Dawn Zulueta
Born: 1969-03-04
Known For: Acting
Biography
Marie Rachel Salman Taleon (born March 4, 1969) is a Filipino film-television actress, host and commercial model. Zulueta holds the distinction of winning both the Filipino Academy of Movies Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) awards for Best Lead Actress (Hihintayin Kita sa Langit) and Best Supporting Actress (Una Kang Naging Akin) in 1991. She also bagged the Supporting Actress of the Year in the Film Academy of the Philippines for Una Kang Naging Akin. She was also declared by the Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Foundation Entertainment Award as the Box Office Queen of 1994 for starring in that year's highest-grossing film: The Maggie Dela Riva Story...God Why Me? Her other Best Actress honors include the 1993 Metro Manila Film Festival for Kung Mawawala Ka Pa; 1993 FAMAS for Kung Mawawala Ka Pa; and 1994 Philippine Movie Press Club (PMPC) Star Awards for Movies for Buhay ng Buhay Ko. Further, she has received multiple nominations (for both lead and supporting roles) from the prestigious Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino (MPP) Gawad Urian. In 1996, Zulueta starred with 90's rising star and former child star Sheryl Cruz and 1994 Beauty Queen Charlene Gonzales in the hit Drama-Vengeance film Ikaw Naman Ang Iiyak for Viva Films as a lead role as Elaine which became a career booster as a lead actress. In 1996, Zulueta was cited in a Manila Times article as the 10th Best Filipino Actress from 1970 to 1996. In addition, a 1999 Manila Standard article named her as one of the Top 10 Actresses of the 1990s. In 2010, Zulueta took the lead role in a stage musicale, A Little Night Music.
Filmography
2022
- A Family Affair as Carolina "Carol" Estrella
2019
- Family History as May
2017
- Meant to Beh as Andrea Balatbat
2016
- Love Me Tomorrow as Cristy
2015
- The Love Affair as Trisha
- You're My Home as Marian Angeles
2014
- Dyesebel as Lucia Reyes
- She's Dating the Gangster as Athena Dizon
2013
- Bukas Na Lang Kita Mamahalin as Zenaida Dizon/Ramirez
2012
- Walang Hanggan as Emilia "Emily" Cardenas-Guidotti
- Ang Nawawala as Esme Bonifacio
2011
- Mula Sa Puso as Magdalena "Magda" Trinidad-Pereira
- Catch Me... I'm in Love as First Lady / Erick's Mom
2010
- Sigwa as Dolly
2008
2007
- Lastikman as Ruth Abelgas
2006
- Swing as Adea
2004
- Forever in My Heart as Stella Carbonel
2003
- Filipinas as Gloria Filipinas
1997
- To Saudi with Love as Cynthia
- Lahar: Paraisong Abo as Sheila
1996
1995
1994
- The Maggie dela Riva Story (God... Why Me?) as Maggie dela Riva
- Lagalag as Dulce Lukban
- Sana'y Laging Magkapiling as Maria Makiling
- Chinatown 2: The Vigilantes as Mylene
- Buhay Ng Buhay Ko
- The Cecilia Masagca Story: Antipolo Massacre (Jesus Save Us!)
1993
- Paniwalaan Mo
- Wherever You Are as Amanda
- Kung Mawawala Ka Pa
1992
- Apoy sa Puso
- Iisa Pa Lamang as Clara
- You're the Only One I Loved as Adela's Mother
- Akin Ang Pangarap Mo
1991
- Alias Batman and Robin as Angelique Legarda
- Una Kang Naging Akin as Vanessa
- I Will Wait for You in Heaven as Carmina
- Robin Good (Sugod Ng Sugod)
1990
- Pangarap na Ginto as Daisy
- Is It a Sin to Worship You? as Grace Lozano
1989
1986
- Nakagapos na Puso as Meldy