Awards
Soriano received a number of awards most notable of which are the two Asian TV Awards as Best Comedy Actress, and three FAP awards, three FAMAS and five PMPC Star Awards for her drama performances. In 1974, she received her first award as Best Child Actress at the age of nine at the 9th Manila Film Festival for Virgo Film's Alaala mo, Daigdig ko (Your Memory is My World). She won her second acting award at the 1974 Ilo-ilo Film Festival for the movie version of the TV sitcom John En Marsha which later became the longest running Philippine sitcom. She received four consecutive nominations for FAMAS Awards in the years 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997. Her 1995 film Inagaw Mo Ang Lahat sa Akin (Harvest Home) produced by Reyna films was the official Philippine entry to the 1996 Oscar awards. In 1999, she was named as one of the Top 100 Stars of Philippine Cinema All-Time by Manila Times and in 2005 she was listed by the Director's Guild of the Philippines as one of the Top 15 Best Actresses of All Time. On January 5, 2008, she won the Best Actress award for Bahay Kubo in the Metro Manila Film Festival this is her 3rd Best Actress prior to 1997 Nasaan ang Puso and 2003 Filipinas. Maricel won in 38th Box Office Queen and King Entertainment Awards as Film Actress of the Year for her performance in A Love Story.
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