Karylle

Karylle Tatlonghari
Background information
Birth name	Ana Karylle Padilla Tatlonghari
Born	(1981-03-22) March 22, 1981
Origin	Manila, Philippines
Genres	Pop, R&B, Soul
Occupation(s)	Singer, Song writer, Actress, TV host, Theater performer
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Universal Records (2001-2008) EMI Philippines (PolyEast Records) (2009-present)
Associated acts	Ogie Alcasid, Regine Velasquez-Alcasid, Zsa Zsa Padilla, Zia Quizon, Spongecola, Yael Yuzon, Gary Valenciano, Jerome John Hughes, Jay R, Kris Lawrence and Christian Bautista

Ana Karylle Padilla Tatlonghari-Yuzon (born March 22, 1981), commonly known by her stage mononym Karylle, is a Filipino singer, song writer, actress, TV host, model, theater performer, writer, blogger and entrepreneur.

Biography

Karylle was born on March 22, 1981 in Manila to Zsazsa Padilla, a singer-actress and Dr. Modesto Tatlonghari. She has two sisters Nicole and Zia Quizon, from her mother's relationship to actor and comedian Dolphy a.k.a. Rodolfo Vera Quizon.^[1][2] She's married to Yael Yuzon, a sponge cola vocalist, on March 2014. She completed her elementary and secondary education, notably in O.B. Montessori Center, Greenhills during grade school (where she was class valedictorian), and Poveda where she finished high school with a Service Medal for extra-curricular and volunteer works. She began taking formal ballet lessons at the age of three and continued until she was fifteen. While she was preparing for her debut album, Karylle had started rehearsals for her first stage musical Little Mermaid where she played Princess Sapphire. In college, Karylle took up B.S. Management major in Communications Technology Management at the Ateneo de Manila University, where she made the Dean’s list and graduated in 2002. Karylle is also an entrepreneur; part owner of the family KTV and resto-bar Centerstage at Tomas Morato in Quezon City, Jupiter in Makati City and Mall of Asia (MOA) in Pasay City and Mey Lin Restaurant.

Music

Karylle entered the music scene with her first album Time to Shine from Universal Records with the dance single "Can't Live Without You" and winning awards from different award giving bodies.

Her second album, You Make Me Sing showcased her songwriting skill which was released on 2005 entitled You Make Me Sing. She wrote the songs “Coz, I Love You” and “Hiling”.^[3] Also included in the album is the theme song, "Mahiwagang Puso", for her hit fantaserye Encantadia, in which she starred as Sang'gre Alena.

Three years later, she released her third album Time for Letting Go under a new recording company Polyeast Records. With this album, Karylle's gifts as a distinctive powerhouse vocalist is showcased in the single, "I'll Never get Over You Getting Over Me". It is a collection of songs that give the definition of moving on and at the same time divides grief in five different stages. The album also features duet with her mom Zsa Zsa Padilla -- "I Live for Your Love" and three of Karylle’s original compositions, “Minamahal Kita”, "Hulog ng Langit” and the soulful piano-driven “Wala Na Bang Lahat”.^[4]

Her 4th album 'Roadtrip' was released in 2011, in which she ventured out of her comfort zone and produced the album by herself.^[5] Furthermore, she wrote eleven tracks which “narrates her personal journey”. She had worked on this album for the past four years and according to one of her interviews this album represents who she is- the artist, singer, songwriter.^[6]

Aside from her albums she also did the theme songs for the movies that she starred in. Karylle together with Jerome John Hughes did, "Pagbigyan ang Puso", for Mano Po 3 and a cover of "Sana'y Maghintay ang Walang Hanggan" for the movie Moments of Love.

Her latest album entitled K was launched in November 2013 in Glorrieta 5. It features her dabbling into different genres. She shows her fun side in the catchy pop tune and carrier single Kiss You, goes edgy in the modern upbeat tune Bad Boys turns sentimental in the ballad Kapiling Kita, and pays tribute to her musical roots in In My Own Little Corner (from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella), among others. The album also includes Karylle’s 2013 Philpop entry Sa’yo Na Lang Ako. Karylle had toured last 2013 which called The K Tour for her K Album.

Karylle also have her own band called "The Reasons".

