Saab Magalona

• Name — Saab Magalona-Bacarro • Born — 23 November 1988 • Birthplace — Manila, Philippines • Birth Name — Maria Isabella Simone Arroyo Magalona • Years Active — 2007–present • Occupation — * Host • singer • actress • blogger • Children — 3 • Family — Enrique Magalona (great grandfather) Pancho Magalona (grandfather) Tita Duran (grandmother) Francis Magalona (father) Maxene Magalona (sister) Frank Magalona (brother) Elmo Magalona (brother) Hiro Peralta (cousin)

Magalona was born on November 23, 1988, to rapper and actor Francis Magalona and Pia Magalona. Her grandparents are actors Pancho Magalona and Tita Duran, while her great-grandfather was former senator Enrique Magalona. She has five siblings, including actors Maxene, Frank, Elmo, and Arkin. She took up creative writing at the Ateneo de Manila University and graduated in 2009.

In 2007, she made her first onscreen appearance as the friend of Eleanor (played by Alessandra de Rossi) in the GMA Network telefantasya Kamandag where her sister Maxene played the role of one of Richard Gutierrez' leading ladies. In 2008, she joined the cast of TV5's Lipgloss. In October 2010, she made her GMA comeback on the teleserye Koreana, playing Ivy. Her music career began when she filled-in for several indie bands such as Us-2 Evil-0 (2009), Duster, and BBYGRL (2012). A few years later, she and Jim Bacarro formed the band called Cheats following the disbandment of Bacarro's band Ernville. In 2018, she returned to television and signed up with ABS-CBN as the new host of music program Coke Studio Homecoming.

On January 24, 2015, she married her boyfriend and fellow Cheats band member, Jim Bacarro, in a private ceremony that was held in St. Ignatius Chapel inside the Philippine Military Academy in Baguio. In September 2017, Magalona announced that she and Bacarro were expecting twins. Later on, she suffered a miscarriage and lost her daughter, while her son narrowly survived childbirth. In 2018, Magalona and Bacarro launched the podcast Wake Up with Jim and Saab. The podcast has generated 3 million in content subscriptions as of 2023, with all proceeds being donated to families of children with disabilities. In September 2019, Magalona gave birth to another son. Magalona also runs an ADHD coaching program called Chaos Control Club.

• Year — Title — Role • 2007–2008 — Kamandag — Ria Ramos • 2008–2009 — Lipgloss — Meg Madrigal • 2010–2011 — Koreana — Ivy Jung • 2011 — Captain Barbell — Kristel • 2012 — My Beloved — Ginella Quijano • Hindi Ka na Mag-iisa — Celine Montenegro • 2013 — Forever — Leila • 2013–2014 — Adarna — Robin Abrientos • 2016 — ASAP — Host/Performer • 2018 — Coke Studio Homecoming — Host

• Albums with Cheats • Cheats (2016)