Beyonce in Manila

It was last year when Chief and I watched the first “Pink Panther” movie with Steve Martin playing Inspector Clouseau. Here, we first caught the presence of Beyoncé Giselle Knowles on the big screen. She played the role of Xania, an international pop star. Photo of the movie from MGM/Columbia

Born September 4, 1981, she is now here in Manila for a one-day concert in Taguig City. But we really didn’t decide to watch this concert. Photo shows her in concert in Spain.

The 26-year old Beyonce first became famous as part of the R&B girl group Destiny's Child, one the world's best-selling female group of all time. Maybe, along side the Spice Girls, who are also making a comeback. Her debut solo album, Dangerously in Love, was released in June 2003. The album featured "Crazy in Love" and "Baby Boy" and earned Knowles five Grammy Awards in 2004. She now has ten Grammys.

Other movies she has done include Austin Powers in Goldmember, playing Foxxy Cleopatra opposite Mike Myers and Michael Caine. In 2003, Knowles starred opposite Cuba Gooding, Jr. in the film The Fighting Temptations

Knowles co-starred in the film The Pink Panther, The film was released on February 10, 2006, and was number one at the box office on its opening

In Dreamgirls, the film adaptation of the 1981 hit Broadway musical about a 1960s singing group loosely based on Motown all-female group The Supremes, as the Diana Ross-based character Deena Jones.

She was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards for this movie and also for eight 2007 Academy Awards—including "Best Original Song" for "Listen.”