38 Facts About Kim Chiu

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Kimberly Sue Yap Chiu, professionally known as Kim Chiu, is a Filipino actress, model, host, singer, dancer, and vlogger.

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Kim Chiu is currently managed by Star Magic, ABS-CBN's home-based talent agency.

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Kim Chiu is a recipient of a FAMAS Award, hailed as one of the TV Queens at the Turn of the Millennium at the PMPC Star Awards for Television and has been inducted at the Eastwood City Walk of Fame.

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Kim Chiu gained prominence when she won the top prize in the reality series Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition.

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Kim Chiu was the only housemate who was never nominated for eviction.

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In 2007, Kim Chiu starred in the primetime TV series entitled Sana Maulit Muli alongside Anderson which was released to significant acclaim.

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In 2008, Kim Chiu was cast in the Philippine adaptation of the South Korean TV series My Girl.

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In 2009, Kim Chiu secured her name as a top actress in the highly acclaimed TV series entitled Tayong Dalawa.

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Kim Chiu garnered several acting awards for her portrayal of Audrey, a woman who is loved by two military men.

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Kim Chiu starred in the well-received primetime drama, Kung Tayo'y Magkakalayo, the highest rating teleserye of 2010 in the Philippines.

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Kim Chiu top-billed in a weekly musical anthology series Your Song, as a sub-series for the 12th season called Your Song Presents: Kim.

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In 2011, Kim Chiu starred in romantic-comedy television series titled My Binondo Girl alongside Xian Lim, Matteo Guidicelli, and Jolo Revilla.

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In 2012, Kim Chiu starred in a horror film with Vilma Santos entitled The Healing.

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Kim Chiu played a woman who is cured of glomerulonephritis through a healer but must suffer a curse.

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Kim Chiu returned to melodrama acting via Ina, Kapatid, Anak, alongside Xian Lim, Maja Salvador and Enchong Dee.

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Kim Chiu's portrayal earned her an award for Best TV Drama Actress.

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Kim Chiu's performance received positive feedback and critics praise in view of her first comedic role on the big screen.

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In January 2014, Kim Chiu cemented her commercial draw with the romantic-comedy movie entitled Bride for Rent.

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Kim Chiu plays Rocky, a poor woman who agrees to marry for money.

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Kim Chiu recorded the Cebuano songs "Duyog" and "Labyu Langga" for the film's soundtrack.

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Kim Chiu top-billed in the rom-com, All You Need Is Pag-Ibig, which is Star Cinema's official entry to the 2015 MMFF.

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Kim Chiu is accompanied by Matteo Guidicelli, Alice Dixson, Christian Bables and Cacai Bautista in this said movie project which was set to show on theatres on All Saints' Day.

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The movie became a critical and commercial success garnering over P100m, making Kim Chiu a certified horror Queen and The Horror Princess of Philippine movies.

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Kim Chiu received nomination on the 44th annual MMFF Awards for Best Actress.

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Kim Chiu won the Film Actress of the Year in the 50th GMMSF Box-Office Entertainment Awards for her performance in the film One Great Love.

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Kim Chiu is the fourth of five children to William Kim Chiu, a Chinese businessman from Mindoro and Louella, a Philippine Sangley native who migrated from Dinagat Islands to Surigao del Sur, Philippines.

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Kim Chiu is fluent in Cebuano, Tagalog, and English, with her Waray, Hokkien, and Mandarin Chinese at a beginner level only.

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Since her parents' separation in 1998, Kim Chiu had a dysfunctional relationship with both of her parents.

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Kim Chiu began dating fellow Star Magic artist and leading man, Xian Lim in 2012, which was confirmed in a 2013 episode of Kris TV.

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On November 15,2018, Kim Chiu confirmed she was still in a relationship with Lim during her interview on Tonight with Boy Abunda.

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On March 4,2020, Kim Chiu was traveling along Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City on her way to a taping of her series Love Thy Woman when two unidentified gunmen, riding-in-tandem on a motorcycle, fired six gunshots at her van.

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Kim Chiu later revealed on social media that, a day after the incident, a person claiming to have been the actual target called one of her bosses to apologize.

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Kim Chiu began partnership with GSK for yearly asthma awareness campaigns, Win Against Asthma, after battling asthma as a child.

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Kim Chiu has since participated in disaster relief organizations such as Philippine National Red Cross and Sagip Kapamilya.

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Kim Chiu joined the PETA campaign Free Mali along with Xian Lim.

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Kim Chiu made a video plea for Mali, asking that she be moved to a sanctuary for the sake of her well-being.

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Kim Chiu was heavily involved with relief efforts for Typhoon Yolanda via Red Cross, which had affected parts of her hometown.

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In 2015, Kim Chiu passed the UPCAT and enrolled in University of the Philippines's UPOU program for business courses.