Carrie Wong
| Carrie Wong Si Tian | |
|---|---|
| Chinese name | 黄思恬 |
| Pinyin | Huáng Sītián (Mandarin) |
| Birth name | Carrie Wong Si Tian |
| Origin | Singapore |
| Born |
January 1, 1994 Singapore |
| Occupation | Actress, model |
| Years active | 2013 - present |
Carrie Wong Si Tian (born January 1, 1994), is a Singaporean actress and model. She was discovered through MediaCorp Channel U's reality television competition Hey Gorgeous.
Biography
As the only child of a housewife mother and retiree father, Carrie Wong was a member of Evergreen Secondary School's Volleyball and Track & Field team. Standing tall with 1.75m, Wong started out in the modeling industry during her school years before finding her true calling in the performing arts. In 2014, she graduated with a Diploma course in Hospitality and Tourism Management from Nanyang Polytechnic, and it was during her final year when she made it to one of the top three contestants in Hey Gorgeous in 2013.
TV career
Beginnings
Carrie Wong was chosen as one of the six contestants for the Preliminary Rounds of Hey Gorgeous. As the only girl contestant from Nanyang Polytechnic, she successfully made it into the Semi-Finals, followed by the Finals. Having emerged as Second Runner-Up, behind Winner and fellow Nanyang Polytechnic student, Alfred Low; Carrie Wong signed on to MediaCorp as a full-time artiste on January 2014.
Entry into Television Dramas and Variety Series
In 2013, Carrie Wong, along with other Hey Gorgeous past contestants starred in their first drama on MediaCorp Channel U, Scrum, broadcast on February 2014. Carrie portrayed a handicapped Sport Sciences polytechnic student.
Following her entry into MediaCorp as a full-time artiste in January 2014, she went on to play major roles in dramas such as Against the Tide and The Journey: Tumultuous Times alongside veteran actors. The roles were not handed to her on a silver platter as Carrie Wong had to go through two rounds of auditions before she was cast as Christopher Lee's on-screen sister.
Her portrayals of a schizophrenic woman in Against the Tide, as well as that of a hot-tempered sweet soup seller in Tumultuous Times has garnered her numerous praise from the audiences. Carrie has also filmed 118 between 2014 and 2015, Life - Fear Not between 2015 and 2016 and is in the midst of filming The Gentlemen. She received her second Top 10 Most Popular Actress award on April 17th 2016.
Filmography
Television Dramas
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2016 | You Can Be An Angel Too 2 你也可以是天使 2 | Supporting Role 女配角 | |
| The Gentlemen 来自水星的男人 | Wang Kaixin 王凯欣 |
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| Don't Worry, Be Healthy 家有一保 | Elena |
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| 2015 | Life - Fear Not 人生无所畏 | Bai Meigui 白梅桂 |
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| Sealed With A Kiss 吻我吧, 住家男 | Tian Zhenzhen 田珍珍 |
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| Love on Air 音为爱 | Eve Hong 洪绵绵 (Small E 小E) |
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| 2014 | 118 | Zhang Ke'ai 张可爱 |
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| The Journey: Tumultuous Times 信约: 动荡的年代 | Bai Lanxiang 白兰香 (Sweet Soup Lass 糖水妹) |
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| Against The Tide 逆潮 | Di Yao 狄遥 |
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| Scarlet |
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| Spouse for House | Sarah Toh |
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| Scrum! 冲锋 | Li Siqi 李思琪 |
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Accolades
| Year | Award | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Hey Gorgeous | Nanyang Polytechnic Representative | Won 2nd Runner-Up |
| 2015 | Star Awards 2015, Best Supporting Actress | The Journey: Tumultuous Times | Nominated |
| 2015 | Star Awards 2015, Best Newcomer | N/A | Nominated |
| 2015 | Star Awards 2015, Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes | N/A | Won |
| 2015 | Star Awards 2015, BottomSlim Sexiest Legs Awards | N/A | Nominated |
| 2016 | Star Awards 2016, Best Supporting Actress | 118 | Nominated |
| 2016 | Star Awards 2016, Social Media Award | N/A | Won |
| 2016 | Star Awards 2016, Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes | N/A | Won |