Dexter Doria
• Dexter Doria is a Filipino veteran actress. She has appeared in more than 175 films and several
television programs from ABS-CBN and GMA Network, often in supporting roles.
Early life
• Doria graduated with a degree in AB Humanities from the University of the Philippines.[1] In her
time at UP, she also wrote film reviews for the magazine of The Manila Times.
Career
• Doria was working at an automotive office when one day in 1976 she accompanied her actress
friend Nympha Bonifacio to the set of her film The College Girls. She was noticed by
director Emmanuel Borlaza, who cast her on the spot for a scene with Eddie Gutierrez.
Impressed, Borlaza wanted to add her to more scenes, but she had already left the set due to
her office job. After another meeting with Borlaza, he and Bonifacio helped her start her acting
career.
• In 1977, Doria appeared in such movies as Elektrika Kasi, Eh!, Tisoy, Babae!, Iligpit Si Pretty Boy,
and Burlesk Queen, starring Vilma Santos and Rosemarie Gil, among others.
• She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in 1978 FAMAS Award for the movie Inay.[1] She
also received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress Gawad Urian Awards in Moral (1982).
• Doria appeared on several game shows in the 2000s, appearing on Family Feud and then
winning P300,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?[3][4] In 2002, she joined the cast of the IBC-
13 police tv show S.A.T.S.U.[5] She also gave an excellent performance that year in the film Mga
Munting Tinig, in which she played a school principal.[6] For her performance, she was
nominated once again for a Best Supporting Actress award in the Gawad Urian Awards, but lost
to Elizabeth Oropesa.[7] She got to act with Oropesa in the film Homecoming a year later.
• Doria alternated between GMA and TV5 in 2010, appearing on both the comedy musical
series Diva and the horror series Midnight DJ.[9][10] In 2014, she joined the cast of GMA's Hiram
na Alaala.[11] In 2017, she finally got her first lead role in the film Paki, in which she played Noel
Trinidad's wife of 50 years. Paki won Best Picture at the Cinema One Originals Film Festival,
while she received a Best Actress nomination in that film festival.
• In 2021, Doria finally won FAMAS Best Supporting Actress, a Gawad Urian Award, and a Gawad
Tanglaw for Memories of Forgetting. In that film she played a mother suffering from Alzheimer's.
[13]
She also played an activist nun in the musical film Katips that year.[14] In 2022, she was a
regular cast member of the GMA Network hit drama series Abot-Kamay na Pangarap, she
played the role of Susanna "Susan" Burgos, a former cruel yet loving, kind-hearted, fierce, and
supportive stepmother to Lyneth which is played by Carmina Villarroel and the step-
grandmother to Analyn, which is played by Jillian Ward.[15][16] The show was a ratings hit, beating
all the evening primetime shows in the country.
Personal life
• Doria was married in her teens, and they had a son. Their marriage only lasted two years.
[2]
Although she got into several other relationships later on in life, she is still single. [1]
• As a UP student, Doria took part in the First Quarter Storm.[14] In 2022, she launched the digital
show Didi Serye on her social media accounts in which she informed viewers about facts on
the Martial Law era.
Filmography
Sugar Daddy Rosie
1977
Inay Becky
1982 Moral Mrs. Torres
1983 Kirot Divina
1984 Batuigas II: Pasukuin si Waway Mrs. Marcelino
1985 Lalakwe Sara
Company of Women Mama San
1988 Stomach In, Chest Out
I Love You 3x a Day Stella
Me and Ninja Liit Mama San
Alex Boncayao Brigade: The
1989 Fe
Liquidation Arm of the NPA
Mga Kuwento ng Pag-ibig Olga
Pahiram ng Isang Umaga Aleli Espiritu
Valentina Perla
Impaktita Mrs. Concepcion
Sa Kuko ng Agila Lolit
Aso't Pusa Maristela
Estudyante Blues Benita
Jessa: Blusang Itim 2 Adela
Ang Babaeng Nawawala sa Sarili Mrs. Asuncion
Rosenda Glenda
Huwag Kang Hahalik sa Diablo Mona
Boots Oyson: Sa Katawan Mo, Aagos
Carmen
ang Dugo!
1990 Starzan III: The Jungle Triangle Takla
Tootsie Wootsie: Ang Bandang
Doña Barang
Walang Atrasan
Patigasan ang Labanan Gorgonia
Mana sa Ina Olivia Sevilla
Titser's Enemi No. 1 Goliath's Mother
I Have 3 Eggs Lorraine
Hanggang Saan ang Tapang Mo? Cynthia
Bakit Ikaw Pa Rin? Mrs. Manfort
Pido Dida: Sabay Tayo Shirley
Naughty Boys Madonna
Inosente Rosa
Si Prinsipe Abante at ang Lihim ng
Amazon Queen
Ibong Adarna
Claudia Orang