Discography

Year	Album Title and Singles Released	Recording Company	PARI Certification
2001	Time to Shine Can't Live Without You Calling	Universal Records	PARI: Gold
2005	You Make Me Sing You Make Me Sing Hiling	Universal Records	—
2009	Time for Letting Go I'll Never Get Over You Almost Over You	PolyEast Records	PARI: Platinum
2011	Roadtrip OMG Basically Found My Smile Again	PolyEast Records	PARI: Gold
2013	K Kiss You Kapiling Kita Sa'yo na lang ako	PolyEast Records	PARI: Gold
2015	TBA Can't Shut Up	PolyEast Records	—

Soundtracks

Year	Song	Recording Company	TV series/Film
2004	"Pagbigyan ang Puso"	Universal Records	Mano Po III: My Love
2005	"Sana'y Maghintay ang Walang Hanggan"	GMA Records	Moments of Love
	"Mahiwagang Puso"		Encantadia

Featured Songs

Year	Album Title	Song/s	Recording Company
2011	The Kitchen Musical Soundtrack	Boom Boom Pow/ Free Your Mind Every Breath You Take Unwell Hot N Cold S.O.S Freedom Nobody many more...	Sony Music Entertainment
2012	Doin' It Big	Hurt so Bad duet with Young JV	Star Records
2014	Soundtrack	After All duet with Christian Bautista	Universal Records

Acting career

Film

Karylle's first appearance on a movie was for a cameo role in Imus Productions' Metro Manila Filmfest entry in 2002 Ang Agimat as Maria Makiling. She also did three movies under Regal Entertainment. Mano Po 2: My Home and Mano Po 3: My Love where she played a Chinese. Her Mano Po films gave her a chance to work with the biggest and best actors in show business. Bahay ni Lola 2, a horror film, was her first lead role in a movie. Karylle scored another significant career feat in GMA films' box office hit Moments of Love, which was also a finalist in the New York Film Festival. She also did indie films such as Ligaw Liham and Litsonero. Aside from playing the lead character in "Ligaw Liham", she was also one of the producers of the said film. In the filmfest movie, “Dalaw,” Karylle turns in a reputable performance in which she had to submit to a rigid audition to get the role.

2001- 2004: Debut as TV actress

After releasing her first album, she became a host and performer in GMA-7's now defunct SOP. She ventured into TV acting and soon starred in television series. Karylle's first acting stint was in GMA 7's primetime television drama Twin Hearts as Iris. Her character would appear only for a week but then the production asked her to come back on the show to play another character Jade who looks exactly like Iris due to the chemistry that they have seen between Dingdong Dantes and Karylle.^[7] It was followed by Love to Love Season 4 where she played the role of an Ilonga from Guimaras thus requiring her to speak with an Ilongo accent earning her a best actress nomination from Enpress.

2005-2007: Encantadia

Her big break in her acting career came when she did the role of Sang'gre Alena, the keeper of the water gem in the hit fantasy series Encantadia. Due to its success it was followed by a second season which was entitled Etheria and the last season Encantadia: Pag-ibig Hanggang Wakas.

2008-2009: Change of Network

She was one of the hosts, with Raymond Gutierrez and Rhian Ramos, of Pinoy Idol'. But during the last quarter of 2008, she made the big changes regarding her career. She changed her management from Genesis to STAGES, her recording company from Universal Records to Polyeast EMI, from her home grown station, GMA to its rival station ABS-CBN and it came as a surprise to everyone when she became an endorser for Bench Body, with her billboards seen all over the metro for the ad "Single is Sexy!" indicating that she is also changing her image. Controversies that had spark over her break-up with former co-star and boyfriend Dingdong Dantes are speculated to what had driven her to make the move. Her last stint in GMA is her appearance in the Manny Pacquiao-Oscar de la Hoya boxing match in Las Vegas, Nevada, singing the Philippine national anthem, held last December 6, 2008. After the event, she signed a contract with ABS-CBN and official became a Kapamilya, with ASAP '08 giving her a grand welcome on December 14, 2008. After joining the ABS-CBN family her star shone even brighter. In Tim Yap's column in The Philippine Star she was included in one of the 29 people to watch out for in 2009. She eventually guested in the Season 2 of top rating show Betty La Fea as Olivia. ABS-CBN has given her a show Nasaan ka Maruja? After her successful stint in the Saturday series, Karylle took on a challenging role as Denise Alferos in the 2010 International Emmy nominee for Telenovela category, Dahil May Isang Ikaw.

2010-present: International Breakthrough & Its Showtime

After being busy in the concert scene for a while, she returned on the small screen as she was introduced as the new character in the daily afternoon drama Magkano Ang Iyong Dangal?. After months of absence in the local scene due to her international Asian TV series The Kitchen Musical which was aired in 19 territories via AXN. Her role as Maddie in the series, earned her a nomination for Best Actress for in the 52nd Monte Carlo TV Festival. The singer-actress is back. Karylle continues to host Showtime but due to her schedule she just appears semi regularly on ASAP. She also said that there are offers for her to do local TV series but due to her schedule she decided to turn down the roles. As for her international career she landed another role in the Singaporean action-drama series "Point of Entry". That gave her a title as The Philippines Asia's TV and Theater Actress. In 2013, she landed on the role Cinderella in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella alongside with Christian Bautista as Prince Christopher. Cinderella premiered last October 2013 and ends on December 2013.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Ang Agimat	Maria Makiling	Cameo Role
2003	Mano Po II: My Home	Rose Chan
2004	Masikip sa Dibdib	Singer	Cameo Role
2004	Mano Po III: My Love	Judith Yang
2005	Bahay ni Lola 2	Nina
2005	Mulawin: The Movie	Sang’gre Alena
2006	Moments of Love	Lianne Santos
2007	Ligaw Liham[8]	Karen
2009	Litsonero	Carmel
2010	Dalaw	Lorna
2012	My Cactus Heart		Cameo Role
2013	Girl, Boy, Bakla, Tomboy		Cameo Role

