Kim Chiu

At 34 years old, Kim Chiu has this physical status:

Kimberly Sue Yap Chiu was born on April 19, 1990, and she became a TV presenter in the Philippines.

Kim gained acclaim at an early age for her television and film appearances.

"Chinita Princess" is a female entertainer who has performed for three years in the Philippines and has been dubbed the "Princes of Philippine Movies and Television" for three years.

She is currently employed and under contract with ABS-CBN's home-based talent company, and is referred to as the "Dance Floor Diva" in the ABS-CBN's home-based recruitment firm. Kim Chiu started her showbiz career at the age of 16 after winning the first teen version of ABS's reality show Pinoy Big Brother.

She also appeared in Sana Maulit Muli (2007), which earned her the year's Most Promising Female Star and Most Popular loveteam with Gerald Anderson at GMMSF.

This was followed by a string of lucrative projects and leading roles in dramas including the Philippine premiere of My Girl (2008), action-melodramas (2014), Kung Tayo's (2010), family drama "The Story of Us" (2016), and sports drama "Ikaw Lang ang Iibigin" (2017-2018). She appeared in several commercially successful films, including Bride for Rent (2014), one of the highest-grossing Filipino films of all time, grossing P326 million at the box office.

I Love You, Goodbye (2009), Bakit Hindi Ka Crush Mo? is one of her many high-profile films. "The Ghost Bride" (2015), Etiquette for Mistresses (2015), and "The Ghost Bride" (2016). She has also received a PMPC Award for Best Drama Actress in Ikaw Lamang, four FAMAS Award nominations (winning one) and three times at the GMMSF Box-Office Entertainment Awards for her contributions to the film and television industry.

She has a large fanbase, with chemistry, good acting on-screen, and her dedication to the entertainment industry.

She is one of the few Filipino actresses with a large number of top actress accolades under her belt.

To top it all off, she is also the ambassador of several companies in the Philippines and she adores sports.

Personal life

Chiu is the fourth of five children to William Chiu, a Chinese businessman from Mindoro and Louella (née Yap; 1963–2013), a Filipino Sangley immigrant who moved from Dinagat Islands to Surigao del Surguy, Philippines. With her Waray, Hokkien, and Mandarin Chinese being only at a beginner level, she is fluent in Cebuano, Tagalog, and English.

Kim had a tumultuous relationship with both of her parents since her parents' separation in 1998. She and her siblings were born in the Philippines, and as children, they moved often in Tacloban, Leyte, Cebu, General Santos City, Mindoro, and Cebu, Cebu; until 2006, they returned to Cebu, a migrant grandmother. When visiting her second sister and half-siblings in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, she reconciled with her father "after five years of estrangement." Louella, her biological mother, fell into coma a month later in June. Louella died on June 23, 2013, after a week of hospitalization, due to brain aneurysm. "An angel guides me in my decisions in life" she debunked rumors of animosity over her mother's child abandonment in a eulogy dedicated to her mother. This is now my mother, for me."

Gerald Anderson, a co-star on Chiu, appeared from 2006 to 2010.

Chiu began dating Xian Lim, a fellow Star Magic artist and leading man, in 2012, which was confirmed in a 2013 episode of Kris TV. They said they were "exclusively dating." During an interview with Boy Abunda on Tonight with Boy Abunda, Kim Chiu said she was still in a relationship with Lim.

Chiu was driving along Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City on her way to a taping of her series Love Thy Women when two unidentified gunmen fired six gun shots at her van on March 4, 2020. Chiu and her companions were unharmed. The shooting was investigated as a potential case of mistaken identity, according to investigators. Chiu later revealed on social media that someone claiming to be the intended victim called one of her bosses to apologize a day after the shooting.

Kim Chui claims that "cats are extremely tumultuous at night and should be thrown out of hot water" in 2022.

Chiu promotes a variety of causes through her media work. After struggling with asthma as a child, Win Against Asthma began working with GSK for yearly asthma awareness programs. Chiu has since worked with disaster relief groups like the Philippine National Red Cross and Sagip Kapamilya. She and Xian Lim were among PETA's candidates to vote Free Mali together. Chiu made a video plea for Mali, requesting that she be relocated to a sanctuary for the sake of her health and well-being. She and Lim oversaw a relief mission in Marikina in August 2012. Chiu was heavily involved in relief efforts for Typhoon Yolanda via Red Cross, which had impacted areas of her hometown. In addition to providing food and water, she also held week-long clothing auctions to raise funds for Typhoon victims.

