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Heart Evangelista Profile |
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Birth Date: February 14, 1985
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Birth Place: Manila, Philippines
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Birth Name: Love Marie Payawal Ongpauco
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Height: 5'2"
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Biography |
Heart Evangelista is a Filipino actress, singer, model, and
VJ.
Born on February 14, 1985 to parents Reynaldo and Cecilia
Ongpauco, Heart is the youngest in her family, with one
brother and four sisters. She grew up and studied in the
United States. Her family moved back to the Philippines in
her late teen years. She spent her high school years at the
Colegio San Agustin, Makati.
Evangelista was first discovered by a commercial agent while
at a mall with her sister. She signed up with Star Magic
(formerly known as Talent Center) and was paired with John
Prats on the show G-Mik. Her team-up with John Prats gained
tremendous popularity, and they starred in several movies
together— Trip, Ang Tanging Ina and My First Romance. They
also starred on another teen-oriented show, Berks.
Evangelista was paired with Geoff Eigenmann on the primetime
soap opera Hiram which also starred Kris Aquino, Dina
Bonnevie, John Estrada and Anne Curtis. She earned her a
Star Awards Best Actress nomination on this series.
Evangelista also won the best new female personality (Best
New Movie Actress and Best New TV Actress) awards from Star
Awards for Movies and Star Awards for TV. She also won
Texter's and Listener's Choice at the Himig Handog Awards
for her single "Love Has Come My Way". Heart also released
the single "Tell Me" in Australia. It peaked at number 18 on
the charts.
Evangelista worked on and off for three years (2005-2008)
and focused mainly on hosting gigs, starring on a few
Maalaala Mo Kaya and Your Song episodes, and giving time to
her foundation Heart Can. In early 2007, she renewed her
ties with her mother station ABS-CBN and was under a per
project basis. She finished a sineserye (TV series based on
a film) for the station, the remake of the movie Hiram na
Mukha, and appeared briefly on Pangarap Na Bituin. She also
topbilled the reformatted version of Your Song under the
title "Muntik Na Kitang Minahal".
She was also offered to do another album under Star Records
and return to ASAP. She was supposed to play again her
character in Ang Tanging Ina Ninyong Lahat as one of Ai Ai
de las Alas' daughters. But all of these she declined
because she chose to transfer to GMA Network due to her
father's decision.
She announced her sudden transfer to ABS-CBN's rival
network, GMA Network, last April 23, 2008. She signed up a
two-year exclusive contract and was paired with Richard
Gutierrez. Their first action-teledrama together on GMA's
series Codename: Asero.
Evangelista played the title role in "Ay Ayeng," a film on
the indigenous Ifugao life in Mountain Province, which
premiered in Hawaii, on July 14, 2008. The movie was adapted
from "Maestra Ester," a novel by Abdon Noviza and Lica
Lazaro.
She has a new fantasy soap on GMA Network entitled Luna
Mystika, this time she was partnered with Mark Anthony
Fernandez.
Evangelista was in a relationship with John Prats during her
early teen years. She was in a 3 year relationship with
Jericho Rosales. They recently broke up earlier this year
and she is now in a relationship with a non-showbiz man,
Francisco Delgado, and she has also moved to the GMA Network
in order to avoid controversies with her ex-boyfriend
Jericho Rosales. |
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Other
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Father is a restaurant magnate.
She was 13 when discovered by a talent scout of an
advertising commercial agency while in a shopping mall.
Considered for the role of Cho Chang in Harry Potter and the
Goblet of Fire (2005).
Her father was initially hesitant to let her pursue a
showbiz career. |
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since December 20, 2008