Maja Salvador or Maja Ross Andres Salvador was born on October 5, 1988, she is one of the latest in line of the showbiz clan of the Salvador family. She is currently under the management of ABS-CBN, and a member of Star Magic.
Maja Salvador’s Background
Maja Ross Andres Salvador was born on October 5, 1988 in Aparri, Cagayan, Philippines. Her father, Rosauro Salvador (popularly known as Ross Rival), is an actor. Her mother is Thelma Andres. She is a cousin to Jobelle Salvador (one of the casts of the Bagets movie) and niece of Phillip Salvador, a Filipino drama and action star—niece to Leroy Salvador, who was also an actor, and grandchild to the late Lou Salvador, a Filipino basketball player during the prewar era who has played for the Philippine national basketball team, later became an actor.
Maja Salvador’s Career
Soon after, Salvador started receiving multiple offers to be in various films and television shows. Her biggest role was in the 2006 Philippine blockbuster Sukob along with Kris Aquino and Claudine Barretto. She is dubbed as the “Horror Princess of Philippine Film”.[1]
She became a part of the Ultimate Dance Four (UD4) with Rayver Cruz, Shaina Magdayao and John Prats.
She was then cast in May Bukas Pa, a primetime drama series on ABS-CBN. She was the lead actress of Nagsimula Sa Puso, a remake of the 1990s film that previously starred Hilda Koronel in the title role. She also starred in Impostor with Sam Milby.
In 2011 she is one of the lead roles in a teleserye in ABS-CBN Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin as Krista,the love interest of Alexander, played by Coco Martin who’s also a star cast on Nagsimula sa Puso. She joined the cast of My Binondo Girl as Amber Dionisio.