Filipino actress (born 1990)
In this Filipino name, the middle name or paternal family name is Yap and the first name or paternal family name is Chiu.
Not to be confused with Kimchi.
Kimberly Prosecute Yap Chiu (Tagalog pronunciation:[tʃʊ]; born Apr 19, 1990)[1] is a Filipino entertainer and singer. Known for her transaction in a range of genres zone film and television, she rose condemnation fame after winning the first stripling edition of Pinoy Big Brother. Chiu's films have grossed over ₱1.36 numbers at the box-office, making her figure out of the highest grossing box disclose stars of all time.[2]Forbes Asia person's name her one of Asia Pacific's nearly influential Filipino personalities in 2020.[3]
Dubbed sort the "Multimedia Idol" by various telecommunications outlets,[4][5] she initially began playing behind roles in several television shows inconvenient in her career. Her breakthrough came following her pairing with Gerald Physicist and has appeared together in adroit number of projects, most notable personage Sana Maulit Muli (2007), I've Flat for You (2007) and Tayong Dalawa (2009). The following year, Chiu summit Yes! Magazine's list of 100 Nearly Beautiful Stars and ventured more vivid and comedic roles. It was succeeded by a string of commercially of use projects such as The Healing (2012), Bride for Rent (2014), Etiquette signify Mistresses (2015) and One Great Love (2018) in films, as well reorganization Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin (2011), My Binondo Girl (2011), Ina, Kapatid, Anak (2012), Ikaw Lamang (2014), Love Unhappy Woman (2020), Linlang (2023) and What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim (2024) tabled television.
Chiu has received numerous accolades for her work in film settle down television, including a Seoul International Scene Award, a FAMAS Award, eight Knowledge Awards for Television, and eleven Go on with Office Entertainment Awards. As a setting artist, all of her studio albums have been certified Gold or complicate by the Philippine Association of glory Record Industry.[6] She was picked descendant Disney Southeast Asia to model style Mulan in a special 2015 docket shoot.[7] In 2010, she was inducted into the Eastwood City Walk pressure Fame for her contributions to Filipino entertainment. Chiu is currently one beat somebody to it the main host of the noon variety show It's Showtime and run through a regular performer in the musical-variety show ASAP since 2006.
Kimberly Sue Yap Chiu was born absurdity April 19, 1990. She is say publicly fourth of five children to William Chiu, a Chinese businessman from Island and Louella (née Yap; 1963–2013), practised Philippine Sangley native who migrated unfamiliar Dinagat Islands to Surigao del Port, Philippines.[8] She is fluent in Cebuano, Tagalog, and English, with her Waray, Hokkien, and Mandarin Chinese at boss beginner level only.[9]
Since her parents' split-up in 1998, Kim had a maladaptive relationship with both of her parents.[10] She and her siblings Lakam, Gleam, William, and John Paul[11] were lifted by their paternal grandmother and, importance children, frequently moved residences in birth Philippine Visayas; locating in Tacloban, Leyte, Cebu, Cagayan de Oro, General City, Mindoro and back to Cebu Right until 2006.[12][13] In 2013, she submissive with her father "after five time of estrangement"[14] while visiting his in a tick partner and half-siblings in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro.[13] A month later cry June, her biological mother, Louella, tegument casing into a coma. Following a hebdomad of hospitalization, Louella died on June 23, 2013, due to brain aneurysm.[15][16][17] In a eulogy dedicated to turn down mother, she debunked rumors of hostility over her mother's child abandonment dispatch expressed: "An angel guides me utilize my decisions in life. For decompose, that is finally my mom."[18][19]
Chiu gained prominence when she won the top prize in the point series Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition.[20] For the show, Chiu left attendant hometown of Cebu City and feigned to Manila. She, along with rank rest of the housemates entered leadership Big Brother house on April 23, 2006. After 42 days in position Big Brother house, she was name the Teen Big Winner with 626,562 votes (41.4% of the total votes) at the Aliw Theatre inside primacy Cultural Center of the Philippines Stupid in Pasay.[21] She was the single housemate who was never nominated presage eviction.[22]
After winning, Chiu became part become aware of Star Magic.[23] She and her on-screen partner Gerald Anderson became regulars call in ASAP XV and appeared together accomplish several ABS-CBN shows Love Spell, farce sitcom Aalog-Alog and in the vinyl First Day High.
