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Pokwang is a Actor Philippine born on 27 august 1970
Marietta Subong (born August 27, 1970 in Iloilo City, Iloilo, Philippines), better known by her stage name Pokwang is a Filipina comedienne, actress, TV host, singer, impersonator and salon co-owner. She started in a reality show in ABS-CBN and subsequently appeared in dramas and sitcoms of the network. She also received the Best Comedy Actress award from the Philippine Movie Press Club for her portrayal in the sitcom Aalog-Alog and the Best Female Comedian award from People’s Choice Awards. She became a host of the variety show Wowowee,"Pilipinas Win na Win" and "Happy Yipee Yehey". She is also known for impersonating actress Annabelle Rama, Dionisia Pacquiao (Manny Pacquiao's mother), and Marlene Aguilar, the sister of singer Freddie Aguilar. She was look alike with Marinduque Rep. Regina Reyes.
Pokwang is a member of ABS CBN's Star Magic group of entertainers.
She is currently residing in Antipolo, Rizal.
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Pokwang is a member of ABS CBN's Star Magic group of entertainers.
She is currently residing in Antipolo, Rizal.
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My Illegal Wife (2014)
Origin Philippines
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Pokwang, Zanjoe Marudo, Ellen Adarna, Edgar Allan Guzman, Empoy Marquez, Pooh Garcia
Roles Clarise
Rating54%
Directed by Joyce Bernal
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Kim Chiu, Xian Lim, Kean Cipriano, Mylene Dizon, EJ Jallorina, Tonton Gutierrez
Roles Cora Veloso
Rating62%
Sandy Veloso (Kim Chiu) is a modern-day ugly duckling who is obsessed with her boyfriend Edgardo (Kean Cipriano). After he breaks with her, Sandy is left to ponder why she feels unwanted.
Call Center Girl (2013)
, 1h47Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Pokwang, Jessy Mendiola, Enchong Dee, John Lapus, Ejay Falcon, K Brosas
Roles Teresa "Terry" Manlapat
Rating58%
Origin Philippines
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Wally Bayola, Jose Manalo, Pokwang, Solenn Heussaff, Paolo Ballesteros, Gina Pareño
Roles Kitty Kilabot
Rating63%
Two brothers become rivals in the affections of the same woman. Their rivalry tears them apart, and causes one of them to be heartbroken. But the two are forced to reunite in order to protect their family from a greedy businessman.
The Healing (2012)
Directed by Chito S. Roño
Origin Philippines
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Ghost films
Actors Kim Chiu, Janice de Belen, Pokwang, Robert Arevalo, Martin del Rosario, Mark Gil
Roles Alma
Rating67%
After her father (Robert Arevalo) suffers from a severe stroke, Seth (Vilma Santos) decides to bring him to Manang Elsa (Daria Ramirez), a faith healer. Elsa, who apparently has the ability to heal people from illnesses, performs the "healing" and prescribes herbal medicine. As Seth and her father prepare to leave, a man, who is next in line to see Elsa, collapses and loses consciousness and so the people immediately brings him inside. Seth looks back at the commotion before going home with her father.
The Mommy Returns (2012)
, 1h55Directed by Joel Lamangan
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Gabby Concepcion, Pokwang, Ruffa Gutierrez, Jillian Ward, John Lapus, Kiráy
Roles Ruby Pascual - Martirez
Rating56%
The Mommy Returns tells the story of a mother, Ruby (Pokwang), who dies right on the day of her 25th wedding anniversary with husband, William (Gabby Concepcion). With her untimely death, she leaves behind her three children Amethyst (Kiray Celis), Topaz (Gerald Pesigan), and Sapphire (Jillian Ward).
24/7 In Love (2012)
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Bea Alonzo, Gerald Anderson, Kathryn Bernardo, Kim Chiu, John Lloyd Cruz, Zaijian Jaranilla
Roles Virginia Matimtiman
Rating62%
Jane (Kathryn Bernardo), a die-hard fan, wants to win tickets to Billy Fernandez's (Daniel Padilla) concert. To do this she must answer the question, "What would you do if it was the end of the world?" In search for this answer she meets different people with different love stories: a 40-year-old virgin named Virginia (Pokwang) who meets a gigolo named Charles (Sam Milby); a hopeless romantic secretary, Barbara (Maja Salvador) who is helping her boss, Ken (Diether Ocampo) with "personal issues"; Belle (Bea Alonzo) who is in love with her gay best-friend, Butch (Zanjoe Marudo), an active-executive; Verna (Angelica Panganiban) who falls in love with a waiter named Elvis (John Lloyd Cruz) in Vietnam; Jomar (Zaijan Jaranilla) who is trying to court Ayie (Xyriel Manabat) with the help of a 35-year-old mentally-challenged man named Pipoy (Piolo Pascual); Patty (Kim Chiu) who traces her first love, Alvin (Gerald Anderson) to become a model for her company.
A Mother's Story (2011)
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama
Themes Films about immigration
Actors Pokwang, Xyriel Manabat, Rayver Cruz, Ana Capri, K Brosas, Daria Ramirez
Roles Remedios "Medy" Santos
Rating13%
Medy (Pokwang) is a makeup artist living in the Philippines with her family, composed of her jobless husband (Nonie Buencamino), a son (Aaron Junatas, and later, Rayver Cruz), and an infant daughter. She regularly does the make-up of a popular concert star, who late on chose her as a personal make-up artist in a concert tour in the United States. While in America, she met her former classmate Helen (Beth Tamayo) who convinced Medy to stay in the country to be an illegal migrant worker. She decides to take Helen's offer, in hopes that working abroad will bring the prosperity her family seeks.
Pak! Pak! My Dr. Kwak! (2011)
Origin Philippines
Genres Comedy
Actors Vic Sotto, Bea Alonzo, Zaijian Jaranilla, Xyriel Manabat, Pokwang, Tomas
Roles Pining
Rating62%
Angelo dreams of creating a medicine that could cure his father’s illness. With some knowledge about medicinal herbs, he makes a living as a faith healer. Everyone believes him, except Cielo Delos Santos, a doctor who swears to do everything to uncover Angelo’s secret.
, 1h45Origin Philippines
Genres Comedy
Actors Melisa Cantiveros, Jason Francisco, Joem Bascon, Martin del Rosario, Gina Pareño, Pokwang
Roles Sr.Purisima
Rating57%
A poor girl, by the name of Pura who lives near the rails of the train experiences fun, adventure, and romance, in the greatest adventure of her life. Together with her friend, Ruben, they try to find a model, by the name of Daniella Fabella Dela Bamba. If they did not succeed, they will be killed by the evil Mother Baby/Mother Greedy, and the Tsinelas gang. In search, Pura meets a boy by the name of Gerald, and falls in love with him. However, Gerald does not return her feelings, because he is in love with Daniella who is pregnant. Pura finds her mother, Purisima, who currently is a nun in a cathedral. Her mother helps her escape Mother Baby's guards. Sooner, Pura also learns that her best friend, Ruben, is in love with her, and falls in love with him in the process. When Mother Baby is defeated, she and Ruben get married, in the Train Station.
Cinco (2010)
Directed by Cathy Garcia-Molina
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Sam Concepcion, AJ Perez, Robi Domingo, Jodi Sta. Maria, Maja Salvador, Rayver Cruz
Rating58%
I Do (2010)
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Erich Gonzales, Enchong Dee, Pokwang, Nash Aguas, Melisa Cantiveros, Dennis Padilla
Roles Nenita Punongbayan
Rating65%
Mayumi (Erich Gonzales) is a girl with a happy disposition in life who dreams of meeting her "the one" someday. She has been dreaming of meeting her "the one" and having the perfect wedding ever since she was a little girl. When she meets Lance (Enchong Dee), a Chinese descendant, in a wedding, she immediately knows that he is "the one" she is waiting for, her faith and destiny. The two of them become lovers despite the unwillingness of their families to their relationship.
Nobody Nobody But Juan (2009)
Directed by Eric Quizon
Origin Philippines
Genres Comedy
Actors Dolphy, Eddie García, Gloria Romero, Eugene Domingo, Pokwang, Eric Quizon
Roles Lolay/Lolita
Rating56%
Nobody, nobody but...Juan tells the story of a U.S.-based senior citizen named Juan (Dolphy) who lives in a senior citizens' home run by his son (Eric Quizon) and daughter-in-law (G. Toengi). The home's staff consist of a "black man" and a "chinaman", revealed as 2 gay Filipino TNTs who adopted identities to evade Immigration officers. Juan's favorite pastime is watching Wowowee on The Filipino Channel, though he does not watch the show just for entertainment's sake. Beside wanting to connect with the Philippines that he dearly misses, Juan is lonesome for his first love Aida (Gloria Romero), with whom he lost touch during the Japanese occupation of Manila. Wowowee is Juan's way of coping with homesickness and reliving the past. He usually creates alarms and scandals if he never watches Wowowee every day. He also has a son, who is a womanizer and has many children out of wedlock.
The Wanderer (2008)
Origin Philippines
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Actors Nash Aguas, Michael V., John Manalo, Nova Villa, Pokwang, Johnny Delgado
Rating68%
Dayo is a heartwarming story of overcoming one's fear and succeeding over adversity. The plot revolves around Bubuy (voiced by Nash Aguas) who is out to save his abducted grandparents in the land of Elementalia, a magical and mystical world that houses many of the Philippines' mythical creatures and other enchanted elements. This locally produced animated film aims to reintroduce the other side of mythical creatures like the tikbalang, kapre, manananggal, and aswang by giving a new dimension to these typically reviled creatures.
SupahPapalicious (2008)
Directed by Gilbert Perez
Origin Philippines
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Vhong Navarro, Valerie Concepcion, Makisig Morales, Pokwang, Baron Geisler, Empoy Marquez
Roles Nymfa/Inday
Rating59%
The spurned lover Adonis (Vhong Navarro) has to win over Athena's only son, Atong (Makisig Morales), to court his single mom, Athena (Valerie Concepcion). Atong decides the only kind of man good enough for his mother is a man with a big family. Adonis' help from his friends to work in special effects to transformed into his pretending imaginary family in disguise: a spunky Lola and a wacky Black American to be able to win Athena’s heart to convince Atong that Adonis is good enough to win the love of his life.