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Beach.Ball.Babes
Beach.Ball.Babes (simplified Chinese: 球爱大战) is a Singaporean Chinese language, Chinese idol drama mainly showcasing the main leads playing beach volleyball. It was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel, Channel 8 (Singaporean TV channel), MediaCorp Channel 8. It made its debut on 7 July 2008 and ended on 1 August 2008. This drama serial consists of 20 episodes, and was aired on every weekday night at 9:00 pm. Cast Main Cast * Christopher Lee (Malaysian actor), Christopher Lee as Ma Tian Wu * Jesseca Liu as Cai Yan Fang * Joanne Peh as Liu Xuan / Liu Feng Rainie (2 roles) * Dawn Yeoh as Wang Si Xing * Cui Peng (actor), Cui Peng as Yan Fei Peng * Pan Lingling as Wang Yiyen * Jade Seah as Yaya * Mark Lee (Singaporean actor), Mark Lee as Shay Supporting Cast * Bernard Tan as Li Zhiliang * Jerry Yeo as Cai Guorong * Richard Low * Hong Huifang * Ye Shipin * Wang Yu Yun * Eelyn Kok * Benjamin Heng * Pamelyn Chee * Desmond Tan (actor), Desmond Tan Synopsis A shining sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn Yeoh
Dawn Yeoh (; born 5 May 1986), is a Singaporean actress and was named as one of the Seven Princesses of Mediacorp in 2006.Ng, Gwendolyn.Singaporeans in Taiwan looking for their big break in showbiz, The Straits Times, 11 December 2014. Early life Yeoh was educated in Jurong Primary School , Clementi Town Secondary School & Ngee Ann Polytechnic. Career Yeoh started her career in '' The Shining Star'' where she played a lead role. She went on to play a supporting role in '' Honour and Passion'', and was involved in a production called '' Taste of Love''. In 2009, she was involved in Crime Buster x2, ''Beach.Ball.Babes'' and Malaysian production '' The Beautiful Scent''. She filmed '' The Dream Catchers'' and '' Your Hand In Mine''. She was nominated for the Star Awards for Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes in 2007 and 2009. Yeoh appeared in '' Peace & Prosperity'', '' Crescendo'', ''Let It Go'', ''118'', ''Disclosed Disclosed (揭秘) is a Singaporean Chinese investigati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Lee (Malaysian Actor)
Christopher Lee Meng Soon (; born 23 July 1971) is a Malaysian actor, host and singer based in Singapore. Early life Lee studied up to form 5 in Sekolah Menengah Seri Kota, Air Leleh, Malacca, Malaysia. He was an active student in school, serving as a prefect and representing his school in rugby competitions. He has an older sister and two younger brothers, the youngest being Frederick Lee Meng Chong, who is also an actor and model in Malaysia. Career Lee joined TCS on a contract in 1995 after emerging as 1st runner-up in the male category of the Star Search programme in 1995. He worked as a factory worker, salesman and part-time model before joining star search in 1995. Lee first started acting in Chinese-language television dramas produced by Channel 8. Lee rose to prominence in his career after winning the Best Actor award at the Star Awards 1997 for his role as a ''hanjian'' in the television drama ''The Price of Peace'', set in Japanese-occupied Singapore during World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desmond Tan (actor)
Desmond Tan (, born 19 August 1986) is a Singaporean actor and was named as one of the 8 Dukes of Caldecott Hill. Career Tan first came to prominence in the entertainment industry when he finished runner-up to Andie Chen in ''Star Search 2007''. He was awarded a contract with MediaCorp and began his part time acting career with some minor roles in various Channel 8 dramas. After almost five years in the industry, Tan won his first award, the Rocket Award, at the 2012 Star Awards for the biggest breakthrough after a critically acclaimed performance as rickshaw driver Luo Xiaoxiao in the anniversary drama ''A Song to Remember''. Tan's rising popularity also earned him the ambassadorship of Samsung's GALAXY Camera in 2012 and later, as Samsung Mobile's Lifestyle Ambassador for the GALAXY S4 in 2013. Tan has gotten 6 out of 10 Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes in 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 respectively. Personal life Desmond Tan was educated at Pioneer Secondary Scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Huifang
