Vivian Zapata Rodriguez, known professionally as 'Vivian Velez (born May 21, 1960) is a Filipino actress who previously served as Director General of Film Academy of the Philippines.
She performed her own stunts in Ang Babaing Hinugot sa Aking Tadyang (1981), directed by Carlo J. Caparas.
In 1985, she finished four movies: Paradise Inn with Michael de Mesa, Ben Tumbling with Lito Lapid, Order To Kill with the former President Joseph Estrada, and Riot 1950 with Rudy Fernandez.
Her notable film Ang Babaing Hinugot sa Aking Tadyang (1981) has been remade as a GMA-7 TV series, starring Marian Rivera.
[12] On January 13, 2025, she attended the National Rally for Peace organized by Iglesia ni Cristo at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila; although the event was staged in support of President Bongbong Marcos, Velez expressed to SMNI's Newsblast her desire for Marcos to resign.