# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nova-villa
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:55:26.395Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nova-villa"
name: "Nova Villa"
slug: "nova-villa"
description: "Novelita Acosta Villanueva Gallegos, known professionally as Nova Villa, is a Filipino actress and comedian. Known primarily as the \"Goddess of Comedy\", she is regarded as one of the pillars in Philippine entertainment and is celebrated as one of the greatest Filipino comedians of all time. She has since appeared in over 150 films and has been prominent in situational comedies such as Chicks to Chicks (1971–1991), Home Along Da Riles (1992–2003) and Pepito Manaloto (2010–present)."
tagline: "Filipino actress"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nova_Villa_2023_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1947-02-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.95
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.857065333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1297042/"
    handle:    "nm1297042"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nova_Villa"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "نوفا فيلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "نوفا فيلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Villa"
    title: "Nova Villa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Villa"
    title: "Nova Villa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Villa"
    title: "Nova Villa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7064354"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/225431"
    title: "Nova Villa"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump