American-born Filipino actress Liza Soberano has received many accolades for her work in film and television. She began her career as a teenager with a minor role in a 2011 episode of the fantasy anthology series Wansapanataym , followed by a supporting part in the drama series Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo , [1] for which she was nominated for a Star Award for Best Female New TV Personality. For much of 2013, she played third wheel roles in films—the coming-of-age romantic comedy Must Be... Love and the comedy-drama She's the One . [1] [2] Soberano had her breakthrough role in the second season of the drama series Got to Believe (2014). She played the love interest of Daniel Padilla's character, alongside Kathryn Bernardo. [3]
In 2014, Soberano landed her first major role, opposite Enrique Gil, in the romantic drama series Forevermore , [1] [4] for which she received the award for Most Promising Female Star at the 2015 Box Office Entertainment Awards. Her profile increased with two roles in commercially successful romantic comedies of 2015 which co-starred Gil. [5] She played an unattractive exchange student in Just the Way You Are , [6] [7] and a woman conflicted by her feelings for two men in Everyday I Love You . [8] Her role as an adventurous young aristocrat in the drama series Dolce Amore (2016) garnered Soberano a nomination for the Star Award for Best Drama Actress. [9] [1] Critical success followed with her performance of a weblog writer on a job assignment with an ex-boyfriend in Cathy Garcia-Molina's drama My Ex and Whys (2017). [10] It became her highest-grossing release, [11] and earned her the Box Office Entertainment Award for Box Office Queen. That same year, she took on the role of Miss Universe 2015 winner Pia Wurtzbach in a biographical episode of the anthology series Maalaala Mo Kaya . [12]
For her portrayal of a tribal heroine in the epic fantasy series Bagani (2018), [13] Soberano was nominated for a Star Award for Best Drama Actress. She then starred in Antoinette Jadaone's drama Alone/Together , [14] which earned her two wins at the 2020 Box Office Entertainment Awards—Princess of Philippine Movies and Television and Most Popular Loveteam for Movies. Later that year, she starred as a struggling migrant worker in Dubrovnik in the romantic drama series Make It with You (2020). [15] She also voiced the titular protagonist in the Netflix animated series Trese (2021), about a detective who deals with crimes of supernatural origin. [16] In 2024, Soberano made her Hollywood debut in Zelda Williams 's comedy horror film Lisa Frankenstein . [17]
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
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2013 | Must Be... Love | Angel Gomez | [1] | |
2013 | She's the One | Gillian | [1] | |
2015 | Just the Way You Are | Sophia Taylor | [18] | |
2015 | Everyday I Love You | Audrey Locsin | [19] | |
2017 | My Ex and Whys | Calixta "Cali" Ferrer | [1] | |
2019 | Alone/Together | Christine "Tin" Lazaro | [20] | |
2024 | Lisa Frankenstein | Taffy | [21] | |
TBA | Patron Saints of Nothing† | Mia | [22] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
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2011 | Wansapanataym | Mac | Episode: "Mac-Ulit-Ulit" | [1] |
2012 | Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo | Claire Raymundo | Credited as Hope Soberano | [1] |
2012 | Maalaala Mo Kaya | Young Gladys | Episode: "Singsing" | [1] |
2013–2019 | ASAP | Herself | Host | [1] |
2013 | Wansapanataym | Dahlia | Episode: "Flores de Mayo" | [1] |
2013 | Maalaala Mo Kaya | Una | Episode: "Box" | [1] |
2013–2014 | Got to Believe | Alexa "Alex" Rodrigo | [1] | |
2014 | Maalaala Mo Kaya | Aileen | Episode: "Orasan" | [1] |
2014–2015 | Forevermore | Maria Agnes Calay | [1] | |
2016 | Dolce Amore | Serena Marchesa | [1] | |
2017 | Maalaala Mo Kaya | Pia Wurtzbach | Episode: "Korona" | [23] |
2018 | Bagani | Ganda | [24] | |
2020 | Make It with You | Belinda "Billy" Dimaguiba | [25] | |
2020 | Trese | Alexandra Trese (voice) | Animated series | [16] |
Year | Soundtrack | Song | Label | Ref |
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2015 | Just the Way You Are | "With You in My Life" | Star Music | [26] |
2018 | Dolce Amore | "Kung Di Magkatagpo" (with Enrique Gil) | Star Music | [27] |
2018 | Dolce Amore | "Spark" | Star Music | [28] |
Year | Title | Performer(s) | Director | Album | Ref |
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2019 | "Estella" | Philia | Arci Muñoz, Jeremy Abano | Philia | [29] |
2021 | "The Baddest" | BGYO | Amiel Kirby Guevara Balagtas | The Light | [30] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
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2022 | An Open Mind with Liza Soberano | Host | 12 episodes | [31] |
Award | Year [lower-alpha 1] | Recipient(s) and nominee(s) | Category | Result | Ref |
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Awit Awards | 2017 | "Spark" | Best Performance by a New Female Recording Artist | Nominated | [32] |
Box Office Entertainment Awards | 2015 | Forevermore | Most Promising Female Star of the Year | Won | [33] |
2016 | Most Popular Love Team of Movies and TV [lower-alpha 2] | Won | [34] | ||
2017 | Dolce Amore | Most Popular Love Team of the Year [lower-alpha 2] | Won | [35] | |
2018 | My Ex and Whys | Box Office Queen | Won | [36] | |
2020 | Alone/Together | Princess of Philippine Movies and Television | Won | [37] | |
Most Popular Loveteam for Movies [lower-alpha 2] | Won | ||||
FAMAS Awards | 2020 | Liza Soberano | German Moreno Youth Achievement Award | Won | [38] |
Star Awards for Movies | 2014 | Must Be... Love | New Movie Actress of the Year | Nominated | [39] |
2016 | Everyday I Love You | Movie Love Team of the Year [lower-alpha 2] | Nominated | [40] | |
Star Awards for Television | 2013 | Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo | Best Female New TV Personality | Nominated | [1] |
2015 | Liza Soberano | German Moreno Power Tandem Award [lower-alpha 2] | Won | [41] | |
2016 | Dolce Amore | Best Drama Actress | Nominated | [42] | |
2018 | Bagani | Nominated | [43] |
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