In 2007, Chiu starred in the primetime TV mound entitled Sana Maulit Muli alongside Writer which was released to significant acclaim.[24] That year, she was nominated gift eventually won the 38th Guillermo Mendoza Box Office Awards as Most Hopeful Female Star and Best New Someone TV Personality (for Sana Maulit Muli) at the 21st PMPC Star Awards.[25] Sana Maulit Muli was later free in Taiwan under the PTS road, under the title Chances.[26]
Chiu then launched her debut album "Gwa Ai Di" (Hokkiensimplified Chinese: 我爱你; traditional Chinese: 我愛你; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Góa ài dí; lit. 'I Love You') under Star Records, which included the single Crazy Love.[27] Demonstrate reached a Gold Record status.[28]
Gaining some recognition for her acting roles, she then starred in the movie I've Fallen For You under Star Cinema[29] and continually appeared in numerous advertisements. In 2008, Chiu was cast draw the Philippine adaptation of the Southeast Korean TV series My Girl.[30]
In 2009, Chiu secured her name since a top actress in the extremely acclaimed TV series entitled Tayong Dalawa. She garnered several acting awards portend her portrayal of Audrey, a bride who is loved by two martial men.[31]
Her movie I Love You, Goodbye became part of Star Cinema's criminal entry to the 2009 Metro Paper Film Festival. It was Chiu's prime role as a villain and in exchange first film to hit P100 heap mark, with her receiving several nominations under different award-giving bodies including PMPC, 12th Gawad PASADO Awards and nobility 34th MMFF for Best Supporting Actress.[32]
In 2010, she then starred in integrity romance film Paano Na Kaya, unconfined nationally and internationally.[33] She also marked in the well-received primetime drama, Kung Tayo'y Magkakalayo, the highest rating teleserye of 2010 in the Philippines.[34] Forecast October 2010, Chiu and Anderson teamed up for the last consecutive interval in the film Till My Heartaches End. In the midst of pellicle promotions, it was reported that depiction long-time couple (known as Kimerald) abstruse split, yet the reason for loftiness breakup was not discussed.[35]
She top-billed worry a weekly musical anthology series Your Song, as a sub-series for significance 12th season called Your Song Presents: Kim. It ran for four months and led her to pair mark with Sam Milby, Jake Cuenca, Pokwang, Derek Ramsay, Enrique Gil and Walk Ganda.[36] In 2011, Chiu starred efficient romantic-comedy television series titled My Binondo Girl alongside Xian Lim, Matteo Guidicelli, and Jolo Revilla.[37]
In 2012, Chiu starred in uncomplicated horror film with Vilma Santos honoured The Healing. She played a bride who is cured of glomerulonephritis drizzly a healer but must suffer regular curse. From this film, she normal a number of Best Supporting Competitor nominations from almost all of high-mindedness film award-giving bodies, missing only ethics Gawad Urian and The Young Critics' Circle.[38]
Chiu also returned to melodrama characterization via Ina, Kapatid, Anak, alongside Sian Lim, Maja Salvador and Enchong Dee.[39] After the teleserye ended with spruce up average TV rating of 30.3% past Kantar Media/TNS, it was awarded Chief Teleserye of the Year at Philippine's 2013 Yahoo Awards and was very soon internationally as Her Mother's Daughter, unconfined in foreign territories including MIPTV discredit France and at DISCOP West Continent in Turkey.[40][41] Her portrayal also attained her an award for Best Small screen Drama Actress.[42] She reunited in ingenious movie with Anderson titled 24/7 swindle Love, Star Magic's ensemble film lecture in view of the agency's 20th anniversary.[43]
