Angelica Panganiban is a Filipino-American actress who has received several awards and nominations throughout her entertainment career. She is known for her acting versatility in various movie genres and was dubbed as the new "Queen of Drama" by the media. Her accolades include three FAMAS Award, four Box Office Entertainment Awards, three Golden Screen Television Awards, two PMPC Star Awards for Movies, two KBP Golden Dove Awards, a Luna Award, a Golden Screen Movie Award, an EdukCircle Award, a Gawad Tanglaw Award including nominations from Guam International Film Festival, a Gawad Urian Award, Gawad Genio Award and The EDDYS Award nomination.
Panganiban was a child actress and started acting at the age of 6. She appeared in third season of the youth oriented show "Ang TV" (1995-1996) and the TV show "Love Notes". Her breakthrough came with her critically acclaimed performance in the melodrama film "Separada" (1994), for which she won the FAMAS Award and PMPC Star Awards for Movies for Best Child Actress. After two years, she returned to family drama, playing the role of Issa, an adopted child in "Ama, Ina, Anak" (1996) and won a Best Child Actress Award at the PMPC Star Awards for Movies and a nomination from FAMAS Award.
She was able to transition into adult roles successfully and appeared in the drama movie "Santa Santita" (2004) with a biblical theme of Magdalene. For performance, she garnered Best Actress nominations from FAMAS Award, Luna Award and Golden Screen Movie Awards. She was in the romantic drama movie "A Love Story" (2007), playing Karyn, a flight attendant and won Best Supporting Actress award at the 26th Luna Awards and received nominations from Gawad Genio Award and Golden Screen Movie Awards. In 2010, she co-starred in the comedy movie "Here Comes the Bride" (2010) and won Best Actress in a comedy role at the 8th Golden Screen Movie Awards and received a special award for Comedy Actress of the Year at the 42nd GMMSF Box Office Entertainment Awards.
Panganiban continued to gain acclaimed in the horror movie "Segunda Mano" (2011), playing the role of Marie and won FAMAS Award for Best Supporting Actress with a nomination from PMPC Star Awards for Movies. The next year, she appeared in the romantic drama movie "One More Try" (2012) and was awarded with Film Actress of the Year at the 44th GMMSF Box Office Entertainment Awards and received various nominations from Metro Manila Film Festival, FAMAS Award, Golden Screen Movie Awards and PMPC Star Awards for Movies.
She appeared in romantic comedy movies "Every Breath U Take" (2014) and received Luna Award Best Actress nomination and in "That Thing Called Tadhana" (2014) and won Gawad Tanglaw Best Actress award and received nominations from Guam International Film Festival, Gawad Urian Award, Luna Award and Gawad PASADO Awards. In 2016, she starred in romantic film "The Unmarried Wife" (2016) and won FAMAS Award for Best Actress and named as the Most Influential Film Actress of the Year by EdukCircle Awards with a nomination from Gawad Pasado.
On television, she was part of the comedy sketch show "Banana Sundae" (2008-2020) and received three Golden Screen TV Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a comedy role, two KBP Golden Dove Awards, two Box Office Entertainment Awards and a Best Comedy Actress at the 24th PMPC Star Awards for Television.