Nikki Gil

Nikki Gil
Birth name	Monica Pauline Gil
Born	August 23, 1987 (1987-08-23) (age 24) Manila, Philippines
Genres	Pop
Occupations	Singer, actress, host, model, VJ
Years active	2005—present
Labels	EMI, Walt Disney, PolyEast
Website	Official Forum

Monica Pauline "Nikki" Gil (born August 23, 1987, Manila, Philippines) is a Filipino singer, actress, host, model and myx VJ.

Biography

Monica Pauline Gil was born in Manila to Dino and Julie Gil. She is of Filipino, Spanish and German descent. Being born to a musically-inclined family, her father a piano player and her mom a church choir member, she was already singing and doing voiceovers for commercials as early as four years old. She graduated High-School from Shekinah Christian Training Center in March 2005 as batch valedictorian. In 2009, she graduated College from the Ateneo de Manila University majoring in English Literature.^{[citation needed]} Her sister is Dani Gil who also plays the piano and sings.

Early career

She was singing in a church when an agent spotted her in 2004. Shortly after came a whirlwind of endorsements as she crooned her way into her first commercial ad for Coca-Cola in 2005.^{[citation needed]}

Gil released her first self-titled album, “Nikki Gil”, in 2005 under EMI Philippines with “Sakayan ng Jeep” as the carrier single. It was later repackaged in 2006 and released with the addition of a graduation song entitled “Glowing Inside”. In July 2006, EMI Philippines and Walt Disney Records introduced her, with other Asian artists Vince Chong of Malaysia and Alicia Pan of Singapore, to sing and to star in the music video of Disney Channel’s original movie High School Musical’s theme song, “Breaking Free”. Gil sang “Gotta Go My Own Way”, which also climbed the charts and boosted High School Musical’s status to double platinum record.^{[citation needed]}

In 2008, Gil released her second music album, “Hear My Heart”, with “Hear My Heart” as the carrier single, a song she co-wrote with her younger sister Dani. She later finished a project again for Disney in Hong Kong when she recorded a music video for the pop version of “It's A Small World After All”. She was then asked in 2008 to perform the Tagalog version of "It's A Small World" at the grand opening of It's A Small World in Hong Kong Disneyland.^{[citation needed]}

In 2010, Gil released her third music album "Somebody To Love", with "Somebody to love" as the carrier single, a song written by her younger sister Dani. Gil also played the character of Elle Woods in the Manila production of the musical "Legally Blonde" which is based on the 2001 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Motion Picture "Legally Blonde" and the novel by Amanda Brown.

Acting career and TV hosting

In 2005, Gil was given a VJ stint for ABS-CBN's music channel subsidiary, MYX. She was also picked to host the now-defunct talk show MRS on ABS-CBN and morning show Breakfast on ANC. She later would join the cast of the weekly variety show ASAP Mania. In 2006, she was joined by Toni Gonzaga and Bianca Gonzalez as host for the season 1 of Pinoy Dream Academy, a singing reality show from Endemol. In 2007, she became part of an anime-inspired fantasy series “Rounin” and as an extended cast for the drama series “Pangarap na Bituin”. In 2008, she was again chosen to be the host for the season 2 of Pinoy Dream Academy with Toni Gonzaga and Billy Crawford. In 2009, she appeared in “Pieta”, an afternoon teleserye with Ryan Agoncillo, and is currently appearing in the teleserye “Florinda” with Maricel Soriano. Nikki Gil is one of the mainstay on ABS-CBN with ASAP XV In 2010, she started hosting E-Live along with Luis Manzano and Ogie Diaz. She also did a fair share of hosting occasionally on Showtime replacing Anne Curtis.

In 2007, Gil did her first movie appearance by doing a cameo role as John Lloyd Cruz’s best friend for One More Chance. In 2009, she appeared along with Bea Alonzo, Sam Milby, Derek Ramsay for a Star Cinema movie entitled And I Love You So. In 2010, she was the lead actress in a romance film entitled The Red Shoes produced by Unitel with Marvin Agustin, which won the Best Picture in the 27th Bogota International Film Festival.

