Carrie Wong

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Carrie Wong
Minutes Before Walk of Fame at The Star Awards 2017 - Carrie Wong.jpg
Wong at the Star Awards 2017
Born (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30)
Alma mater Nanyang Polytechnic
OccupationActress
Years active2013–present
Awards Full list
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 黃思恬
Simplified Chinese 黄思恬
Hanyu Pinyin Huáng Sītián
Yale Romanization wòhng sī tíhm
Jyutping wong4 si1 tim5

Carrie Wong Si Tian (born 1 January 1994 [1] ) is a Singaporean actress. [2] She was discovered through the reality television competition Hey Gorgeous . [3]

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Early life

The only child of a housewife mother and father who works in a security firm, [4] Wong was raised in a Chinese-speaking family. Her father is Singaporean while her mother is a Malaysian Chinese. She attended Evergreen Secondary School before graduating from Nanyang Polytechnic in 2014 with a Diploma in Hospitality and Tourism Management. Wong was a blogshop model during her polytechnic years. She was scouted in her final year for Hey Gorgeous in 2013, where she made it as the second runner up.

Career

Wong was chosen as one of the six contestants for the preliminary rounds of Hey Gorgeous in 2013, emerging as a first runner-up. [4]

Wong made her acting debut in Scrum, where she plays a disabled Sport Sciences polytechnic student. It aired in February 2014 on Channel U.

In September 2014, Wong starred in her first MediaCorp Channel 8 drama Against the Tide alongside Christopher Lee, Rui En and Desmond Tan, playing a schizophrenic woman. The drama aired from 24 to 24 September October 2014 for 23 episodes. In November 2014, Wong starred in end-of-year blockbuster The Journey: Tumultuous Times , where she plays a hot-tempered sweet soup seller. Her acting garnered positive reviews, which garnered her a nomination for Best Newcomer, Best Supporting Actress and bagged her first Top 10 Most Popular Artistes on Star Awards 2015 .

She was involved in long-running drama 118 where she plays a girl from Malaysia coming to Singapore to look for her father. The drama aired from 20 October 2014, to 16 October 2015, for 255 episodes on Channel 8. In 2015, Wong landed her first leading role in romance drama Sealed With A Kiss , acting alongside Rebecca Lim, Elvin Ng and Zhang Zhenhuan. The drama aired from 27 August to 24 September 2015, for 20 episodes on Channel 8. She also starred in her second long-running drama Life – Fear Not , which aired from 19 October 2015, to 1 April 2016, for 120 episodes on Channel 8.

In 2016, Wong bagged her second Top 10 Most Popular Artistes Award and was nominated for Best Supporting Actress Award on Star Awards 2016 . On the same year, Wong made her small screen comeback in The Gentlemen as one of the leading females, playing a woman who knows what cup size women should wear just by one look. The drama aired from 9 August to 5 September 2016, for 20 episodes on Channel 8. She also starred in nursing drama You Can Be An Angel 2 , playing a former lawyer who later became a nurse. The drama was well-received and aired from 1 to 28 November 2016, for 20 episodes on Channel 8.

In 2017, Wong starred in Dream Coder , playing front-end developer who later suffered from brain tumours. It aired from 7 February to 6 March 2017, for 20 episodes on Channel 8. On the same year, she starred in My Friends From Afar , playing an alien from the AMIKUS Planet who fell in love with a human being who later is revealed to be half-human and half-alien. Her role garnered her first nomination for Best Actress in Star Awards 2018 .

In 2018, Wong bagged her fourth Top 10 Most Popular Artistes Award on Star Awards 2018 . She also appeared in meWATCH original series My Agent Is A Hero, VIC, and Love At Cavenagh Bridge before going on a half year break for acting lesson in Taiwan. She returned to the small screen on the same year in October in You Can Be An Angel 3.

In 2019, she bagged her fifth Top 10 Most Popular Artistes Award and gained a second nomination for Best Actress in Star Awards 2019 for her role in meWATCH original series VIC. She also had lead roles in Hello Miss Driver, and My One In A Million.

In 2020, Wong starred in period time travel drama A Quest to Heal . Filming began in late 2019 and made its debut on 20 July 2020, on Channel 8. On the same year, she made her return to long-running drama in Recipe of Life.

