Biography

Alexandra Masangkay Escalona (born 1992) is a singer, dancer and actress from Spain. She earned early visibility to a television audience in Spain for her participation in Operación Triunfo 8 in 2011. Masangkay was born in 1992 in Barcelona to Filipino immigrant parents. In 2011, she took part in season 8 of reality musical talent show Operación Triunfo, ranking fourth in the final standings.

She landed her debut as a television actress in 2014 musical series Dreamland, which was followed by credits in B&b, de boca en boca, Yo quisiera and Más de 100 mentiras. Masangkay's film debut came with her performance as Teresa in historical drama 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines (2016). As a musical theatre actress she has played Nala in The Lion King at Teatro Lope de Vega and Kiki in Flashdance. In 2019, she featured in dystopian film The Platform, portraying Miharu, a sadistic prisoner desperately searching for her offspring. In 2022, she played Wendy, a Philippine migrant domestic worker in La Moraleja, in spy thriller Code Name: Emperor. In 2023, she wrapped shooting Valle de sombras.