Rustica Cruz Carpio (August 9, 1930 – February 1, 2022) was a Filipino actress, scholar, playwright, philanthropist, and public servant.
[1] A scholar, she wrote more than 200 academic and journalistic articles, books, scripts, and stories published locally and abroad.
She then pursued a Bachelor of Arts, major in English at Manuel L. Quezon University (MLQU), where she graduated magna cum laude.
[2] She was a UNESCO fellow in Dramatic Arts at the National School of Drama and Asian Theatre Institute in New Delhi, India.
In Aparisyon, she was cast as a troubled nun, and in Ano ang Kulay ng Nakalimutang Pangarap, where she magnified the dilemma of an aging nanny.