Vilma Santos (Rosa Vilma Santos-Recto) is an actress regarded as the most successful Filipino actress of all time with a career spanning five decades. More recently she has served as a politician and House Deputy Speaker.
Santos debuted as a child actress in the 1963 film Trudis Liit. She has portrayed the superhero Darna in four films beginning with Lipad, Darna, Lipad! (1973). She was adjudged the greatest movie actress of the Philippines for the years 2000 to 2020 by the Philippine Entertainment Portal for her continued portrayal of a wide range of award-winning roles as well as for being a consistent box-office draw.
Santos is also a prominent politician, and had served as governor of Batangas for three consecutive terms (2007 to 2016. She was elected as the Representative of the 6th District of Batangas from 2016 to 2022.
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