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network
2001–2008	SOP	Host	GMA Network
2003	Twin Hearts	Iris Medira/Jade Villanueva
2004	Love To Love: Sweet Exchange	Cathy Ruiz
2005	Encantadia	Sang'gre Alena
2005	1st Hip Hop Awards	Host
2005	MTV Pilipinas Video Music Awards	Host	MTV
2005	Etheria	Reyna Alena	GMA Network
2006	Encantadia: Pag-ibig Hanggang Wakas
2006	My Music Station	Host	QTV
2007	Magic Kamison	Rianne	GMA Network
2007	GMA New Year Countdown Celebration	Host
2007	Kamandag	Spectra
2008	Pinoy Idol Extra	Host
2008	Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao	Philippine National Anthem Singer
2008–2015	ASAP	Co-host (Performer)	ABS-CBN
2009	I Love Betty La Fea	Olivia (Cameo)
2009	Your Song Presents: Feb-ibig	Rose
2009	Komiks Presents: Mars Ravelo's: Nasaan Ka Maruja?	Helen Rivera
2009	Dahil May Isang Ikaw	Denise Mae Alferos
2009	Maalaala Mo Kaya: Gitara	Tara Santelices
2010	Magkano Ang Iyong Dangal?	Tanya
2010	Panahon Ko 'to!	Herself (Contestant)
2010–present	It's Showtime	Host/Judge
2011	The Biggest Loser Asia	Host	Studio 23
2011	The Kitchen Musical	Maddie Avilon	///// AXN Asia/ Sony Entertainment Television Southeast Asia NTV7 RTA Channel 5 DWAC-23 (Studio 23) MediaCorp TV Channel 5/HD5 MetroTV International Channel Shanghai / TVB Pearl Formosa Television Australia Television International
2012	Point of Entry 3	Tala Sison	MediaCorp Channel 5
2013	Showtime Holy Week Special	Lotlot Sacdalan	ABS-CBN
2014	Showtime Holy Week Special	Haydee Mañosca
2014	Himig Handog P-Pop Love Songs Finale	Herself (Performer)
2014	Best Thing I Ever Ate Singapore[9]	Herself	Food Network
2015	Showtime Holy Week Special	Bev of Minstrels of Hope	ABS-CBN

Theatre

Karylle is also known to do theater acting.^[10] She made her debut in the Trumpets' production of Little Mermaid. Her performance in the Trumpets musical is known to be her breakthrough to show business. She also starred in the Atlantis Production Seussical. Karylle bagged the female lead role as Maria, alternating with Joanna Ampil for the Stages production of West Side Story. Her performance was acclaimed by the critics and the public garnering her an Aliw Award nomination for Best Actress.^[11]

Year	Musical	Character
2000	Little Mermaid	Princess Sapphire
2007	Seussical	Cat in the Hat
2008	West Side Story	Maria
2012	Rama Hari	Sita
2013	Cinderella	Cinderella

Concerts/Tours

Karylle also has a time to do concerts or tours in different places nationwide/worldwide either it is Musical Related concert or not. She does love doing concerts together with some of her family and friends.

Year	Concert	Venue
2008	Souls In Love with Jay R and Kris Lawrence	Teatrino, Promenade Mall, Greenhills, San Juan
2009	Karylle: That Magic Called Love	EDSA Shangri-La
2012	Love and Laughter with Nanette Inventor and Christian Bautista	Newport Performing Arts Theater, Resorts World Manila
2013	Mother's Day: Back to Back Concert with Zsa Zsa Padilla and Zia Quizon	The Evan Theatre, Sydney, Australia Dallas Brooks Center, Melbourne, Australia
	It's Showtime Live in Hawaii! with It's Showtime Hosts	Neal Blaisdell Center Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii
2014	Love in the City with Christian Bautista	Pulsar Hotel, Tuguegarao City
	Making Beautiful Music with Karylle	Shangri-La Plaza East Wing
	FAAE Pistahan Parade and Festival with Gary Valenciano and Gab Valenciano	San Francisco's Yerba Buenas Garden
	It's Showtime Live in Canada! with It's Showtime Hosts	Ricoh Coliseum, Toronto, Canada Shaw Conference Centre, Edmonton, Canada
	Disney in Concert: Tale as Long as Time with ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra, Sam Concepcion Morissette Amon and many more...	CCP Main Theater
	Rock That Love with Sponge Cola, Rico Blanco, Sitti and many more...	du Arena, Yas Island Abu Dhabi
2015	Boracay Blast Summer Beach Party 2015 with Kokoi Baldo and Spongecola	Sealine Beach Resort Qatar
	UniSilver Time 10th Year Anniversary Concert with Sam Milby, Ejay Falcon and many more...	Aliw Theater

