Shaina Magdayao

Career

Shaina Magdayao began her acting career when she was cast in the Philippine drama series Lyra, playing the lead character. She later joined Kaybol before starring in ABS-CBN's afternoon drama series Marinella, playing the role of Rina.

In 2000, when Magdayao was 11 years old, she released a self-titled debut album with Star Records. The carrier single was "'Sayaw Sweet Lullabye".

In 2001, she was included in the cast of the afternoon comedy show Ang TV 2.

In 2002, she starred in a weekend afternoon series, called K2BU and appeared in several drama series and sitcoms, while going to school. She started to participate school at home in late 2004. She won the Most popular Child Actress Award in the 2002 Guillermo Mendoza Awards.

Magdayao also starred in Laurice Guillen's 2003 film Tanging Yaman, where she won a Best Child Actress award from the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards. She also received an award for her role in Ang Tanging Ina. Other awards under Magdayao's belt include the Best Child Performer award from the Parangal ng Bayan in 1999, and Best New TV Personality in the 1999 Star Awards.

In 2005, she was included in the cast of the Philippine primetime drama series Ikaw Ang Lahat Sa Akin along with ABS CBN's brightest stars such as Claudine Barretto, Diether Ocampo, Angelika dela Cruz, Bea Alonzo and John Lloyd Cruz. She was also one of the lead casts of Erik Matti's television series, Rounin, under Chito Rono's direction, via ABS-CBN in 2006. She is part of the regular cast at ABS-CBN's Sunday afternoon show, ASAP. She starred in Kambal sa Uma, an afternoon drama series on ABS-CBN.

In 2010, she starred in her very first solo lead role in the afternoon soap opera Alyna. The show was very successful that Magdayao was given the title ABS-CBN’s ‘Kapamilya Gold’ Queen.

2012 proved to be Magdayao's most dramatic year, career-wise. Magdayao starred in the OFW-themed series Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo with Jake Cuenca.

In 2013, she was added to the main cast of Juan Dela Cruz.

In 2015, she was paired to Gerald Anderson on the New York Festival-nominated family television series about angels Nathaniel'.

She also topbilled Cinema One's first breakthrough series about millennials "Single/Single" as Joee.

In 2016, she was Billie Pono, the female lead of Quantum Films' "My CandiDate" with Derek Ramsay. She also joined the Book 2 of "The Story of Us' as Lucia Cristobal. She rehashed her role as Joee on the second season of "Single/Single". She is also the sister of Enrique Gil in the suspense-thriller "Dukot".

Modeling

Shaina is a familiar face in advertisements. She started off as a baby model for various baby products. As a child, she was a model for Garfield, a children’s clothing company. She was in a slew of television commercials for Magnolia Chocolait, Lemon Squares Products and Goldilocks.

She was also one of the youngest models ever for Ben Chan’s clothing company Bench, moving up the ranks from modelling Bench products for children, to her current HerBench endorsements. She used to be one of the faces of Bench Skin before she transferred to The Aivee Clinic in 2015.

Shaina has also endorsed/is currently endorsing Johnson & Johnson Face Powder, Lactacyd Confidence, Skechers, Cose Teen Bags and Colgate Toothpaste.

Charity Work

Shaina Magdayao works with diverse NGO's and orphanages such as Hospicio de San Jose and St. Luke Reach Out Foundation. In 2014, using her own funds and donations from her friends in and out of the show-business, she went to remote Typhoon Yolanda-stricken towns and brought relief goods to those who were affected. On her recent trip to Italy in 2015, she stayed in a convent at San Giovanni Rotondo and served children with terminal illnesses.

In 2013, Magdayao joined the PETA campaign, Free Mali. Mali is the only captive elephant in the Philippines; residing at Manila Zoo where she is alone, in a tiny enclosure and in need of adequate care. The campaign focus is to have her moved from the zoo to Boon Lott's Elephant Sanctuary.