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| Birth Name: | Sue Anna Garina Dodd | ||||||||
| Birth Date: | 20 July 1996 | ||||||||
| Birth Place: | Parañaque, Philippines | ||||||||
| Nationality: | Filipino | ||||||||
| Years Active: | 2010–present | ||||||||
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Sue Anna Garina Ramirez Dodd[1] [2] (born July 20, 1996) is a Filipino actress. Her first major role was as supporting cast member on the ABS-CBN remake of the TV drama Mula sa Puso (2011). She appeared in the television dramas (2011–12), (2012), Annaliza (2013–14), Pangako Sa 'Yo (2015), Dolce Amore (2016), La Luna Sangre (2017), Hanggang Saan (2017–18), FPJ's Ang Probinsyano (2018) and A Soldier's Heart (2020). She was nominated in the 32nd PMPC Star Awards for Movies as New Movie Actress of the Year for the film Just the Way You Are.
Sue Anna Garina Dodd was born in Parañaque, Philippines. Her Filipino mother Concepcion Garina is from Sipalay City, Negros Occidental,[3] and her father James Peter Dodd was a White American retired senior officer of the US state department. Sue is the youngest among her siblings, with two sisters and two brothers; only she has dual Filipino and American citizenship. She attended high school at Sacred Heart School in Parañaque.[4] Ramirez's father died in 2013.[5]
In 2010, Ramirez auditioned for Star Magic with the song "Angels Brought Me Here" by Guy Sebastian, and was accepted, with her first project with ABS-CBN being teen variety show Shoutout![6] She entered show business with the hopes of paying for her father's medical expenses.[7]
Ramirez began her acting career playing Nicole Matias in the ABS-CBN remake of Mula sa Puso. Her character is the only child of the antagonists Ysmael Matias and Selina Pereira-Matias, who goes against her parents and becomes associated with the protagonist, Olivia "Via" Pereira-Amarillo. The series premiered in March 2011 and ran for one season with ninety-eight episodes. Anna Larrucea was originally cast for her role. In the same year, Ramirez made her film debut with a minor role in Aswang, followed by a supporting role in ABS-CBN's drama television series .[8]
Ramirez's lead role in ABS-CBN's 2012 remake
In 2013, Ramirez starred as Luisa "Louie" Celerez in ABS-CBN's Annaliza, the remake of the television series of the same name produced by GMA Network. She was announced to be part of the supporting cast after ABS-CBN's announcement that they have received the rights to remake the television series from the original director, Gil C. Soriano.[10]
In 2014, Ramirez appeared in another episode in ABS-CBN's anthology drama Maalaala Mo Kaya – Panyo, followed by a supporting role in an episode in ABS-CBN's dramatization of actual cases brought and settled in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, as well as a special participation in ABS-CBN's comedy drama Dream Dad.
In 2015, Ramirez starred as Michelle Gutierrez in a series of episodes in ABS-CBN's Wansapanataym, followed by a special participation in the Nasaan Ka Nang Kailangan Kita remake of the film of the same name. In the same year, Ramirez participated in the fourth batch of the fifth season of Kapamilya, Deal or No Deal, hosted by Luis Manzano, where she was chosen to play in the May 13, 2015 episode and received ₱100,000. Ramirez once again appeared in two episodes in Maalaala Mo Kaya – Shattered Dreams and Maalaala Mo Kaya – Selfless Love and a supporting role in the afternoon drama series All of Me as Kristel Sebastian.
Ramirez gained further popularity after joining the second half (Book 2) of the teleserye Pangako Sa 'Yo (2015) as Joy "Ligaya" Miranda, the "third wheel" of the show's primary "love team" Yna Macaspac (Kathryn Bernardo) and Angelo Buenavista (Daniel Padilla). In the same year, Sue Ramirez received her first nomination in the 32nd PMPC Star Awards for Movies as New Movie Actress of the Year for the film Just the Way You Are (2015).[11]
In 2016, Ramirez was given the role of Angel (Serena's biological sister played by Liza Soberano) in Dolce Amore and topbilled the viral story of Genesis, a Filipino artist who sold his paintings for a mother who suffered from severe illness in Maalaala Mo Kaya – Paru-paro. She also joined the longest-running musical variety show in the Philippines ASAP. In the same year, Ramirez was chosen to be the new Honorary Tourism Ambassador for Korea to the Philippines, replacing actress Jessy Mendiola.
Year after, Ramirez appeared as the Young Margaret Divinagracia played by Coney Reyes in 2017 Philippine fantasy drama My Dear Heart and as one of the celebrity contestants in the Philippine adaptation of Israeli reality show I Can Do That. In the same year, Ramirez had a reunion with the loveteam Kathniel in the horror-action fantasy drama television series La Luna Sangre.
