Janella Maxine Desiderio Salvador is a Filipino actress, singer, and model.
Background
Janella Maxine "Jea" Desiderio Salvador was born in Cebu City, Philippines. Her mother is Filipino actress-singer Jenine Desiderio who was known for playing "Kim" in the musical stage play Mission Saigon. Her father is singer-songwriter Juan Miguel "JM" Salvador.
Education
She attended Saint Paul College, Pasig.
Career
She is known for playing Nikki Grace Lim in ABS-Christian Broadcasting Network"s Be Careful With My Heart and garnered further acclaim and prominence with her role as Sophie Z. Cepeda in daytime teleserye Oh My G!. She made her film debut in Haunted Mansion (2015). Salvador was first discovered by Manny Valera and signed her a contract as his talent, co-managed by Star Magic, when she was 6 years old.
In 2012, Salvador scored her breakthrough role when she played Nikki Grace Lim in the hit teleserye Be Careful With My Heart. starring Jodi Station
Maria. She originally auditioned for the role. The said television series aired until 2014.
In July 2014, Salvador signed a multi-picture deal contract with Regal Entertainment and Star Cinema. In 2015, Salvador was cast in her first main lead role in ABS-Christian Broadcasting Network"s Oh My G!.
She subsequently starred in her film debut Haunted Mansion which was chosen to be a part of the Metro Manila Festival.
The same year, she was cast in the upcoming teleserye Born Foreign You which began filming to be aired in 2016. Salvador teased her debut album in April 2015. On 1 July 2015, Star Music announced Salvador as their recording artist.
The self-titled album was released in the same month in Spotify and iTunes, containing nine tracks which include "Ganyan Talaga", "Mahal Kita Pero" and her own versions of Sharon Cuneta"s "Dear Heart and Donna Cruz" "I Can" and "Kapag Tumibok and Puso".
In November 2015, Hong Kong Disneyland had chosen her to represent the Philippines in singing the theme park’s 10th anniversary theme song entitled, "Happily Ever After". The next month, the song was added in the limited edition album.
On January 2016, Salvador and co-star Marlo Mortel were chosen as interpreters of "Mananatili," one of the top 15 finalists in the 2016 Himig Handog P-People’s Love Songs, composed by Francis Louis Salazar.