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Maria Chanda Josefa Valenzuela Obsum Romero-Alejandrino (born March 6, 1954) is a Filipinos actress. She started in 1967, and is still active today.
She first started in 1972 in the film Kundoktora with Vilma Santos, which was shown on the exact date of the declaration of Martial Law. During the 1970s, she became known as a sexy actress. Her prolific work in sexy films and dramas caught the attention of many directors, and in the 1980s, she showed her serious work as an actress in Ishmael Bernal's Working Girls and Dapat Ka Bang Mahalin? Both were released in 1984.
Her father Enrique, also known as Bobby, was the paternal grandson of Francisco Domingo Romero Sr., presidente municipal of Tanjay, Negros Oriental from 1909 to 1916 and later a member of the Provincial Board of Negros Oriental, and Josefa Muñoz, daughter of Tanjay presidente municipal Don José Muñoz Teves and Alejandra Ines Calumpang . Her father was also the maternal grandson of Enrique Cayetano Villanueva, Sr., governor of Negros Oriental from 1916 to 1925 and later representative of the 2nd district of Negros Oriental from 1925 to 1931, and Francisca Baena Gómez, Negros Oriental Carnival Queen in 1905.
Other relations include her mother's sister Milagros Valenzuela de Urgello, Cebu Carnival Queen in 1937; her grandfather's brother José María Emeterio Romero, the first Philippine ambassador to the Court of St. James's and later Secretary of Education; Eddie Romero, National Artist for Film; Jose Romero, Jr., former Philippine ambassador to Italy; Hector R.R. Villanueva, Press Secretary of former Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos and later Postmaster-General of the Philippines during the Arroyo administration; among others.
Her mother died on July 6, 2020, as one of the casualties of COVID-19 in Cebu City.
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| Analyn |
| Brianna |
| Diwata |
| Rita |
| Cristy |
| Tiffany |
| Jenny Estrada |
| Charley |
| Christine |
| Glacilda Gancayco |
| RJ Juan |
| Anne |
| Thelma |
| Edith |
| Jocelyn |
| Lucia |
| Connie |
| Tess |
| Martha |
| Lucila |
| Paloma Aguilar |
| Jenny |
| Cita |
| Prosecutor attorney |
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| Maga |
| Lolay |
| Josie |
| Maita |
| Migo's mother |
| Sylvia |
| Tenant |
| Aling Lina |
| Herself |
| Contessa |
| Adele |
| Mutya Sidro |
| 1995–1997 | Villa Quintana | Illuminada "Lumeng" Samonte | Episode Guest: "Abito" Credited as "Chanda Romero" | |
| 2000 | Maalaala Mo Kaya | Charito | ||
| 2001–2002 | Ikaw Lang ang Mamahalin | Amarra Luna | Supporting cast | |
| 2002–2003 | Kapalaran | Magda | ||
| 2003–2004 | Narito ang Puso Ko | Clara Bautista | ||
| 2005–2006 | Vietnam Rose | Vida Mojica | ||
| 2006 | Now and Forever: Linlang | Gina Dimaano | Supporting cast / antagonist | |
| 2007 | Princess Charming | Doña Amparo Vda. de Saavedra | Episode Guest: "Black Jewel in the Palace" Credited as "Chanda Romero" | |
| Magic Kamison | Maja | Supporting Cast / Protagonist | ||
| Impostora | Doña Anatella Vda. de Cayetano | Eps | ||
| Maalaala Mo Kaya | Estella | |||
| 2008 | Mars Ravelo's Dyesebel | Doña Felicia Montemayor | ||
| 2008–09 | Luna Mystika | Doña Benita Sagrado | ||
| 2009 | Zorro | Agida | ||
| Adik Sa'Yo | Doña Aurora Manansala | |||
| Sine Novela: Kaya Kong Abutin ang Langit | Doña Lucia Enriquez-Recto | |||
| 2010 | The Last Prince | Dama Rosata | ||
| 2011 | Dwarfina | Celia | ||
| Sisid | Mommy L | Guest Cast | ||
| Sinner or Saint | Racquel | Episode Guest: "Ang Mama Kong Mamaw" Credited as "Chanda Romero" | ||
| Spooky Nights | Mommy Glo | |||
| 2012 | My Beloved | Elsa Quijano | ||
| Faithfully | Amanda Quillamor | Episode Guest: "Pulang Laso"Credited as "Chanda Romero" | ||
| Maalaala Mo Kaya | Mrs. Miranda | |||
| 2013 | Kidlat | Minerva Megaton | ||
| My Husband's Lover | Soledad "Sol/Sinag" Del Mundo | Episode Guest: "Family Picture" Credited as "Chanda Romero" | ||
| Maalaala Mo Kaya | Fatima | |||
| 2014 | Kambal Sirena | Doña Victorina Villanueva | ||
| Ismol Family | Mama China "Mommy C" | |||
| 2014–15 | Strawberry Lane | Ms. Digna Castro | Episode Guest: "Paano Mo Nagawa Ito?" Credited as "Chanda Romero" | |
| 2015 | Ipaglaban Mo! | Zeny | ||
| Pari 'Koy | Madam Martha Buenavista | Episode Guest: "Sa Ngalan ng Anak" Credited as "Chanda Romero" | ||
| Magpakailanman | Mama | |||
| Princess in the Palace | Doña Pilar Buenaventura | |||
| 2015–16 | The Half Sisters | Cielo | 15 episodes | |
| 2016 | Once Again | Carmen Mateo | Episode Guest: "Davao Bombing: Mga Kuwento Ng Pag-Asa" Part 1 and 2 Credited as "Chanda Romero" | |
| Magpakailanman | Euphemia | Episode Guest: "Tungkod", credited as "Chanda Romero" | ||
| Maalaala Mo Kaya | Mrs. Pacita Piano | |||
| 2017 | Legally Blind | Marissa Reyes-Evangelista | Episode Guest: "Batik: Ang Santa Claus Ng Tarlac" Credited as "Chanda Romero" | |
| Magpakailanman | Tess | Episode Guest: "Bagong Bahay, Bagong Away" Credited as "Chanda Romero" | ||
| 2018 | Dear Uge | Maui | Supporting cast / anti-hero / antagonist | |
| Contessa | Charito Castillo vda. de Imperial / Black Scorpion | Episode Guest: "Mommy's Home" Credited as "Chanda Romero" | ||
| Dear Uge | Remy | Supporting cast / protagonist | ||
| 2018–19 | Cain at Abel | Belenita "Belen" Castillo-Larrazabal / Fe Ledesma | Episode Guest: "Ang Halimaw na ng biyenan, at impaktong manugang" Credited as "Chanda Romero" | |
| 2019 | Dear Uge | Violy | Supporting cast / Anti-Hero | |
| 2019–2022 | Prima Donnas | Lady Primarosa Claveria | Supporting cast / protagonist | |
| 2023 | Contessa | |||
| Magandang Dilag | Sofia Veneracion vda. de Robles | |||
| 2024 | Black Rider | Doña Salvacion Valerio vda. de Nadela (Romana's Mother) | Recurring cast / protagonist | |
| 2024–25 | Forever Young | Guada | Supporting cast / antagonist / anti-hero | |
| 2025 | FPJ's Batang Quiapo | Vice Mayor Olivia Montenegro/Guerrero-Torres† | Supporting cast / antagonist |
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