Living proof that sheer talent can still take you places in Philippine showbiz, Eugene Domingo's career started in 1992 with a steady stream of cameos and supporting roles in various soap operas, comedy shows and indie films. A Best Supporting Actress Award veteran, she has cinched the acting title for films like Bahay Kubo in 2007, Foster Child and Pisay in 2008 and 100, an entry in last year's Cinemalaya Film Festival.
This year, she takes the lead role as both Kimmy and Dora Go Dong Hae, twins who sit on opposite sides of the personality spectrum. With too-hard-to-ignore, fall-off-your-chair, laugh-a-minute comedy antics, a steamy swimming pool scene with killer lines like, "I'm just a girl floating in front of a boy, asking him to love her," and a gorgeous leading man in Dingdong Dantes, Eugene goes head-to-head with Sacha Baron Cohen when Kimmy Dora opens in cinemas next week the same time as Bruno.
Eugene dazzles us her wit, shares her need for sleep and how she's praying that no typhoon will bar anyone from watching her upcoming comedy film, Kimmy Dora, next week:
When you started acting on stage for Dulaang UP, did you know that you were going to be a comedienne?
All I knew was that I was interested in playing different roles. And that is still what I want to do, to play character roles, not necessarily laging komedyante. Kung tatanungin mo ko, isang malaking karangalan ang magpasaya ng tao. Not all my films were comedy, I did Pisay, Foster Child, and soap operas, hindi naman sila laging nakakatawa.
At what exact moment did you discover you were funny, that you could do comedy?
Di ko talaga sinasadya na magpatawa, mahilig lang talaga 'kong maki-sagutan, nararamdaman ko lang na nakakatawa to, kasi nakikiliti ako. Mahilig akong manggaya, di ko naman alam na nakakatawa na pala yon.
Which local actresses you admire most?
Ai-ai delas Alas is really funny, my God, tumutulo ang luha ko sa kanya. Pokwang is also funny. Veteran comedians like Chichay, Nova Villa, Mitch Valdes, and Nanette Inventor. Lahat sila nakakatawa, iba't-ibang flavors.
ang kulet.. pics pa lng ng pool scene nila ni dingdong natatawa n ako.. hehe.. sna mgkaron ng international screening... or else mghihintay p kmi ng dvd nito...hayyy
kakatawa naman si DOra. Goodluck!!!!!
Pokwang is better. Eugene is sarcastic, hindi ako natatawa. She makes people laugh by making someone a laughing stock. Kay Pokwang ako talaga natatawa ng todong todo.
sana nga may international screening....katawa tong tunay.
uge is really funny in kimi dora... naluha ako sa katatawa lalo na nung papalit-palit na siya ng character... she is really the next comedy queen... kudos also to writer Chris Martinez and to bb. joyce bernal, she's small but one terribly big talent... sana marami ang manood para sulit ang first venture ni papa piolo and ng SPRING films... thanks uge for sending me to sleep laughing out loud.
I LOve it!! galing tlga n eugne.. mgling xa mgptwa ksya ky pokwang..kkasawa n c pokwang.go eugne..
UMPISA KO PA LANG MAKITA SA SOAP NI CLAUDUNE SI EUGENE,,,KITANG KITA NA MABENTA ANG MGA TIRADA NYA...
she is really funny,tudo s adlib
Nakakatawa talaga cya...ganda ng KIMMYDORA...congrats
maganda talaga si Eugene gumanap sa comedy!
comedy queen si uge versatile actresss sya kahit saan mo sya ilagay panalo laking u.p. at theatro di katulad ng iba o.a. magpatawa
I AM SO HAPPY AND PROUD OF YOU UGE. FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN YOU WITH WITH CLAUDINE'S TELESERYE, I BECAME A FAN. SOBRA MO AKONG PINAPASAYA.I WATCHED ALL YOUR SHOWS AND MOVIES. WHEN YOU ACCEPTED PROJECTS FROM GMA7 I WAS SAD FOR THE MEANTIME BUT THEN I DECIDED TO SUBSCRIBE TO GMA7 AND WATCHED THE SHOWS THAT SHOWCASE YOUR TALENT.SAD THAT BEFORE THE TELESERYE'S FINALITY I HAD TO CANCEL THE GMA7 SUBSCRIPTION COZ IKAW LANG ANG NATURAL ANG HUSAY. NASASAPAWAN MO NA SILA AND THE PRODUCER PROBABLY GOT THREATENED THAT THE MAIN CHARACTERS ARE BEING OVERSHADOWED BY YOUR ENIGMATIC TALENT. SAY MO.SUBSCRIBE ULIT AKO BECAUSE OF YOUR COOL CENTER, BUT SAD TO SAY THAT I WATCHED IT MORE WHEN YOU ARE MAIN HOST OF THE PROGRAM. NO OFFENSE SA CO-STARS MO. SI AI-AI FIRST AND SECOND SI POKIE LANG ANG PWEDE MONG KASABAY. KAWAWA TALAGA IYONG IBA. I SOUND SO BIASED. SORRY, KITA KO LANG ANG TUNAY NA TALENT.
she is a good actress
Actually kaya lang ako natatawa kay ai-ai kapag ksama nya si eugene.. Sya ang nagdadala.
I'll try to see Kimmy Dora this weekend. ako din natatawa kay Eugene, may talent talaga sya. I've been watching Cool Center, nakakatawa talaga sya dun.
an inborn comedian is a great comedian made off and to be said a great character made off change of charaCTER is not easy she has to pull all emotions from the inside !!hapy nxt comedian queen
im too a fun of urs happy nxt queen a hi 5 to u miss eugene ... outlet ko ang watching comedy movies when im stressout
d ko pa npanood but ill try to watch it basta eugene domingo d best yan Go girl....
i luv KD, the movie. Very funny. But i don't like the ending, it wasn't a cause for laughter, sorry to say. But ill recommend the movie for everyone, with parental guidance especially for the ending :)...and am just wondering why the cinema in trinoma cut some parts that were important? i saw them in the trailer but weren't in the movie. Like how did kimmy exchange places with dora? that was edited. In the trailer, kimmy had a dialogue like, 'pwede naman pala akong maging dora.' like i said, that scene was edited in the screening at trinoma.
galing ng movie, imagine ang asawa kong hindi mahilig sa filipino comedy film, napahagalpak sa katatawa, really nice film.... congrats