{"id":"vilma-santos","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/vilma-santos","language":"en","name":"Vilma Santos","name_en":"Vilma Santos","name_ne":null,"description":"Filipino actress and politician","headline":"Filipino actress and politician","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Rosa Vilma Tuazon Santos-Recto is a Filipino actress and politician serving as the Governor of Batangas since 2025, having previously held the position from 2007 to 2016. Known for her versatile work on screen, she began her career as a child actress in the 1960s and was one of the a major box-office draw in the 1970s and early 1980s. Her accolades include a Dhaka International Film Festival Award, thirteen FAMAS Awards, eleven Gawad Urian, and five Luna Awards. She served as the Mayor of Lipa from 1998 to 2007, then as the representative for Batangas' 6th district from 2016 to 2022, and as a House Deputy Speaker from 2019 to 2022.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"3 November 1953","date":"1953-11-03"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2197580#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Bamban","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56420"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2197580#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Philippines","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q928"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2197580#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"actor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33999"},{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"comedian","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q245068"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2197580#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Liberal Party of the Philippines","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1476937"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2197580#P102"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Edu Manzano","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3348165","start":"1980","end":"1985"},{"text":"Ralph Recto","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q555499","start":"1992-12-11"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2197580#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"member of the House of Representatives (30 June 2019 – 30 June 2022)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18002923","start":"2019-06-30","end":"2022-06-30"},{"text":"member of the House of Representatives (30 June 2016 – 30 June 2019)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18002923","start":"2016-06-30","end":"2019-06-30"},{"text":"Governor of Batangas (30 June 2007 – 30 June 2016)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17071702","start":"2007-06-30","end":"2016-06-30"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2197580#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"FAMAS Award for Best Actress","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2575326","date":"1973"},{"text":"Gawad Urian for Best Actress","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18207064","date":"1983"},{"text":"Gawad Plaridel Award","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5528411","date":"2005"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2197580#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilma_Santos","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2197580"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Vilma Santos born?","a":"Vilma Santos was born on 3 November 1953 in Bamban."},{"q":"What positions has Vilma Santos held?","a":"Positions held by Vilma Santos include: member of the House of Representatives (2019–2022); member of the House of Representatives (2016–2019); Governor of Batangas (2007–2016)."}],"related":[{"name":"Mikee Romero","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mikee-romero"},{"name":"Imelda Marcos","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/imelda-marcos"},{"name":"Feliciano Belmonte Jr.","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/feliciano-belmonte-jr"},{"name":"Henry Ong","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/henry-ong"},{"name":"Mark Go","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mark-go"},{"name":"Edgar Mary Sarmiento","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/edgar-mary-sarmiento"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/vilma-santos-9f173fb259.jpg","width":365,"height":498,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Littlebeatlebum","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Governor_Vilma_Santos-Recto.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Vilma Santos","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilma_Santos","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q2197580","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2197580","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Governor Vilma Santos-Recto.jpg by Littlebeatlebum (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Governor_Vilma_Santos-Recto.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Vilma Santos, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Governor Vilma Santos-Recto.jpg — Littlebeatlebum, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Vilma Santos\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/vilma-santos. Retrieved 7 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T07:01:58Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-06","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/vilma-santos","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/vilma-santos","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/vilma-santos?lang=ne"}}