Heart Evangelista is one of those people you love to hate, but you just can’t because she’s so nice! Pretty, perky, and positively charming are just some of the adjectives that come to mind when you see her. And when she speaks, you have to add “witty,” “smart,” and “eloquent” to your growing list.
Real Name: Love Marie Ongpauco
Birthday: February 14, 1986
Height: 5′1
Weight: 102 lbs
Color of eyes & hair: Dark brown
Birthday: February 14, 1986
Height: 5′1
Weight: 102 lbs
Color of eyes & hair: Dark brown
Special Skills and Hobbies: Singing, Acting, Dancing, Painting, and Badminton
Favorites
Color: Purple, Red, Yellow and Pink
Food: Chicken,Pasta
Activity: Rock Climbing
Actress: Meg Ryan, Jennifer Love Hewitt
Music: Christina Aguillera, Britney Spears, Mandy Moore
Color: Purple, Red, Yellow and Pink
Food: Chicken,Pasta
Activity: Rock Climbing
Actress: Meg Ryan, Jennifer Love Hewitt
Music: Christina Aguillera, Britney Spears, Mandy Moore
Childhood
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.
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.
Career
Heart 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.
Heart 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.
She later starred on the fantasy-action TV show Panday.
Heart 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.
Heart 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.[citation needed]
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 is now being paired with Richard Gutierrez. Their first teledrama together on GMA’s upcoming drama series Codename: Asero.
Heart 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.