Personal life

In 2019, a series of explicit text messages between actress Wong and Ian Fang was leaked, suggesting a sexual affair between the two. [5] The leaked texts also contained criticism towards fellow actor Lawrence Wong. [6]

Filmography

Television series

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2014Scrum! (冲锋)Li Siqi [7]
Against The Tide Di Yao
Scarlet
The Journey: Tumultuous Times Bai Lanxiang
Spouse for House Sarah TohCameo
118 Zhang Ke'ai
2015Love On Air (音为爱)Eve
Sealed With A Kiss Tian Zhenzhen
Life - Fear Not Bai Meigui
2016 Don't Worry, Be Healthy Elena
The Gentlemen Wang Kaixin
You Can Be An Angel 2 Jin Siyan
Hero Alexa
118 II Zhang Ke'ai
2017 Dream Coder Fang Ru
My Friends From Afar Ms Wong
Chen Fengjiao
2018118 Reunion (118 大团圆)Zhang Ke'ai
My Agent Is A Hero (流氓经纪)Suzy Ong
VIC Vicky Zhan
Victoria Lek
Love At Cavenagh Bridge (加文纳桥的约定)Xu Peizhen
You Can Be An Angel 3 (你也可以是天使3)Jin Siyan
2019My Agent Is A Hero II (流氓经纪 II)Suzy Ong
Hello Miss Driver (下一站,遇见)Lin Chenxi
My One In A Million (我的万里挑一)Yan Shuyu
A World of Difference (都市狂想)Claire Tan Sixuan
2020 A Quest to Heal Luo Mingyi [8] [9]
Recipe of Life (味之道)Zhou Minming
2021The Peculiar Pawnbroker (人心鉴定师)Cheng Yicheng
2022Soul Doctor (灵医)Hong JieshanCameo
Sisters Stand Tall (快跑吧, 丽娇)Megan Wong
Soul Detective Hong Jieshan
2023 Shero Zhang Yinxi
2024Love Coded (爱不虚拟)Lin Siyu [10]

Variety shows

YearTitleNotesRef.
2013Style: Check In 2 (潮人攻略 2)Guest host
2014Style: Check In 5 (潮人攻略 5)Guest host

Discography

Compilation albums

YearEnglish titleMandarin title
2016MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 16新传媒群星金猴添喜庆
2017MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 17新传媒群星咕鸡咕鸡庆丰年
2018MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 18新传媒群星阿狗狗过好年
2019MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 19新传媒群星猪饱饱欢乐迎肥年
2022MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 22新传媒群星旺虎泰哥迎春乐

Drama OST

YearDrama titleSong titleOther singer(s)Notes
2015 Life – Fear Not 一样 Aloysius Pang Sub-theme Song
2019Hello Miss Driver 下一站,遇见Life Rose 生命蔷薇Theme Song
The Next Stop 下一站Deng Biyuan 邓碧源Sub-theme Song

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2015 Star Awards BottomSlim Sexiest Legs Award Nominated
Best Supporting Actress The Journey: Tumultuous Times (as Bai Lanxiang)Nominated
Best Newcomer Nominated
Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes Won
2016 Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes Won
Social Media Award Won
Best Supporting Actress 118 (as Zhang Ke'ai)Nominated
2017 Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes Won
2018 Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes Won
Best Actress My Friends From Afar (as Chen Fengjiao)Nominated
2019 Star Awards Best Actress VIC(as Vicky Zhan)Nominated
Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes Won
2021 Star Awards Best Actress A Quest to Heal (as Luo Mingyi)Nominated
Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes Won
2022 Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes Won [11]
Seoul Webfest 2022Best ActressThe Peculiar Pawnbroker(as Cheng Yicheng)Nominated
2023 Star Awards Bioskin Most Charismatic Artiste AwardNominated
Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes Won
2024 Star Awards Bioskin Most Charismatic Artiste AwardNominated
Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes Won

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References

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  2. Lee, Jocelyn (5 February 2015). "Star Awards rookie nominee Carrie Wong laments lack of suitors". The New Paper. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
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  6. "Ian Fang-Carrie Wong text scandal: Yanxi Palace actor Lawrence Wong hits back at criticism". Straits Times. 15 April 2019.
  7. "MeRadio – Jae Liew and Carrie Wong: Who Gushed over David Beckham?". MeRadio. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
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