Lilia Cuntapay
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Lilia Cuntapay is a Filipina
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....

 actress. She is most likely known for her debut role in the Filipino horror film series Shake Rattle and Roll.

Biography

Cuntapay appeared as an albularyo
Albularyo
Albularyo , sometimes spelled albulario, is a Tagalog term for a folk healer or medicine men.-Etymology and Alternative Names:The word arbularyo derives from herbolario, a Spanish word meaning herbalist....

 in the ABS-CBN afternoon TV series Precious Hearts Romances Presents: Bud Brothers. She was featured in the Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho
Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho
Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho is a Docu-Educational and Lifestyle public affair television show in the Philippines hosted by Jessica Soho and it is aired every Saturday evenings by GMA Network...

 2009 Halloween Special. She appeared as Rosanna, a role which she shared with Maricar Reyes
Maricar Reyes
Maricar Reyes is a Filipino actress and model. She has starred in TV ads airing in the Philippines and across Southeast Asia, for brands like Coca-Cola, Globe Telecom, Sunsilk, Pond's Whitening, Modess, Nescafe, KFC,Pantene ProV Conditioner, and Contractubex.She trained in several acting...

, in the Midnight DJ
Midnight DJ
Midnight DJ is a Filipino drama-horror television series starring Oyo Sotto, who works as DJ at night and at the same time he works to find solutions to the paranormal problems of his listeners. The series debuted in 2008 on TV5...

 "Kwentas ng Mangkukulam" episode. Cuntapay was also cast as Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus
Miley Ray Cyrus is an American actress and pop singer-songwriter. She achieved wide fame for her role as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel sitcom Hannah Montana....

 in Lokomoko High
Lokomoko U
Lokomoko is a sketch-comedy show produced by the Associated Broadcasting Company and is airing every Friday nights on TV5. It is previously titled as Lokomoko and Lokomoko High. Lokomoko U-Brief History:The show was one of TV5's first shows, launched during mid-August 2008...

s spoof of the Party in the USA music video. At the end of the year, she had a minor role in the film Nobody, Nobody But... Juan
Nobody, Nobody But... Juan
Nobody, Nobody But... Juan is a Filipino comedy film released on December 25, 2009 as an entry to the 2009 Metro Manila Film Festival. The title is a take on the Wonder Girls song "Nobody".-Plot:...

 -- an entry to the 2009 Metro Manila Film Festival
2009 Metro Manila Film Festival
The 35th Metro Manila Film Festival–Philippines is a film festival in the Philippines that started on December 25, 2009 and will end on January 7, 2010...

.

In 2010, she played an old lady in The Last Prince
The Last Prince
The Last Prince is a fantasy Philippine drama produced by GMA Drama, featuring many fairy tales as a plot device such as Cinderella, Rapunzel and Beauty and the Beast. It is directed by Mac Alejandre and developed by R.J. Nuevas, starring Aljur Abrenica, Kris Bernal, Geoff Eigenmann and Carla...

 and a fairy disguised as an old lady in the "Inday Bote" episode of Wansapanataym
Wansapanataym
Wansapanataym is a Philippine fantasy-drama anthology produced and aired by ABS-CBN. The series aired in 1997 until 2005 and it was re-aired in 2006 until 2007...

.

She played Upeng in the mini-series Sa Ngalan ng Ina
Sa Ngalan ng Ina
Sa Ngalan ng Ina is a Filipino drama series by TV5. This is the first offering of TV5 Mini Serye which will set to air only for a month. It aired on October 3 after Wil Time Bigtime.-Casting:...

, the first offering under TV5
Associated Broadcasting Company
The Associated Broadcasting Company, Inc is a television network in the Philippines, with main broadcast facilities and transmitter located at 762 Quirino Highway, San Bartolome, Novaliches, Quezon City. The network was previously known as the , Associated Broadcasting Company remains the legal...

's TV5 Miniserye series. She is set to appear as herself in the indie film Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay -- an entry to the 2011 Cinema One Originals -- directed by Antoinette H. Jadaone. The film is described as a bittersweet fictional account on Cuntapay's life as a Philippine showbiz extra
Extra (actor)
A background actor or extra is a performer in a film, television show, stage, musical, opera or ballet production, who appears in a nonspeaking, nonsinging or nondancing capacity, usually in the background...

. The film won six awards in the 2011 Cinema One Originals Digital Film Festival, including a Best Actress award for Cuntapay.

Television

|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" |Notes
|-
| 2004
| Marina
| Istah
|
|-
| 2009
| Precious Hearts Romances Presents: Bud Brothers
| Tandang Casimsiman Tioleko
| Uncredited
|-
| 2009
| Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho
Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho
Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho is a Docu-Educational and Lifestyle public affair television show in the Philippines hosted by Jessica Soho and it is aired every Saturday evenings by GMA Network...


| Herself
| "Halloween Stars, Late Celebrities, and Death and Tradition" episode
|-
| 2009
| Midnight DJ
Midnight DJ
Midnight DJ is a Filipino drama-horror television series starring Oyo Sotto, who works as DJ at night and at the same time he works to find solutions to the paranormal problems of his listeners. The series debuted in 2008 on TV5...


| Rosanna
| Guest, "Kwentas ng Mangkukulam" episode
|-
| 2009
| Lokomoko High
Lokomoko U
Lokomoko is a sketch-comedy show produced by the Associated Broadcasting Company and is airing every Friday nights on TV5. It is previously titled as Lokomoko and Lokomoko High. Lokomoko U-Brief History:The show was one of TV5's first shows, launched during mid-August 2008...


| Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus
Miley Ray Cyrus is an American actress and pop singer-songwriter. She achieved wide fame for her role as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel sitcom Hannah Montana....


| Guest, "LBM" segment, "Party in the USA" spoof
|-
| 2010
| The Last Prince
The Last Prince
The Last Prince is a fantasy Philippine drama produced by GMA Drama, featuring many fairy tales as a plot device such as Cinderella, Rapunzel and Beauty and the Beast. It is directed by Mac Alejandre and developed by R.J. Nuevas, starring Aljur Abrenica, Kris Bernal, Geoff Eigenmann and Carla...


| Old lady
| Guest, 1 episode. Role is patterned after the old hag in Snow White
Snow White
"Snow White" is a fairy tale known from many countries in Europe, the best known version being the German one collected by the Brothers Grimm...

.
|-
| 2010
| Wansapanataym
Wansapanataym
Wansapanataym is a Philippine fantasy-drama anthology produced and aired by ABS-CBN. The series aired in 1997 until 2005 and it was re-aired in 2006 until 2007...


| Old lady/fairy
| "Inday Bote (Parts 1 & 2)" episode
|-
| 2011
| Spooky Nights: Snow White Lady and the Seven Ghost
Spooky Nights
Spooky Nights is a comedy-horror show, created and developed by GMA Network. It premiered with its first episode on March 26 on GMA Network and April 2, 2011 on GMA Pinoy TV.-Plot:...


| Old lady
| Guest, 1 episode
|-
| 2011
| Maalaala Mo Kaya
Maalaala Mo Kaya
Maalaala Mo Kaya is a Philippine drama anthology series broadcast on ABS-CBN every Saturday evening and being hosted by Charo Santos-Concio. Currently, it became the longest-running drama anthology on Philippine television and on Asia...

: Wig
| Albularyo
|
|-
| 2011
| TV5 Miniserye: Sa Ngalan ng Ina
Sa Ngalan ng Ina
Sa Ngalan ng Ina is a Filipino drama series by TV5. This is the first offering of TV5 Mini Serye which will set to air only for a month. It aired on October 3 after Wil Time Bigtime.-Casting:...


| Yaya Upeng
|
|-
| 2011
| Tunay na Buhay
| Herself
|
|-
|}

Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1986 ...Sabik Kasalanan Ba? Aling Berta Uncredited
1991 Shake Rattle & Roll 3 Yaya segment "Yaya"
1992 Aswang Old Aswang
1994 Shake Rattle & Roll 4 Aling Iya "segment "Madre"
1994 Once Upon a Time in Manila Naked Old Woman Uncredited
1994 Bala At Lipistik Lola Sepa
1994 Darna! Ang Pagbabalik Old Valentina
1994 Fatima Buen Story The Omen III Credited as "Lilia Cantupay"
1994 Shake Rattle & Roll 5 Woman in the Bathroom Segment "Impakto"
1996 Madrasta
Madrasta
Madrasta is a 1996 Filipino movie directed by Olivia Lamasan starring Megastar Sharon Cuneta and Christopher De Leon. The family drama clinched for the Megastar a Grandslam Best Actress honor, garnering best actress recognition from all major award-giving bodies in the Philippines, while its strong...

Fides' maid
1996 Magic Temple Townspeople Uncredited
1997 Anak Ng Dilim Komadrona Uncredited
1997 Sanggano Old woman Credited as "Lydia Cuntapay"
1998 Curacha Ang Babaeng Wlang Pahinga Old woman in church Credited as "Lilian Cuntapay"
1998 Babae Sa Bubungang Lata Bangkay
1999 Isprikitik: Walastik Kung Pumitik Old Woman In Bikini
1999 Brokedown Palace
Brokedown Palace
Brokedown Palace is an American film directed by Jonathan Kaplan, and starring Claire Danes and Kate Beckinsale. It deals with two American friends imprisoned in Thailand for drug smuggling. Because it presents a critical view of the Thai legal system, most scenes were filmed in the Philippines;...

Old Prisoner
1999 Dugo Ng Birhen: El Kapitan Medicine Woman
2000 Pangarap ng Puso Jose's Grandmother
2002 I Think I'm in Love Ising's rival in Trip to Jerusalem
2002 Bakat Old Woman
2002 Lapu-Lapu Babaylan
2005 Bahay Ni Lola 2 Old Lady Ghost
2007 Pasukob Pacing
2008 Scaregivers Tandang Luring
2008 Photoshoot
2009 Nobody, Nobody But... Juan
Nobody, Nobody But... Juan
Nobody, Nobody But... Juan is a Filipino comedy film released on December 25, 2009 as an entry to the 2009 Metro Manila Film Festival. The title is a take on the Wonder Girls song "Nobody".-Plot:...

Belmont Village Resident Credited as "Lydia Cuntapay"
2011 Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay Herself Won, "Best Actress" in the 2011 Cinema One Originals Digital Film Festival (Tied with Maricar Reyes
Maricar Reyes
Maricar Reyes is a Filipino actress and model. She has starred in TV ads airing in the Philippines and across Southeast Asia, for brands like Coca-Cola, Globe Telecom, Sunsilk, Pond's Whitening, Modess, Nescafe, KFC,Pantene ProV Conditioner, and Contractubex.She trained in several acting...

for Anatomiya ng Korupsiyon)

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