Sheryl Ang (born 6 September 1998) is a Singaporean actress and model.

Early life and career

Ang has an elder brother and a sister who is a year older than her. Ang's mother is a secretary for a headhunting company and her father, a service manager in the automotive industry. Ang attended

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and

Saint Anthony's Canossian Secondary School St. Anthony's Canossian Secondary School (SACSS) is a government-aided autonomous Catholic girls' secondary school located in Bedok, Singapore. It is part of the Canossian family of Catholic girls' schools in Singapore. The school is well regarded ...

, where she studied drama as one of the compulsory subjects in Secondary 1 and 2, and later continued to opt for it as an elective in upper secondary. She subsequently went on to complete her diploma in Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics at

Temasek Polytechnic Temasek Polytechnic (TP) is a post-secondary education institution and statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Education in Singapore. Established in 1990, it is the only polytechnic in Singapore offering a law programme. History ...

. Upon graduation, Ang applied to be a

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flight attendant, but was rejected. While exploring different career options, she took up part-time jobs as a stilt walker and event mascot. At an event at 313@somerset for the mall's mascot job, Ang was discovered by a photographer who would later referred her to the modelling agency, ''Nu Models'', owned by local actress-model

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. She was signed to the agency for about three years, before joining

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's Star Search 2019 at the agency's suggestion. She emerged as a finalist in the competition and has since appeared in dramas such as ''All Around You'' (2020), ''Mister Flower'' (2020) and ''Watch Out! Alexius'' (2020). In 2021, she landed her first lead role in crime thriller ''Key Witness'', alongside

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and

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. Aside from being able to speak fluent

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and

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, Ang is also able to converse in

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. She plays the guitar and does kickboxing and diving.

Personal life

Ang was in a one-year-and-seven-month relationship with a musician til August 2019. She has a strong interest in spirituality and psychic intuition, and has advocated

self-love Self-love, defined as "love of self" or "regard for one's own happiness or advantage", has been conceptualized both as a basic human necessity and as a moral flaw, akin to vanity and selfishness, synonymous with amour-propre, conceitedness, ...

and

self-acceptance Self-acceptance is acceptance of self. Definition Self-acceptance can be defined as: * the awareness of one's strengths and weaknesses, * the realistic (yet subjective) appraisal of one's talents, capabilities, and general worth, and, * feelings ...

in interviews. She also sells crystals on her social media platform from time to time.

Filmography

Ang has appeared in the following programmes and films:

Television series

Film

* ''Pretty When I Cry'' (2020; short film)

Variety show

* ''Aus-Getaway'' (2020)

Discography

Singles

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Sheryl Ang
profile on

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ang, Sheryl 1998 births Living people Singaporean television actresses Temasek Polytechnic alumni 21st-century Singaporean actresses Singaporean female models Singaporean television presenters