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1963–2022 Philippines
Evangeline Rose Gil Eigenmann (Tagalog pronunciation: [ˈhil ˈaɪɡɛnmɐn]; June 21, 1963 – August 5, 2022), known professionally as Cherie Gil (Tagalog: [ˈtʃeɾi ˈhil]), was a Filipino actress. With a career spanning nearly 50 years, she was dubbed the "La Primera Contravida" ("The Prime Villain") " ("Biggest Star") for her acting prowess which landed her numerous antagonistic roles on film, television, and the stage.
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I choose roles that I know I can breathe truth and life into. If it doesn’t ring true inside me then I will just fall short of the material and myself and would much rather pass on it.
All the characters are fighting for something meaningful, something that’s true, something that's even spiritual. It’s about the power that keeps us alive and helps us survive and cope, knowing that among each other, we can find a resolve, especially in this time and age.
I didn’t attend theater. I didn’t attend any kind of training. Now I understand and it’s making it a part of who you are.
I know I have made a mark. Please tell me I’ve made a mark.
I am cherishing it all. I finally hear the birds chirping on my eight-floor balcony in this concrete jungle called Metro Manila. I never even took the time to listen till now
That’s a whole different discipline, to discover ways to do it differently and still be fresh which to me comes from my theater experience. So, I would love to have that kind of process as well to see how far it can play and how much more you can give.
This is what this is all about and what it's meant to be – to reassess ourselves, our values, our actions, our connections, and our behaviors in life, and to others. A time to reflect on all that matter and what doesn’t.
It’s clearly knowing that life is just so fleeting. That we can be sucked out from this earth any time and for whatever reason. To seize every moment is what I have learned. Not to think things too much. To be in the moment of what our true human natures are called for.
It's now part of my life. So I have to be grateful for it. I tend to forget that I was in the middle of a tsunami. Then I am jolted, and I realize that it did happen.
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