This was further cemented by her eponymous Coney Reyes on Camera (1984-1998) which ran for fourteen years, as well as her main role in Ang Munting Paraiso (1998-2002).
[citation needed] Reyes made her first film appearance in The Return of the Dragon (1974) alongside Ramon Zamora playing the lead role.
Following her debut in for films, she made her maiden appearance on Student Canteen, a Philippine noontime variety show on GMA-7, on January 6, 1975, where she served as primary female co-host with Pepe Pimentel, Eddie Ilarde and Bobby Ledesma up to 1982.
[citation needed] Nine years following her debut in The Return of the Dragon, she starred in Bago Kumalat ang Kamandag (1983) and won Best Actress during the 1983 Metro Manila Film Festival.
's new female co-host, replacing Chiqui Hollman (her counterpart in the said program), who left to join its rival show, Student Canteen.
[citation needed] She was warmly received by the viewers of the then-number one noontime variety show, bringing with her the sympathy of the audience due to her firing at Student Canteen.
Returning the favor, Reyes starred again with friends Vilma and Tina for a tribute episode in 1994 to Helen, who died of cancer two years prior.
[citation needed] Reyes returned to the program in time for its 10th-anniversary celebration in September that year, only three months after giving birth to son Vico.
[citation needed] Reyes stars with fellow veteran actor, Ronaldo Valdez as her husband, and CJ Ramos, Sarah Christophers, and Jericho Rosales as her children, respectively.
With a special number herself and with Tito, Vic, and Joey, it was their first reunion as the memorable quartet in the program, since Coney's departure from EB more than a decade ago.
[citation needed] After her four-year hiatus, Reyes reunited with her Sa Puso Ko Iingatan Ka co-star Judy Ann Santos in 2007 to star in Ysabella (2007–08).
[12] The series stars Jake Cuenca, Shaina Magdayao, Diether Ocampo, and Angelica Panganiban portraying the title role of Rubi, a girl who is scheming, ambitious, and cunning who has a conscience, but chooses not to listen to it to reach her dreams at the expense of others.
Reyes plays the supporting role of Elisa Ferrer – Hector's (Ocampo) overprotective mother who disapproves of Rubi in being in her son's life and becoming his wife.
She starred in the critically acclaimed 100 Days to Heaven (2011) as Madam Anna Manalastas, a cold-hearted woman who returns to earth in her childhood form in order to correct her mistakes.
[citation needed] Two years after 100 Days to Heaven, Reyes made her return to primetime television in Judy Ann Santos's Huwag Ka Lang Mawawala (2013) in 2013.
[4][14] With her transfer for GMA Network, she starred in Ang Dalawang Mrs. Real (2014) alongside Maricel Soriano, Lovi Poe, and Dingdong Dantes.
[citation needed] In part as a promotion for Ang Dalawang Mrs. Real, Reyes guested on Startalk, an entertainment news television series, for an emotional reunion with former EB co-host and long-time friend, Joey de Leon.
Soon after her return to ABS-CBN, she was set to star in Nathaniel (2015), a fantasy television series focusing of faith and restoring goodness to humanity.
[9][12] Reyes stars alongside Marco Masa, Gerald Anderson, Isabelle Daza, and also her Rubi and 100 Days to Heaven co-star Shaina Magdayao.
A born-again Christian since October 1990, Reyes previously co-hosted with Peter Kairuz in The 700 Club Asia which used to air on GMA News TV (now GTV, formerly QTV).