# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vilma-santos
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:04:06.278Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vilma-santos"
name: "Vilma Santos"
slug: "vilma-santos"
description: "Rosa Vilma Tuazon Santos-Recto is a Filipino actress and politician serving as the Governor of Batangas since 2025, having previously held the position from 2007 to 2016. Known for her versatile work on screen, she began her career as a child actress in the 1960s and was one of the biggest box-office draw from the 1970s to early 1980s. Her accolades include a Dhaka International Film Festival Award, thirteen FAMAS Awards, eleven Gawad Urian, and five Luna Awards. She served as the Mayor of Lipa from 1998 to 2007, then as the representative for Batangas' 6th district from 2016 to 2022, and as a House Deputy Speaker from 2019 to 2022."
tagline: "Filipino actress and politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Governor_Vilma_Santos-Recto.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1953-11-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.184716
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0764298/"
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    handle:    "2dMb7wTzCaitqKUiJc1Fet"
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    title: "Vilma Santos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilma_Santos"
    title: "Vilma Santos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vilma Santos"
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    title: "Vilma Santos"
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    title: "Vilma Santos"
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    title: "Vilma Santos"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump