Nora Aunor

Overview

She was born Nora Villamayor to a large, poor family in Iriga City, Camarines Sur. At age 5 she was selling water at the railroad station. The family lived in a nipa house with only one gasera to provide light, and sometimes Nora went to school barefoot. Then Tinseltown beckoned. She began to make films and was paired with Tirso Cruz III. As Guy and Pip, they were a popular pair for many years until they parted ways professionally. From musicals, Nora graduated to dramatic roles. And what an actress she turned out to be! She remains one of the very best.
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She is considered to be the greatest Filipino actress ever and one of the world's best. The most awarded and nominated actress in Philippine cinema, she also won several International Awards including the 1995 Cairo International Film Festival Best Actress, Asian Film Awards, and the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Actress. Her brand of underacting is incomparable. She could act through her eyes she says everything that needs to be said without uttering a word. Her silence hits the ground like thuds and words would only cheapen the moment
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She is the first Filipino actor to win an International acting award in a Major Film Festival (Cairo 1995 for the movie "The Flor Contemplacion Story") and the most number of Best Actress wins and nominations in International awards (Cairo 1995, East Asia 1997, Brussels 2004, Italy 2012, Australia 2012), and nominations (Berlin 1983, Singapore 1997, Cairo 1999, Singapore 1999, Italy 2012, India 2012). She is the first and only Filipino actor to receive Certificate of Honors (Cannes 1981 and Berlin 1983).
Arrested for possession of 6.69 grams of methamphetamine, found in her baggage at Los Angeles International Airport. The case was dismissed.
The only Filipino and Asian actress apart from China's Gong Li to be featured by HBO, an American cable network, in a documentary film about the lives and achievements of the world's greatest actresses (1997).
The first Filipino actor to win an international acting award in a Major Film Festival (Cairo 1995 for the movie "The Flor Contemplacion Story").
The first Filipino actress to sit as juror in an International Film Festival (Hawaii 1996).

It's great to win abroad but nothing beats being recognized by your countrymen.
[on her possible multiple nominations] I am not making films for an acting competition or awards, but for what good it would bring to our society. Those lessons to be shared with its audience that can alter their outlook on life, that's my intentions.

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