Sharon Cuneta

Sharon Cuneta

Sharon Gamboa Cuneta-Pangilinan (born January 6, 1966) is a Filipino actress and singer. Known as the "Megastar" as she is one of the most prominent showbiz icons in the Philippines, Cuneta is among the highest-paid and most successful in the Philippine entertainment industry. She has starred in 53 films, 10 television shows, recorded 40 albums and worked as a celebrity endorser for many products, bagging 10 wins and 23 nominations as an actress from notable Filipino award-giving bodies such as the FAMAS Award and the Golden Screen TV Awards. She is also a multiple Awit Award nominee, having won the Best Performance by a Female Recording Artist in 1993 for her song "Ngayon at Kailanman". On November 22, 2011, Cuneta moved to TV5 with a ₱1 billion (US$21 million) contract with the network. She parted ways with ABS-CBN, her home network of 24 years, on a cordial note. Her daily afternoon talk show Sharon: Kasama Mo, Kapatid premiered on May 14, 2012, and has been called an engaging program that aims to entertain and to inspire. In 2013, Cuneta returned to television with a comedy series entitled, Madam Chairman, which premiered in October 2013 on TV5. On March 9, 2015, she returned to ABS-CBN as one of the juries on Your Face Sounds Familiar, since March 14. More recently, Cuneta served as a coach in versions of the Philippine edition of The Voice franchise, namely the third season of The Voice Kids (2016) and the first season of The Voice Teens (2017).

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