Ma. Alinica "Nikki" Valdez-Garcia (born January 25, 1979) is a Filipino actress and singer.
Career
In the Philippine music scene she was known for a ballad titled "Meron Ba?", composed for the soundtrack of G-Mik the Movie and Trip the Movie (2002), and for starring in the lead role in the F.L.A.M.E.S (1996–2002) TV series. Valdez made her comeback to daytime television in the second installment of Precious Hearts Romances, titled Ang Lalaking Nagmahal sa Akin, after her last role in Walang Kapalit in 2007. She later worked with Kaye Abad and fellow newcomer Guji Lorenzana in Precious Hearts Romances' third installment, Somewhere in My Heart, as Amanda in 2009.
Valdez was married to Filipino Canadian Christopher Lina from 2007 to 2011. They had been together since 2002 and were married in Canada through a civil union on February 14, 2007, and in a Catholic wedding in Makati on July 7, 2007.[1] Following their marriage, she relocated with her husband to Toronto, where they had a daughter. Their daughter was born with a birth defect called symbrachydactyly.[2] Valdez and Lina separated in 2009. She has since moved back to the Philippines following the separation. In an interview, Valdez cited the intervention of a third party in their marriage as the reason for their separation.[3] Their divorce was finalized by a Canadian court in 2011. However, their Catholic wedding in the Philippines has yet to be annulled.[4]
Following her divorce with Lina, Valdez had been in a relationship with ABS-CBN sales executive[5] Luis Garcia since 2014. During their relationship's third anniversary in 2017, Garcia proposed to her while on vacation in Vigan.[1] The two married at a private ceremony in Hong Kong on August 18, 2018.[6]
