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name: "Althea Vega"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/althea-vega"
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imdb_id: "nm3163435"
tmdb_id: 1139338
roles: ["Actor"]
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average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T22:37:34.099450+00:00"
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# Althea Vega

## Identity

Althea Vega

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/althea-vega
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** althea-vega
- **IMDb ID:** nm3163435
- **TMDB ID:** 1139338
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3163435/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1139338

Actor. Born in Pangasinan, Philippines.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3163435/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1139338

## Fi1m on Althea Vega

> Althea Vega is convincing when a character has immediate needs to attend to. Her work in *Metro Manila* makes us care about the family before the crime, and suggests an actor worth giving more room than a busy thriller allows.

In *Metro Manila* (2013), the family scenes do not feel like something to get through before the crime begins. Althea Vega, playing Mai Ramirez opposite Jake Macapagal, helps make them worth staying with. We cared about this family because the pair made its need to get by feel pressing, without waiting for the thriller to supply another danger. Vega's contribution is easy to underestimate in a film with so much plot to manage. It is a good reason to stay with Sean Ellis's sometimes overworked thriller.

Her early move from television bit parts into films included Joel Lamangan's *Walang Kawala* (2008), followed by sustained work in independent Philippine productions. She has often played women dealing with poverty or moral compromise, and *Metro Manila* belongs to that pattern of casting. For *Ang Katiwala* (2012), she was specifically requested for the role of a provincial wife. The appeal is understandable: she can make practical worries convincing without turning each one into a demonstration of suffering.

Ellis's approach also seems well suited to her: she has described being allowed to discover her own acting style on *Metro Manila*. The scenes with Macapagal bear that out, giving the two actors space to make the family's needs convincing without insisting on our admiration. The trouble comes when the film introduces another complication where staying with the people would be more persuasive. Vega helps sustain our interest, but she cannot make every new piece of crime plotting feel necessary.

Her later credits take her beyond social-realist drama, into suspense and action. She plays the younger version of Nora Aunor's character in *Dementia* (2014), and Dao in the action thriller *General Commander* (2019). We would welcome more parts that let her establish what a woman wants beyond getting through the day. Start with *Metro Manila*, provided the appeal of its family is enough to carry you through some overworked crime plotting.

## Biography

Althea Vega is a Filipino actress. She began her career during her sophomore year of college with roles in soap operas before moving into feature films.

She is known for playing Mai Ramirez in *Metro Manila* (2013) and Dao in *General Commander* (2019). Vega has appeared in more than 30 films, television programmes and radio dramas, including *Balangiga: Howling Wilderness* (2017), *Watch Me Kill* (2019) and *Of Sinners and Saints* (2015). She is also a fitness advocate and has been based in New York City since 2022.

*Sources: imdb.com, altheavega.net, mydramalist.com, rappler.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Metro Manila* (2013), Fi1m 74, as Mai Ramirez — [page](https://film.one/film/metro-manila.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Blood Hunters: Rise of the Hybrids* (2019), as Maggie
- *Basurero* (2019), as Luce
- *General Commander* (2019), as Dao
- *Balangiga: Howling Wilderness* (2017), as Kulas' Mother
- *Malinak Ya Labi* (2016), Actor
- *Of Sinners and Saints* (2015), as Aling Celia
- *Dementia* (2014), as Mara (Young)
- *Separados* (2014), Actor
- *Astray* (2014), as Lynn
- *Love and Death* (2013), Actor
- *Metro Manila* (2013), as Mai Ramirez — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/metro-manila.md)
- *Bayang Magiliw* (2013), Actor
- *Diablo* (2012), Actor
- *Ang Katiwala* (2012), as Edna
- *Shadows of Noon* (2011), Actor
- *Law Law Gang* (2011), Actor
- *Shake Rattle & Roll 12* (2010), as Nova (segment "Punerarya")
- *Funerary* (2010), as Nova
- *Two Funerals* (2010), as Isay
- *Halik sa tubig* (2010), Actor
- *I Love Dreamguyz* (2009), as Zeny
- *Big Night* (2009), as Elena
- *No Way Out* (2008), as Cynthia

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