Celest Chong | |
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Born | |
Education | |
Alma mater | National University of Singapore |
Occupations |
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Years active | 2000–present |
Spouse | Unknown (m. 2012;div. 2021) |
Musical career | |
Genres | Pop |
Instrument | Vocals |
Website | www |
Birth name | |
Traditional Chinese | 張玉華 |
Simplified Chinese | 张玉华 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Zhāng Yùhuá |
Former stage name | |
Traditional Chinese | 斯畾 |
Simplified Chinese | 斯畾 |
Hanyu Pinyin | SīLéi |
Celest Chong is a Singaporean actress,singer and former cover model. [1] [2]
Chong studied at Yishun Junior College. [3]
Chong began her acting career as a secretary in Eric Khoo's Stories about Love performing a Turkish inspired belly-dance. She also sang the show's theme song,"Sorry,My Love". [4] Later,she moved on to Channel 5's sitcom,Making Love,in which she played a sultry receptionist named Pamela. She later played the character of a child social worker in the Channel 8 television drama,You Light Up My Life. She sang the theme songs for the new show,which were on Singapore's top music charts for four weeks.[ citation needed ]
In 2001,Chong signed with Universal Music and launched a solo album Belong to Myself. In December 2002,her second album Celest,was released in Singapore,Taiwan,China,Hong Kong and Malaysia. Chong then left MediaCorp and Singapore for Taiwan to work in the Taiwanese entertainment industry where she released her third album,Snowflakes in 2004. While in Taiwan,she also acted as a reporter in C'est La Vie,starring the Taiwanese actor Lin Yowei. She recorded her fourth album,Little Happiness,in 2006. [5]
In 2007,Chong moved to Guiyang in China to film Acalea Blossoms. Two years later,she again moved back Singapore because of a family emergency. [6]
In 2021,Chong acted as Parmoona Cash in the short film Moore’s Void. Her role won her the Best Actress at the inaugural Great Canadian Sci-Fi Film Festival in the same year. [2] [7]
Chong has appeared on dozens of magazine covers including Her World , Vogue , Elle ,Citta Bella and FHM . She has modelled [8] around the world for various print advertisements. She was voted one of the Top 100 most beautiful women in the world by FHM and The Sexiest Woman in Singapore by International Media with her five Ss - Sunshine Sweet,Smile,Sexy &Song. She was also voted No.1 in the Singapore Most Sexy Women's Survey on Citta Bella.[ citation needed ]
Chong initially moved to Canada in 2012 with her unknown Canadian husband. [7] They had since divorced in 2021. [2] [7]
In an interview with Shin Min Daily News on 23 April 2023,Chong revealed that she had been making plans to permanently move back to Singapore in mid-2023,to take care of her elderly relatives. Chong also announced that she would be using the stage name "Celest 斯畾" (SīLéi) for her future activities,explaining that her birth name '"Celest Chong Zhang Yu Hua" is "too long and awkward". [9]
In October 2023,Chong reverted to using her Chinese birth name 张玉华(Zhāng Yùhuá),citing familiarity reasons. [10]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2000 | Making Love | |||
2001 | You Light Up My Life | [7] | ||
All's Well,Ends Well | ||||
2002 | Feel 100% | |||
2003 | Together Whenever | [2] | ||
2004 | Hi-Fly (升空高飞) | Tina | [11] | |
Zero | Zhang Xinlin | [2] | ||
2005 | The Proud Twins | Princess Taka | [11] | |
2006 | Love Young Man (爱上小男人) | Wen Bixian | [11] | |
2007 | Dui Juan Hua Kai | |||
2008 | Crime Busters x 2 | Margaret | ||
2009 | Red Thread | [7] | ||
Your Hand in Mine | Bai Shuixian | [7] | ||
2018 | Titans | Guest appearance | [7] | |
2019 | The Umbrella Academy | Guest appearance | [7] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2000 | Stories About Love | [2] | ||
2015 | The Man in the Shadows | Olivia | ||
2021 | Moore’s Void | Parmoona Cash | Won Best Actress at the Great Canadian Sci-Fi Film Festival | [7] [12] |
Chong's former singing career included being the lead singer in the all-female band Jungk,produced by Malcolm McLaren in 1998. [13] She also sang "Voice of an Angel" for McLaren. On National Day she sang "Stand Up for Singapore". She was also the lead singer for a song called "Earth Song" regarding environmental awareness. For the film Stories About Love,she sang the title track "Sorry My Love". For the drama series You Light Up My Life,she sang the theme song "Distance" which was No. 1 on the Yes 933 Pop Charts. Chong was voted No. 1 for Most Captivating Voice on Singapore Press Holdings,Asiaone.com.
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