Kim Chiu



Kimberly Sue Yap Chiu (born April 19, 1990) is a Chinese Filipino actress, singer, recording artist and television host in the Philippines. She is currently managed and under contract to Star Magic, ABS-CBN's home-based talent agency.

Kim Chiu started her showbiz career at the age of 16 after winning the first teen edition of the reality show Pinoy Big Brother of ABS-CBN. She then, starred in the television series, Sana Maulit Muli (2007) which won her the year's Most Promising Female Star and Most Popular loveteam with Gerald Anderson at GMMSF. This followed by a string of successful projects and leading roles in dramas such as the Philippine adaptation of My Girl (2008), action-melodramas Tayong Dalawa (2009), Kung Tayo'y Magkakalayo (2010), romantic comedy My Binondo Girl (2011-2012), family drama Ina, Kapatid, Anak (2012-2013), period drama Ikaw Lamang (2014), family drama "The Story of Us" (2016), and sports drama "Ikaw Lang ang Iibigin" (2017-2018).

She also starred in several films including Bride for Rent (2014), one of the highest grossing Filipino film of all time, grossing PHP326 million (US$6,228,067) at the box office. Her other high-profile films include I Love You, Goodbye (2009), Bakit Hindi Ka Crush Ng Crush Mo? (2013) and "The Ghost Bride" (2017).

She has also received a PMPC Award for Best Drama Actress on her performance in Ikaw Lamang, four FAMAS Award nominations (winning one) and was hailed Princess of Philippine Movies and TV for three times at the GMMSF Box-Office Entertainment Awards for her accomplishments in the film and television industry.

In When the Cold Breeze Blows Away, she becomes the first Filipino to become a commander to the Afrika Korps of the Nazi Union, as appointed by both Erwin Rommel and Hermann Fegelein, starting in the Battle of Misratah in Libya.