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Screen Name: Toni Gonzaga
Nick Name: Tintin
Real Name: Celestine Cruz Gonzaga
Birthday: January 20, 1984
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
Birth Place: Taytay Rizal

Toni was baptized during her infancy and later confirmed at a United Methodist Church in her hometown of Taytay, Rizal in the Philippines. She would later attend Greenhills Christian Fellowship and the Victory Christian Fellowship

Toni grew up in a Christian family with a heart for the people. Even before she started her career in showbiz, Toni has always felt the need to reach out to other people. She was once a Sunday school teacher in her town. She also ran for Baranggay Kagawad in Taytay, a position she lobbied hard for, recalling how she went door to door when she first campaigned. Toni is now in her 3rd year as a Kagawad where she is in charge of the "Clean & Green" campaign of her baranggay. She says, "Inelect ka nila sa posisyon and they have their trust in you na magagawa mo ang trabaho at service mo sa kanila." For Toni, she understands that her celebrity is just one aspect of her life and it shouldn't stop her from doing a good job in the public service arena.

Gonzaga began to sing at the age of four, participating in various singing competitions. She took up mass communications at the Dominican College (San Juan), where she studied for two years. Later, she transferred to the AB English program of the Asian Institute for Distance Education (AIDE).

She got her first big break as a fan of Piolo Pascual in a softdrink commercial, at the age of 17 years old. She recalls that at that time, "Masaya ako at excited kasi ito yung first lead commercial ko tapos Piolo was there di ko nga ineexpect na nandun sya." (I am happy and excited because this is my first lead commercial after Piolo was there and I did not expect that he was there.)

Finally, on May 05, 2008, Love Is... her fourth solo effort under Star Records was released. The album contained a majority of revivals and only three original cuts. Its carrier single, "One Hello", which was originally done by Randy Crawford was used as the theme song of the Star Cinema-movie, When Love Begins. The single was a moderate success reaching number one in several radio music charts. The second single, "Incapable", was a commercial failure receiving very limited radio airplay with no accompanying music video. "Take Me, I'll Follow", a Bobby Caldwell original and the album's third single, is now enjoying rotation in several radio stations.