Maja Salvador, Filipino actress, dancer, singer, and host
Maja Ross Andres Salvador (Tagalog: [ˈmaha]; born October 5, 1988) is a Filipino actress, endorser, dancer, singer, host, producer, and talent manager. Salvador is the recipient of numerous accolades, including the prestigious Asia Contents Awards, in addition to nominations for Asian Academy Creative Awards, and Asian Television Awards.She made her acting debut at age 14 on television in a minor role for It Might Be You (TV series) (2003), which gained her a nomination for Best New TV Personality at the 18th PMPC Star Awards for Television. Her film debut happened three years later in a supporting role for Sukob (2006), which she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 55th FAMAS Awards and Gawad PASADO Awards 2007, while she won the Most Promising Female Star at the 37th GMMSF Box-Office Entertainment Awards, New Movie Actress of the Year at the 23rd PMPC Star Awards for Movies, and Breakthrough Performance by an Actress at the 4th ENPRESS Golden Screen Awards. In 2011, Salvador co-produced and portrayed the title role in the film Thelma, which earned her the 35th Gawad Urian Award and the 30th Luna Awards (Film Academy of the Philippines Award) for Best Actress in 2012.

Since her debut, she garnered subsequent success and awards for her lead roles in the TV series Nagsimula sa Puso (2009), PHR Presents:Impostor (2010), Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin (2011), Ina, Kapatid, Anak (2012), The Legal Wife (2014), Bridges of Love (2015) and FPJ's Ang Probinsyano (2015). Salvador cemented a superstardom status when she portrayed Lily Cruz / Ivy Aguas in the top-tier revenge-drama series Wildflower (2017). Aside from the high ratings and advertising loads, the show gave Salvador a swept nominations for Best Actress at the prestigious Asian Academy Creative Awards (2018), Asian Television Awards (2018), and won the Asia Contents Awards in 2019 where Wildflower is also nominated for Best Asian Drama. Her critical acclaim was followed by her role as Camila dela Torre in another quality revenge-drama The Killer Bride (2019), which is a National Winner at the Asian Academy Creative Awards 2020 for Best Telenovela.Following ABS-CBN's free tv shutdown in May 2020 - Salvador's home network since 2003, her contract with Star Magic has expired. In 2021, after 18 years, Salvador left Star Magic and decided to establish her own talent agency, Crown Artist Management. At present, Salvador plays the lead role Niña in Niña Niño, a primetime comedy-drama series broadcast by TV5 every Monday-Friday (Monday, Tuesday and Thursday during PBA seasons). The series is the National Winner at the Asian Academy Creative Awards 2021 for Best Drama Series, while Salvador hailed as the National Winner for Best Actress. She is also one of the Head Hunters in POPinoy, TV5's reality-show to unleash ultimate Pinoy pop idols, broadcasting every Sunday. Considered as a freelancer, Salvador crossed tv network as host and performer of the long-running noontime show Eat Bulaga!'s dance segment, DC 2021, every Monday to Saturday broadcast by GMA Network.

Before she became an established actress, Salvador was first noticed and admired by the public as a charismatic performer on stage and dubbed as the Dance Princess. Today, aside from being a respected Multi-Awarded and Versatile actress, she is widely acknowledged as the Philippines Entertainment's Queen of the Dance Floor.