International Film Festival Award, a Gawad Urian, two Luna Awards, two Metro Manila Film Festival Awards, and three FAMAS Awards.

Acting credits

Scarecrow poster
6.3

As a family clashes over their late father's land, an eerie painting appears and releases something sinister during the nine-day funeral ritual.

Scarecrow

2025

No artwork available
NR

Upcoming biographical film based on the life and body of work of Philippine National Artist and acclaimed filmmaker Ishmael Bernal.

Bernal

Kusina poster
NR

The silent witness to the life and love of Juanita. It is her sanctuary, the place where she creates dishes for her family, her friends, even enemies and strangers. Through cooking, she gets to know the people around her, and in return, reveal herself to them.

Kusina

2016

T'yanak poster
NR

T’yanak is the story of Julie’s adopted baby who transforms into a monster and terrorizes their quiet town of Putting Bato with a series of brutal murders, including the wife of townsman who gets wrongly imprisoned for T’yanak’s crime.

T'yanak

2014

Ploning poster
5.3

In the picturesque island of Cuyo, Palawan, an illegal Taiwanese fishing vessel docks carrying the fisherman named Muo Sei, a man looking for something or someone with the name Ploning. He has from sunrise to sundown to look for this "Ploning".

Ploning

2008

Call My Manager: Pilot Episodes 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. A film cut of the two episodes of Call My Manager.

Call My Manager: Pilot Episodes

2025

Luv Text poster
5.5

Melissa is a spunky college student who’s completely love-struck and constantly dreams of her own Prince Charming. She finds herself transported back to her grandmother’s time and unravels the truth behind her grandmother’s beautiful but failed romance.

Luv Text

2001

Wow... Multo! poster
7.0

Kuya Joe, a radioman gets into a fight with a kid-smuggling syndicate led by Paquito who gets rid of Kuya Joe for good. Kuya Joe succeeds in haggling with St. Peter's high-tech heaven for a 3-day earth bound sojourn as an invisible soul.

Wow... Multo!

1997

No artwork available
NR

A fiction inspired by a true story of a group of Overseas Filipino Workers who looked for a good investment in preparation for their eventual return to the Philippines but turned out to become victims of million dollar fraud.

Miss Pinoy

Siblings poster
8.3

Lisa (Santos) and Cita (Cuneta) have a kinship as sisters, but their bond goes far beyond blood. The close-knit two are also best friends -- until a tragic misfortune strikes and the sisters' support system unravels.

Siblings

2002

Nasaan ang Puso poster
7.0

After separating for too long, two sisters are reunited but complications are bound to happen when bickerings of past continues. Joy, a succesful careerwoman, attempts to reconcile her parents and reconnects with her siblings.

Nasaan ang Puso

1997

Father En Son poster
7.0

A retired showman and his son get a shot at stardom.

Father En Son

1995

Jologs poster
7.8

Jologs portrays the intersecting stories of various working-class people who are all tied to one coffee shop and are struggling to make ends meet in the Philippines.

Jologs

2002

I'm Sorry, My Love poster
7.0

In the hope of landing a job that will eventually enable her to pay for her sister's operation Tinay leaves her small fishing village and heads for Manila. With only her dreams accompanying her she arrives in the big city and how! She gets hit by a car but that proves to be a blessing in disguise because the accident leads her to her employment. She then meets Randy the son of her boss whose girlfriend Sylvia has been goading that they get married. But Randy feels that he's not yet ready to settle down and when he refuses to marry her Sylvia hooks up with another guy in a desperate attempt to make him change his mind.

I'm Sorry, My Love

1998

Dyesebel poster
8.0

After years of hiding from a cruel, suspicious society on the land, the mermaid Dyesebel returns and falls in love with a man named Fredo. However, she becomes the target of Fredo's jealous ex girlfriend.

Dyesebel

1990

Mara Clara: The Movie poster
8.3

Almira and Susan give birth at the same time in the same hospital. Gary steals Almira’s newborn child and switches the infant to one of his newborn twins; in revenge to Almira’s decision of rejecting him, Gary concocts the wicked plan with his friend Kardo to switch the babies. However, one of the twins dies in the process of switching and the Del Valles are made to believe that the stillborn child is theirs. Gary then persuades Amante to adopt one of his twins to spare Almira from despair and sorrow. Amante agrees for a fee and Gary hands one of his twins to Amante. Kardo, feeling remorseful documents every detail of the event on his diary. Susan names her daughter Mara while the Del Valles name their child, Clara.

Mara Clara: The Movie

1996

Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita poster
6.4

Inya, a heroine of the Philippine resistance against the Japanese during World War II, recalls events involving her husband Edilberto and their childhood friend Ignacio, a transvestite who, masquerading as a woman also named Inya, becomes the lover of the local Japanese commander, Ichiru, and is caught between a duty to be a spy for his country and friends and his reluctant but growing love for Ichiru.

Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita

2004

Ang Dalawang Mrs. Reyes poster
6.1

After discovering their husbands have been having an affair with each other, two friends attempt to sabotage the relationship.

Ang Dalawang Mrs. Reyes

2018

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

Walang Iwanan... Peksman! poster
8.0

A Filipina meets a man in hiding.

Walang Iwanan... Peksman!

2002

Minsan Ko Lang Sasabihin poster
7.0

Alex, an NBI agent, is tasked with taking down a high-profile criminal. Anna is a heiress who runs away from home after several threats in her life. She poses as a poor woman and applies to babysit Alex's children.

Minsan Ko Lang Sasabihin

2000

Oh, My Girl! A Laugh Story... poster
1.0

Little Opao and Biboy grew up together in an orphanage in Taal, Batangas and promised themselves to be best friends forever. As they grow older they head into separate ways; to be adopted by their respective new parents. Opao is adopted by a spinster whose failed career in acting prompts her to mould Opao into a superstar with the nickname Darling. Meanwhile, Biboy is adopted by Crisp Pops.

Oh, My Girl! A Laugh Story...

2009

Kung Maibabalik Ko Lang poster
7.0

Donna, Judith, and Bessie are sisters from an aristocratic family. Each of them keeps a secret, all fighting for love and peace of one another.

Kung Maibabalik Ko Lang

1989

Dog Tag: Katarungan Sa Aking Kamay poster
9.0

Dante promises to find his colleague, Jojo's family after the latter is killed. Later, he fights for the injustices and crimes brought about by the town mayor, his son, and his minion of a crooked local police chief.

Dog Tag: Katarungan Sa Aking Kamay

1995