By 2013, it was also revealed that the actress was regularly funding Isla Pulo, an impoverished community of 1,000 residents in Manila Bay, Philippines.

In a press conference on August 28, 2013, Chiu discussed the ongoing Pork Barrel tax controversy and government's suspected misappropriation of the PDAF, noting that the government pays so much money and we have no idea where it is going." Chiu was named the nation's top taxpayer, earning $ 9.3 million in income taxes in 2013.

Chiu graduated from UPCAT and enrolled in the University of the Philippines' Business Courses in 2015.

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Career

Chiu rose to fame after winning the top prize in the reality show Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition. Chiu left Cebu City for the performance and migrated to Manila. On April 23, 2006, she and the rest of the housemates were admitted to the Big Brother house. She was crowned the Teen Big Winner with 626,562 votes (41.4% of the total vote) at the Aliw Theatre in Pasay's Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex. She was the only housemate who had not been nominated for eviction.

Chiu joined Star Magic after winning. She and her on-screen partner Gerald Anderson joined ASAP XV and appeared together in numerous ABS-CBN shows Love Spell, comedy sitcom Aalog-Alog, and the film First Day High.

Chiu appeared in Sana Maulit Muli, a primetime television series starring Anderson, which was released to critical acclaim. She was nominated and later received the 38th Guillermo Mendoza Box Office Awards as Most Promising Female Star and Best New Female TV Personality at the 21st PMPC Star Awards, that year. (for Sana Maulit Muli) Sana Maulit Muli was later released in Taiwan under the PTS network under the name Chances.

Chiu's debut album "Gwa Ai Di" (Hokkien simplified Chinese; modern Chinese: ; Póa ài d); lit. (I Love You) is a pop song that was released on Star Records, which also includes the single Crazy Love. It has earned a Gold Record.

After receiving a lot of fame for her acting work, she appeared in the film I've Fallen For You under Star Cinema and appeared in numerous advertisements regularly. Chiu appeared in the Philippine version of the South Korean television series My Girl in 2008.

Chiu made her name as a top actress in the widely acclaimed TV series Tayong Dalawa in 2009. Audrey, a woman adored by two military men, received several acting awards for her role.

Goodbye's film I Love You, Goodbye made its official debut at the 2009 Metro Manila Film Festival. It was Chiu's first appearance as a villain and her first film to reach the P100 million mark, with her receiving multiple awards from various award-giving organizations, including PMPC, 12th Gawad PASADO Awards, and the 34th MMFF for Best Supporting Actress.

Paano Na Kaya, a romance film that was released both nationally and internationally, in 2010. She appeared in the well-received primetime drama, Kung Tayo Magkakalayo, the Philippines' highest rating teleserye of 2010. Chiu and Anderson appeared in the film Till My Heartaches End in October 2010. It was announced that the long-time couple (known as Kimerald) had split, but that no reason was given; however, the reason for the breakup was not discussed.

Kim is the top-billed in Your Song, a weekly musical anthology series that airs, as a sub-series for the 12th season. It lasted for four months and led her to a match with Sam Milby, Jake Cuenca, Pokwang, Derek Ramsay, Enrique Gil, and Vice Ganda. Chiu appeared in the romantic-comedy television series My Binondo Girl starring Xian Lim, Matteo Guidicelli, and Jolo Revilla in 2011.

Chiu appeared in The Healing, a horror film starring Vilma Santos in 2012. She played a woman who is cured of glomerulonephritis by a doctor, but she must face a curse. She received a number of Best Supporting Actress nominations from virtually every one of the film award-giving bodies, but only the Gawad Urian and The Young Critics' Circle were recognized in this film.

