Zoe Tay

Born: 1968-01-10

Zoe Tay is a Singaporean actress , a former model and was named as "Queen of Caldecott Hill" by local media and fellow referred to as "Ah Jie" (senior actress) due to her status. Tay started out as a model at the age of 16. In 1987, she was named Model of The Year. After Tay was crowned champion of the inaugural Star Search in 1988, she was offered a 3-year contract with the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), now known as Mediacorp. While Tay had initially disliked acting, she began feeling passionate for her craft after her role in Crime and Passion in 1991. Her breakthrough performance as a materialistic young woman in Pretty Faces catapulted her into stardom. Her popularity was affirmed with a Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste Award at the Star Awards every year for ten consecutive years since its inception in 1994. In 1996, Zoe won the Best Actress award for her role in The Golden Pillow at the annual Star Awards. In 2004, she was the first actress to have been awarded the prestigious All-Time Favourite Artiste . Other than television dramas, Tay also forayed into films. In 2010, she starred opposite Hong Kong actor Kenny Ho in Love Cuts, playing the role of a terminally ill woman who has breast cancer. In 2013, she appeared in her first fully English-speaking role in Mister John with Irish star Aidan Gillen. Tay has collaborated with many artistes in her various projects. Her on-screen chemistry with Li Nanxing in The Unbeatables and other serials has put them in the list of the Top 5 Best Onscreen Couples at the Star Awards 25th Drama Anniversary show. In 2015, she collaborated for the first time with Huang Biren, in The Dream Makers II. Due to her contributions to the television industry in Singapore, a wax figurine was modelled after her by Madame Tussauds Singapore, and is currently on display in the museum. Tay won her second Best Actress at the Star Awards 2017 for You Can Be an Angel 2, 21 years after her first. In an interview, she revealed that after her first win in 1996, she had contemplated quitting as she felt "strangely empty and lost". Instead, she enrolled in an acting class in New York, an experience which transformed her to "someone who is focused on improving my acting and who can be exemplary to other actors." Guiding her are three Chinese words from her father: 毅力 or perseverance, 耐力 or endurance , 勇气 or courage. In Star Awards 2019, Tay won her third Best Actress for the drama, A Million Dollar Dream.


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Love Cuts

as Sissy
Released: 2010-09-09

Forty-something Cecilia better known as Sissy to her friends is a cheery and vivacious...

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Mister John

as Kim Devine
Released: 2013-06-27

After discovering his wife's infidelities, Gerry leaves London to look after his deceased...

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Liang Po Po: The Movie

as Cameo
Released: 1999-02-11

Liang Po Po: The Movie is a Singaporean film directed by Jack Neo in 1999. It stars the comedian...

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The Tree

as Guo Mei Feng
Released: 2001-04-26

A man is found dead on the road. The police are on site to collect and examine the evidence....

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Love Knows No Bounds

as Xu Xiu Hui
Released: 1995-01-01

Zoe Tay, Martin Yan and Christopher Ming-Shun Lee star in this telemovie about a resolute...

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Recipe

as Qiu Yun
Released: 2013-09-29

Eric Khoo's tv-movie about the relationship between a young girl and her mother with dementia.

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Love... And Other Bad Habits

as Mei
Released: 2013-02-14

LOVE... and other Bad Habits is a light-hearted, sometimes heartfelt, look at three different...

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Pointed Triangle

as Shi Jia
Released: 1995-05-18

What chemistry. Zoe Tay, the versatile actress with a thousand faces, teams up with Simon Yam...

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Asian Beat: Love from Temasek

as uncredited
Released: 1991-09-01

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Love Dowry

as Zheng Min
Released: 1994-01-01

This telemovie, with Zoe Tay and Alan Ka-Lun Yu in the leads, is a comedy about two enemies who...

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The Scoop

as Joey
Released: 1997-12-22

During the final months before Hong Kong's return to China, an ambitious young female reporter...

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The Unbeatables

as Luo Qi-Fang
First aired: 1993-11-04

The Unbeatables I is a Singapore drama series that was made by MediaCorp TV Channel 8. The...

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The Golden Pillow

as Zhou Xiaodan
First aired: 1995-11-21

A simple man with ordinary looks from Thailand, finds himself hitting on gold when he makes it...

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The New Adventure of Wisely

as Bai Su
First aired: 1998-09-15

Wisely, the eastern equivalent of Indiana Jones and James Bond, is a hero in every sense. He is...

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Strange Encounters

as Zhu Xiu Juan
First aired: 1987-10-26

A series comprising of seven tales adapted from legends, war poems, and Liao Zai's collection...

