''Madam Chairman'' is a
Philippine television
Television in the Philippines was introduced in October 1953 upon the first commercial broadcast made by Alto Broadcasting System (now ABS-CBN), making the Philippines the first Southeast Asian country and the second in Asia to do so. Even b ...
comedy drama broadcast by
TV5 starring
Sharon Cuneta
Sharon Gamboa Cuneta-Pangilinan ( , ; born January 6, 1966) is a Filipino actress, singer, television host, and socialite. Regarded as one of the most successful and highest-earning individuals in the Philippine entertainment industry, she has ...
,
Jay Manalo
Jay Manalo (born Jay Lan Manalo on 30 January 1976 in Saigon, South Vietnam) is a Filipino- Vietnamese singer, model, rapper, and actor. He was born in South Vietnam but raised in Tondo, Manila. He was born to a Filipino father and Vietnamese ...
and
Byron Ortile
Byron Ortile is a Filipino child actor and commercial model, known for his role as Alvin in Sine Novela Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan, playing the son of Marvin Agustin and Camille Prats.
Career
Ortile began as a commercial model. He began actin ...
. It aired on October 14, 2013 to February 28, 2014 on the network's primetime block.
It is credited as Cuneta's first ever
teleserye
Philippine television drama, also known as ''teleserye'', Filipino telenovelas or P-drama, is a form of melodramatic, serialized, televised fiction in the Philippines. ''Teleserye'' is derived from two Filipino words: "tele", short for "''telebi ...
. It revolves around a ''
barangay
A barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as barrio (abbreviated as Bo.), is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward. In metropolita ...
'' chairwoman and her struggles in dividing her role as a mother and as a public official.
Cast and characters
;Main cast
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Sharon Cuneta
Sharon Gamboa Cuneta-Pangilinan ( , ; born January 6, 1966) is a Filipino actress, singer, television host, and socialite. Regarded as one of the most successful and highest-earning individuals in the Philippine entertainment industry, she has ...
as Elizabeth "Bebeth" de Guzman
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Jay Manalo
Jay Manalo (born Jay Lan Manalo on 30 January 1976 in Saigon, South Vietnam) is a Filipino- Vietnamese singer, model, rapper, and actor. He was born in South Vietnam but raised in Tondo, Manila. He was born to a Filipino father and Vietnamese ...
as Armando "Dodong" de Guzman
* Akihiro Blanco as Antonello "Bubuy" de Guzman
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Shaira Diaz
Shaira Mae Dela Cruz (born May 3, 1995) is a Filipina actress. She is under GMA Network
GMA Network (Global Media Arts or simply GMA) is a Philippine free-to-air television and radio network. It is the flagship property of publicly traded ...
as Katherine "Kakay" de Guzman
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Byron Ortile
Byron Ortile is a Filipino child actor and commercial model, known for his role as Alvin in Sine Novela Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan, playing the son of Marvin Agustin and Camille Prats.
Career
Ortile began as a commercial model. He began actin ...
as Armando "Junjun" de Guzman Jr.
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Regine Angeles
Diorella Regine De Leon Angeles (born October 29, 1985) is a Filipina model and actress. She started her showbiz career after winning ''Be Bench / The Model Search'' of ABS-CBN
ABS-CBN (an initialism of its two predecessors' names, Alto ...
as Beverly Pagaspas
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Bayani Agbayani
Bayani Agbayani (born January 3, 1969) is a Filipino host, actor, singer, and comedian. After 15 years at ABS-CBN, he shuttled between his original home studio GMA Network and TV5 for the time being from 2008 to 2014 before moving back to ABS-C ...
as Jojo Camponanes
;Supporting cast
* Glenda Kennedy as Mercy
* Nanette Inventor as Salud
*
Tony Mabesa
Antonio Ocampo Mabesa (January 27, 1935 – October 4, 2019), known as Tony Mabesa, was a Filipino stage director, film and television actor, and professor. With a career spanning over 70 years, he was a founding father of Philippine university ...
as Father Andy
* Jim Pebangco as Mayor Sid Magbutay
*
Lou Veloso
Luciano "Lou" Mariñas Veloso (born January 7, 1948) is a Filipino actor, comedian, director and politician. He is known for his supporting roles in over 30 comedy films, which include ''Mga Kwento ni Lola Basyang'' (1985), ''Pulis Patola'' (1993 ...
as Vice Mayor Fortunato Gigil
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Lovely Abella
Lovely Abella-Manalo (born on December 11, 1986), is a Filipino dancer, host, comedian, model, entrepreneur, and an actress. She is currently under the management of Sparkle GMA Artist Center and GMA Network.
Personal life
Abella is an Ilongga, ...
as Mayor Sid's Secretary
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Bearwin Meily
Bearwin Meily (born April 4, 1976) is a Filipino comedian actor, TV host and a recent vlogger.
Early career
He started his career as an extra ''Palibhasa Lalake'' in ABS-CBN and eventually became regular.
Current career
But later on he moved ...
as Ben Boljak
* Manny Castañeda as Hermes
* Fanny Serrano as Moises
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Malou de Guzman
Malou de Guzman (born August 24, 1958) is a Filipina stage, television and film actress.
Personal life
De Guzman has a daughter Luchi, with former actor Ross Rival. She is an alumnus of the University of the Philippines-Diliman
, image ...
as Cita
* Gilleth Sandico
* Toby Alejar
* Patani
* Malak So Shdifat
* Claire Ruiz
* Adrian Sebastian
* Chris Cuneta
* Mavi Lozano
* Clint Gabo
Special guest
*
Richard Gomez
Richard Frank Icasiano Gomez (; born April 7, 1966) is a Filipino actor, television presenter and director, politician, and épée fencer. He has been serving as the Representative of Leyte's 4th district since 2022, and was mayor of Orm ...
*Bing Loyzaga
*Epi Quizon
*Giselle Sanchez
*Ara Mina
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Joseph Bitangcol
Joseph Bitangcol (born March 28, 1984) is a Filipino television and film actor. He is one of the first batch of the reality talent search '' Star Circle Quest'' on ABS-CBN.
Career
Sef started when he joined the reality talent search of ABS-CBN whi ...
*IC Mendoza
*April Gustilo
*Chanel Morales
*Paolo Paraiso
*Caloy Alde
*Cita Astals
*Ana Feleo
*Prince Estefan
*Nicole Estrada
*RS Francisco
*Kevin Balot
*Divine Lee
*Mae Paner (A.K.A. Juana Change)
*G Toengi
See also
*
List of programs broadcast by TV5 (Philippines)
TV5 (also known as 5 formerly known as ABC), is a Philippine free-to-air television network owned by TV5 Network, Inc. with Cignal TV as its main content provider, both owned by MediaQuest Holdings, the media arm of PLDT. Headquartered on TV5 M ...
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List of programs aired by TV5 (Philippines)
This is a list of programs previously broadcast by TV5. For the currently aired shows of the network, please see the List of programs broadcast by TV5 (Philippine TV network).
Original/station-produced defunct programs News5 Newscast
Philippi ...
References
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External links
TV5 Philippines Official website
Philippine drama television series
2013 Philippine television series debuts
2014 Philippine television series endings
TV5 (Philippine TV network) drama series
Filipino-language television shows