Philippine film industry celebrates Jose’s Cannes win

Philippine film industry celebrates Jose’s Cannes win

May 25, 2016
Jaclyn Jose
Jaclyn Jose

MANILA - The Philippines’ entertainment industry on Tuesday celebrated Jaclyn Jose’s surprise win at the Cannes film festival, hailing her as one of the nation’s hardest working and most versatile actresses who deserves global acclaim.

Jose, 52, famous at home mostly as a soap opera star, won best actress Monday for her mesmerizing performance as a Manila slum matriarch who falls prey to corrupt police in acclaimed Filipino director Brillante Mendoza’s “Ma’ Rosa.”

“This is a victory for the Filipino film industry. This is a victory for the Philippines as a whole,” said Joel Lamangan, another well-known director.

“Filipinos are very good actors. They can be compared to anybody. That’s what Jaclyn Jose proved.”

Jose’s original manager Ed Entrella said that although Jose has been one of the nation’s most popular actresses for three decades, she decided at a young age she “wanted to be an actress, not a star.”

Her current manager Perry Lansigan described her as a “workaholic” who relentlessly pursued as many roles as possible.

“She doesn’t take a rest of two or three months (between roles) like other actors,” Lansigan said.

Lilybeth Rasonable, senior vice-president of GMA, the television network where Jose has worked for the past three years, said she has surprised executives with her versatility.

In the 2013 soap opera, “The World is Mine,” Jose played an antagonistic ex-beauty queen but rose above the simple stereotype.

“She put real character into it. She made it different. She put in certain quirks after she discussed it with her director,” Rasonable said.


May 25, 2016
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