Maricel Soriano

Acting

Maricel Soriano

Born 1965-02-25

Maricel Soriano (born Maria Cecilia Dador Soriano; February 25, 1965) is a Filipina film and television actress. Dubbed "The Diamond Star", she has been active since 1971, appearing in over a hundred credits in a career spanning fifty-years. Soriano is the third most awarded film actress of all time in the Philippines, holding nineteen Best Actress wins including FAMAS Awards Best Actress and Luna Award for Best Actress.

Acting credits

Meet, Greet & Bye poster
7.0

A mother, who loves watching K-dramas, decides to stop her chemo treatment after losing hope of getting better. Her only dream before dying is to meet her ultimate K-drama idol, who is visiting Manila for a series of events. Her four children agree to work together with the condition that once their mother meets their idol, she will undergo therapy before her time runs out.

Meet, Greet & Bye

2025

Yakuza Contract poster
8.0

As current as today's headlines...the gripping saga of a small man's uphill fight against the dreadead Japanese mafia.

Yakuza Contract

1978

The Heiress poster
2.9

The Heiress centers on the story of Luna, a mambabarang or a powerful demon sorceress, who will stop at nothing to keep to herself her young niece, Guia.

The Heiress

2019

Girl, Boy, Bakla, Tomboy poster
7.3

Quadruplets are split into pairs and raised apart by their parents. They meet as adults by accident and have a tough choice to make when one needs a liver transplant.

Girl, Boy, Bakla, Tomboy

2013

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NR

As the carnival turns into a death trap, the guests must survive challenges while carnival freaks hunt every single one of them.

Haunted Carnival

2026

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

Batang Quiapo poster
10.0

In the heart of Manila, a rookie pickpocket crosses paths with Baldo, the so-called "king of pickpockets".

Batang Quiapo

1986

Ligaw-Ligawan, Kasal-Kasalan, Bahay-Bahayan poster
8.0

A 1993 Filipino drama anthology film by Joey Gosiengfiao.

Ligaw-Ligawan, Kasal-Kasalan, Bahay-Bahayan

1993

Estong Balisong poster
NR

Characters from the folk fantasy world empower the young leader of a small but prosperous town with a magical knife, an equally magical gun, and martial arts skills when criminal syndicate members wreak havoc on the once peaceful community.

Estong Balisong

1981

Re-Live: A Tale of an American Island Cheerleader poster
NR

Rowena, a transgender actress returns to her home on Guam for her high school reunion’s “do-over week,” to live out a big regret… her childhood dream of becoming a cheerleader. But she must then confront a different kind of reunion, with her estranged family.

Re-Live: A Tale of an American Island Cheerleader

Harvest Home poster
7.3

In a quiet, rural Filipino village, sibling rivalry continues through adulthood for two sisters and finally tears their family apart.

Harvest Home

1995

Yesterday Today Tomorrow poster
3.8

It’s a story of people and their secrets that tear them apart...The movie follows a surprising decision that each family member will make in the aftermath of a tragedy… life changing decisions that will either lead them to a future lasting happiness, or one full of despair.

Yesterday Today Tomorrow

2011

Clown poster
9.0

St. Peter inadvertently lost his heavenly keys that the Almighty sends his jester planet earth of all places to search for the misplaced keys. Wandering the streets, the petulant clown is greatly grieved by poverty and the moral degradation of man.

Clown

1986

T2 poster
6.0

A Save an Orphan Volunteer is taking care of a young girl, who is being stalked by Engkantos, as the chase begins, the lives that surrounding them maybe at risk.

T2

2009

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

Pustahan Tayo Mahal Mo Ako poster
NR

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Pustahan Tayo Mahal Mo Ako

1995

A Love Story poster
3.9

Ian Montes is a picture of success. Despite being a son of a shipping tycoon, Ian refused to just ride in his father's empire. He built his own real estate company and earned his first million at a very young age. He never looked back since then. Driven by his ambition to become better, if not as good as his father, Ian managed to make it on his own. But behind all the glory is a man yearning for love and recognition.

A Love Story

2007

Taray at Teroy poster
10.0

Estela "Taray" Caluglog is a stern and faultfinding provincial girl who travels to the city to prepare her papers to become a domestic helper in Singapore. Once a sunglasses-wearing boy named Teroy accidentally bumps Taray with his motorcycle, Taray angrily chases after him with her switchblade. As further hijinks ensue, the two get to know each other and eventually fall in love.

Taray at Teroy

1988

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

John en Marsha: Ngayong '91 poster
8.0

Shirley's unplanned bundle of joy strains her relationship with her father John, who accepted an odd job of being a human toy of a young boy to support her final year in college.

John en Marsha: Ngayong '91

1991

Ikaw Pa... Eh Love Kita poster
7.0

A 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

No Other Love poster
8.0

A lover's vow of eternal love is vigorously tested by time.

No Other Love

1982

Vagabond Woman poster
8.0

Remedios, born and raised in poverty, is an ambitious young woman vows to rise above her origins.

Vagabond Woman

1988

Kung Kaya Mo, Kaya Ko Rin! poster
3.0

A government agent investigating a suspected terrorist is accused of having an affair by his wife. The false accusation leads to the end of their marriage for the sake of their son.

Kung Kaya Mo, Kaya Ko Rin!

1996