The Leading Ladies of Philippines' Entertainment (2015)

Bea Alonzo
In 2002, at age 14 going on 15, Alonzo joined the TV drama Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay. She later mainly roled in major soap operas like It Might Be You, Ikaw Ang Lahat Sa Akin, Maging Sino Ka Man and Maging Sino Ka Man: Ang Pagbabalik.Tagged as "Queen of primetime Bida" and This Generation's Movie Queen.





Kathryn Bernardo
She is best known for her role as Mara in the primetime Filipino drama Mara Clara. Since its premiere, the TV series remained a consistent leader in primetime ratings. Affirming its success, the show was nominated in the 2011 Banff World Media Festival's "Telenovelas  Soap Operas" category and marked Bernardo's future as a distinguished actress.  Known as the "Teen Queen" of Philippine showbiz, FHM UK placed her on "The Top 10 Hottest Nations in the World" list, representing the country at fifth place alongside French-Filipina actress Solenn Heussaff in July 2014. She ranked #80 at TC Candler's Most Beautiful Faces 2016.




Liza Soberano
She is known for playing the protagonist Maria Agnes Calay in the romantic comedy television series Forevermore (2014–15). Since then, she has taken on starring roles in the films Just The Way You Are, based on the Wattpad book, The Bet, and Everyday I Love You (both 2015). The popularity of Soberano and Gil's pairing as a "love team" was considered by Star Cinema and ABS-CBN as the "Breakthrough Love Team of 2015" on Philippine primetime television.




Nadine Lustre
She is best known for her role as Eya Rodriguez in the film adaptation of Diary ng Panget. The film was released on April 2, 2014 and became a box-office hit earning at least 120 million pesos during its 4-week run. Lustre was a member and oftentimes lead vocalist of the all-female group called Pop Girls. Eventually, she left the group and became a solo singer. Among Google's top ten most search celebrity in the Philippines, she is ranked second in the female category.In 2015, her song Me and You, from her self-titled album, was given the Titanium Award by SBS PopAsia, which is a popular Australian music show that broadcasts Asian pop hits on digital radio, online and on mobile devices such as music videos of K-pop idols in South Korea. Lustre is among other famous artists like K-pop groups Super Junior, U-KISS and EXO who had songs that achieved Titanium status.





Janella Salvador
She is known for playing Nikki Grace Lim in ABS-CBN'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 won her first acting award in the 27th PMPC Star Awards for Television. Her career escalated bagging endorsement deals and being one of the awardees of German Moreno Youth Achievement Award during the FAMAS Award for being an excellent sample of the youth.




Toni Gonzaga
Gonzaga started in local entertainment at the age of 13. It was in 1997 where she joined a singing competition called "Tanghalan Ng Kampeon", which was then aired on GMA and hosted by Pilita Corales and Bert "Tawa" Marcelo.Gonzaga's biggest break in the entertainment industry was her Sprite TV ad with Piolo Pascual in 2001.Her movie You Are The One with Sam Milby was released the same year upon which she was awarded by the Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Foundation, Inc. (GMMSF) the following year for the said film.She is the SM Cinema's Box Office Queen for 2010 alongside John Lloyd Cruz as the Box Office King for their movie "My Amnesia Girl". Her 5th studio album entitled, All Me, was internationally released in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Korea, and Japan.She was awarded Best Female TV Host for her show, ASAP 2012, by the PMPC Star Awards before 2012 ended.




Kim Chiu
After 42 days in the Big Brother house, she was named the Teen Big Winner with 626,562 votes (41.4% of the total votes) at the Aliw Theatre inside the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex in Pasay City.[6] She was the only housemate who was never nominated for eviction.
Chiu first starred in the television series, Sana Maulit Muli (2007) which won her the year's Most Promising Female Star at GMMSF. Sana Maulit Muli was later released in Taiwan under the PTS network, under the title Chances. This followed by a string of successful projects and leading roles in dramas. She has received a PMPC Award for Best Drama Actress, four FAMAS Award nominations (winning one) and was hailed Princess of Philippine Movies and TV for her accomplishments in the film and television industry. Chiu also returned to melodrama acting via Ina, Kapatid, Anak, alongside Xian Lim, Maja Salvador and Enchong Dee. After the teleserye ended with an average TV rating of 30.3% via Kantar Media/TNS, it was awarded Best Teleserye of the Year at Philippine's 2013 Yahoo Awards and was aired internationally as Her Mother's Daughter, released in foreign territories including MIPTV in France and at DISCOP West Asia in Turkey. Her portrayal also earned her an award for Best TV Drama Actress.In January 2014, Chiu cemented her commercial draw with the romantic-comedy movie entitled Bride for Rent. Chiu plays Rocky, a poor woman who agrees to marry for money. As Star Cinema's first movie offering of 2014, the film met both critical and commercial success, earning more than P21.2 million pesos in its opening day and broke the P200 million pesos mark on its 8th day. The film established Chiu as one of the country's biggest stars having both a successful film and television career.




Jennylyn Mercado
She gained fame as the winner of the first season of the reality talent competition StarStruck. She is now the official spokesperson of the Bata Foundation (Christian Mission Services), a non-government organization. In 2015, Mercado finally grabbed her first win for controversial FHM Philippines' 100 Sexiest Woman.




Maja Salvador
She is currently under the management of ABS-CBN's Star Magic and is regarded as the "Dance Princess of the Philippines". In 2006, Salvador made her film debut as one of the supporting characters in the horror movie Sukob wherein she portrayed the role of a clairvoyant young girl. This earned her several accolades including the Star Award for Movies for New Movie Actress of the Year and the Golden Screen Award for Breakthrough Performance by an Actress, as well as a nomination at the FAMAS Awards for Best Supporting Actress.In 2011, Salvador co-produced and portrayed the title role in the film Thelma, which earned her the Gawad Urian Award and the Film Academy of the Philippines Award for best actress.




Julia Montes
Crowned by ABS-CBN as "Royal Prinsesa ng Drama" (Royal Drama Princess), she is widely known for her leading roles in Philippine television dramas and movies. Montes rose to prominence with her role as Clara del Valle in the remake of Mara Clara (2010). After Mara Clara ended, she starred in the critically acclaimed phenomenal drama series Walang Hanggan (2012), as Katerina Alcantara, for which she won the Princess of Philippine Television Award.For her role as Mona Hidalgo in the period drama Ikaw Lamang (2014), she won a Best Actress Award at the 13th Gawad Tanglaw and received a nomination for Best Supporting Drama Actress at the PMPC Star Awards for TV 2014. She, with Kathryn Bernardo, was ranked number 1 as Most Beautiful Star of 2013, and was also tagged as "Philippine Television's Teleserye Sweetheart".




Carla Abellana
Carla Angeline Reyes Abellana is a Filipina actress and commercial model who played the lead role in the Philippine adaptation of the Mexican telenovela, Rosalinda, aired in GMA Network.




Heart Evangelista
From 2000 to early 2004, She was paired with John Prats on the show G-mik, Trip, Ang Tanging Ina, My First Romance and Berks. During the success of their loveteam, they won as the (Most Popular Loveteams of RP movies) of 2003, from 33rd Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation. Evangelista also won the Best New Female Personality (Best New Movie Actress and Best New TV Actress) awards from Star Awards for Movies and Star Awards for TV. She also won Texter's and Listener's Choice at the Himig Handog Awards for her single "Love Has Come My Way".