Boon Hui Lu (, born 11 December 1993) is a Singaporean actress, singer and songwriter.
Early life
Born to a self-employed courier provider father and a housewife
Boon studied at
Anglican High School.
While studying at the
Victoria Junior College
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, Boon had joined the school choir as she knew "she wanted to sing professionally". In 2015, she graduated from
Nanyang Technological University
The Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is a national research university in Singapore. It is the second oldest autonomous university in the country and is considered as one of the most prestigious universities in the world by various in ...
's Nanyang Business School with an Accountancy degree. She was offered a job at a big accounting firm but had turned it down to pursue her music dreams.
Career
Boon started her career as a child actress.
She won the
Star Awards for Young Talent
The Star Awards (Chinese: 红星大奖) are awards for artistic and technical merit in the media organisation Mediacorp of Singapore where Mediacorp recognises entertainers under their employment for outstanding performances of the year.
The ...
for her role in the television drama ''
Rhapsody in Blue'' in 2006.
In 2012, she represented Singapore in the popular Taiwanese reality TV singing competition ''Million Star''.
She also participated in the
Channel 5 reality TV singing competition ''
The Final 1
The first season of ''The Final 1'' premiered on MediaCorp Channel 5 on 24 April 2013. It is a Singaporean reality-singing competition programme created by the director of Hype Records Ken Lim. The judges were singer-songwriter Taufik Batisah, s ...
'' (2013) and was among the top 40 finalists.
Since she started writing songs in 2014, she has won awards at songwriting competitions such as
National Environment Agency's Eco Music Challenge and the national talent competition Impresario. In June 2016, she took part in the
Workplace Safety and Health Council
The Workplace Safety and Health Council (WSHC) is a Singapore-based statutory body which focuses on the regulation and enforcement of workplace health, safety and welfare. The WSHC can be considered as a successor institution to the Workplace Saf ...
's songwriting competition and was picked as one of the three finalist with her song titled ''Safety. Your Word, Your Life.''
In 2016, her compositions ''Every day is a Miracle'' and ''Your Body Speaks'' were featured on Taiwanese singer
Hebe Tien
Hebe Tien (; born 30 March 1983) is a Taiwanese singer and actress. She rose to fame in the early 2000s as a member of Taiwanese girl group S.H.E. The release of her debut album, ''To Hebe'' (2010), established her as a solo artist. Tien's so ...
's album, ''
Day by Day''. In April 2016, she signed on with Taiwanese record label
HIM International Music.
She starred in the ''Crescendo The Musical'', which was performed at the
Kallang Theatre, in December 2016.
Boon released her first album on 4 January 2019, ''Honestly Me'' ().
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''Five Music''. 9 September 2020
In 2019, she was the guest star in
Namewee's Song ''Never Give Up'' (), which she also covered complete. and performed live in Singapore.
Personal life
In August 2021, Boon announced her
engagement to singer Cheong Waii Hoong, with whom she has been in an ongoing relationship since February 2021.
Filmography
Television series
Film
Discography
Albums
Soundtrack appearance
Singles
Theater
Concert
Ticketed concert
Awards and nominations
Star Awards
References
External links
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YouTube
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Living people
1993 births
Singaporean people of Chinese descent
Singaporean television actresses
21st-century Singaporean women singers
Singaporean composers
Nanyang Technological University alumni
Victoria Junior College alumni
Singaporean singer-songwriters