Janella Salvador's Career Timeline In GIFs

Juyl 15, 2014

You already know a couple of things about our lovely cover girl.

Born Janella Maxine Salvador, she is the daughter of rockstar Juan Miguel Salvador and theater actress Jenine Desiderio. She also loves her little brother Russell to bits.

After bagging the role of Nikki on ABS-CBN's top-rating daytime drama Be Careful With My Heart, Janella's fame skyrocketed and popularized some of the cutest expressions—like "Oh my gee." But how well do you know how she started out in the biz? Read on to find out.

2001 for IBC

As a 3 year old to host the children's program Y2K: Yes to Kids with JV the puppet for kids.

2005 at 7 year old

We don't have the deets on where and why Janella performed Kitchie Nadal's Wag Na Wag Mong Sasabihin, but we can't resist including it in this list. This is probably one of the earliest signs that Janella is a natural at performing. She's totally adorbs!

2008 at 10 years old

At ten, she performed Beyonce's Stand Up For Love (one of her favorite songs to sing to) with her mom on German Moreno's Walang Tulugan.

Even at a very young age, Janella already showed her amazing singing skills. Imagine belting out a tune alongside one of Miss Saigon's original performers! So much pressure, right?

2012

After taking a break from performing to finish grade school, Janella auditioned for the role of Nikki on Be Careful With My Heart and bagged it. In this show, she plays Nikki, Richard Yap or Ser Chief's Taglish-speaking daughter. Later on in the show, she was paired with Marlo Mortel's Nicolo.

2013 as Star Magic Circle 2013

Just last year, Janella was launched as part of Star Magic Circle 2013. Her batchmates included Liza Soberano, Julia Barretto, Michelle Vito, Jerome Ponce, Alex Diaz, among others. The group revealed in an interview with PEP.ph that Janella is the batch's best singer. We couldn't agree more.

Shampoo Commercial

Janella's career took off after Be Careful With My Heart and being launched as ABS-CBN's talents. She bagged an endorsement for one of the country's biggest shampoo brands Palmolive.

PMPC Star Awards and FAMAS Awards

Last year was a big year for this rising star. Aside from bagging a major endorsement deal, she was awarded as the Best New Female TV Personality for her role on Be Careful With My Heart at the Star Awards for Movies by the Philippine Media Press Club (PMPC). She was also one of the awardees of the German Moreno Youth Achievement Award during the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) Awards, for being an excellent example to today's youth.

2014

Janella is now a Kapinoy superstar

After acted her charactor role Nikki Grace-Lim for the daytime hit teleserye Be Careful With My Heart on ABS-CBN top-billed by Jodi Sta. Maria (Maya dela Rosa) and Richard Yap (Sir Chief) when Jodi and Richard decided to appear in the primetime sitcom Maya Loves Sir Chief on IBC. In January 24, 2014, in a press conference, said Janella saw return to signing a contract of the sequestered TV station IBC-13 for her home network after 9 years of them. She is also officially a certified Kapinoy while Salvador is one of the showbiz royalties in this batch as she signed up her new contract.

The Kapinoy Network has been her home since she entered the showbiz industry. Her fans in order to get an even higher in future movie and TV projects at the mother studio that she feels the love and appreciation from the network where she grew as an artist expected her own television project. In real life, Janella is the daughter of actress-singer Jenine Desiderio and singer Juan Miguel Salvador.

The 15-year-old Janella Salvador is now very grateful with her IBC family after she signed a contract with the government-sequestered TV station. Present at the event during the contract signing were IBC executive such as President and CEO Boots Anson-Roa, COO for Entertainment Laurenti Dyogi, IBC broadcast head Rey Sanchez, her talent manager of Kapinoy Talent Center Jeffrey Jeturian and Salvador's parents to accept the project. IBC chief content entertainment officer Laurenti Dyogi said that when the network was considering young actresses for the project, she had Janella for the lead role.

Many fans hope that leading man Marlo Mortel and Jerome Ponce will be part of this show and another Kapinoy Talent Center artist will play Janella's leading man. Janella will also have her own shows for the project, including a fantaserye and a sitcom gag show.

MarNella and JerNella fans should work hard to promote Marlo, Janella and Jerome tandem so that the management will change their decision and push through with a show for MarNella and JerNella. She hopes to see herself starring in a movie and teleserye in time. Janella said while Janella will do an upcoming movie for box-office which has already acted appearance in the original tele-movie 13 Original Movie.

She revealed in her own TV career that continues to taping for her own fantaserye. She also marked by various guest appearances said that she is open to do any role whether for drama, fantasy and comedy.

Janella in Wonderland

Oh my gee, for Janella's fanta-drama trilogy as Kapinoy Fantaserye, she started to the first-ever primetime fantaserye Janella in Wonderland which airs from January 13 to July 11, 2014 for the 123 episodes, and topped the ratings war such as the Sirena Wars. It plays the role as young Janella (played by Abby Bautista). As of January 27 when she grow up of 15 year old as the debut of growing Janella (played by Janella Salvador) while she has a mermaid tail princess on March 17 where she play a mermaid girl role.

Under the guidance of award-winning directors like Joyce E. Bernal, expect Janella to turn in a promising performance sure to make her the newest fantaserye superstar of 2014.

Maalala Mo Kaya

At the start of the year, Janella's drama acting skills were tested for her stint on Maalala Mo Kaya's episode, titled Card. She played Neneng, a grade-conscious student who falls in love with her academic rival Celo (Marlo Mortel).

Candy's March Cover Girl

For Candy's 15th anniversary issue, we put this rising star on the cover. It was very timely since, like us, Janella celebrates her birthday this month. Watch the behind-the-scenes footage from her cover shoot here.

Brand Endorser

Janella got another endorsement after Palmolive this year. She joined fellow actresses Liza Soberano and Sue Martinez for local fashion brand Natasha's new campaign, which was launched this month.

Looks like a big year for our cover girl, right? Like you, we're hoping to see more of Janella this year.

She hopes to direct her first TV commercial, her feature film, her immediate goal is to further expand her horizons as a teen actress. She considers Janella: A Princess Girl a “huge milestone” in her career.

Janella: A Princess Girl

Another transfered to IBC-13 are Marlo Mortel and Jerome Ponce who came also from the daytime teleserye Be Careful With My Heart as Nicolo (Mortel) and Luke (Pocne) with Nikki (Salvador).

From her mermaid princess into a fairytale princess, because of this time, she is now started to career to the fairytale princess fanta-drama series Janella: A Princess Girl on July 14. The story is playing the leading role Janella Bernardo (Janella Salvador), an ordinary girl for her fairytale princcess. Also, she was reunited with Marlo Mortel's Victor Fred and Jerome Ponce's Patrick Paras.