Sarah Geronimo
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Sarah Asher Tua Geronimo-Guidicelli (/hɛˈrɒnɪmoʊ/ herr-ON-ih-moh; born July 25, 1988) is a Filipina singer and actress. Geronimo rose to prominence after winning the television talent show Star for a Night (2002). In 2003, she was signed to Viva Records, and released her debut studio album Popstar: A Dream Come True, supported by the singles "Forever's Not Enough" and "Sa Iyo".
Geronimo reinvented her image and style with Becoming (2006) and Taking Flight (2007), gaining praise for her growth and maturity. She recorded covers on Music and Me (2009) and One Heart (2011), the latter of which also included original material and was supported by the singles "Sino Nga Ba Siya" and "Kung Siya ang Mahal". Geronimo produced her tenth studio album Expressions (2013), which featured the lead single "Ikot-Ikot". Her twelfth studio album, The Great Unknown (2015), contained the lead single "Tala", which sparked a trend between 2019 and 2020. In 2025, she launched her independent record label, G Music.
Geronimo made her acting debut with supporting roles in the films Filipinas and Captain Barbell (both 2003) and followed this with a co-starring role in Lastikman: Unang Banat (2004). She played leading roles in the film A Very Special Love (2008) and its sequels You Changed My Life (2009) and It Takes a Man and a Woman (2013), winning the Box Office Entertainment Awards for Box Office Queen for all three and the Golden Screen Award for Best Actress for the latter. She also starred in title role in Miss Granny (2018), for which she won a Star Award for Best Actress. She also starred in the television series Sarah the Teen Princess (2004), Bituing Walang Ningning (2006), Pangarap na Bituin (2007), and 1DOL (2010). Geronimo expanded her career into reality television talent shows as a host of the talent competition show Little Big Star (2005) and as a coach on The Voice of the Philippines (2013) and its spin-offs The Voice Kids (2014) and The Voice Teens (2017).
Geronimo's accolades include a Billboard Women in Music Award, an MTV Europe Music Award, a World Music Award, an Mnet Asian Music Award, 16 Awit Awards, and 28 Myx Music Awards. Tatler magazine named her one of the most influential people in Asia in 2021, and Billboard Philippines named her as the Woman of the Year in 2024.
Quotes
[edit]- It's a decision that you have to make. You have to help yourself.
- I'm just gonna keep loving music, and the goal is to inspire people, to touch people's lives, and use my platform.
- Courage to accept and embrace one's self, courage to break boundaries and defy standards.
- You don't have to choose between being a homemaker and a career woman.
- I will never be perfect.
- I have to be kind to myself.
- Women are beautiful, women are strong.
- Men are beautiful as well, the way they manage, they cope up with everything that goes on in our minds as women.
- Women, especially mothers, you are the best! all the sacrifices a mother has to do for their child, it's mind-blowing."
- Pag nag-give up ka sa sarili mo, talo ka talaga. Kasi walang ibang pu-push, tutulong sa 'yo kundi sarili mo.
- As long as wala tayong sinasaktan na tao, wala namang dapat ikatago.
- Iisipin mo lahat ng mga taong nai-inspire mo. And then, yun, sapat na sapat na yun.
- Kahit naman ang bulaklak, it won't be always in full bloom. It will take time.
- The power to influence people, it also comes with a big responsibility. You have to be mindful about the materials you put out there so you have to create change and positivity towards other people.
- You cannot bring back the past...let go of the past and just move on, move forward.
