Irene Ng

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Irene Ng
Born
Sze Irene Ng (黃敏)

(1974-07-28) July 28, 1974 (age 49)
Penang, Malaysia
Occupation(s)Actress (formerly), teacher and banker
SpouseDavid Rosa (2008–present)
Children2
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 黃敏
Simplified Chinese 黄敏

Sze Irene Ng (born July 28, 1974) is an American actress, teacher, banker and founder and director of Mencius Mandarin Preschool in Greenwich, Connecticut. She is best known for her role as Shelby Woo in The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo .

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Early life

Ng was born July 28, 1974, in Penang, Malaysia. For the first five years of her life, she was raised by her maternal grandparents as her parents were at the United States for their higher studies. She immigrated from Malaysia to Allentown, Pennsylvania, in 1989, at age 15, with her parents and her sister and brother. Following immigration to the United States, her father worked as a general manager for a Chinese fire-resistant filing cabinets manufacturing factory while her mother worked as a nurse at a hospital in Allentown. She attended Allentown's William Allen High School and in 1993, she and her sister graduated as valedictorians from high school. At age 16, she was discovered by television agents when she won a Pennsylvania beauty contest. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Acting career

External videos
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg Irene Ng speaking on Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month (15 May 2022), Facebook (Nickelodeon)

Ng's first acting role was in ABC soap opera All My Children in 1991, where she starred in 18 episodes. In 1993, she starred in films The Joy Luck Club and Heaven & Earth . Ng has guest starred on Law & Order and Teen Angel . In 1996, she was cast as the main protagonist in the Nickelodeon TV series Mystery Files of Shelby Woo , reportedly making her at that time the second Asian American to star as title character in a TV series after Margaret Cho in the All-American Girl . The show ran for three seasons till 1998. In 1997, she took part in Nickelodeon game show Figure It Out . Her last film role was in the 1999 film The Sterling Chase . Following the start of the 21st century, Ng ended her acting career, and only had a minor role in an episode of season 19 of Law & Order in 2008 and episode of the fourth season of Showtime series The Affair in 2018. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [3] [10]

Later and personal life

During her entertainment career in the 1990s, she began her studies at Harvard University and graduated with BA in economics in 1997, and was elected member of Phi Beta Kappa and was finalist for Rhodes Scholarship. She later received certification in childcare management at New York University and also Child Development Associate credential. Following her studies, she worked as a banker at Merrill Lynch for seven years and travelled frequently to China for business. In 2009, she founded the Mencius Mandarin Preschool in Greenwich, Connecticut and currently serves as the director of the school. [1] [11]

In 2008, Ng married David Rosa and had two children, a son and daughter. The family currently resides in Greenwich. [4] [12] [13]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993 The Joy Luck Club 15-year-old Lindo
Heaven & Earth Torture Girl #1
1999 The Sterling Chase Cathy

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991 All My Children An Li Chen Bodine #118 episodes
1996-1998 The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo Shelby WooMain role
1996-2008 Law & Order Xuan-Lan NguyenEpisode: "Double Blind"
EmployeeEpisode: "Knock Off"
1997 Figure It Out Herself1 episode
1998 Teen Angel NiaEpisode: "Look Ma, No Face"
2018 The Affair Ms. MaEpisode: #4.2

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  2. ↑ "Sisters Share Valedictorian Honors At Allen High School Graduation". The Morning Call. 1993-06-16. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  3. 1 2 "PaleyMatters Interview with Irene Ng". YouTube (Paley Matters). 2018-06-20. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Irene Ng, David Rosa". The New York Times . 2008-07-27. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
  5. ↑ "L.v.'s Irene Ng Finds Joy At Harvard Not In Hollywood Lucky Star". The Morning Call. 1993-10-10. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
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