Lea Salonga I believe have upgraded herself from being a local star of Filipino cinema to international stardom. She is now a first class artist whose professionalism and amazing talent is beyond compare. Many local Filipino stars had tried to reach what she had achieved but most of them came back home disappointed. You may call it luck but this woman and artisit is self-made. She didn't made it to the top in a spin of a seconds, but everything what she got was hard earned.

For some (especially for the elitist in the Filipino community) she may be just a cheap That's Entertainment host, but for me she is always a star. I knew way back when she played Annie in the theatre that she would make it BIG. I knew right after she released her first recording, Small Voice (had received golden certification, by the way), at the age of 10, that she would be a famous STAR.

Let me share with you one of my favorites from the play Les Miserables which I have found in UTube. This was the same song she rendered during her audition in Miss Saigon, which obviously had given her the part to play the phenomenal Kim.

Join me in the singing, please!

And now Im all alone again

no where to turn no one to go to

Without a home without a friend without a face to say hello to

And now the night is near now I can make believe he's here

Sometimes I walk alone at night when everybody else is sleeping

I think of him and then I'm happy with the company I'm keeping

The city goes to bed

And I can live inside my head

On my own,

Pretending he's beside me,

All alone, I walk with him till morning.

Without him, I feel his arms around me,

And when I lose my way, I close my eyes,

And he has found me...

In the rain,

The pavement shines like silver,

All the lights are misty in the river,

In the darkness the trees are full of starlight,

And all I see is him and me,

Forever and forever...

And I know it's only in my mind,

That I'm talking to myself and not to him,

And although I know that he is blind,

Still I say, there's a way for us...

I love him,

But when the night is over,

He is gone, the river's just a river

Without him the world around me changes,

The trees are bare and everywhere the streets are full of strangers.

I love him,

But everyday I'm learning,

All my life,

I've only been pretending,

Without me,

His world will go on turning,

A world that's full of happiness,

That I have never known...

I love him...

I love him...

I love him...

But only on my own

Lea Salonga Profile

Full Name : Maria Ligaya Carmen Imutan Salonga - Chien
Birthdate : February 22, 1971
Age : 37
Horoscope : Aquarius
Spouse : Robert Charles Chien
Daughter : Nicole Beverly

Theatre Performance :
The King and I (7 years old)
Annie
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
Fiddler on the Roof
The Rose Tattoo
The Sound of Music
The Goodbye Girl
Paper Moon
Fantasticks
Miss Saigon
Les Miserables
Flower Drum Song

Awards Won :
Famas Award for Best Actress (Sana Maulit Muli)
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical 1990 Miss Saigon
Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical 1991 Miss Saigon
Drama Desk for Miss Saigon
Outer Critics Circle for Miss Saigon
Theatre World Award for Miss Saigon