Sarah Geronimo - Filipina singer and actress

October 30, 2009 | By admin |

Sarah Geronimo (born on July 25, 1988), is a Filipina singer and actress.

Biography

Sarah Asher Tua Geronimo was born to Delfin Geronimo, a retired PLDT employee, and Divina, who ran a home beauty parlor in Sta. Cruz, Manila. Sarah is the third of four children. Her siblings are Jonnah Rizzie, Sunshine Grace, and Ezekiel Gabriel. She is auntie of TV host and owner of production company, Adolfo “Ka Gerry” Geronimo.

Early years

Geronimo’s first performance on stage was a mall show at two years old. Sarah sang “Pasko Na Naman” with Pinky Marquez and Richard Reynoso. She was part of a children’s show, Pen-pen de Sarapen, from 1992 through 1994, Ang TV from 1995 through 1996, and NEXT from 1996 through 1997. Geronimo was also one of the performers during the 1995 visit of Pope John Paul II.

At the age of 14, Geronimo emerged as the grand prize winner of Star For A Night, hosted by Regine Velasquez on March 1, 2003 with her rendition of the songs “To Love You More” and “To Mother with Love”. She won P1 million and a managerial contract at Viva Artist Agency.

Television career

In 2004, Geronimo signed a contract with ABS-CBN, where she had her first acting project starring in a drama series entitled Sarah, The Teen Princess. She also was in a musical variety show, ASAP. In 2005, Geronimo sang the theme of a Star Cinema movie, Can This Be Love. She also became part of the fourth season of the weekly teen-oriented program, SCQ Reload, Kilig Ako. In summer of 2005, Sarah reunited with her fellow champions for a US Tour of Pinoy Idols: Return Of The Champions, which showed in selected cities in the U.S. for a two-month period.

In 2006, she was cast in ABS-CBN’s primetime soap opera, Bituing Walang Ningning as an aspiring singer named Dorina Pineda. She also released a soundtrack of the series. She also took the lead role in ABS-CBN’s primetime drama Pangarap Na Bituin opposite Jericho Rosales, along with Maja Salvador, Rica Peralejo and, Nikki Gil as “The Jewel Sisters”.

Film career

On July 30, 2008, Sarah debuted under Star Cinema and Viva Films with Filipino actor John Lloyd Cruz entitled A Very Special Love was released. She also recorded her own version of the song “A Very Special Love” for the movie which was included in the repackaged edition of Taking Flight. In February 2009, Geronimo appeared in her follow-up movie with John Lloyd Cruz, You Changed My Life (A Very Special Love Sequel), after the success of the latter. The film earned PHP 240.44 million total theatrical earnings and is ranked as the “Highest Top-Grossing Filipino Film of All Time”.