# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/aiko-melendez
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:30:17.694Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/aiko-melendez"
name: "Aiko Melendez"
slug: "aiko-melendez"
description: "Mary Aiko Shimoji Melendez is a Filipino actress and politician. She began her career as a child actress and later became a romantic lead in the 1990s. She achieved newfound fame playing secondary dramatic roles in film and television in the succeeding decades and has since garnered various accolades including a Luna Award and two Manila Film Festival Awards, in addition to nominations for five FAMAS Awards. She currently serves as a councilor of Quezon City from the 5th district since 2022, a position she previously held from the 2nd district from 2001 to 2010."
tagline: "Filipino councilor and actress"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aiko_Melendez_in_2025.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1975-12-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           73.74
  momentum:             10
  historical:           6.716116
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1160000
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/aikomelendez/"
    handle:    "aikomelendez"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1200739/"
    handle:    "nm1200739"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.aikomelendez.org/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsTkp9-N5GwrnvrLI0rV4fQ"
    handle:    "@aikomelendezchannel"
    followers: 1160000
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8e10ef4f-1836-4858-aa00-c15dc448e623"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "إيكو ميلينديز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "ايكو ميلينديز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aiko_Melendez"
    title: "Aiko Melendez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aiko_Melendez"
    title: "Aiko Melendez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aiko_Melendez"
    title: "Aiko Melendez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aiko_Melendez"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4696971"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1052161"
    title: "Aiko Melendez"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump