Toni Gonzaga (from wikipedia)

Celestine Cruz Gonzaga, popularly known by her screen name Toni Gonzaga, is a Filipina movie and TV actress, variety program host, singer, commercial model and magazine covergirl. She is one of the most visible multimedia artists in Philippine showbiz.

Biography

Birth, Childhood, Faith

Toni was born on a Friday,January 20, 1984, a 6.8 lbs. baby girl to Methodists parents Carlito and Crisanta Gonzaga. Toni's real name Celestine is a name after a boxer given her father.

Fondly called Tintin by her closest friends, her parents made sure that she and her younger sister, Catherine, were raised with Christian morals and values.

At the age of 4, Toni joined various local-singing competitions in their barangay in Taytay, Rizal. At a very young age, Toni was already used to facing audiences of hundreds.

Toni was baptized as an infant and confirmed a child into a local United Methodist Church in her hometown of Taytay, Rizal where her family is actively involved in leadership and music ministry. However, she may be spotted attending evening worship at Greenhills Christian Fellowship or sometimes at Victory Christian Fellowship especially when her Sunday mornings get very busy which goes to show that she never misses attending a Methodist worship as much as possible. She is very vocal about her evangelical faith and her active involvement in Methodist worship.
Acting career

Toni started her career as a talent of GMA Artist Center and initially landed small roles. After 4 years, Toni decided to go freelance. While attending high school, Toni was busy joining auditions, competitions, and VTR screenings of advertising agencies.

When she reached the age of 17, she took her talent to a higher level. She tried her luck in lounge singing in hotels and bars like Calesa Bar, Hyatt Regency, Sulo Hotel, and Holiday Inn, just to name a few. She went to school in the day and did her singing engagements at night.

Fate had more in store for Tintin other than her lounge act. Her agent informed her of an audition for a TV commercial (TVC) for a popular soda brand. Luck was definitely on her side. She was chosen as the lead talent in that TVC and gained instant popularity with her famous line, I love you Piolo!

That TV ad sparked the fortunate series of events that marked the start of her television career. Soon, offers to do guestings in television shows came but it was her guesting in the sitcom Daddy Di Do Du that got her a regular stint on TV. TAPE Inc., the production outfit behind the show, offered her to be one of the hosts in the noontime show Eat Bulaga.

While doing so, she also managed to host a Studio 23 show, she later transferred to ABS-CBN, GMA's rival and from here on, her career was catapulted to greater heights.

Recording artist

In 2001, Toni released her self-tilted debut album under Prime Music. But she made a mark in the music industry last 2006 when she diversified once again in the music industry under Star Records and came out with her second album titled "You Complete Me", with her carrier single "We Belong" became number one on the hit charts.[citation needed]

In 2007, fresh from the success of her second album, she came up with a follow up album entitled "Falling In Love". Currently her single "Catch Me I'm Fallin'" is number one on music charts. One of her single from this album, "Perfect World", is the soundtrack of one of Philippines' newest online MMORPG from Level UP! Inc. with the same title.