KIM CHIU is Kimberly Sue Yao Chiu in real life and was born on April 19. 1990 in Tacloban City, Leyte, Philippines (although the Internet Movie Database website claims she was born in Xiamen, Fujian Province in People's Repubilc of China). At the age of 3, Kim Chiu's family migrated to Cebu and decided to live there when their business started to blossom.
Kim entered the showbiz scene with her participation in the reality show "Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition" in ABS-CBN. She was an early favorite and she emerged as the big winner at the culmination of the show. Kim Chiu can be best remembered inside the house of Big Brother with her rendition of the Chinese song titled "Peng You" by Emil Chau. Her popularity inside the house made her an instant celebrity that even when the show was finished, Kim was immediately signed by ABS-CBN together with her housemate Gerald Anderson which later become her love team.
After her stint in Big Brother's house, Kim was added to the list of able hosts in ASAP. She was then casted in "Star Magic Presents: Ang Lovely Kong All Around", "Maalaala Mo Kaya: Bus", "Your Song: Alive", "Aalog-Alog" and three installments of "Love Spell: My Boy My Girl, Charm And Crystal and Pasko Na Sinta Ko". Gerald Anderson was her love interest/partner in all of those afformentioned TV assginments.
Kim Chiu's biggest break in TV was "Sana Maulit Muli" where she and Gerald played the lead role in primetime. The series topped the TV ratings during its airtime and the Gerald - Kim tandem became more popular and was able to get more and more followings. After the series, Kim appeared in various Kapamilya shows such as Gokada Go!, Your song Presents, Love Spell, Sineserye Presents, Maalaala Mo Kaya and others.
Her next big project was a Philippine TV remake of the popular Koreanovela "My Girl" which again topped the charts in primetime. Kim showed her versatility in this series when she showed her acting ability in comedy. Her performance was so superb that she won the 2008 Pop Viewer's Choice Award: Pop TV Character of The Year for her portrayal with the character of Jasmine Estocapio.
With the success of her previous TV series, the Kapamilya network again produced another primetime series for her titled "Tayong Dalawa" with Gerald and Jake Cuenca. This is the second time Kim Chiu worked with Gerald and Jake since "Sana Maulit Muli". "Tayong Dalawa" had it's storyline rewritten a lot of times due to its overwhelming success in the ratings nationwide. The seres has started in January 2009 and as of this writing (August 2009), the show is still strong and no definite schedule yet when to end.
Kim is also scheduled in "Sineserye Presents: Dahil Mahal Kita: The Dolzura Cortez Story" that is to be shown in 2010.
Kim Chiu appeared in her first movie "First Day High" which is a comedy-mystery film with Gerald Anderson, Geoff Eigenmann and Maja Salvador under Star Cinema. This was followed by "I've Fallen For You" in which the Kimerald (Kim - Gerald) tandem was tested in the box office. The success of the movie was huge as the movie was supported by millions of Kimerald fans.
Kim and Gerald then starred in the "Class Picture" episode of Regal Entertainment's "Shake, Rattle & Roll X" which was included in the Metro Manila Film Festival. This time, the dou proved their acting ability in horror films and many movie critics applauded their performance in the said movie.
Kim Chiu will also star in two movies for 2009 titled "I Love You Goodbye" and "Mano Po 6: My Mother".
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