Helen Gamboa


Helen Albent Gamboa-Sotto is a Filipina actress, singer, dancer and former beauty queen.

Background

Helen Albent Gamboa was born at 6:35 PM on May 7, 1945 at Maternity and Children's Hospital in Santa Cruz, Manila to Domingo Ponce Gamboa and Eusebia Pangilinan Albent.
Gamboa is the wife of actor-comedian/TV host/politician-senator Tito Sotto and the mother of actress/singer Ciara Sotto and actor/singer Gian Sotto.
Gamboa is also the aunt of singer/actress/TV host Sharon Cuneta. Sharon's mother, Elaine Cuneta, is her sister. She is of Spanish-American descent.
Gamboa became a runner-up to Cynthia Ugalde by a point in the Miss Press Photography of the Philippines contest in 1961.
In the late 1960s, Gamboa was given the title "Dancing Queen" of Philippine cinema and TV musicals; this title was given to her prior to the popularity of the ABBA song with the same title, the title having been given eight years before the Swedish rock band's song was released in 1976.
In 2001-2003 Gamboa made a brief TV comeback through the ABS-CBN Primetime TV series Sa Dulo ng Walang Hanggan, playing the role of Nelia Santos.
In 2009, Gamboa made her official comeback to Philippine primetime television in ABS-CBN network's Tayong Dalawa, where her son Gian also appeared. This marked Gamboa's 2nd Primetime TV series and comeback where she portrayed the antagonist Elizabeth Martinez in the TV series; the series also became a successful international phenomenon and featured a strong cast of award-winning actors from three generations of television, film, theater actors, some of whom came from appearances in internationally acclaimed indie films.
In 2012, after a two-year hiatus, Gamboa played Margaret Montenegro in the highly acclaimed and most-watched program Walang Hanggan, featuring another ensemble cast where she was reunited with her Tayong Dalawa co-star Coco Martin who led the series. Gamboa's role was a main role in the series, Margaret Montenegro being the series' main antagonist.
On October 21, 2012, Gamboa showed her knowledge of the dance "Gangnam Style" in her performance in the Walang Hanggang Pasasalamat Concert at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

Discography

Albums
Singles
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1973
1974

Television

Movies