Carmi Martin
• Carmita Martin also known as Carmi Martin (born August 9, 1963) is a Filipina actress, model,
and comedian.
Martin has acted in film and TV projects; she has also gained new fame in the 2010s and 2020s,
such as in the films In the Name of Love, No Other Woman, Working Girls (2010) remake, Four
Sisters and a Wedding as the antagonist's mother-in-law. In 2017, she came back to ABS-
CBN in The Better Half as an antagonist. In 2018, she starred in Since I Met You, and in 2022-
present on the sitcom Happy ToGetHer with John Lloyd Cruz.
• Career
She first appeared in Dolphy's Angels with Liz Alindogan, Anna Marie Gutierrez, Yehlen Catral
and the late comedy king Dolphy. She did more movies with Dolphy such as Stariray, The Quick
Brown Fox, John en Marsha, Dancing Master, Dino Dinero, and Father & Son. Her last movie,
with Dolphy, was Dobol Trobol (2008) with Vic Sotto in 2008.
She became a mainstay of Chicks to Chicks in 1980 on IBC-13 until its transfer to ABS-CBN 2 in
1986. She also did Abangan ang Sususnod na Kabanata. With these sitcoms, she was able to
hone her flair for comedy. She had a weekly drama anthology entitled Carmi on BBC Two,
directed by Soxy Topacio from 1985-86, where she portrayed various characters and acted with
other thespians. She also had a variety show with Roderick Paulate on Channel 2 (1986-
87), Tonight with Dick and Carmi. One film that showed her acting prowess was Hot Property,
directed by National Artist Lino Brocka as an entry to the 1983 Metro Manila Film Festival.
Despite being able to do dramas like Cain at Abel (1982); Laruan (1983); Bayan Ko: Kapit sa
Patalim (1985); Bagong Hari (1986); Martin excels prominently in comedy; the funny other
woman in Andres de Saya (1982); the tactless office employee in Working Girls (1984); the
disorganized but demanding woman in Sa Totoo Lang (1985); the sexy PE teacher in Ma'am,
May We Go Out (1985); the wacky stepmother in When I Fall in Love (1986).
In 2018, she starred in the ABS-CBN movie, Since I Found You. In 2022, she joined the
sitcom Happy ToGetHer with John Lloyd Cruz, with whom she also starred in the ABS-CBN
Primetime Soap Ikaw ang Lahat sa Akin.[1]
In 2023, Martin starred in Ten Little Mistresses, the first Filipino-produced film to be launched
on Amazon Prime Video.
• Personal life
She took a two-year certificate course at the Philippine School of Interior Design in 2003. And
she graduated from Fine Arts at The Philippine Women's University on April 2, 2011.
• Filmography
• Year • Title
• Dolphy's Angels
• John & Marsha 80
• 1980
• The Quick Brown Fox
• Iskul Bukol Freshmen
• 1981 • Stariray
• Mahinhin vs. Mahinhin
• Mr. One-Two-Three Part 2
• D' Gradwets
• For Y'ur Height Only
• 1982 • Cain and Abel
• Andres de Saya 2: Mabagsik Na Daw!
• Hot Property
• Tulume Alyas Zorro
• Working Girls
• Lovingly Yours: The Movie
• This Is My Country
• Bomba Arienda
• Ma'am May We Go Out
• Bagong Hari
• Walang Karugtong ang Nakaraan
• I Love You 3x a Day
• 1983 • Gabriela
• Dino Dinero
• Humanap Ka ng Panget
• Father & Son
• To Saudi with Love
• Ikaw Na Sana: The Movie
• Labs Ko Si Babe
• Kahit Isang Saglit
• Message Sent
• I Will Survive
• Paraiso: Tatlong Kwento Ng Pag-asa
