Nikki Gil

Nikki Gil
Born	Monica Pauline Gil
Other names	"Asian Girl Superstar"

Nikki Gil (born August 23, 1987) is a Filipina actress, host, and singer. She is famous for doing the Asian versions of "Breaking Free" and "Gotta Go My Own Way" from the Disney Channel Original Movies, High School Musical, and High School Musical 2.

Biography

Nikki graduated from Shekinah Christian Training Center in March 2004 as batch Valedictorian. She is currently studying at the Ateneo de Manila University. She attends church in Alabang New Life Christian Center in Alabang, Muntinlupa City.

Career

Nikki Gil was originally known for her role in a Coca-Cola commercial. She was voice talent for various television and radio commercials and jingles including Dunkin Donuts, J&J, Ovaltine, Anchor Milk, Del Monte Catsup, and Del Monte Pineapple.

She later became a regular in variety show ASAP '06, Breakfast Surprise, and MYX. She was a host for reality tv search show Pinoy Dream Academy. She released a self-titled album, which includes the songs "Sakayan ng Jeep" and "Glowing Inside". She recorded a rendition of the song "Breaking Free" for the soundtrack of the Disney Channel's original movie High School Musical, together with Singapore's Alicia Pan and Malaysia's Vince Chong. Because of the success, she was also entitled to make the Asian version of "Gotta Go My Own Way" with Tom Price for the Philippine soundtrack of the 2007 Disney Channel Original Movie, High School Musical 2. This made her an Asian Girl Superstar.

Nikki is now a member of ABS-CBN's circle of homegrown artists, Star Magic.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role
2008	LoveBooks Presents: Break-up Diaries	Monica
2008	Pinoy Dream Academy: Season II	Host/Herself
2008	Florinda	Mara
2008	Love Spell: Credit Card	Aileen
2007	Pangarap na Bituin	Sapphire Gomez
2007	High School Musical Around the World	Host/Herself
2007	Wowowee	Host/Herself
2007	Your Song: Ang Pagibig Kong Ito	Sofia
2007	Rounin	Leal
2007	Komiks Presents: Da Adventures of Pedro Penduko	Joseline
2006	Pinoy Dream Academy	Host/Herself
2006	Star Magic Presents: Love and The City	Trina
2006	Komiks: Kapitan Aksiyon	----
2006	Your Song: If I Keep My Heart Out of Sight	Clara
2005	ASAP Fanatic	Host/Herself
2005	Breakfast (TV show)	Host/Herself
2005	Breakfast Supersize	Host/Herself
2005	MYX	VJ
2005	MRS: Most Requested Show	Host/Herself
2005	ASAP	Host/Herself
2005	Extra Challenge	Host/Herself

Film

Year	Title	Role
2007	One More Chance	Helen

Commercials and endorsements

• Avon
• Smart Communication
• Hapee Toothpaste
• Coca-Cola (Commercial at YouTube.com)
• Vaseline (Commercial at YouTube.com)
• Lucky Me
• Vicky Belo Clinic
• Penshoppe
• Disney Channel Asia
• Sunsilk

Discography

Date of release	Title	Single(s)
2005 EMI Philippines	Nikki Gil*	Sakayan Ng Jeep If I Keep My Heart Out Of Sight Forever Is Not As Long As It Used To Be
2006 Walt Disney Records Asia/EMI Philippines	High School Musical OST	Breaking Free (Asian Version)
2006 ASAP Music/Star Records	Hotsilog	Kasi Naman
2007 Walt Disney Records Asia/EMI Philippines	High School Musical 2	Gotta Go My Own Way (Asian Version)
2008 EMI Philippines	Hear My Heart*	Hear My Heart Million Miles Away

Others

• Nikki Gil also did a soundtrack for the TV show Qpids. She sang the song "Dito sa Puso Ko (Here In My Heart)" together with Josh Santana.
• Her first solo was repackaged in 2006.
• She sang a duet with Ronnie Liang in his revival of "Ang Aking Awitin"(My Song).
• She won in the 3rd ASAP Platinum Circle Awards for the album High School Musical 2 and Hotsilog.
• She also sang Kay li-it lang nang mundo (Filipino for It's a Small World), the Filipino version of Hong Kong Disneyland's It's A Small World theme song.
• She plays the piano for the carrier single "Hear My Heart" for her second album of the same title.
• She appeared in a music video "Superstar" performed by RJ Jimenez

External links

• Nikki Gil's Official Forum
• Nikki Gil at IMDb
• Nikki Gil Profile over Myx Website