About Therese
Bio
Therese Malvar is a Filipino film and television actress. She was only 12 years old when she starred in her first feature film, The Last Cha Cha of Anita and won Best Actress in the Cine Filipino Film Festival.
At the age of 16, she won the Silver George for Best Actress at the Moscow International Film Festival and Screen International Rising Star Female Award from the New York Asian Film Festival for Hamog (Haze).
In 2018, she made history at the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival for winning the Best Supporting Actress award for two films, Distance and School Service.
As a juror, Therese has worked as a panelist for several film festivals including the 2016 Metro Manila Film Festival, 2019 Sinekabataan and the 37th LUNA awards. At present, Therese is a contract artist of GMA Network in the Philippines and is a full-time film student at Meridian International College.