Sharon Cuneta

His father, Pablo Cuneta (1910–2000), was a former mayor of Pasay.

He has a brother named Cesar "Chet".

Cuneta grew up listening to her dad's record collection.

Her mother, Elaine Gamboa, was a Piano Major at the University of Santo Tomas Conservatory of Music in her youth.

The young Cuneta would take up piano, guitar, flute and piano lessons to broaden her musical training and exposure at a young age.

At the age of three, Cuneta would accompany her aunt, actress Helen Gamboa, during tapings of her television shows.

Another of her first proper TV appearances was on Ike Lozada's show, for the "Bulilit" portion, where she mimicked the songs of her aunt, Helen Gamboa.

Cuneta was just as young when she appeared in her first movie, the Rosanna Ortiz – George Estregan vehicle Lovers for Hire where she played one of Roderick Paulate's playmates.

Cuneta attended St. Paul College, Pasig and International School Manila for her primary to secondary education.

Her mother, Elaine (née Gamboa; 1934–2014),is One-quarter American Ancestry was the sister of actress Helen Gamboa.

Sharon Gamboa Cuneta (born 6 January 1966) is a Filipino actress, singer, and television personality.

Prolific in multiple fields of entertainment, she is known for playing dramatic and comedic leading roles in film and television.

Her accolades include three FAMAS Awards, a Gawad Urian Award, nineteen Box Office Entertainment Awards, three PMPC Star Awards for Movies and two Luna Awards.

Sharon Gamboa Cuneta was born on January 6, 1966, at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Santa Mesa, Manila.

Referred to as the "Megastar", Cuneta began her career as a recording artist with the release of the 1978 single "Tawag ng Pag-ibig" under Vicor Music Corp.

She rose to prominence following the success of "Mr. DJ" composed by Rey Valera.

With record sales exceeding a million in the Philippines, Cuneta is one of the best-selling Filipino musical artist of all time.

In January 1978, the 12-year old Cuneta made her first visit to 782 Aurora Boulevard, which was the address of Vicor Records.

Her Uncle and Vice-President of Vicor, Tito Sotto, asked her to record “Tawag Ng Pag-Ibig” which he produced for her at Vicor and shortly after, she was on television promoting her own song for the first time and on the TV show Discorama hosted by TVJ.

The young Sharon was being interviewed live on Discorama, where she stated: "This is the show I watch every week. This is the show that I don’t know how many hundreds of thousands or millions of people watch in the whole country. When it hit me, I couldn’t talk."

In May 1978, Sharon Cuneta followed up with a song by Rey Valera entitled "Mr. DJ".

Her producer in Vicor, Tito Sotto, wanted Valera to make a song that would appeal to the Radio DJ's and convince them to play her record on the air.

"Mr. DJ" became a popular hit and gave Cuneta the moniker, "DJ's Pet" (which also became the title of her debut LP).

Cuneta received her first Gold Record for this and her music label Vicor Records came out with succeeding albums like "Sharon" and "Sharon Cuneta", and then "High School" with the same level of success.

Cuneta released further popular singles including "Naaalala Ka", "I-Swing Mo Ako", "Kahit Maputi Na Ang Buhok Ko" and "High School Life", which were also part of the Manila Sound era.

Aside from her recording career, Cuneta also began hosting with her aunt, Helen Gamboa, in a TV variety show titled C.U.T.E. or Call Us Two for Entertainment on IBC 13.

In 1980, because of her commercial success as a young singer, Cuneta's boss at the time in Vicor Music, Boss Vic del Rosario, gave her the golden opportunity to record her very first George Canseco song "Tubig at Langis".

This became the theme song of the film with same title starring Vilma Santos and directed by Danny Zialcita.

During the Cebu Film Festival that same year, "Langis at Tubig" was an official entry and had a float made for the parade at the Sinulog Festival.

The only people there were the director, Danny Zialcita and Sining Silangan producer, Ernie Rojas.

But there were no actors from the actual movie who were able to go to Cebu for this event as the main lead, Vilma Santos, was pregnant at the time.

Sining Silangan asked permission from Boss Vic del Rosario if the young Sharon Cuneta who sang the theme song could join them on the float.

Boss Vic agreed and Cuneta, accompanied by her Mother, Elaine Cuneta, headed to Cebu.

"'My Mom and I got on the float. We went to Cebu, my first time ever. When I got on the float and it started moving, I couldn’t believe how people reacted to me. That they knew me. I just felt all this love come towards me like a rain of bullets. I can’t explain the feeling. At that age, I was 14 already. A veteran (laughs) after 2 years of singing.'"

In 1981, she starred in her first feature film Dear Heart opposite Gabby Conception.

It was followed by a string of acclaimed and blockbuster films such as Bukas Luluhod ang Mga Tala (1984), Bituing Walang Ningning (1985), Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita (1989), Kahit Konting Pagtingin (1990), Maging Sino Ka Man (1991), Madrasta (1996), Crying Ladies (2003), Caregiver (2008) and Unexpectedly Yours (2017).

In television, Cuneta hosted musical shows such as The Sharon Cuneta Show (1986), Sharon (1998), and served as judge in numerous talent competitions such as Star Power (2010), Your Face Sounds Familiar (2015), The Voice Kids (2016), and The Voice Teens (2017).

Among her multi-platinum albums include Isn't It Romantic? (2006), For Broken Hearts Only (1989), Movie Theme Songs (1990) and Sharon Sings Valera (1991).

Some of her most successful songs include "Bituing Walang Ningning", "Mr. DJ", "High School Life", "Maging Sino Ka Man", "Langis at Tubig", "Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas", "P.S. I Love You", "To Love Again" and "Kahit Konting Pagtingin."

Following her success in music, Cuneta also ventured into film and television.