Maria Theresa Rosario Garcia Nayve, known by her screen name Rio Locsin (born October 3, 1961), is a Filipina actress and model. Regarded as the "Queen of Adult Drama", Locsin has starred in nearly 60 films including '' Bira! Darna! Bira!'' (1979), ''Disgrasyada'' (1970), '' Working Girls'' (1979), ''

Manila By Night ''Manila by Night'', also known as ''City After Dark'', is a controversial 1980 Filipino film directed by Ishmael Bernal and starring Gina Alajar and Charito Solis. Released at the height of the Marcos regime, the film uncovers the other face of M ...

'' (1980) and ''Si Baning, Si Maymay at ang Asong si Bobo'' (2009). In 2012, Locsin was inducted at the Eastwood City's Walk of Fame for her contribution to Philippine film industry. She was recognized as one of the prominent sex goddesses of the late 70s, together with then rival

Lorna Tolentino Victoria Lorna Perez Aluquin-Fernandez (born December 23, 1961), better known by her stage name Lorna Tolentino, sometimes known as ''L.T.'', an abbreviation of her screen name, is a Filipino people, Filipino actress, Television presenter, host ...

. As a seasoned actress, Locsin has garnered multiple nominations from

FAMAS The FAMAS (''Fusil d'Assaut de la Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne'', "Assault Rifle from the Saint-Étienne Weapon Factory") is a bullpup assault rifle designed and manufactured in France by MAS in 1978, a year after the Austrian Ste ...

and

Gawad Urian Awards The Gawad Urian Awards are annual film awards in the Philippines held since 1977. It is given by the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino (MPP, "the Filipino Film Critics") and is currently regarded as the counterpart of the United States' New York Fi ...

. In 2009, she bagged the "Best Supporting Actress" award at the 5th Cinema One Originals Digital Movie Film Festival. As a film actress she has starred in lead roles through the 70’s 80’s and 90’s in the late 90s she starred in Daytime dramas such as Kadenang Kristal and Marinella in 1999-2001 and a recurring cast in Mula Sa Puso (1997-1999) she ventured in many Primetime Television dramas in 2006, she starred in more Television dramas memorably as Edad in Gulong Ng Palad remake on ABS-CBN and 2007 she starred as a antiheroine in Pangarap Na Bituin in 2007 she starred in the hit tv series Margarita as she ventured away she did more roles then ever. Her public marriage to actor Al Tantay dissolved.

Career

Locsin was launched to stardom in Regal Films' ''Disgrasyada'' (1978) which became a huge box-office hit. Since then, she was given roles which are sexy like ''Menor de Edad'' (1979), ''Love Affair'' (1979), ''Ina, Kapatid, Anak'' (1979), ''Rissa Jones'' (1979), ''Stepsisters'' (1979), ''Waikiki'' (1980), ''Disco Madhouse'' (1980), ''Manila by Night'' (1980), ''Unang Yakap'' (1980), ''Kambal sa Uma'' (1980), ''Kasalanan Ba'' (1981), among others. She also had the privilege of transforming to

Darna Darna () is a Filipina superheroine created by writer Mars Ravelo and artist Nestor Redondo. The character's first appearance was in ''Pilipino Komiks'' (Ace Publications, Inc.) #77 on May 13, 1950. Darna is a retooling of Ravelo's earlier cha ...

via the low-budgeted, poorly-directed ''Bira, Darna, Bira'' (1979) with Romnick Sarmenta as Ding. In 1982, she essayed the role of a ghost in ''Haplos'' (1982) playing support to

Vilma Santos Rosa Vilma Tuazon Santos-Recto (, born November 3, 1953) is a Filipino actress, singer, dancer, TV host, producer, and politician. She served as a House Deputy Speaker since 2019 to 2022 and as the Representative of Batangas' 6th district since ...

. Other memorable roles were in movies, ''Salawahan'' (1979), ''Working Girls'' (1984), ''Soltero'' (1984), ''Kailan Tama ang Mali?'' (1985), ''Kapag Puso ang Sinugatan'' (1985) and ''Huwag Mo kaming Isumpa'' (1985). In 1981 to 1982, she top-billed an afternoon drama show over GMA-7 entitled, ''Hiyas''. As a commercial model, she endorsed, "San-ing" and "Lyna" medicated products, including Bax jeans during the late 70s until early 80s. She attended Siena College in Quezon City.

Personal life

She married

Al Tantay Alfredo Tantay (born March 15, 1956), also known by his stage name Al Tantay, is a Filipino film actor, comedian, director and the former husband of Rio Locsin. He was discovered by Joey Gosiengfiao and was launched through the Regal Film ...

, but they separated after a few years. She remarried to a former basketball player turned Evangelical Christian pastor,

Padim Israel Federico Israel, Jr. (born September 2, 1956), better known as Padim Israel, is a former Filipino basketball player. He enrolled at Ateneo de Manila University in 1973 and saw action for Ateneo's varsity five. In his third year, he was asked to ...

. She has three daughters.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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