Judy Ann Santos is a Filipino actress and film producer who has received various awards and nominations for her work in film and television. At the age of eight, she began her acting career with a supporting role in the drama series Kaming Mga Ulila (1986). Santos had her breakthrough role in the drama series Mara Clara (1992) and earned her first FAMAS Award for her performance in its 1996 film adaptation. Three years later, she starred opposite Fernando Poe Jr. in the comedy drama Isusumbong Kita sa Tatay Ko (1999). It became the first Filipino film to earn more than million at the box office, for which Santos was awarded the Box Office Queen title. The supporting role of a Chinese mogul's daughter in the family drama Mano Po 2: My Home (2003) won her a Golden Screen Award. Santos made a transition to adult roles playing a woman with dissociative identity disorder in the 2004 psychological drama Sabel, for which she received the Gawad Urian for Best Actress. For her role as the titular character in the superhero series Krystala (2005), she won the Star Award for Best Drama Actress.
