Eugene Domingo

She was nominated as "Best Actress in a Play award" for her role at the International Theater Award and eventually hailed as "Best Actress in Theater role" for Bona at the 25th Aliw Awards.

Eugena Roxas Domingo-Bottoni (born July 23, 1971) is a Filipino actress, comedienne and host.

She has performed in lead and supporting roles in various genres of the Philippine film industry.

Eugene Roxas Domingo was born at 1:00 AM on July 23, 1971, in Malate, Manila to Reynaldo Aguinaldo Domingo and Cecilia Atad Roxas.

According to her, she was fond of copying her teachers and other people during her childhood life.

She became interested in acting when she witnessed a musical held at the CCP Complex.

She studied Theatre Arts at the University of the Philippines Diliman, apprenticing as an actress and production staff under the university's theatre company, Dulaang UP.

As a theatre major, she went through selling tickets, inviting students to attend their play, begging professors to require students to watch, ushering the audience in and out of the auditorium, rehearsing all night, and learning from the not-so-conventional styles of the most diva directors.

The film was also chosen by the Film Academy of the Philippines to represent the Philippines in the Best Foreign Language Film category of the 84th Academy Awards.

Domingo started her minor acting career through the movie, "Emma Salazar Case" produced by Regal Entertainment in 1991.

She was launched in television as Dolores in a series, Valiente run by ABS-CBN and GMA Network in 1992 to 1997.

It was then followed by a biographical movie "Maricris Sioson" in 1993 and as condominium maid in "Sa Ngalan ng Pag-ibig" in 1995.

In 1998, she appeared in a three films produced by Viva Films, Pagdating Ng Panahon, Ikaw Pa Rin Ang Iibigin and Pusong Mamon.

She also appeared on the Book 1 of a GMA Network's series, Kirara, Ano Ang Kulay ng Pag-ibig? in 1999.

She had her first hosting role through "D-Day with Ms. Dina Bonnevie" in 1999.

But, there was a time, when, out of sheer frustration, she stopped acting for the TV-film cameras because of bit player roles.

Domingo went back to school and finished her undergraduate thesis, performing the play 'night, Mother opposite Harlene Bautista.

After finishing her degree, she continued to perform in several stage productions.

Until a friend, now television director Andoy Ranay, insisted that she give TV acting a second chance.

She was immediately cast on ABS-CBN show, Sa Dulo Ng Walang Hanggan in 2002.

According to her, "acting for TV was really sweeter the second time around, because i found companions who are, with utmost respect to craft, knowing they also came from theater...".

She is popularly known as the "Comedy Star for All Seasons" and was a sidekick of Ai-Ai delas Alas in the Ang Tanging Ina series (2003–2010), until her very first lead film role in Kimmy Dora in 2009.

She is currently an exclusive artist of GMA Network.

Following that, she was cast as Rowena in a launching television series of now Philippines Queen of Comedy Ai-Ai delas Alas, Ang Tanging Ina produced by ABS-CBN in 2003.

In the same year, she reprised her role at the show's movie version produced by Star Cinema.

She became famous in television through her role as crazy woman named "Lorelie" in a fantasy series, Marina starring Claudine Barretto.

She was also cast in films such as Lastikman and Malikmata.

Domingo became known as a sidekick of the Philippines' Queen of Comedy, Ai-Ai delas Alas appearing again on the latter's film, Volta in 2004.

The next year, she appeared on three films, as Tacing in Star Cinema's Can This Be Love, VIVA Films' Purita and on a cameo role in Seiko Films' Bikini Open.

She was cast as Sister Clara, a nun in an adapted series Kampanerang Kuba and also joined Eula Valdez and Jean Garcia on hosting a reality cooking show, Makuha Ka sa Tikim in 2005.

Domingo's other notable films include Bahay Kubo (2007) for which she received her first Best Supporting Actress award.

Since 2008, she has been a contract artist of GMA Network, appearing on various comedy shows like Jejemom (2010), drama shows like Ako si Kim Sam Soon (2008), Ang Babaeng Hinugot Sa Aking Tadyang (2009) and First Time (2010).

She also hosted Cool Center (2009–2010) and Comedy Bar (2010–2011).

Domingo is the only actress in the Philippine entertainment history to have participated in six films (Working Girls, Here Comes the Bride, Mamarazzi, Petrang Kabayo, RPG: Metanoia, Ang Tanging Ina Mo (Last na 'To!)) produced by eight major Filipino production companies (GMA Films, Regal Films, Unitel Productions, OctoArts Films, Quantum Films, VIVA Films, Ambient Media, and Star Cinema) within a year (in 2010).

Domingo holds the record of being the first lead actress in Philippine cinema to star in the most films — seven — in a year.

Her most successful film to date is the Cinemalaya entry, Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank (2011), which is the highest-grossing independent film in Philippine history.

The film was an official entry for various international film festivals in Vancouver, South Korea, Hawaii, Japan, and Italy.

Domingo achieved "Best Actress" awards, at the Cinemalaya (2011) and 10th Gawad Tanglaw for Films (2012).

She also received the "People's Choice Award for Best Actress" at the 6th Asian Film Awards (2012) in Hong Kong and "Best Actress" award at the 3rd Pau International Film Festival in France.

Apart from her television and mainstream appearance, she also headlined theater show in Bona produced by the Philippine Educational Theater Association in 2012.