Sylvia Sanchez has been in the business for over 20 years. She has
portrayed a variety of roles with the most common being mother roles or
the villain roles ("contrabida"). She went to Manila as the breadwinner
and provider for her family. She was discovered by Peque Gallaga when
she was a teen and the rest is history. Her manager, Cornelia Lee, has
been her manager since she started out.
