Janet Khoo Kheng Hoon (born 6 March 1973), known as Janet Khoo (), is a TV drama and film actress. She was born in Air Itam, Penang, and is of
Malaysian Chinese
Malaysian Chinese, Chinese Malaysians, or Sino-Malaysians are Malaysians, Malaysian citizens of Chinese people, Chinese ethnicity. They form the second-largest ethnic group in Malaysia, after the Malaysian Malays, Malay majority, and , const ...
and
Peranakan
The Peranakan Chinese () are an ethnic group defined by their genealogical descent from the first waves of Southern Chinese settlers to maritime Southeast Asia, known as Nanyang (region), Nanyang (), namely the British Empire, British, Portugu ...
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Paloh
Paloh is a mukim in Kluang District, Johor, Malaysia.
History
During the Malayan Emergency (1948–1960) the town was considered a "black area" of communist terrorists and sympathizers.
Geography
The mukim spans over an area of 429 km2.
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'', she was nominated as Best Actress at the 17th
Malaysian Film Festival.
Khoo first came to public attention in 1998 with her performance as a Vixen in the soap ''Idaman''. Since then, she has been one of the few Chinese actresses who have made a name in the Malay entertainment scene, appearing in severaltelemovies as well as feature films such as ''Putera'', ''Kad Cinta'' and ''Lurah Dendam''.
Filmography
Films
Television
References
External links
Living people
1973 births
Actresses from Penang
Peranakan people in Malaysia
Malaysian actresses
Malaysian film actresses
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