Shamaine Buencamino
Acting
Biography
Shamaine Buencamino a Filipino actress and mental health advocate. She is a five-time Gawad Urian nominee. Internationally, she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 2018 International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema (IFFWC) London for her role in the film, Bagahe; and won Best Supporting Actress at the 2025 San Diego Short Film Festival (SDSFF) for her role in the short film, Angelite. She is married to Filipino actor, Nonie Buencamino
Born: February 28, 1965
Known For
Scarecrow
The search for a missing watch instigates the painful quest for the truth in Belyn’s and her son’s life.
Rotonda
Beginning at the break of dawn and ending the next morning, the story, set around a rugged city intersection, follows the path of a marked one-thousand-peso bill as it transfers from one character to another, returning to its originator in the end, blood-tainted. The money leads us to each of the five offbeat characters, all in desperate need of their soul's redemption: a disillusioned tabloid reporter planning to commit suicide in a motel, a nightclub dancer con prostitute who has avowed to give her kid sister a better life, a fallen henchman resurfacing to score big time, a chronic runaway teenage girl held captive as sex slave by a cop, and a long-suffering son bearing a sadomasochistic relationship with his brutish, half-paralyzed father who behaves like a mad dictator in his wheelchair.
The Baggage
Raped and pregnant, an OFW rids herself of unwanted baggage on the flight back home.
Please • Care
An 80-year old woman decides that she will be an old maid. But when the woman tries to leave her husband for sixty years, their children forbid their parents to separate.
Lorna
Lorna is sixty year old woman who is constantly searching for the right man, having failed at so many relationships. Having lived close to a lifetime alone, she decides to take another stab at moving on and more importantly, love.
Maybe This Time
"Steph Asuncion and Tonio Bugayong were once in love. Back then, she was a young girl who wanted a simple life and he was older, more ambitious than she was. Tonio was a small town guy who wants to board a ship to provide for his family’s furniture business. Sarah was a Manila girl who spends the summer in the province for community service. What might have been a sweet relationship ended sourly when Tonio left without saying goodbye. Steph was heartbroken and it taught her to dream bigger to be worthy of love. Will their paths cross again? Will they overcome the pains of the past to give love a second chance? This is a story between two people who will be reminded about the importance of being true to one’s self in order for true love to happen."
Kahit Isang Saglit
College buddies Dexter, Annie, and Michael decided to form an architecture firm after college. When everything is going fine between Annie and Michael, Dexter accidentally fell into the construction site and was put into a comma. Michael supported Annie and became Anna’s crying shoulder. As they continue to go on with their architectural project, Annie never misses to visit her boyfriend, who can hear all of her stories. Annie is hopeful that she would soon wake up. But she also began to see Michael’s admirable traits.
Only We Know
When a retired professor and a widowed engineer in his 40s bond after a chance meeting, their conversations on life and love turn into something more.
UnMarry
In the middle of annulment cases and custody battles, Celine and Ivan meet at the law office of a lawyer and YouTube host of “Walang Butas Ang Batas”. What begins as a chance encounter grows into a friendship that helps them navigate heartbreak, family, and the possibility of starting over.
Barber's Tales
In the 1970s, a widow in a remote village takes over her husband’s barber shop. She becomes the laughing stock of the male-dominated community and in the process discovers freedom and liberation.
Filmography
as Imelda
as Alma
as Cora
as Sarah / Natty
as Nerissa
as Lourdes
as Valeriana
as Adora
as Speaker
as Cecilia Villacorte
as Mercedes
as Mommy Jillian
as Lydia Mondejar
as Karina
as Sally's Mom
as Petra
as Doray
as Rose
as Aurora "Auring" Realonda
as Mila Marasigan
as Lenny
as Tessie
as Loida Aguirre
as Mrs. Cruz
as Azon Francisco
as Rose
as Marissa Martinez
as Cecilla "Cecile" Cordova
as Kaye's Mother (segment "Paa")
as Margarita
as Mother of Noel
as Loret
as Nana Asuncion
as Tere
as Mommy Rose
as Rosa Perrei
as Lupe
as First Lady
as Lampyris
as Cecile
as Liway Mallari
as Rica
as Counsellor
as Lydia Duena Whitley