Amy Cheng

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Amy Cheng
Born1970 (age 53–54)
Singapore
Other namesZheng Huaru
Occupations
  • Actress
  • creative director
Spouse
Rama Chandran
​
(m. 2005)​
Children2
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 鄭花如
Simplified Chinese 郑花如
Hanyu Pinyin Zhèng Huārú

Amy J. Cheng (born 1970 [1] ) is a Singaporean actress and creative director of ACT 3 Theatrics. She is best known for her role as Karen Tay in the television series Growing Up and as Jacqueline Ling in the 2018 romantic comedy-drama Crazy Rich Asians .

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Career

Stage

Cheng is a co-founder and creative director of Act 3 Theatrics. [2] [3] She has performed in live theatre shows through Act 3 including Footsteps in the Night, 41 Hours, and Confessions of the Three Unmarried Women. She has had other stage roles in Singapore Repertory Theatre's Forbidden City and The Good Citizen and Escape Productions' The Deap Blue Sea and Esplanade's Letters from Home. [4] In 2006 she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Life! Theatre Awards for her role as the Banana Tree Spirit in the mandarin musical 10 Brothers. [5]

In 2012, Cheng become Act 3 Theatrics' creative director. [6]

Television

From 1996 until 2001 Cheng was a regular cast member of the Singaporean television drama Growing Up (1996 - 2001) as Karen Tay, the wife of Andrew Seow's character, Gary Tay. [7] In 2001 she was nominated for Best Actress at the Asian Television Awards for her role in Growing Up. She played Dr. Winnie Leong in the television series First Touch (2002 - 2003) [6] and also had roles in Like My Own, Happily Ever After (2007), Machine, Stay, and Anita's Complaint. Cheng has worked as a television presenter and host for My Perfect Child and The Good Life. She landed roles in the Chinese dramas She's the One, Destiny, and Making Miracles (2007). She had a guest role in the German television movie Perfect Harmony. She played the leading role in Zhao Wei Films' Stories About Love and starred alongside Gurmit Singh and Fann Wong in Jack Neo's movie named Just Follow Law (2007). [8] She had a small role as Felicia Chin's mother in the television movie Hong Bao + Kisses.

Film

In 2018 she appeared in the American romantic comedy-drama film Crazy Rich Asians as Jaqueline Ling. [9] [10] [11] [12]

Personal life

In 2000, Cheng met Rama Chandran in a children’s production, Foot Steps In The Night. [6] They started a relationship in 2002 and married in 2005. [6] They have 2 sons. [13] [14] [15]

Filmography

Theatre

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
200610 Brothers [5]

Television series

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1996–2001 Growing Up Karen Tay [7]
1998-1999 Triple Nine Inspector Emily Cheng
2000Stories About Love
2002–2003 First Touch [6]
2003Always On My MindSurin4 episodes
2005 Destiny Shen Qianwen
2009Polo BoysAlan's mother1 episode
2010Silver LiningMargaret Gan2 episodes
With You Kang Yafang3 episodes
20152025Renee Tang16 episodes
2016RojakLing1 episode
2017 When Duty Calls TinaCameo
201820 Days4 episodes

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2003No Place Like Home - ColorsBeatriceTelevision movie
2005 House of Harmony Mrs. WahTelevision movie
2007 Just Follow Law Nancy
2011 The Man from Beijing  [ de ]Qui HongTelevision movie
2018 Crazy Rich Asians Jacqueline Ling [9]
2019ReposessionLinda

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  2. ↑ "Why Crazy Rich Asians actress Amy Cheng doesn't mind being the bad guy". AsiaOne. 5 September 2018. Archived from the original on 10 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "WORDS GO ROUND - Amy J Cheng". www.singaporewritersfestival.com.
  4. ↑ "Amy J Cheng's tips on a happy, lasting marriage". Her World. 16 March 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Amy Cheng, 36". The Straits Times . 2 March 2006. p. 5.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Amy J Cheng's tips on a happy, lasting marriage". Her World Singapore. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  7. 1 2 "Good girl gone bad: Why Amy Cheng doesn't mind playing the bad guy". Her World. 4 September 2018. Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
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  9. 1 2 "Amy Cheng from Crazy Rich Asians World Premiere". E! Online.
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