Date of Birth
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21-May-1953
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Place of Birth
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Iriga
(Philippines, Camarines Sur)
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Nationality
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Philippines
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Also know as
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Maria Leonora Teresa Villamayor, Nora Aunor Villamayor, N.V.D.L., Nora Cabaltera Villamayor, Nora "Guy" Aunor, Nora C. Villamayor, Nora Villamayor, Nora, Nora Aunor Villamayor, Nora C. Villamayor, Nora Villamayor, Maria Leonora Teresa Villamayor, ë…¸ë¼ ì• ë…¸ë¥´, ë…¸ë¼ ì˜¤ë„ˆ, Guy, Ate Guy, Guy, Ate Guy, Maria Leonora Teresa Villamayor, Nora Cabaltera Villamayor, Nora C. Villamayor, Nora Villamayor, Nora Aunor Villamayor, Nora, Nora "Guy" Aunor, N.V.D.L., Maria Leonora Teresa Cabaltera Aunor, Maria Leonora Cabaltera Villamayor de Leon, Maria Leonora Teresa Cabaltera Aunor, Maria Leonora Cabaltera Villamayor de Leon
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Profession
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Singer, Actor, Composer, Record producer, Showgirl, Film Director, Dancer, Film Producer, Screenwriter
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Nora Aunor is a critically acclaimed Filipina actress, recording artist, and film producer. Aunor has also topbilled several stage plays, television shows, and concerts.
Aunor started her career in the Philippine entertainment industry as a singer after she won an amateur singing contest. She made her film debut with All Over the World and also guested in youth-oriented flicks produced by Vera-Perez Pictures and United Brothers Production. Aunor transformed herself into a serious actress and came to be regarded as an acting heavyweight, performing in films such as Tatlong taong walang Diyos, Himala, Bona, The Flor Contemplacion Story and Thy Womb which gave her international and local awards and nominations.
Aunor received 17 FAMAS Award nominations and was elevated to the "Hall of Fame" after winning five Best Actress Awards. She is the most nominated actress of Gawad Urian Awards with 17 nominations, winning seven. She has more nominations as Best Actress than any other Filipino actor in both FAMAS and Gawad Urian award giving bodies. She has won eight trophies from PMPC Star Awards for her work in television and movies, eight Metro Manila Film Festival, four Luna Awards, five Young Critics Circle Awards, a Cairo Film Festival award, an Asia Pacific Screen Awards, an Asian Film Awards, a Berlin Film Festival Award nomination, and a Venice Film Festival Awards nomination, amongst others.
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