Jamie Yeo (born 17 April 1977) is a Singaporean former television host, actress and radio presenter. She is known for starring in '' Growing Up'' and for co-hosting the shows ''Castrol Football Crazy'' and ''Maxis Football Extra'' on

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Early life

Yeo was born in

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on 17 April 1977. She attended Fairfield Methodist Primary School and

Nanyang Girls' High School Nanyang Girls' High School (NYGH) is an independent girls' secondary school in Bukit Timah, Singapore. Founded in 1917, it is one of the oldest schools in the country. NYGH offers a six-year Integrated Programme, which allows students to skip th ...

before moving to

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for four years, where her father was posted as an engineer in the

Republic of Singapore Air Force The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) is the aerial service branch of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) responsible for controlling and defending the airspace of the country, and providing air support to the Army and Navy. It was establis ...

(RSAF). She completed her secondary school education at

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. After returning to Singapore, she entered

Ngee Ann Polytechnic Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP, ) is a post-secondary education institution and statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Education in Singapore. Established in 1963 by the Ngee Ann Kongsi, NP is renowned for its business programmes and ...

and studied mass communications, because her certificate from the United States was not recognised in Singapore so she could not take her

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at a

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. She eventually graduated from Ngee Ann Polytechnic in 1998.

Career

Yeo began as an actress portraying Tammy in the long-running series '' Growing Up'',"Me, Bimbo?" (12 November 2007), Tay, Michelle, ''Straits Times'' She has also acted in

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Mandarin-language productions '' Holland V'' and ''

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'' in 2003. Yeo left acting to pursue a radio career. From 2000 to 2006, she was a full-time DJ at MediaCorp Radio's

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. In 2005, Yeo joined ESPN and became the face of shows like ''Nokia Football Crazy'' and ''Football Extra''. In 2009, ''Football Crazy'' was renamed ''Castrol Football Crazy'' due to a change in sponsorship and it went off air in 2010. In 2012, Yeo went back to radio with SAFRA Radio on the Singapore station

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. In 2015, Yeo returned to Mediacorp as radio DJ for Gold 905FM. In March 2016, she took over the drive-time show ''The Homestretch''. Yeo is also the host of the travel and lifestyle program ''Inside Singapore'' on Insider TV.

Personal life

In an interview with ''TheSportsCampus'' in 2009, Yeo said her favorite football club is

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and her favourite player

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. Yeo began dating

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in 2001 and the couple married in

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three years later in 2004, but separated in early 2009. In 2010, Yeo married Thorsten Nolte, a

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immigrant in Singapore and the couple had a daughter. However, they divorced in February 2015. In April 2016, she gained sole custody of her daughter, Alysia. In June 2017, she announced to the media that she was getting married for the third time to another British

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in Singapore, Rupert, and was five months pregnant with a baby boy. Their son, Luke, was born on 29 August 2017. Yeo moved to

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with her family in July 2022. She currently lives in

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. In October 2023, in support of the Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Yeo revealed that she was diagnosed with an early-stage

breast cancer Breast cancer is a cancer that develops from breast tissue. Signs of breast cancer may include a Breast lump, lump in the breast, a change in breast shape, dimpling of the skin, Milk-rejection sign, milk rejection, fluid coming from the nipp ...

in 2021. Yeo said she underwent a

lumpectomy Lumpectomy (sometimes known as a tylectomy, partial mastectomy, breast segmental resection or breast wide local excision) is a surgical removal of a discrete portion or "lump" of breast tissue, usually in the treatment of a malignant tumor or bre ...

and

radiation therapy Radiation therapy or radiotherapy (RT, RTx, or XRT) is a therapy, treatment using ionizing radiation, generally provided as part of treatment of cancer, cancer therapy to either kill or control the growth of malignancy, malignant cell (biology), ...

and is currently on an "ongoing regimen of pills" to treat the condition.

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