Carole Lin

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Carole Lin
Born (1973-02-23) 23 February 1973 (age 50)
Other namesLin Xiaopei
Alma mater Singapore Polytechnic
OccupationActress
Years active
  • 1995−2013
Spouses
Zheng Jinming
(m. 1999;div. 2002)
Bertrand Gouge
(m. 2008;div. 2009)
David Lim
(m. 2014)
Children1
Awards Star Awards 1997  : Best Actress
Modeling information
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7+12 in) [1]
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 林曉佩
Simplified Chinese 林晓佩
Hanyu Pinyin Lín Xiǎopèi

Carole Lin (born 23 February 1973) is a Singaporean actress. Lin was a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1995 to 2009. She won the Star Awards for Best Actress in 1997 for her role in The Price of Peace . [2] [3]

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Early life and career

Lin used to do motorbiking, bungee jumping and sky-diving. [4]

Lin was a waitress at a steak restaurant at Bukit Timah when she first started work. [5] Then 16, she earned S$800 monthly and worked for about three months before enrolling into Singapore Polytechnic to study biotechnology. After graduating, she became a flight attendant at the age of 19 and later began modelling. [6] [7] Two years later, Lin joined MediaCorp after taking part in 1995 Star Search Singapore. [4] She shot to fame for her role in The Price of Peace and won the Best Actress award at the Star Awards 1997. Her controversial scene of being stripped and humiliated in a busy street by her husband in the television series was named one of the "Top 5 Most Memorable Scenes" at the Star Awards 2007 anniversary special. She left MediaCorp in 2009 after her second marriage and moved abroad. [8]

Personal life

Lin was married in 1999 before it ended in divorce in 2002. In June 2008, she married aeronautical engineer, Bertrand Gouge, at a chateau in France. They divorced in November 2009. [9] In 2014, Lin married for the third time to American-born Korean chiropractor David Lim and gave birth to her first child, Brooklyn, on 19 August 2015 at the age of 42. [10] She currently works as a creative consultant for a chiropractic clinic. [8]

Filmography

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
1997 Star Awards 1997 Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes Nominated
Best Actress The Price of Peace Won
2003 Star Awards 2003 Best Supporting Actress Springs of Life Nominated
2005 Star Awards 2005 Best Supporting Actress Zero to Hero Nominated

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