Adele Wong
Adele Wong | |
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Wong in the 2008 music video "Knowing" (懂) | |
Background information | |
Chinese name | 王惠珊 |
Pinyin | Wáng Huìshān (Mandarin) |
Born |
Singapore | 8 March 1983
Occupation | Actress, singer, writer, screenwriter |
Years active | 2006-present |
Ancestry | Shanghai, China |
Adele Wong (born 8 March 1983) is a Singaporean actress, singer, writer, and screenwriter.
Biography
Born in Singapore, Wong traces her ancestry to Shanghai, China. She graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) with an honors degree in sociology. At NUS, Wong was active in dance and theatre.
Upon graduation, Wong began her professional career in acting, hosting and writing. She played the lead role in Damned [1] which was part of an omnibus feature film which premiered at the Osaka Asian Film Festival in 2009. Wong also played a lead role in Garden Girls, a short film, which premiered at the Singapore Film Festival in 2009.
Wong is also active in television in Singapore where she has been seen in several programs. She recently starred as the female lead Annie in Jack Neo's first English-language drama series for Okto titled Happily Ever After. She was also seen in the 2009 MediaCorp Chinese New Year television film, A Kuchinta Family Reunion. Wong is currently filming a Chinese-language television drama, He Ain't Pesky, He's My Brother, for MediaCorp's Channel 8 where she plays the lead female character opposite Christopher Lee premiering in July 2009.
Wong's feature film debut was as the female lead role in The Days which was screened at the Tokyo International Film Festival, the Singapore International Film Festival and short listed for the New Talent Award at the Shanghai International Film Festival. Wong also sang the theme song for the film, Knowing (懂),[2] which was written and produced by Jim Lim (林倛玉).
Besides acting, Wong writes both fiction and non-fiction. She hosts a column on Sinema's website.[3] She was also recently awarded a grant for a short film by the Singapore Film Commission.[4] Hanging Gardens, starring Wong, will go into production in August 2009.
Filmography
Short films
- Damned
- Garden Girls
Feature films
- The Days
Music videos
- '懂' Knowing
Serials
- Perfect Deception as Evelyn
TV Series
- The Dream Job As Lee Tze Wan Or Li Ziyun (2016)
- The Gentlemen (TV series) As Liu Yutong (2016)
References
- ↑ Damned in Osaka Asian Film Festival Archived 26 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ '懂' Knowing Music Video
- ↑ Sinema Column Archived 26 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ SFC
External links
- Adele Wong at the Internet Movie Database
- The Days Official Movie Site
- Watch My Ass Official Movie Site
- Watch My Ass MySpace Site