Sharmaine Buencamino is a multi-awarded actress with almost four decades of experience in theater, film and television, winning the Outstanding Female Lead Performance in a Play for Madonna Brava (2009) and Ang Kalungkutan ng Reyna (2008). She won Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for her lesbian role in Loy Arcenas’ Niño at the 2011 Cinemalaya. For the same role, she received the 2012 Golden Screen Awards in the Philippines, and the 6th Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong, with nominations from the Urian, Gawad Tanglaw, and Star Awards. She became a jury member of the Asian Film Awards Academy from 2013 to 2023. She received the Ani ng Dangal from NCCA in 2013 for her contributions to Philippine cinema on the international stage. In 2018, Buencamino served as the director of CCP’s Festival of Arts and Ideas.
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