Chiu has returned to melodrama in the form of Ina, Kapatid, Anak, with Xian Lim, Maja Salvador, and Enchong Dee. Following the teleserye's average TV rating of 30.3% via Kantar Media/TNS, it was named Best Teleserye of the Year at Philippine's 2013 Yahoo Awards and broadcast internationally as Her Mother's Daughter, broadcasting in France and Turkey's DISCOP West Asia. In addition, her role earned her an award for Best TV Drama Actress. In honor of the agency's 20th anniversary, she reunited in a film with Anderson titled 24/7.

Xian Lim, Bakit Hindi Ka Crush Ng Crush Mo? co-starring Ramon Bautista appeared in a film adaptation of Ramon Bautista's novel co-starring Xian Lim, Bakit Hindi Ka Crush Ng Crush Mo?, which was released on July 17, 2013. In view of her first comedic role on the big screen, her performance received positive feedback and sarcastic praise.

Chiu's romantic-comedy film Bride for Rent cemented her commercial success in January 2014. Chiu plays Rocky, a homeless woman who promises to marry for money. The film, which was also a commercial success, earned more than P21.2 million pesos in its first day and cracked the P200 million pesos record on its 8th day as Star Cinema's first movie offering of 2014. Chiu was established as one of the country's top actors with both a film and television career. It's the country's sixth highest grossing Filipino film of all time, the second highest grossing non-MMFF film of all time, and also the highest-grossing January-released film of all time.

Chiu returned to television in the 2014 period drama, Ikaw Lamang, following the success of her two films. Coco Martin, Julia Montes, Jake Cuenca, and KC Concepcion appeared on the series alongside Coco Martin, Julia Montes, Jeffrey Cuenca, and KC Concepcion, associating with socioeconomic, political, and forbidden love. At the 28th PMPC Star Awards for Television, it received the first and second place viewer ratings in its time slot, as well as the highest Primetime Drama Series. This was followed by the romantic comedy film Past Tense and a portrayal of Mulan for Walt Disney Asia's 12 Days of Princess campaign.

In the high-profile film, Etiquette for Mistresses, Kris Aquino, Claudine Barretto, Iza Calzado), she appeared in 2015. For the film's soundtrack, she performed "Duyog" and "Labyu Langga." In the rom-com All You Need Is Pag-Ibig, Star Cinema's official entry to the 2015 MMFF, she also top-billed.

In 2016, she appeared in The Story of Us, the hit Philippine romantic drama. Tin Manalo's performance earned her another Best Actress Award from the 6th EdukCircle Awards, 6th OFW Parangals, and Guillermo Mendoza. In addition, Kimerald's loveteam was announced to return to television in the last quarter of 2016 through a triathlon soap opera television series Ikaw Lang ang Iibigin for the 10th anniversary of show business.

Langit Lupa was the first Ikaw Lang ang Iibigin on ABS-CBN's PrimeTanghali noontime block in May 2017. During its nine-month tenure, the show debuted at number one in its time slot and was consistently ranked ahead of its opponents.

She appears in the horror film The Ghost Bride, where she plays Mayen Lim, the main protagonist of this film, and she's likely to choose either living a normal life or accepting a strange corporate proposal called the Ghost Wedding in exchange for wealth and a secure life for her family members. In this ostensibly film project that was supposed to premiere on theatres on All Saints' Day, she is also joined by Matteo Guidicelli, Alice Dixson, Christian Bables, and Cacai Bautista. She appears in the Filipino horror film Da One That Ghost Away, directed by Tony Y. Reyes, alongside Ryan Bang, Enzo Pineda, and the Maymay Entrata and Edward Barber duo.

One Great Love, Rita's debut at the 2018 Metro Manila Film Festival in December 2018, was included in Regal Film's official entry to the 2018 Metro Manila Film Festival. With her nomination on the 44th annual MMFF Awards for Best Actress, Chiu was Chiu's first time working with Dennis Trillo and JC de Vera. In the 50th GMMSF Box-Office Entertainment Awards, she received the Film Actress of the Year for her role in the film One Great Love.

"Bawal Lumabas (The Classroom Song)," her song "WISH 107.5's YouTube Channel in 2020, gained 404k dislikes and 78k likes in less than 14 hours, according to a writer. The song was based on a viral edit made by DJ Squammy from her statement regarding the ABS-CBN franchise renewal controversy.

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