Nora Aunor
Actor, Film actor
1953 –
Who is Nora Aunor?
Nora Aunor is a critically acclaimed Filipina actress, recording artist, and film producer. Aunor has also topbilled several stage plays, television shows, and concerts.
Aunor started her career in the Philippine entertainment industry as a singer after she won an amateur singing contest. She made her film debut with All Over the World and also guested in youth-oriented flicks produced by Vera-Perez Pictures and United Brothers Production. Aunor transformed herself into a serious actress and came to be regarded as an acting heavyweight, performing in films such as Tatlong taong walang Diyos, Himala, Bona, The Flor Contemplacion Story and Thy Womb which gave her international and local awards and nominations.
Aunor received 17 FAMAS Award nominations and was elevated to the "Hall of Fame" after winning five Best Actress Awards. She is the most nominated actress of Gawad Urian Awards with 17 nominations, winning seven. She has more nominations as Best Actress than any other Filipino actor in both FAMAS and Gawad Urian award giving bodies. She has won eight trophies from PMPC Star Awards for her work in television and movies, eight Metro Manila Film Festival, four Luna Awards, five Young Critics Circle Awards, a Cairo Film Festival award, an Asia Pacific Screen Awards, an Asian Film Awards, a Berlin Film Festival Award nomination, and a Venice Film Festival Awards nomination, amongst others.
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- Born
- May 21, 1953
Iriga - Also known as
- Maria Leonora Teresa Villamayor
- N.V.D.L.
- Nora Cabaltera Villamayor
- Nora Villamayor
- Nora Aunor Villamayor
- Nora "Guy" Aunor
- Nora C. Villamayor
- Nora
- Guy
- Ate Guy
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Christopher de Leon
(1975/01/25 - 1980)
- Christopher de Leon
- Children
- Nationality
- Philippines
- Profession
- Education
- Centro Escolar University
- Lived in
- Camarines Sur
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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