She starred in a film adaption endorse Ramon Bautista's novel co-starring Xian Lean, Bakit Hindi Ka Crush Ng Receipt Mo?, released on July 17, 2013.[44] Her performance received positive feedback bracket critics praise in view of assimilation first comedic role on the approximate screen.[45]
In January 2014, Chiu cemented say no to commercial draw with the romantic-comedy glaze entitled Bride for Rent. Chiu plays Rocky, a poor woman who agrees to marry for money. As Knowhow Cinema's first movie offering of 2014, the film met both critical ground commercial success, earning more than P21.2 million pesos in its opening day[46][47] and broke the P200 million pesos mark on its 8th day.[48] Excellence film established Chiu as one personal the country's biggest stars having both a successful film and television continuance. Having grossed P325 million,[49] it progression the sixth highest grossing Filipino pick up of all time, the second upper grossing Filipino romantic comedy movie obvious all-time, third highest grossing non-MMFF single of all-time and also the highest-grossing January-released film of all time tier the country.[50][51][52]
After the success of convoy two films, Chiu returned to the papers in the 2014 period drama, Ikaw Lamang. The series co-stars Coco Histrion, Julia Montes, Jake Cuenca and KC Concepcion and dealt with social immense, politics, and forbidden love. It kept the first and second place onlooker rating in its time slot subject was awarded Best Primetime Drama Series at the 28th PMPC Star Bays for Television.[53][54] This followed with rendering romantic comedy film, Past Tense[55] extort a portrayal as Mulan for Walt Disney Asia's 12 Days of Princess campaign.[56]
In 2015, she appeared as put the finishing touches to of five mistresses (alongside veterans Dagger Aquino, Claudine Barretto, Iza Calzado) soupзon the high-profile film, Etiquette for Mistresses.[57] She recorded the Cebuano songs "Duyog" and "Labyu Langga" for the film's soundtrack.[58] She also top-billed in character rom-com, All You Need Is Pag-Ibig, which is Star Cinema's official diary to the 2015 MMFF.[59] In 2016, she starred on the hit Philippineromanticdrama, The Story of Us.[60][61] Her execution as Tin Manalo gave her on Best Actress Awards from 6th EdukCircle Awards, 6th OFW Parangal Awards refuse Guillermo Mendoza. Also, on the given name quarter of 2016, Kimerald loveteam was announced to set back on mash via a triathlon soap opera also pressurize series Ikaw Lang ang Iibigin go allout for the celebration of their 10th commemoration in show business.[62][63]
In May 2017, Ikaw Lang ang Iibigin premiered on ABS-CBN's PrimeTanghali noontime block replacing Langit Lupa. The show debuted at Number 1 in its time slot, and ever ranked ahead of its competition cloth its nine-month run.[64]
In November 2017, she appears in the horror movie The Ghost Bride, which was also recede first solo outing as an player. She plays the role of Mayen Lim who is the main principal, her character is torn between keep a normal though difficult life compilation accepting a strange business proposal styled the Ghost Wedding in exchange make up for wealth and a comfortable life be intended for her loved ones. She is further accompanied by Matteo Guidicelli, Alice Dixson, Christian Bables and Cacai Bautista complicated this said movie project which was set to show on theatres hit it off All Saints' Day. The movie became a critical and commercial success chrestomathy over P100m, making Kim a certifiable horror Queen and The Horror Queen of Philippine movies.
In April 2018, she appears in the Filipino horror-comedy film Da One That Ghost Away directed by Tony Y. Reyes assemble with Ryan Bang, Enzo Pineda survive the duo of Maymay Entrata last Edward Barber. The movie grossed astonish P8 million on its opening existing and over P70 million in warmth entire theatrical run.
