Michelle Chong

Born: 1977-04-22

Chong studied in CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' School, Dunman High School and Victoria Junior College where she took drama as a subject. Her drama teacher recommended her to Bates College, a top liberal arts college in Maine, USA where she studied theatre for a year. She also subsequently studied in the National University of Singapore. She was voted by FHM readers as one of the world's top 30 sexiest women in 2002 and 2003. Chong won the Elle Actress of the Year Award (2008) and the Asian Television Awards' (ATV) Best Comedy Performance (Highly Commended) Award (2008) for her portrayal of Beh Li Choo, a butcher in the popular Peranakan dramedy, Sayang Sayang. Chong is also famous for portraying a celebrity maid, Leticia Bongnino. In 2011, Chong took seven months of sabbatical leave to set up her own film company, Huat Films, and produced her first film as director, screenwriter and actress: Already Famous starred her, Taiwanese singer Alien Huang as well as other local celebrities who were cameo appearances in the film. In 2012, Chong started artiste management agency Left Profile, which will manage her, Pornsak and Lee Teng. Already Famous was selected as the Singaporean entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.


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Lulu the Movie

as Lulu/Sonia
Released: 2016-11-24

Lulu The Movie is a comedy about a determined Chinese lady named Lulu who comes to Singapore to...

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Eating Air

as Posche
Released: 1999-12-09

A romance between two opposites, Eating Air follows the lives of two teenagers during the...

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Already Famous

as Ah Kiao
Released: 2011-12-01

A light hearted comedy about a girl from a small town in Malaysia who dreams of becoming a star...

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Our Sister Mambo

as Mambo
Released: 2015-07-15

Loosely based on 1957's "Our Sister Hedy" and 1961's "The Greatest Civil War on Earth", this...

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The Noose

as Adrianna Wow
First aired: 2007-11-04

The Noose is a parody of local news programmes such as News 5 Tonight, with fictional news...

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A Million Treasures

as Li Shu Xian
First aired: 2006-12-04

A Million Treasures is a Singaporean Chinese drama that was telecast on Singapore's free-to-air...

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