18 Facts About Celeste Legaspi

Celeste Legaspi is an advocate for the rights of the artists.

Celeste Legaspi is the daughter of National Artist for Visual Arts Cesar Legaspi.

Celeste Legaspi has been one of the founders of the following artist organizations: Organisasyon ng Pilipinong Mang-aawit, Culturtain Musicat Theater Productions, Performers' Rights Society of the Philippines, and the OPM Archive.

Celeste Legaspi is married to Nonoy Gallardo, an advertising director and one of the premier Original Pilipino Music composers.

Celeste Legaspi later confessed that her performance in Show Boat scared her.

Celeste Legaspi's singing career flourished upon shifting her course to Communication Arts at Maryknoll College.

Celeste Legaspi joined The Ambivalent Crowd, became a college graduate in 1971, and married Nonoy Gallardo in March 1972, with whom she has three children.

Celeste Legaspi then became part of the Time Machine which at the time had a singer named Didith Reyes and Anthony Castelo who would both conquer the OPM charts in the years ahead.

The album featured Celeste Legaspi's heartwarming Filipino renditions of Minnie Ripperton's Lovin' You, Diana Ross' Theme from Mahogany, and The Lady Is A Tramp.

Celeste Legaspi starred in Doon Po Sa Amin and Jesus Christ Superstar in 1978, each garnering Best Dinner Theater awards.

Celeste Legaspi sang the part of the First Woman in the play "Tales of the Manuvu" produced by the CCP Dance Company, where she shared the stage with Hajji Alejandro.

Celeste Legaspi, being the founding president of the Organisasyon ng Pilipinong Mang-aawit and Philstage, was key in establishing the Philippines' sole alliance of professional performing arts companies and organizations.

Celeste Legaspi appeared in films such as Lino Brocka's Santiago, Stardoom and Sa Kabila ng Lahat, Mamang Sorbetero, Tatlong Ina, Isang Anak, Anak ng Pasig and Ishmael Bernal's Wating.

Celeste Legaspi sang the main theme song of Kahit ang Mundo'y Magunaw, a Manuel Cinco film starring Pilar Pilapil and Christopher de Leon.

Celeste Legaspi was part of the cast of the 2017 film Ang Larawan.

In 2023, Celeste Legaspi played the role of a Filipino-Chinese businesswoman and Rowell Santiago's aunt in the ABS-CBN romantic drama series Can't Buy Me Love.

Celeste Legaspi is a successful recording artist, having produced albums and singles that reached gold and platinum status during the 1970s and 1980s.

Celeste Legaspi won several awards including the Outstanding Performance award from the Song Festival in Tokyo, Japan, where she sang "Puso Mong Nagmamahal", Tinig Awards for live entertainment, and the Aliw Award for Entertainer of the Year.