In the last quarter of 2017, Sue Ramirez led the cast of the horror movie The Debutantes together with Miles Ocampo, Michelle Vito, Jane de Leon and Chanel Morales. She joined the Main Cast of the Philippine television drama series Hanggang Saan with veteran actress Sylvia Sanchez became part of the 2017 Metro Manila Film Festival entry with Vic Sotto and Dawn Zulueta.
In 2018, she starred in a romantic movie with Jameson Blake titled Ang Babaeng Allergic sa WiFi.
She appeared in FPJ's Ang Probinsyano as Marie, the happy-go-lucky granddaughter of an elderly couple who harbored the Vendetta.
In 2019, she portrayed a full-service sex worker in the film Cuddle Weather alongside RK Bagatsing.
In 2020, she joins A Soldier's Heart, the leading lady of Gerald Anderson.
In 2022, she portrayed Lexy Lucero, a woman in a relationship with a married man, in the Kapamilya teleserye The Broken Marriage Vow as main antagonist, which began airing in January 2022.
In the same year, she appeared in The Iron Heart as Venus Magbanua, the leading lady of Richard Gutierrez who works with him previously in La Luna Sangre.
She was in a relationship with actor Joao Constancia from 2017 to 2019.[12]
Since 2020, she has been dating actor and politician Javi Benitez, the son of politician Albee Benitez.
| Year | Title | Role | Production | Notes/ Ref. | |
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| 2011 | Aswang | Younger Stella | Regal Films | Film debut | |
| 2015 | Just the Way You Are | Driana Sison | Summit Media Star Cinema | 32nd PMPC Star Awards for Movie - New Actress of the Year, Nominee[13] | |
| A Second Chance | Marie | Star Cinema | Special Participation | ||
| 2017 | The Debutantes | Kate Angeles | Regal Films The IdeaFirst Company Regal Multimedia | [14] | |
| Rihanna | OctoArts Films M-Zet Productions APT Entertainment | 2017 Metro Manila Film Festival Entry[15] | |||
| 2018 | Ang Babaeng Allergic sa WiFi | Norma Villanueva | Cignal Entertainment The IdeaFirst Company October Train Films | [16] | |
| 2019 | Sunshine Family | Shine | Spring Films Korean-Filipino Film | [17] | |
| I'm Ellenya L. | Spring Films | Special Participation | |||
| Cuddle Weather | Adela Johnson | Regal Entertainment | [18] [19] | ||
| Dead Kids | Janina | Globe Studios | [20] | ||
| 2020 | Love Lockdown | Abby | Dreamscape Entertainment | [21] | |
| Finding Agnes | Cathy Duvera | Mavx Productions Netflix | [22] [23] | ||
| 2021 | Princess Dayareese | Ally | Star Cinema | Special Participation | |
| Mommy Issues | Katya | Regal Entertainment | [24] | ||
| Boyfriend No. 13 | Kimverly "Kim" Santillan | WETV | [25] | ||
| 2023 | Rewind | Vivian Pastrana | Star Cinema APT Entertainment AgostoDos Pictures | Special Participation | |
| 2024 | How To Slay A Nepo Baby | Ada | Happy Infinite Productions | [26] | |
| The Kingdom | APT Entertainment, M-Zet Productions, MQuest Ventures, Inc. | ||||
| TBA | Flower Girl | The IdeaFirst Company, Octobertrain Films, Creazion Studios | [27] |
| Year | Award Ceremony | Notable Work | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6th TV Craze Awards | Most Promising Actress of the Year | ||
| 2016 | 32nd PMPC Star Awards for Movies | Just The Way You Are | New Movie Actress of the Year | |
| ASAP Pop Viewers' Choice Awards | Pop Sweetheart of the Year | |||
| Pop Love Teen with Ronnie Alonte | ||||
| 2017 | Myx Music Awards 2017 | Favorite MYX Celebrity VJ | ||
| FHM Philippines 2017 | 100 Sexiest in the World | |||
| YouTube Philippines | Your Love (song cover) | Top Trending Music Videos of 2017 Philippines | ||
| 2018 | Wish 107.5 Music Awards | Bronze Wishclusive Elite Circle | ||
| Silver Wishclusive Elite Circle | ||||
| Wishclusive Ballad Performance of the Year | ||||
| Wish Promising Artist of the Year | ||||
| 2019 | While We Are Young (song cover) | Wishclusive Pop Performance of the Year | ||
| 2020 | Your Love (song cover) | Gold Wishclusive Elite Circle | ||
| 7th Urduja Heritage Film Awards | Cuddle Weather | Best Actress in Comedy or Musical | ||
| Date | Title | Venue | Note | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| first ever solo concert | [64] | |||
| together with Kristel Fulgar Maris Racal Loisa Andalio | [65] | |||
| [66] |
| Year | Song | Label | Note | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | First single | |||
| 1M subscribers for Star Music YouTube channel | [67] | |||
| 2017 | ABS-CBN Summer Station ID 2017 | [68] | ||
| 2018 | ||||
| 2020 | Star Magic artists support of solidarity to the network amidst franchise renewal issue | [69] |