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Dolly Earnshaw de Leon is a Filipina film, television, and theater actress. She is best known for her roles in the films Verdict, Historya ni Ha, and the Palme d'Or winning Triangle of Sadness.[1]

Dolly de Leon
De Leon in 2022
Born	Dolly Earnshaw de Leon Manila, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino
Education	BA Theater Arts University of the Philippines Diliman (1995)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1991–present
Children	4

Early life and career

Dolly de Leon was born and raised in Manila to parents with roots from Ilocos and Visayas. She attended the University of the Philippines Diliman, where she was mentored by the late National Artist for Theater Tony Mabesa, and finished a Bachelor of Arts in Theater in 1995. She then started acting for soap operas before moving to film, while still doing theater and soaps. Her first credit in big screen was in Shake, Rattle, and Roll III in 1991. In an interview with Variety, de Leon described theater as her "first love."[1][2][3]

For decades, de Leon has played a number of parts, mostly bit roles, in the Philippines. De Leon has also worked with noted Filipino directors, including Lav Diaz, Erik Matti, and Antoinette Jadaone.[3]

In 2018, she auditioned without an agent and got the part for a role in the international film Triangle of Sadness written and directed by Ruben Östlund which will be then screened at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Palme d'Or. Her role on this film which Variety described as "scene-stealing" is widely considered as her breakout role, locally and internationally, and is described by Deadline as "long-overdue." She consequently signed with Fusion Entertainment for management across all areas, as well as with Gersh.[4][5][6]

Selected filmography

Film

• Hintayan ng Langit (2018) as Mayor Susan
• Verdict (2019) as Elsa
• Historya ni Ha (2021) as Dahlia
• Triangle of Sadness (2022) as Abigail

Television

• Folklore, S2: Seven Days of Hell (2021) as Lourdes
• Wish Ko Lang, Sukob (2022)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref
2017	Philstage Gawad Buhay	Outstanding Ensemble Performance	Tribes	Won	[7]
2020	FAMAS Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Verdict	Won	[8]
	Luna Awards			Nominated	[8]
2022	Gawad Urian Awards	Best Supporting Actress	History of Ha	Pending	[8]
	Middleburg Film Festival	Breakthrough Performance Award	Triangle of Sadness	Awarded	[9]

References

External links

• Dolly de Leon at IMDb
• Dolly de Leon on Twitter

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