Nora Cabaltera Villamayor was born on May 21, 1953 and being famous for a screen name “Nora Aunor”. She is a muti-awarded Filipino actress, producer, and singer. Nora Aunor is one of the Filipino actresses who had the highest talent fee for stage plays, television shows, and concerts. She is identified as the “Superstar in Philippine Entertainment Industry”. In 1999, she received the “Centennial Honor for the Arts” mark her as “Actress of Century” awarded by the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
Nora Aunor has received various international and national awards for Cairo 1995, East Asia 1997, Brussels 2004 and nominations on Berlin 1983, Singapore 1997, Cairo 1999, and Singapore 1999. She is the first Filipino actress awarded an “International acting award” in Film Festival for the movie “The Flor Contemplacion Story”. She is also the first and only Filipino to received nomination from a Top-Tier International Film Festival for the movie “Himala”.
In 1960s, she appeared in more than 170 films and has been directed by four Philippine National Artist Awardees: Lamberto Avellana, Lino Brocka, Gerardo de Leon, and Ishmael Bernal.
In her music career, Nora Aunor has also released 260 plus carrier singles and recorded more than 500 songs and above 40 albums. She has gotten over 30 gold singles with the estimated sales of one million units. Her album called “Pearly Shells” released on 1971 had the biggest-selling singles in the Philippines.
In Philippine TV shows, she hosted “Superstar”, the musical variety show running for 22 years. In 1970s, Nora Aunor had also a weekly drama show “Makulay na Daigdig ni Nora”. Her first soap opera was “Bituin” in ABS-CBN during 2002.