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The Teochew Family

as Cai Chong-mei
First aired: 1995-08-08

This drama describes the trials and tribulations the teochew Cai Family under the patriarch Cai...

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My One and Only

as Ma Limin
First aired: 2023-07-27

The owner of My One and Only, Ma Limin, aspires to become a real estate developer with her son...

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The Ultimatum

as Ye Yu-Chen
First aired: 2009-05-27

The Ultimatum is a Singaporean Chinese drama which was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air...

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The Return of the Condor Heroes

as Lu Erniang
First aired: 1998-06-02

The Return of the Condor Heroes is a Singaporean television series adapted from Louis Cha's...

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The Dream Makers

as uncredited
First aired: 2013-06-24

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All is Well

as Zhang Bi Zhu
First aired: 2019-03-01

The media in Taiwan is gripped by a recent incident where an ATM machine mysteriously dispensed...

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Devotion

as Liu Zhao Di
First aired: 2011-06-28

Devotion is a Singaporean Chinese drama which was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel,...

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Hero

as Deborah
First aired: 2016-11-22

The story starts in Dakota Crescent, an old estate which is going to be reclaimed by the...

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VIC

as Zoe
First aired: 2018-04-19

Vicky (Carrie Wong) is an aspiring model entering a modelling reality show, while Victoria...

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My Guardian Angels

as Mandy
First aired: 2020-04-06

Mandy (Zoe Tay), Miao Miao (Kym Ng) and Si Jin (Somaline Ang) come from different backgrounds...

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出人头地

as 叶蓓
First aired: 1990-03-20

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You Can Be an Angel

as Wang Ruojun
First aired: 2015-05-05

This story follows the life of a group of nurses as they take on their challenging routines with...

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Terms of Endearment

as Shu Qing
First aired: 1992-01-01

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Pretty Faces

as Bobo Wu
First aired: 1991-01-01

This is the show that catapulted Zoe Tay into instant stardom. Along with Meijiao Lin and...

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A Million Dollar Dream

as Hu Jiao Fen
First aired: 2018-04-09

Zhang Zi Cheng (Hanwei Chen) is a senior creative director at an advertising firm when he was...

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窈窕淑女

as 傅桂花
First aired: 1988-01-01

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Baby Boom

as Kim
First aired: 2003-09-01

Baby Boom is a Singaporean TV series aired on MediaCorp Channel 8 in 2003.

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Eat Already?

as Dr. Tay
First aired: 2016-09-09

Eat Already? is set in a coffee shop, and is centered around an elderly widow named Ah Niu Sao...

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The Millennium Bug

as Huang Si Jie
First aired: 1999-01-01

As the world counts down to the year 2000, an evil conspiracy awaits to be uncovered. Can the...

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Lost Soul

as Pian Pian
First aired: 1999-01-01

The divine one is immortalised - literally - as a wandering apparition in this 30-part...

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How Are You?

as Dr. Michelle Soong
First aired: 2019-01-04

Gong Jia Qiao, 66 years-old, becomes wheelchair-bound after a car accident. He currently sells...

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Man at Forty

as Jian Jie
First aired: 2004-05-17

Man At Forty is an intense drama which revolves around a pair of brothers, one born with a...

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The Last Swordsman

as Hong Xiu
First aired: 1991-01-01

A 1991 classic drama by Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (currently Mediacorp TV Singapore Pte...

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The Stratagem

as Ye Kai Shuang
First aired: 2001-01-01

Office politics, power struggles and greed provide action, thrills and excitement to this new...

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My Home Affairs

as Zhang Xiao Tong
First aired: 2000-01-01

This contemporary drama centres around the Hong family. Head of the household is Hong Yun who...

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La Femme

as Fang Bao Yu
First aired: 2008-06-02

La Femme is a Singaporean Chinese modern family drama mainly emphasizing on the lives of three...

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My Mighty-in-Laws

as Yao Mei Mei
First aired: 2004-11-17

My Mighty-in-Laws is a Singaporean Chinese drama which was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air...

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The Dream Makers

as Zhou Wei Yun
First aired: 2015-12-03

The Dream Makers is a 30-episode drama serial that airs on MediaCorp Channel 8 from 24 June...

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A Million Treasures

as Bai Xing Xing
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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Double Bonus

as Mei Feng
First aired: 2012-01-03

Double Bonus is a Singaporean Chinese drama which was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air...

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While We Are Young

as Fang Ting
First aired: 2017-11-06

Yang Xiao Shuai (Zijie Zong) and Tang Yi Jie (Calvert Tay) come from two totally different...

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A Different Life

as Pan Gui Kai
First aired: 1996-01-01

An aged majie (servant) recalls her painful past in this touching drama. Besides the hardships...

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