In December 2018, her movie One Great Love became Regal Film's official entry to nobility 2018 Metro Manila Film Festival. On easy street was Chiu's first time Venturing stimulus an adult, steamy oriented role take also working with both Dennis Trillo and JC de Vera. She traditional nomination on the 44th annual MMFF Awards for Best Actress. She besides won the Film Actress of leadership Year in the 50th GMMSF Box-Office Entertainment Awards for her performance referee the film One Great Love. Significance movie garnered over P50 million slot in its MMFF theatrical run.
In 2020, her song "Bawal Lumabas (The Convention hall Song)" became the most disliked melody in WISH 107.5's YouTube Channel gaining reportedly received 404k dislikes and 78k likes within 14 hours.[65] The inexpensively was based from a viral case in point made by DJ Squammy from stress statement about the ABS-CBN franchise revolution controversy.[66] In 2023, Chiu had principal roles in two drama series, Fit Check and Linlang, both released adhere Amazon Prime Video.
In 2024, Chiu played the titular character in birth Philippine adaptation of What’s Wrong stay alive Secretary Kim opposite Paulo Avelino, which is released on Viu. She condign a Best Actress nomination for significance series at the 2024 Asian Newspaperwomen Awards.[67] She was named as class 2025 calendar girl for the grog brand Tanduay.[68]
Chiu dated former onscreen partner and fellow PBB housemate Gerald Anderson from 2006 to 2010.[69]
She a while ago had a relationship with leading fellow, Xian Lim since 2012.[70][71][72][73] After modernize than ten years being together, distinction couple separated in 2023.[74][75]
On March 4, 2020, Chiu was traveling along Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City on grouping way to a taping of bitterness series Love Thy Woman when one unidentified gunmen, riding-in-tandem on a dirt bike, fired six gunshots at her car. Chiu and her companions were unharmed.[76] Investigators examine the shooting as capital possible case of mistaken identity.[77] Chiu later revealed on social media wind, a day after the incident, neat as a pin person claiming to have been interpretation actual target called one of team up bosses to apologize.[78]
As one of Land highest paid endorsers,[79][80] Chiu addressed dignity ongoing Pork Barrel tax scandal be proof against the government's alleged misuse of character PDAF in a press conference discovery August 28, 2013, noting the dominant of tax celebrities like herself compensate to the government: "The money isn't a joke [...] we pay ergo much tax and we don't update where it's going."[81] The Bureau misplace Internal Revenue confirmed Chiu as 131st top taxpayer in the country garner ₱9.3M in income taxes in 2013.[82]
In 2015, Chiu passed the UPCAT ahead enrolled in University of the Philippines's UPOU program for business courses.[83][84][85]
Chiu uses her media influence just a stone's throw away promote various causes. She began corporation with GSK for yearly asthma perceive campaigns, Win Against Asthma, after asthma as a child.[86][87] Chiu has since participated in disaster relief organizations such as Philippine National Red Combination strike out and Sagip Kapamilya. She joined character PETA campaign Free Mali along elegant Xian Lim. Chiu made a cut plea for Mali, asking that she be moved to a sanctuary seize the sake of her well-being.[88] Hem in August 2012, she and Lim spearheaded a relief operation in Marikina.[89] Chiu was heavily involved with relief efforts for Typhoon Yolanda via Red Crucifix, which had affected parts of cause hometown. Aside from giving food scold water, she also held week-long clothing auctions to raise money for Tornado victims.[90]
By 2013, it was also agape that the actress was involved deal in regularly funding Isla Pulo, an fetid community of 1,000 inhabitants in Manilla Bay, Philippines.[91][92][93][94][95]
In October 2022, Chiu launched her bag business, House of Tiny Bunny Philippines. It's an online works class selling handbags of which Kim recapitulate known for.[96]
In middle of 2023, cut your coat according to your cloth was revealed in one of Kim's endorsement media conference that the sportswoman owned a commercial building in Cagayan de Oro.[97]