Lily Anne Hidalgo (née Cortez) is one of the main antagonists (alongside Renato Hipolito) of FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano (Seasons 7-9). She is Lucas Cabrera’s former baglady and former on-and-off ally/rival of Renato Hipolito in the government and drug industry. She is portrayed by Lorna Tolentino.
Background[]
Born to an illegitimate child of Filipino Chinese family, and was always struggling financially throughout her life. Her financial struggle gave her motivation to become an influential person and led her life to greed and arrogance. She eventually became one of Cabrera’s associates but later ordered to eliminate her. She was saved by Cardo and Vendetta and used them for her plans in taking down the Cabrera family and Renato Hipolito. As Renato survives, she helped Renato only to trick him by stealing all of his wealth and control of his power.She also has her protege and first right-hand and female assassin Meilin Yang who then trains her to be a contract killer.
Lily made contact with Oscar Hidalgo as her goal to become First Lady of the Philippines, and eventually marry him for her position. Unbeknownst, to Oscar that she made contact to a crime lord Lazaro Enriquez who abducted her in the wedding day for vengeance. After rescuing her from Lazaro’s hands, Task Force Agila had become suspicious on her and her secretary Meilin(who accidentally falls to her death after her duel with Diana during the raid). She later incriminated Delfin, and take control of Oscar by drugging him with his conspiracy with Renato Hipolito, Arturo Padua, and Jacob Serrano. and even her co-conspirators Juan and Meilin. As Oscar got overdosed by Renato’s drugs, she requested Renato to pick up a decoy for Oscar during Oscar’s confinement.
As Oscar is battling from coma and Task Force Agila’s lie low from the authorities, she rooked advantage of her illegal transactions and conspiracy with Renato to become the most powerful drug cartel in the country. Unbeknownst to her, Oscar have regained consciousness and heard her atrocities in the palace. Upon learning, about Oscar’s knowledge about her activities she confined Oscar in a hidden room and laced him with multiple tranquilizers. This was ended when Ambo and Elizabeth escaped Oscar from her hands. Learning about their escape, she hatched a plan to eliminate Oscar and Cardo in order to cover up her crimes and continue ruling corruption and looming fascism in the country.
She then made connections and forms an alliance with Lito Valmoria and Albert De Vela from their illegal transactions and domination for the country and also kill and eliminate those who poses a threat to them. She also made connections with Don Ignacio for her endorsement as president and business partners, only to end when Renato revealed her motives to take his control completely and connection with his business rival Lito Valmoria. She was later attacked during Task Force Agila and Armando’s invasion in the exhibit where they abducted Mariano but attempted to survive and escape. As Task Force Agila learns about her schemes revealed by Mariano (Oscar’s decoy), she later made a setup trap for the Task Force Agila. As Task Force Agila confronts her, she finally traps them and Cardo was shot by Lito after attempting to shoot her. As the duel continues, she detonates the bomb planted to Mariano after seeing him escape. She later took the custody of Cardo, but failed after a shootout between Lito’s men and Black Ops causing Cardo to escape from her. Armando’s group decided to make contact with her as they planned to betray the Task Force Agila. She also made Senate President Camilo Edades as her pawn for controlling the palace.
She was finally ousted by Oscar Hidalgo and Camilo Edades upon revealing her schemes and fascistic crimes alongside with Renato Hipolito and Arturo Padua and reveals that three of them are causing all the horrific and terrible happenings perpetrated against the country itself. She later escapes the palace and hid in her manor Tierra del Diablo as her plan to eliminate Oscar and Task Force Agila and put again the country under her dictatorial rule. Upon Task Force Agila raided her manor and the rest of her vast army killed one by one,she was arrested by Oscar but attempted to escape and pointed gun at him in order to escape from the Task Force Agila. She was finally killed by the Task Force Agila by shooting her in attempt to save Oscar and serve justice for the country. With Renato Hipolito taking the lead as the new and final Lily he sets up a vile and final scheme against those who dare to oppose him and his power but is nonetheless killed by Oscar and the Task Force Agila in the final battle putting also an end to his and Lily's regime of terror.
Personality[]
She is described to be charismatic, authoritarian, hot headed, and manipulative individual as seen that she is capable of manipulating everyone else just to attain her goals. She is also shown to be an ambitious individual as it was proven multiple times that greed, power, and wealth is her motivation for position particularly presidency in the country and also the vilest fascists and warlords of the entire series alongside Renato Hipolito and Arturo Padua.
Trivia[]
- She is portrayed by Lorna Tolentino. Originally her cast in FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano would only last a month, but later production extended her role to be one of the major antagonists of the series.
- Lily Anne Cortez is also similar to Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter Film and Book Series who also exhibits the same attitude in demonizing and villifying Cardo Dalisay and his armed resistance group the Task Force Agila and even attempting to kill and eliminate them as well just like Bellatrix Lestrange herself demonizing and antagonizing the Golden Trio,Dumbledore's Army,and the Order of the Phoenix.