Writing career

Other than acting, singing, and hosting, Karylle is also known to be a writer and blogger. She write some blog about her experiences in life or give tips for different events on Yahoo.^[12] Karylle had her poem published for the first time in the 2009 February issue of S Magazine^[13] where she was also the cover. The magazine was a hot seller. After it, she now dabbles in writing as contributor for S Magazine but before that she was already a contributor writer for Philippine Star’s Entertainment section where she shares tidbits from her travels and the events in her life.^[14]

Date Published	Title of Articles
July 19, 2007	No, nobody can hold us down [15]
December 16, 2007	From ‘business-business’ to real business [16]
March 31, 2008	My other promdi province[17]
May 18, 2008	Come out & play [18]
August 3, 2008	From Manila to Mt. Everest and back… and back again [19]
August 10, 2008	Taking you where it happens, as it happens [20]
October 12, 2008	Things about West Side you don’t know[21]
August 9, 2009	My 'fan' London diaries [22]
October 30, 2009	ART-icle [23]
February 1, 2010	Little Heroes, Big Hearts [22]
August 2, 2010	Suma-sideline [24]

Personal life

From 2005 to 2008, she dated her Encantadia co-star Dingdong Dantes.^[25] Their relationship ended controversially after Dantes allegedly cheated on her with his MariMar and now to married co-star, Marian Rivera.^[26]

Since 2010, she has been dating her fellow Ateneo De Manila University graduate Yael Yuzon . In early 2011, both Yuzon and Karylle never confirmed their relationship and have been rather evasive when it comes to said topic.^[27] In 2012, the two became more open about their relationship. On February 8, 2014, Karylle announced their engagement through her show It's Showtime. A few days later, Yuzon said in one interview on radio that his marriage proposal to Karylle happened in August 2013 when they celebrated their third anniversary. Their wedding occurred on March 21, 2014 at the San Antonio de Padua Church in Silang, Cavite.^[28]

Awards and nominations

Year	Organization	Award	Work	Result
2001	Aliw Award	Best New Female Artist	"Time to Shine"	Won
2002		Most Promising Female Artist		Won
	Awit Award	Best Performance by a New Female Recording Artist		Won
	MTV Philippines	Best New Artist		Won
		Best Female Artist for Music Video	"Can't Live Without You"	Won
2003	Awit Awards	Best Performance by a Duet with Ogie Alcasid	"Kung Mawawala Ka"	Won
2004	Metro Manila Film Festival	Best Theme Song	"Pagbigyan ang Puso" for Mano Po III: My Love	Won
	Awit Award	Best Inspirational/Religious Song with Bukas Palad	"Awit sa Ina ng Santo Rosario"	Won
2006		Best R&B Song	"You Make Me Sing"	Nominated
	MTV Philippines	Favorite Female Artist		Nominated
2009	MYX Music Awards 2009	Favorite Guest Appearance in a Music Video	"Only Hope" song by Gary Valenciano	Won
	Aliw Award	Best Musical Stage Actress	"West Side Story"	Nominated
2010	MYX Music Awards 2010	Favorite Female Artist	"Time for Letting Go"	Nominated
2011	Awit Award	Special Recognition for their Successful Stint in a Pan-Asian series with Christian Bautista, Arthur Acuña, Thou Reyes, Ikey Canoy and Juan Jackson	"The Kitchen Musical"	Included
	PMPC Star Awards for TV	Best Talent-Search Program Hosts with It's Showtime hosts	"It's Showtime"	Won
2012	MYX Music Awards	Favorite Female Artist	"Roadtrip"	Nominated
	Monte-Carlo Television Festival	Best Actress	"The Kitchen Musical"	Nominated
	Awit Award	Best Dance Recording	"OMG"	Nominated
	PMPC Star Awards for TV	Best Reality & Game Show Hosts with It's Showtime hosts	"It's Showtime"	Won
2013	PMPC Star Awards for TV	Best Female TV Host		Nominated
2014	Yahoo! OMG Awards 2014	Female TV Host		Nominated
		Loveteam of the year with Vice Ganda		Won

References

External links

• Karylle at the Internet Movie Database
• Karylle on Twitter
• Karylle on Instagram
• Karylle on Facebook
• May '09 Mall Tours