Hong Huifang (born Ang Hwee Fong on 7 January 1961) is a Singaporean actress. Career Hong joined the SBC during the mid-1980s after completing the 5th drama training course alongside Yang Libing and Chen Tianwen, at age 22. She is perhaps best known by her generation for starring in '' Samsui Women'' and her role as Wang Jinfeng in ''The Price of Peace'', for which she won her first acting award. In 2009, she starred in the highly rated drama ''Housewives' Holiday'' and earned a surprise Best Actress nomination. At the Star Awards 2010, Hong became the only artiste to earn nomination for three awards: Best Actress (''Housewives' Holiday''), Best Supporting Actress ('' Together'') and Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes. Hong has gotten 1 out of 10 Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes from 2019 respectively. Personal life Hong is married to fellow MediaCorp artiste Zheng Geping. They have a daughter and a son, Tay Ying and Calvert Tay, who also joined the local media s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eelyn Kok
Eelyn Kok Hui Wen () is a Singaporean actress. She was prominently a full-time MediaCorp artist from 2001 to 2013, but continues to film on an ad hoc basis. Career Kok was first spotted in SPH MediaWorks's talent show ''Route to Glamour'' in 2001 and was a contestant alongside Jeanette Aw and Adam Chen. Although she did not win, she was offered a contract with MediaWorks and later joined MediaCorp in 2005 when the two companies merged. Kok started her acting career playing supporting roles in her starting years, frequently portraying villainous characters such as in ''The Little Nyonya''. She was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress category in 2009 but lost to winners Xiang Yun and Ng Hui. In August 2009, Kok starred in '' My Buddy'' as the first female lead, alongside established actors Christopher Lee and Aileen Tan. In the same year, she played ''Huang Jinhao'' in the Channel 8 blockbuster drama, '' Together''. The role of Jinhao was originally intended for Fiona X ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Femme (TV Series)
La Femme (simplified Chinese: 绝对佳人; previously known as 女人当自强) is a Singaporean Chinese modern family drama mainly emphasizing on the lives of three women of different traits. It was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It made its debut on 2 June 2008 and ended on 4 July 2008. This drama serial consists of 25 episodes, and was aired on every weekday night at 9:00 pm. Cast Main cast Supporting Cast 2009 Accolades The series was nominated for 2 categories. Star Awards 2009 Star Awards 2009 ( Chinese: 红星大奖 2009) was a television award ceremony held in Singapore. It was part of the annual Star Awards organised by MediaCorp for its Chinese language division ( Channel 8 and Channel U). The awards took place at ... External linksOfficial Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Femme Singapore Chinese dramas 2008 Singaporean television series debuts Channel 8 (Singapore) original programming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamelyn Chee
Pamelyn Chee () is a Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...an actress. She recently completed work on Eddie Huang's Boogie by Focus Features. She was also in the feature sequel Beyond Skyline, alongside Frank Grillo and Iko Uwais. She also guest-starred on Freeform's Stitchers. She played the titular role in HBO Asia's Grace, headlining the show with Russell Wong. This show was nominated for 8 awards at the Asian Television Awards. She also starred alongside Joan Chen and Chin Han, Don Hany, and Michael Dorman in HBO Asia's Serangoon Road. The show was nominated for an "AACTA" for best drama series in Australia. Pamelyn was discovered on Youtube by Heidi Levitt for Wayne Wang's TIFF darling feature Princess of Nebraska, speaks fluent Mandarin and Cantonese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Low
Richard Low (; born 19 June 1952), also known as Liu Qianyi, is a Singaporean actor. He is best known for acting in many Chinese-language television dramas produced by MediaCorp Channel 8 and its predecessors. He also acted in some of Jack Neo's films. Career Low was a theatre actor before joining the SBC's drama training class in the 1980s and switching to television. He used to be typecast as villains or unruly gangster-like characters. He also acted as a “Siao” RSM In Zombiepura. Filmography Films *'' I Not Stupid'' 小孩不笨 (2002) *'' Homerun'' 跑吧！孩子 (2003) *''The Best Bet'' 突然发财 (2004) *''Avatar'' 流放化身 (2005) *''The 5Cs'' 一本难念的经 (2005) *'' Singapore Dreaming'' 美满人生 (2006) *''Ah Long Pte Ltd'' 老师嫁老大 (2008) *''The Days'' 歲月 (2008) *'' Where Got Ghost?'' 吓到笑 (2009) *''Happy Go Lucky'' 福星到 (2010) *''Ah Boys to Men'' 新兵正传 (2012) *''Ah Boys to Men 2'' 新兵正传2 (2013) *'' King of Mahj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Yeo