Theatre

• 2007: Seussical the Musical - The Cat
• 2010: Legally Blonde: The Musical - Elle Woods^[1][2][3]
• 2011: Sweet Charity - Charity Hope Valentine

Filmography

List of films

Year	Film	Role
2007	One More Chance	Helen
2009	And I Love You So	Audrey Cruz
2010	Red Shoes, TheThe Red Shoes	Bettina

List of television appearances

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005–present	ASAP	Herself
2005	Breakfast	Herself	Host
2006	Pinoy Dream Academy	Herself	Host (2006–2008)
2006	Komiks Presents: Da Adventures of Pedro Penduko	Joseline	Episode "Wak-Wak"
2006	Star Magic Presents	Trina	Episode "Love and the City"
2006	Your Song		Episode "If I Keep My Heart Out Of Sight"
2007	Rounin	Leal	Lead role
2007	Pangarap na Bituin	Sapphire Gomez	Recurring role
2007	Your Song		Episode " Ang Pag-ibig Kong Ito"
2008	Sineserye Presents: Florinda	Mara	Lead role
2008	Lovebooks Presents	Monica	Episode "Break-Up Diaries"
2008	Pieta	Guia V. Angeles	Lead role (2008–2009)
2009	Maalaala Mo Kaya	Nene	Episode "Kalendaryo"
2009	Your Song	Rain Navarro	Episode "If Your Not The One"
2009–2010	Nagsimula sa Puso	Julie Bernardo	Recurring role
2010	Agimat: Ang Mga Alamat ni Ramon Revilla Presents Tonyong Bayawak	Angie Inocencio	Lead role
2010	Showtime	Herself	Judge (for 6 weeks) and Guest Replacement Host for Anne Curtis (occasionally)
2010–present	Entertainment Live	Herself	Host (2010–present)

Discography

Albums

Year	Album details
2005	Nikki Gil Studio album Released: 2005 Label: EMI
2008	Hear My Heart Studio album Released: May 16, 2008[4] Label: PolyEast
2010	Somebody to Love Studio album Released: March 17, 2010[5] Label: PolyEast

Singles

Year	Title	Album
2005	"Sakayan ng Jeep"	Nikki Gil
2006	"If I Keep My Heart Out of Sight"
	"Forever Is Not As Long As It Used to Be"
2008	"Hear My Heart"	Hear My Heart
	"Million Miles Away"
2009	"If You're Not the One"
2010	"Magbabalik Ka Pa Ba"	Somebody to Love
	"Somebody to Love"
	"Kung Wala Ka"
	"You Are My Life" (featuring Billy Crawford)
	"Sana Bukas" (featuring Billy Crawford)

Other appearances

Year	Song	Album
2006	"Breaking Free" (with Vince Chong and Alicia Pan)	High School Musical
2006	"Kasi Naman"	Hotsilog: The ASAP Hotdog Compilation
2007	"Gotta Go My Own Way"	High School Musical 2

References

1. ^ Rowena Joy A. Sanchez (November 25, 2009). "OMG! Is that blonde…Nikki?". Manila Bulletin. http://www.mb.com.ph/node/231058/omg-i. 
2. ^ Bobby Garcia (July 1, 2010). "Nikki's right to be Blonde". The Philippine Star. http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=589253&publicationSubCategoryId=70. 
3. ^ "Nikki Gil to star in ‘Legally Blonde, The Musical’". Philippine Daily Inquirerdate=November 23, 2009. http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/artsandbooks/artsandbooks/view/20091123-237792/Nikki-Gil-to-star-in-Legally-Blonde-The-Musical. 
4. ^ "EMI Philippines releases NIKKI GIL’s second album called HEAR MY HEART". PolyEast Records. http://www.polyeastrecords.com/nikki/2008/11/emi-philippines-releases-nikki-gil%E2%80%99s-second-album-called-hear-my-heart/. 
5. ^ "NIKKI GIL releases third album under PolyEast Records, SOMEBODY TO LOVE now available in all record bars nationwide". PolyEast Records. March 17, 2010. http://www.polyeastrecords.com/nikki/2010/03/nikki-gil-releases-third-album-under-polyeast-records-somebody-to-love-now-available-in-all-record-bars-nationwide/. 

External links

• Official site
• Nikki Gil at the Internet Movie Database
• Nikki Gil at myx

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Name	Gil, Nikki
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Date of birth	August 23, 1987
Place of birth	Manila, Philippines
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