Michelle Chong

Michelle Chong
Chinese name	莊米雪 (traditional)
Chinese name	庄米雪 (simplified)
Pinyin	Zhuāng Mǐxuě (Mandarin)
Ancestry	Hakka
Born	22 April 1977 Singapore
Occupation	Actress, television host, film director, film producer

Michelle Chong (simplified Chinese: 庄米雪; traditional Chinese: 莊米雪; pinyin: Zhuāng Mǐxuě, born 22 April 1977) is a Singaporean host, actress and film director. She has appeared in both English-language and Chinese-language television dramas and programmes aired by MediaCorp. She is known for her roles in the comedy-satire shows The Noose and Black Rose.

Biography

Chong studied in CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' School, Dunman High School and Victoria Junior College where she took drama as a subject. Her drama teacher recommended her to Bates College, a top liberal arts college in Maine, USA where she studied theatre for a year. She also subsequently studied in the National University of Singapore. She was voted by FHM readers as one of the world's top 30 sexiest women in 2002 and 2003.

Chong won the Elle Actress of the Year Award (2008) and the Asian Television Awards' (ATV) Best Comedy Performance (Highly Commended) Award (2008) for her portrayal of Beh Li Choo, a butcher in the popular Peranakan dramedy, Sayang Sayang. Chong is also famous for portraying a celebrity maid, Leticia Bongnino.

In 2011, Chong took seven months of sabbatical leave to set up her own film company, Huat Films, and produced her first film as director, screenwriter and actress:^[1] Already Famous starred her, Taiwanese singer Alien Huang as well as other local celebrities who were cameo appearances in the film.

In 2012, Chong started artiste management agency Left Profile, which will manage her, Pornsak and Lee Teng.^[1]

Already Famous was selected as the Singaporean entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.^[2]

Filmography

• 1998
  • Scratch
• 1999
  • Phua Chu Kang
  • Triple Nine
  • Under One Roof
  • Growing Up
• 2000
  • Sensitive New Age Guy 新好男人
  • It's My Life
  • School Days 七彩学堂
• 2001
  • School Days 2 七彩学堂 2
  • Robbie and the Book of Tales
  • Paradise
• 2003
  • Crunch Time 转捩点
  • Frontline 家在前线
  • Together Whenever 天伦
• 2004
  • Timeless Gift 遗情未了
  • My Lucky Charm 情来运转 (Telecast in January 2005)
• 2005
  • Telemovie: Sitting Ducks
  • Baby Blues 谁家母鸡不生蛋
• 2006
  • A Million Treasures 百万宝
• 2007
  • Like Father, Like Daughter 宝贝父女兵
  • The Noose- Season 1
• 2008
  • Our Rice House 我们的饭店
  • Sayang Sayang
  • Calefare(Guest Starring)
  • Crime Busters x 2
  • The Noose – Season 2
• 2010
  • The Noose – Season 3
  • Mrs P.I. 查某人
  • Black Rose 爆料黑玫瑰
• 2011
  • The Noose – Season 4
  • The Noose – Season 5
  • Already Famous (As writer, director and lead actress)

Awards

Year	Award		Representative Work	Result
2004	Star Awards	Best Variety Show Host	All in NETS NETS有钱坤	Nominated
2005	Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes	N/A	Won
2006	Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes	N/A	Nominated
2007	Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes	N/A	Nominated
2008	Asian Television Awards	Best Comedy Actor/Actress	Sayang Sayang	Nominated (Highly Commended)
2009	Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes	N/A	Nominated
2010	Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes	N/A	Nominated
	Asian Television Awards	Best Comedy Performance	The Noose 3	Nominated (Highly Commended)
2011	Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes	N/A	Won
		Best Variety Show Host	Black Rose 爆料黑玫瑰	Nominated
		Favourite Female Character	"Xie Yu Yu" (from Black Rose)	Nominated
2012	Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes	N/A	Nominated
2012	Asian Television Awards	Best Comedy Actor/ Actress	The Noose	Won

References

1. "Michelle Chong: Actress. Filmmaker. Artiste Manager?". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
2. "71 Countries Vie for 2012 Foreign Language Film Oscar®". 8 October 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2012.

External links

• Michelle Chong at the Internet Movie Database
• Profile on xinmsn