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Heart Evangelista
  • Birth Name:
    Love Marie Payawal Ongpauco
  • Date of Birth:
    February 14, 1985
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Aquarius
  • Place of Birth:
    Manila, Philippines
  • Height:
    5' 2"
  • Sex:
    Female
  • Nationality:
    Unknown

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Heart Evangelista

    Career

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    Awards

    Heart Evangelista

    2009 : FAMAS Awards Best, Actress Nominee for Ay, Ayeng

    2007 : PMPC Star Awards for Movies, Female Face of the Night

    2004 : FAMAS Awards, German Moreno Youth Achievement Award

    2004 : Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation, Princess of RP Movies

    2003 : Awit Awards, Best Performance by a New Female Artist

    2003 : Asia Pacific Excellence & Handog Kay Ina Awards, Youth Achiever for Arts & Entertainment

    2003 : Ivan Entertainment Productions: Circle of 10 Modeling Agency, Celebrity Endorser of the Year

    2003 : Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation Most Popular Love Team of RP Movies (with John Prats)

    2003 : Himig Handog Awards,  Album Platinum Award

    2002 : Himig Handog Awards, Listener's Choice Award (Love Has Come My Way)

    2002 : Himig Handog Awards, Texter's Choice Award (Love Has Come My Way)

    2002 : PMPC Star Awards for Movies, Best New Movie Actress for Trip

    2001 : PMPC Star Awards for Television, Best New TV Personality for G-Mik

     

    Trivia

    Heart Evangelista
    • The movie was adapted from “Maestra Ester,” a novel by Abdon Noviza and Lica Lazaro.
    • 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.

    Biography

    Heart Evangelista
    Last Updated: Friday, October 16, 2009

    Heart EvangelistaHeart Evangelista was born on February 14, 1985 to parents Reynaldo and Cecilia Ongpauco, she was the youngest in her family, with one brother (Miguel) and four sisters (Lisa, Marjorie, Michelle and Camille). Heart comes from the Ongpauco clan of Barrio Fiesta fame. Her uncle (Rod Ongpauco) is the founder of the Barrio Fiesta restaurant chain while her father founded several Barrio Fiesta branches in San Francisco. Heart grew up and studied in the United States and her family moved back in her late toddler years to the Philippines.

    Heartstudied in a famous school in the Philippines Colegio San Agustin (Makati) from grade one but dropped out before finishing her freshman year in high school. Heart then moved to the ABS-CBN Talent Center. Since early 2006, Heart had been very vocal about her conversion from Catholic to Born Again Christian.Heart attends the Victory Christian Fellowship. Heart had always stated that her conversion is the reason she moved from Star Magic to Genesis.

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