Birth Name Maria Cecilia Dador Soriano Date of Birth 25 February 1965 Born At Philippines Nickname Diamond Star, Maria, Taray Queen   Maricel Soriano was born on February 25, 1965. She started acting at the age of six. Maricel Soriano has starred in around 83 films.

In 2004, Maricel Soriano earned the Best Actress trophies from the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) and the Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP), the local counterpart of the Oscars.

In 1974, she received her first acting award as Best Child Actress at the age of nine at the 9th Manila Film Festival. She also won the same award at the 1974 Ilo-ilo Film Festival.

In 2000, her Abandonada movie was released. Joel Lamangan directed this movie. In this movie she played a role of "Gemma". Abandonada won the FAP Award for Best Original Song and nominated for the Best Picture.

Aside from successfully conquering the movie scene, Maricel Soriano duplicated her feat on Television with a variety of shows. She has received two awards from the Asian TV Awards as Best Actress in a Comedy shows from the Philippine Movie Press Club (PMPC) and awards as Best Actress in a Drama.