Kimberly Sue Yap Chiu (Tagalog pronunciation: [tʃʊ]; born April 19, 1990)[1] is a Filipino actress and singer.

Known for her performances in a range of genres across film and television, she rose to fame after winning the first teen edition of Pinoy Big Brother.

[3] Dubbed as the "Multimedia Idol" by various media outlets,[4][5] she initially began playing supporting roles in several television shows early in her career.

Her breakthrough came following her pairing with Gerald Anderson and has appeared together in a number of projects, most notable being Sana Maulit Muli (2007), I've Fallen for You (2007) and Tayong Dalawa (2009).

It was succeeded by a string of commercially successful projects such as The Healing (2012), Bride for Rent (2014), Etiquette for Mistresses (2015) and One Great Love (2018) in films, as well as Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin (2011), My Binondo Girl (2011), Ina, Kapatid, Anak (2012), Ikaw Lamang (2014), Love Thy Woman (2020), Linlang (2023) and What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim (2024) in television.

"[18][19] Chiu gained prominence when she won the top prize in the reality series Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition.

[23] She and her on-screen partner Gerald Anderson became regulars in ASAP XV and appeared together in several ABS-CBN shows Love Spell, comedy sitcom Aalog-Alog and in the film First Day High.

In 2007, Chiu starred in the primetime TV series entitled Sana Maulit Muli alongside Anderson which was released to significant acclaim.

[30] In 2009, Chiu secured her name as a top actress in the highly acclaimed TV series entitled Tayong Dalawa.

It was Chiu's first role as a villain and her first film to hit P100 million mark, with her receiving several nominations under different award-giving bodies including PMPC, 12th Gawad PASADO Awards and the 34th MMFF for Best Supporting Actress.

It ran for four months and led her to pair up with Sam Milby, Jake Cuenca, Pokwang, Derek Ramsay, Enrique Gil and Vice Ganda.

[36] In 2011, Chiu starred in the romantic-comedy television series My Binondo Girl alongside Xian Lim, Matteo Guidicelli, and Jolo Revilla.

[38] Chiu also returned to melodrama acting via Ina, Kapatid, Anak, alongside Xian Lim, Maja Salvador and Enchong Dee.

The series co-stars Coco Martin, Julia Montes, Jake Cuenca and KC Concepcion and dealt with social class, politics, and forbidden love.

[53][54] This followed with the romantic comedy film, Past Tense[55] and a portrayal as Mulan for Walt Disney Asia's 12 Days of Princess campaign.

She is also accompanied by Matteo Guidicelli, Alice Dixson, Christian Bables and Cacai Bautista in this said movie project which was set to show on theatres on All Saints' Day.

In April 2018, she appears in the Filipino horror-comedy film Da One That Ghost Away directed by Tony Y. Reyes together with Ryan Bang, Enzo Pineda and the duo of Maymay Entrata and Edward Barber.

It was Chiu's first time Venturing into an adult, steamy oriented role and also working with both Dennis Trillo and JC de Vera.

In 2024, Chiu played the titular character in the Philippine adaptation of What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim opposite Paulo Avelino, which is released on Viu.

[74][75] On March 4, 2020, Chiu was traveling along Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City on her way to a taping of her series Love Thy Woman when two unidentified gunmen, riding-in-tandem on a motorcycle, fired six gunshots at her van.

[77] Chiu later revealed on social media that, a day after the incident, a person claiming to have been the actual target called one of her bosses to apologize.

[90] By 2013, it was also revealed that the actress was involved with regularly funding Isla Pulo, an impoverished community of 1,000 inhabitants in Manila Bay, Philippines.

[96] In middle of 2023, it was revealed in one of Kim's endorsement media conference that the actress owned a commercial building in Cagayan de Oro.