Maria Kristina Cassandra Cuneta Concepcion is a Filipino actress and singer. She has had lead roles in Philippine films For The First Time and When I Met U, and television series such as Lovers in Paris, Huwag Ka Lang Mawawala and Ikaw Lamang. She is also a National Ambassador Against Hunger of the United Nations' World Food Programme.
Concepcion made several guest appearances in her mother's concerts and television shows. In 2003, she became a product endorser both on television and in print ads. She also became an MTV AsiaVJ. On the April 11, 2010 episode of The Buzz, it was announced that Concepción had been chosen to be the replacement co-host after Ruffa Gutierrez's departure. In her 2010 studio album titled KC, she sang "Girl Most Likely To" by Skye Sweetnam from the soundtrack of Mattel's 2006 filmThe Barbie Diaries. In 2010, she joined Star Magic, but after a year, she left and joined Viva Artist Agency, a talent management of Viva Entertainment. In 2009, she starred in the Philippine remake of her first primetime drama series, Lovers in Paris as a Kapamilya. In 2010, she returned to do a film with Star Cinema with her first movie with his father, Gabby Concepcion, for Father's Day, I'll Be There, directed by Maryo J. de los Reyes In 2011, she made another film with Star Cinema, a romantic, drama film Forever and a Day. In 2012, she was chosen as the Host of The X Factor Philippines. In 2013, she starred in her first lead antagonist role in Huwag Ka Lang Mawawala. In 2014, she starred a lead role as Natalia in the second season of the period drama series Ikaw Lamang. In 2015, she returned and starred a lead role as Anna in Christmas Special Series of ABS-CBN, Give Love on Christmas. In 2016, she returned as the host in Binibining Pilipinas 2016 along with co-host and actor Xian Lim. She was also the host of Binibining Pilipinas 2011 five years ago with co-host and actor Derek Ramsay. She took a step back from showbiz for a while to focus as being the Ambassador of World Food Programme for Hunger and made an online shop website KC's Closet and reached 1,000,000 pesos and being donated in Public School in Maguindanao.
Music
2008-2009: ''a.k.a Cassandra''
In 2008, KC Concepción released her first studio album on July 15, 2008 entitled "a.k.a Cassandra", on the Sony BMG Philippines label, which ranked number 1 based on total album sales in all Odyssey Record Bar branches nationwide. In fact, 1,102 copies of the album were sold in all Odyssey branches alone. KC Concepción made Philippine music history with her lead single "Imposible" during that year. KC has the most number of music downloads in the Philippines in the same year, which marked 1 million downloads online. KC Concepción thought that she would just perform her newest single, "Doo Be Doo", on the noontime TV show Wowowee on ABS-CBN Channel 2 on November 15, 2008. However, she was surprised when she was given a Platinum Record Award for her album "a.k.a. Cassandra".
In, 2010 KC released her Second Studio Album entitled KC, KC ranked number 3 based on OPM charts, in Astrovision Stores the album KC reached number 1. KC was launched on ASAP XV. KC was released on March 24, 2010, under the Sony Music label. she also set KC Mall Tour to promote KC album.
