page_title: List of Amaya (TV series) characters
section_title: Bai Amaya
hierarchical_section_title: List of Amaya (TV series) characters / Main characters / Bai Amaya
caption_attribution_description: English: Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes at a press conference for Let's Celebrate! Dance Concert in Los Angeles on December 5, 2008.
context_page_description: Amaya is a Filipino historical fiction and period drama series created and developed by Suzette Doctolero and directed by Mac Alejandre. Dubbed as the very first epicserye on Philippine television, Marian Rivera takes on the title role as a tribal princess born and destined to change a culture and society dominated by men. With Sid Lucero, Mikael Daez and Aljur Abrenica as her leading men, the story is set in the pre-colonial period of the 1500s.
  Here are the complete list of cast and characters from the epic series Amaya aired on GMA Network from May 30, 2011 to January 13, 2012.
context_section_description: Portrayed by Marian Rivera (Edelweiss Tuzon as Young Amaya)
  Amaya is the main protagonist of the series. She is the daughter of Datu Bugna and Dal'lang, the female warrior in Rajah Mangubat's prophecy with a twin snake who is destined to put an end to his reign of terror. However, in a twist of fate, she and Raja Mangubat's son, Bagani met and falls in love.
  From being a Bai (princess), she becomes an uripon (slave) when her father was killed by Rajah Mangubat due to Dian Lamitan's treachery but Mantal is the one who responsible to put her into slave in order to be like her father to downfall her sister. She eventually rose among the ranks to become a punong alabay (babaylan's head apprentice) until she was forced to flee after accidentally killing Rajah Mangubat from a self-defense. While in exile, Amaya becomes the baybayin teacher of the tribe Lumad where he meets Dayaw. She then becomes a full-pledged warrior and reunites with Bagani to claim the leadership from Dian Lamitan and at the same time, to avenge the death of his father Datu Bugna. She and Bagani had a child named Bugna.
caption: Marian Rivera plays Bai Amaya
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