Joey Swee | |
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Born | |
Other names | Xu Qi |
Occupations |
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Years active |
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Children | 3 |
Modeling information | |
Height | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) [1] |
Hair color | Brown [1] |
Eye color | Brown [1] |
Stage name | |
Traditional Chinese | 徐綺 |
Simplified Chinese | 徐绮 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Xú Qǐ |
Birth name | |
Traditional Chinese | 徐琪 |
Simplified Chinese | 徐琪 [2] |
Hanyu Pinyin | XúQí |
Joey Swee (born 5 June 1977) is a Singaporean actress and television host. A former model,Swee entered showbiz as a Star Search semi-finalist contestant in 1997 and played her first leading role in the 1999 Channel 8 series My Teacher,My Friend. [3] [4]
She retired from acting in 2009 to become a full-time homemaker,and returned to screen in 2018 with the long-form drama series Reach for the Skies . [5] [6]
Besides English and Mandarin,Swee also speaks Hokkien. [1]
In 2000,Swee received warning from the traffic police for a speeding offence. [7]
Since 2005,Swee has been married to Indonesian-Chinese businessman Gani Bustan,the CEO of a coal and mining company who is based in Jakarta,Indonesia. [8] [9] They have three sons - Kynaston,Jefferson and Algernon. [10] [5]
Swee does aerial yoga and hiking. [5]
Swee has appeared in the following programmes and films: [1] [11] [12]
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
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1996 | Model Of The World | — | — | Won | [1] |
1998 | Star Awards | Most Popular Newcomer | The Test Of Time | Nominated | |
2002 | Star Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Reunion | Nominated | |
2004 | Star Awards | Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes | — | Nominated |