Pan Lingling (born Phua Leng Leng on 25 June 1970) is a
Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...
an actress and host.
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
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's ''
Crime Story''.
After some twenty years in the entertainment industry, she won her first accolade at the
Star Awards 2011, the Best Supporting Actress award for her role in ''
Breakout''.
Pan has won six
Star Awards for Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes
The Star Awards for Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes is an award presented annually at the Star Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1994.
In 2023, the Most Popular Rising Stars award was introduced for artistes who have been in the ...
in 1994, 1997-1998, 2000, 2018-2019 respectively.
Personal life
Pan married actor
Huang Shinan
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in 1997. They have two sons, Beckham Wee (born 1999) and Kynaston Wee (born 2002).
Pan was diagnosed with Stage 1 breast cancer in March 2013.
She kept her illness from the media initially, revealing only that a cyst was removed from her breast. She approached the magazine ''
8 Days'' in May that year for an interview on her illness, but withdrew. Her cancer story was revealed only nearly a year later in the 1,222nd issue of ''8 Days'' in late March 2014.
Filmography
Television series
Film
Variety show hosting
Discography
Compilation albums
Awards and nominations
References
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20th-century Singaporean actresses
21st-century Singaporean actresses
Singaporean television actresses
Singaporean film actresses
1970 births
Living people
Singaporean people of Hokkien descent