Throughout her three decades in the local entertainment scene, Cherry Pie Picache has indeed never failed to astound us with her every performance in the series and movies she has starred in. Thus, cementing her reputation as one of the most versatile actresses and most sought-after onscreen moms in the country.

And in this episode of PUSH Evolution, let’s look back on some of her most remarkable portrayals in teleseryes through the years.

From simply appearing in films in the early years of her career, she began to take on roles in television – starting off with the educational series “Bayani” produced by ABS-CBN in cooperation with the Philippine Department of Education, Culture, and Sports (DECS) in 1996.

She went on to land significant roles in a slew of teleseryes, such as, !Oka Tokat (1997-2002), Mula Sa Puso (1998), Saan Ka Man Naroroon (1999), Sa Puso Ko Iingatan Ka (2001), Bituin (2002), Sana’y Wala Nang Wakas (2003), and Pablo S. Gomez’s Kampanerang Kuba (2005).

Cherry Pie then played one of the kontrabidas named Rose Ponce in the 2007 series Sineserye Presents: Hiram Na Mukha. She once again took on the same kind of role in Iisa Pa Lamang the following year, wherein she was the greedy Isadora Fuentes-Castillejos, the mother of Diether Ocampo’s Miguel.

In 2009, she became the mother of estranged twins both named David Garcia Jr. portrayed by Gerald Anderson and Jake Cuenca in Tayong Dalawa, then an obsessed woman named Criselda who attempted to kill the wife of her beloved boss in Sineserye Presents: Florinda.

The year 2010 had been a busy year for her as she took part in three teleseryes, namely, Rubi, Agimat: Ang Mga Alamat ni Ramon Revilla: Elias Paniki, and Noah. A year after, she was among the guest actors in 100 Days To Heaven, playing Myrna Soledad, and once again became a kontrabida in My Binondo Girl as the deceitful Jean Dimasupil-Sy.

She then went on to play Theresa, the biological mother of Maja Salvador’s character in the 2012 series Ina, Kapatid, Anak that also starred Kim Chiu.

In 2015, it was her first time to portray a lesbian role in the James Reid and Nadine Lustre-starrer On The Wings of Love, as she amused us as the ever-supportive and caring Tita Jack. The following year, she appeared in FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano as Linda Aguilar.

The 51-year-old actress went on to depict significant roles in the succeeding teleseryes she appeared in – as Vivienne Zialcita-Madrid in The Promise of Forever (2017), Celeste “Miss C” Ramos in Asintado (2018), Adele Magtibay in The Blood Sisters (2018), Joan Reyes in Sandugo (2019), and Amelia Hernandez in Walang Hangggang Paalam (2020). She also played different roles in several episodes of Maalaala Mo Kaya and Wansapanataym, as well as starred in the iWantTFC Originals series “Call Me Tita.”

Her last TV project was the recently-concluded Marry Me Marry You, wherein she endeared the viewers as Elvie, the loving mother of Paulo Avelino’s Andrei and dutiful foster mom of Janine Gutierrez’s Camille. It is also through this series wherein she and fellow veteran actor and co-star Edu Manzano was able to rekindle the flame between them as their romantic affair before 2021 ended. It indeed surprised their respective children and showbiz onlookers alike, and at the same time, they received well wishes and full support from everyone.

Which among Cherry Pie’s teleserye stints did you love the most?