Jerry Yeo (, born 29 June 1986) is a Singaporean actor. He was a versatile full-time Mediacorp artiste, actor and TV host from 2007 to 2014. Career Yeo joined Star Search 2007 whilst a freshman at Nanyang Technological University and was first runner-up. He was signed by MediaCorp but played only minor roles for some time due to his studies. Yeo was nominated for the Best Newcomer Award in 2009. He garnered critical acclaim for his role as the unscrupulous, wealthy young villain Ye Rende in '' The Ultimatum'' despite the lukewarm reviews the series received. At the 2010 Star Awards he won the audience poll for the Most Memorable Villain and was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor. After graduating from NTU he signed with MediaCorp as a full-time artiste. In August 2014, felt underrated, he left MediaCorp, but continued to take on ad-hoc acting jobs. In 2015, he joined Scoot and is presently a full-time commercial pilot. He has said that he would be happy to return to acting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pan Lingling
Phua Leng Leng (born 25 June 1970), better known as Pan Lingling, is a Singaporean actress. Career Pan entered the entertainment industry in 1988 after graduating from the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation's 8th Drama Artiste Training Course. Her classmates in the training course include award-winning actress Huang Biren, Madeline Chu and Sean Say. She made her TV debut with the series, ''Mystery'', ''Golden Quest'', ''Ups and Downs''. She also starred in ''Strange Encounters II'' in the same year. Pan has acted in numerous television series produced by MediaCorp Channel 8 and its predecessors. She also played a supporting role as a psychologist in Jackie Chan Fang Shilong (born 7 April 1954), known professionally in English as Jackie Chan and in Chinese as Cheng Long ( zh, c=成龍, j=Sing4 Lung4; "becoming the dragon"), is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and stuntman known for ...'s '' Crime Story''. After some twenty years in the entertainment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jade Seah
Jade Seah (, born on 6 April 1983) is a Singaporean model, host and actress, of mixed Chinese Peranakan and Eurasian parentage. Career Seah was a model before going into acting. She was 1st runner-up at the Miss Singapore Universe 2006 pageant and signed a contract with MediaCorp soon after the pageant. She is now the new face of Nivea Visage. She was a host in the Singaporean reality television show, ''The Dance Floor'', with co-hosts Glenn Ong and Mark Van Cuylenberg. She had reported in ''Today in Beijing'' on Channel 5, on the day's highlights of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. 2008 Olympics Controversy While hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics' program ''Today in Beijing'' on Channel 5, Seah was reportedly heard uttering a profanity live on air after wrongly pronouncing the name of a Chinese athlete. The scene shifted from the studio to a recorded clip of a basketball match when the vulgarity was heard. The scene was recorded and uploaded to YouTube. It had led to ple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cui Peng (actor)
Cui Peng (born 3 October 1982), also known as Kelvin Cui, is a Chinese actor. After graduating from the Beijing Film Academy in 2000, he participated in the Singaporean talent show ''Star Search'' in 2003 and emerged as the Overall Male Champion and Overall Best Potential Host. He then signed a contract with Singapore's MediaCorp Channel 8 Channel 8 ( zh, 8頻道) is a Singaporean free-to-air television channel, airing in Mandarin Chinese. It was created by Television Singapura on 31 August 1963 with experimental broadcasts, before going official on 23 November that year. The ch ... and acted in some of MediaCorp's productions but left the network later. Filmography Films Television series References External links *Cui Peng's website {{DEFAULTSORT:Cui, Peng Living people 1982 births Male actors from Jinan Beijing Film Academy alumni Chinese male film actors Chinese male television actors 21st-century Chinese male actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |