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Zoe Tay

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57 Years Old

Zoe Tay is a Singaporean actress , a former model and was named as "Queen of Caldecott Hill" by local media and fellow referred to as "Ah Jie" (senior actress) due to her status. Tay started out as a model at the age of 16. In 1987, she was named Model of The Year. After Tay was crowned champion of the inaugural Star Search in 1988, she was offered a 3-year contract with the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), now known as Mediacorp. While Tay had initially disliked acting, she began feeling passionate for her craft after her role in Crime and Passion in 1991. Her breakthrough performance as a materialistic young woman in Pretty Faces catapulted her into stardom. Her popularity was affirmed with a Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste Award at the Star Awards every year for ten consecutive years since its inception in 1994. In 1996, Zoe won the Best Actress award for her role in The Golden Pillow at the annual Star Awards. In 2004, she was the first actress to have been awarded the prestigious All-Time Favourite Artiste . Other than television dramas, Tay also forayed into films. In 2010, she starred opposite Hong Kong actor Kenny Ho in Love Cuts, playing the role of a terminally ill woman who has breast cancer. In 2013, she appeared in her first fully English-speaking role in Mister John with Irish star Aidan Gillen. Tay has collaborated with many artistes in her various projects. Her on-screen chemistry with Li Nanxing in The Unbeatables and other serials has put them in the list of the Top 5 Best Onscreen Couples at the Star Awards 25th Drama Anniversary show. In 2015, she collaborated for the first time with Huang Biren, in The Dream Makers II. Due to her contributions to the television industry in Singapore, a wax figurine was modelled after her by Madame Tussauds Singapore, and is currently on display in the museum. Tay won her second Best Actress at the Star Awards 2017 for You Can Be an Angel 2, 21 years after her first. In an interview, she revealed that after her first win in 1996, she had contemplated quitting as she felt "strangely empty and lost". Instead, she enrolled in an acting class in New York, an experience which transformed her to "someone who is focused on improving my acting and who can be exemplary to other actors." Guiding her are three Chinese words from her father: 毅力 or perseverance, 耐力 or endurance , 勇气 or courage. In Star Awards 2019, Tay won her third Best Actress for the drama, A Million Dollar Dream.

Born

Singapore on 10th January 1968

All Credits

The Unbeatables Image
The Unbeatables
Luo Qi-Fang
The Return of the Condor Heroes Image
The Return of the Condor Heroes
Lu Erniang
The New Adventure of Wisely Image
The New Adventure of Wisely
Bai Su
Emerald Hill - The Little Nyonya Story Image
Emerald Hill - The Little Nyonya Story
Liu Xiuniang
The Golden Pillow Image
The Golden Pillow
Zhou Xiaodan
The Ultimatum Image
The Ultimatum
Ye Yu-Chen
All is Well Image
All is Well
Zhang Bi Zhu
Devotion Image
Devotion
Liu Zhao Di
My Guardian Angels Image
My Guardian Angels
Mandy
You Can Be an Angel Image
You Can Be an Angel
Wang Ruojun
Hero Image
Hero
Deborah
The Teochew Family Image
The Teochew Family
Cai Chong-mei
The Dream Makers Image
The Dream Makers
出人头地 Image
出人头地
叶蓓
The Last Swordsman Image
The Last Swordsman
Hong Xiu
Terms of Endearment Image
Terms of Endearment
Shu Qing
The Dream Makers Image
The Dream Makers
Zhou Wei Yun
Strange Encounters Image
Strange Encounters
Zhu Xiu Juan
VIC Image
VIC
Zoe
Baby Boom Image
Baby Boom
Kim
Eat Already? Image
Eat Already?
Dr. Tay
Pretty Faces Image
Pretty Faces
Bobo Wu
My One and Only Image
My One and Only
Ma Limin
The Millennium Bug Image
The Millennium Bug
Huang Si Jie
Man at Forty Image
Man at Forty
Jian Jie
How Are You? Image
How Are You?
Dr. Michelle Soong
Double Bonus Image
Double Bonus
Mei Feng
窈窕淑女 Image
窈窕淑女
傅桂花
A Million Dollar Dream Image
A Million Dollar Dream
Hu Jiao Fen
No Image
Carlsberg Lunar New Year Variety Show 2010
Lost Soul Image
Lost Soul
Pian Pian
A Million Treasures Image
A Million Treasures
Bai Xing Xing
My Mighty-in-Laws Image
My Mighty-in-Laws
Yao Mei Mei
La Femme Image
La Femme
Fang Baoyu
A Different Life Image
A Different Life
Pan Gui Kai
My Home Affairs Image
My Home Affairs
Zhang Xiaotong
The Stratagem Image
The Stratagem
Ye Kaishuang
Love Cuts Image
Love Cuts
Sissy
While We Are Young Image
While We Are Young
Fang Ting
Mister John Image
Mister John
Kim Devine
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Pointed Triangle
Shi Jia
Liang Po Po: The Movie Image
Liang Po Po: The Movie
Cameo
The Tree Image
The Tree
Guo Mei Feng
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Love... And Other Bad Habits
Mei
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Love Knows No Bounds
Xu Xiu Hui
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Love Dowry
Zheng Min
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Recipe
Qiu Yun
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The Scoop
Joey
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Asian Beat: Love from Temasek