

It was, in sum, an impassioned series of sessions. Among members, the free-for-all mood continued: speeches extolling one actress over another, irreverent repartee, naysaying, knocking somebody else's choice down, banding together to back up one actress, breaking apart over who was superior to the other. Again at this stage, we did not narrow down the list to just 15. Then we set up an e-chart containing the names of actresses nominated by any of the 11 members. We could all change our minds, listen to contrary opinion, seek out affirmation, all the while guarding our wish list. At this first stage, everyone's list was in flux. There was an unbelievably deep talent pool to choose from, seriously causing the members days of pained study.

In practice, each of us listed more than 15. To get to our final list, the PEP TEAM went through five major stages.įirst, we shortlisted our Top 15. Maglipon Executive Editor Karen AP Caliwara News Editor Erwin Santiago Video Editor Rommel Llanes Deputy News Editor Rachelle Siazon Chief of Reporters Arniel Serato Senior Reporters Bernie Franco, Jet Hitosis Lifestyle Reporters Nikko Angelo Tuazon, FM Ganal Guide Reporter James Patrick Anarcon. The 11-person collective includes: Editor-in-Chief Jo-Ann Q. We therefore recognize that there will always be unhappiness surrounding lists and rankings, including ours.īut, we stand on our clear efforts, over the five-month period of November 2020-early April 2021, to discuss, argue, debate, defend our individual choices within our collective of 11, all of us members of the PEP TEAM at the time of deliberations and voting. After all, every lead actress will have her unmoving, uncompromising, unswerving loyalists. On top of this, we rank the actresses, which of course gets us into more controversial territory. For instance: How many movies? Range of roles? How many lead performances? How many times superior? And so on. What we have done to balance the subjective vote is to back up our choices with another viewing of the movies and a study of the facts and numbers.

5 Jaclyn Jose.Ĭhoosing the very best among the best actresses in Philippine cinema can never be an easy undertaking. This is The PEP List of the 15 Greatest Movie Actresses in Leading Roles, 2000-2020.
