HEAR MY HEART

by: Nikki Gil

Here I am
Talking to myself again
Trying to figure out
What I've been doing wrong

Let me know
Where all of my love should go
Why all the hurt and the pain and the tears
I can't show

Trying so hard to walk away
But baby this I have to say

Hear my heart
Crying in silence
It hurts so much
Trying to run from your smile, your touch
Waiting, pretending this game's a waste
Knowing you just can't be mine

Let me know
Where all of my love should go
Why all the hurt and the pain and the tears
I can't show

Trying so hard to walk away
But baby this I have to say
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsty.com/nikki-gil-hear-my-heart-lyrics.html ]
Hear my heart
Crying in silence
It hurts so much
Trying to run from your smile, your touch
Waiting, pretending this game's a waste
Knowing you just can't be mine

Hear my heart
Crying in silence
It hurts so much
Trying to run from your smile, your touch
Waiting, pretending this game's a waste
Knowing you just can't be mine

If you could only look my way
If you could only listen to what I have to say

Hear my heart
Crying in silence
It hurts so much
Trying to run from your smile, your touch
Waiting, pretending this game's a waste
Knowing you just can't be mine

Hear my heart
Crying in silence
It hurts so much
Trying to run from your smile, your touch
Waiting, pretending this game's a waste
Knowing you just can't be mine

Praying someday you'd be mine

Monica Pauline "Nikki" Gil (born August 23, 1987, Manila, Philippines) is a Filipino singer, actress, host, model and a present myx VJ. She is known for being part of the afternoon remake of Carlo J. Caparas's Pieta (TV series) in 2008-2009 as Guia V. Angeles and also in 2009, she portrayed Princess Punzalan's role in the afternoon drama which ran in 2009-2010 as Julie Bernardo in Nagsimula sa Puso. She is also well-known for her lead portrayal as Jennifer "Jenny" La Peña in the 2012 remake of the 1990 radio serial of Salvador Royales's Mundo Man ay

Magunaw, originally played by Jennifer Sevilla in the film version and was produced by SEIKO Films. In 2013 she will play the role of Elaine Sarmiento in the made for TV Remake of the Blockbuster Film "Ikaw Naman ang Iiyak" originally portrayed by Dawn Zulueta and distributed by VIVA Films in 1996, alongside Melissa Ricks and

Denise Laurel slated to air next year for the Kapamilya Gold block as confirmed by ABS-CBN.

Biography

Monica Pauline Gil was born in Manila to Dino and Julie Gil. She is of Filipino, Spanish and German descent. Being

born to a musically-inclined family, her father a piano player and her mom a church choir member, she was already

singing and doing voiceovers for commercials as early as four years old. She graduated from Shekinah Christian

Training Center in March 2005 as batch valedictorian. In 2009, she graduated from Ateneo de Manila University,

majoring in English literature. Her sister is Dani Gil, also plays the piano and sings.

Discovery and early career

She was singing in a church when an agent spotted her in 2004. Shortly after, came a whirlwind of endorsements as she crooned her way into her first commercial ad for Coca-Cola in 2005.

Gil released her first self-titled album, Nikki Gil, in 2005 under EMI Philippines with ���Sakayan ng

Jeep��� as the carrier single. It was later repackaged in 2006 and released with the addition of a

graduation song titled ���Glowing Inside���. In July 2006, EMI Philippines and Walt Disney Records

introduced her, with other Asian artists Vince Chong of Malaysia and Alicia Pan of Singapore, to sing and to star in the music video of Disney Channel���s original movie High School Musical���s theme song, ���Breaking Free���. Gil sang ���Gotta Go My Own Way���, which also climbed the charts and boosted High School Musical���s status to double platinum record.

In 2008, Gil released her second music album, Hear My Heart, with ���Hear My Heart��� as the carrier

single, a song she co-wrote with her younger sister Dani. She later finished a project again for Disney in Hong Kong when she recorded a music video for the pop version of ���It's a Small World After All���. She was then asked in 2008 to perform the Tagalog version of "It's A Small World" at the grand

opening of It's a Small World in Hong Kong Disneyland.

In 2010, Gil released her third music album, Somebody to Love, with "Somebody to Love" as the

carrier single, a song written by her younger sister Dani. Gil played the character of Elle Woods in the

Manila production of the musical Legally Blonde which is based on the 2001 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

motion picture Legally Blonde and the novel by Amanda Brown.

Acting career and TV hosting

In 2005, Gil was given a VJ stint for ABS-CBN's music channel subsidiary, MYX. She was also picked to host the now-defunct talk show MRS on ABS-CBN and morning show Breakfast on ANC. She

later would join the cast of the weekly variety show ASAP Mania. In 2006, she was joined by

Toni Gonzaga and Bianca Gonzalez as host for the season 1 of Pinoy Dream Academy, a singing

reality show from Endemol. In 2007, she became part of an anime-inspired fantasy series ���Rounin��� and as an extended cast for the drama series ���Pangarap na Bituin���. In 2008, she was again chosen to be

the host for the season 2 of Pinoy Dream Academy with Toni Gonzaga and Billy Crawford. In 2009,

she appeared in ���Pieta���, an afternoon teleserye with Ryan Agoncillo, and is currently appearing in the teleserye ���Florinda��� with Maricel Soriano. Nikki Gil is one of the mainstay on ABS-CBN with ASAP XV In 2010, she started hosting E-Live along with Luis Manzano and Ogie Diaz. She also did a fair

share of hosting occasionally on Showtime replacing Anne Curtis.

In 2007, Gil did her first movie appearance by doing a cameo role as John Lloyd Cruz���s best friend

for One More Chance. In 2009, she appeared along with Bea Alonzo, Sam Milby, Derek Ramsay for a Star Cinema movie entitled And I Love You So. In 2010, she was the lead actress in a romance film

entitled The Red Shoes produced by Unitel with Marvin Agustin, which won the Best Picture in the

27th Bogota International Film Festival.

In 2012, she became part of the Film-TV Remake of Salvador Royales' Mundo Man ay Magunaw as

Jennifer La Pena In 2013, she will become part of the upcoming remake of the 1996 film Ikaw Naman Ang Iiyak as the lead role Elaine Sarmiento originally played by Dawn Zulueta in the film.

Theater

• 2007: Seussical the Musical - The Cat
• 2010: Legally Blonde: The Musical - Elle Woods
• 2011: Sweet Charity - Charity Hope Valentine
• 2013: They're Playing Our Song - Sonia Walsk

Filmography

Film

Television

Discography

Albums

Singles

Other appearances

Lovelife of Nikki

(Billy and her)