| Cynthia Koh | |||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 25 March 1974[1] | ||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Singapore | ||||||||||
| Education: | Saint Anthony's Canossian Secondary School | ||||||||||
| Othername: | Xu Meizhen | ||||||||||
| Years Active: | 1992–present | ||||||||||
| Awards: | Star Awards | ||||||||||
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Cynthia Koh (born 25 March 1974) is a Singaporean actress.[2] She has appeared and starred in many television series produced by MediaCorp Channel 8 and MediaCorp Channel 5.
Koh has one younger sister. Her father works in the Singapore Civil Defence Force while her mother is a housewife. Koh received her education at Saint Anthony's Canossian Secondary School.[3]
While still enrolled in Singapore Broadcasting Corporation's (now MediaCorp) 10th Drama Artiste Course and after a three-month Mandarin-language training stint in Taiwan, Koh started acting at the TV station at the age of 18 in May 1992.[4] [5] After having acted in almost 46 dramas,[6] Koh went on to make her debut on stage in the critically acclaimed Men at Forty-Eight in 1997. Later, she won the Best Actress Award in Star Awards 1999 with her breakthrough performance in Stepping Out, in which she played a long-suffering woman fighting against her fate.[7] [8] This role earned her a nomination in the same category at the Asian Television Awards.
Koh was also part of the cast in three of MediaCorp TV Channel 8's long-running dramas. The 3 long-running dramas include: Holland V (Year 2003, 125 episodes), Portrait of Home (Year 2005, 100 episodes), Kinship (Year 2007, 86 episodes). Koh's role as Fu Baozhu (傅宝珠), a greedy and bossy woman in Portrait of Home earned her a Best Actress nomination at the Star Awards 2005; the award ultimately went to Huang Biren. While filming Mediacorp Channel U's blockbuster drama Show Hand in December 2011, it was reported that Koh delayed an ovarian cyst operation to finish filming the series.[9] In 2012, after having not won an award for near to 15 years at the annual Star Awards, Koh made her comeback and won her second Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste Award.
Koh has since won 3 Star Awards for Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes, namely in 1997, 2012 and 2022.
In 2015, Koh worked with actress-director Michelle Chong, former radio deejay Daniel Ong, and three other partners to open a 180-seater restaurant, Mischief, at Esplanade. She is also the national marketing director of the Singapore branch of World Ventures, an American company that offers bulk buy travel deals to its members. In 2016, it was reported that Koh led about 1,800 sales representatives, making her one of the highest ranked for the Singapore branch. In addition, Koh is also a certified practitioner in alternative healing, specializing in Reiki, the Bach flower remedy system and sound therapy.[10] [11] [12] [13]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Romance of the Season (1991) | Xue Ling's friend | |||
| 1992 | The Dating Game | Lin Meifang | |||
| Terms of Endearment | Song Wentian | ||||
| Love is in the Air | Judy | ||||
| 1993 | Endless Love | Xiao Xi | |||
| The Wilful Siblings | Yang Xixi | ||||
| Happy Reunion | Ma Yuxiang | ||||
| 1994 | Those Were The Days | Luo Xueqi | |||
| The Challenger | Pan Jingyi | ||||
| 1995 | Dream Hunters | ||||
| Over the Horizons | Xiong Haiyun | ||||
| 1996 | Tofu Street | Liang Simei | |||
| Royal Battle of Wit | Chen Wanmei | ||||
| Tales of the Third Kind II | Sandy | ||||
| Give Me A Break | Ye Liang / Ah Moon | ||||
| 1997 | Crimes and Tribulations | Mei Xiaoyu | |||
| Sword and Honour | Wan'er | ||||
| Gong Sunyan | |||||
| 1998 | Around People's Park | Wang Lijuan | |||
| Myths and Legends of Singapore | He Jinyu | ||||
| Season of Love | Xu Liwen | ||||
| 1999 | Stepping Out | Hongdou | |||
| 2000 | Hainan Kopi Tales | Huang Liuyue | |||
| Growing Up Season 5 | Tracy | ||||
| @Moulmein High | Francine Ooi | ||||
| Looking For Stars | Cai Feifei | ||||
| 2001 | Through Thick and Thin | Kailing | |||
| @Moulmein High II | Francine Ooi | ||||
| The Hotel | Xu Yizhen | ||||
| 2002 | The Wing of Desire | Li Wanping | |||
| @Moulmein High III | Francine Ooi | ||||
| 2003 | Holland V | Mo Yanyan | |||
| 2004 | Spice Siblings | Ding Zhenzhu | |||
| The Ties that Bind | Xu Minmin | ||||
| 2005 | Portrait of Home | Fu Baozhu | |||
| Portrait of Home II | |||||
| 2006 | Family Matters | Guan Ji'er | |||
| House of Joy | Zheng Shuangxi | ||||
| 2007 | Kinship I | Zheng Jinsha | |||
| Kinship II | |||||
| 2008 | The Little Nyonya | Huang Xiujuan | |||
| Her Many Faces | Zheng Jiawen | ||||
| 2009 | My School Daze | Tao Guijuan | |||
| The Ultimatum | Chen Xiaobao | ||||
| Daddy at Home | Chen Meihui | ||||
| 2010 | Happy Family | Jian Mei'e / Fatty Mei | |||
| The Best Things in Life | Chen Jiaxin | ||||
| Precious Babes | Katie Ong | ||||
| Mrs P.I. | Yun Feixue | ||||
| 2011 | The In-Laws | Yan Qiuhua | |||
| A Song to Remember | She-Sao | ||||
| 2012 | Show Hand | Wu Meifang | |||
| The Day It Rained on Our Parade | Lulu | ||||
| 2013 | 96°C Cafe | Ann | |||
| Gonna Make It | Monica | ||||
| 2014 | Zero Calling | Julie | |||
| Mata Mata 2: A New Era | Nancy Ang | ||||
| 2015 | Life Is Beautiful | Fang Jie | |||
| Zero Calling 2 | Julie | ||||
| Crescendo | Wang Yafang | ||||
| 2016 | The Gentlemen | Zou Huimin | |||
| 2017 | The Lead | Chen Qiulian | |||
| Life Less Ordinary | Zhang Ruoyun | ||||
| 2018 | A Lonely Fish | Ann | |||
| Say Cheese | Pan Zeguo | [14] | |||
| Magic Chef | Amy | ||||
| Heart To Heart | Li Peizhen | ||||
| 2019 | How Are You? | Pan Meiruo | |||
| Playground | Jen Lin Cuifen | ||||
| Hello From The Other Side - Its Time | Margaret | ||||
| C.L.I.F. 5 | Li Xiaoying | [15] | |||
| After The Stars | Zhen Mei | ||||
| 2020 | A Quest to Heal | Li Shaotong | |||
| How Are You? 2 (好世谋2) | Pan Meiruo | ||||
| 2021 | My Star Bride | Zhong Peipei | |||
| Mind Jumper (触心罪探) | Wiranto | ||||
| The Peculiar Pawnbroker (人心鉴定师) | Ye Jingting | ||||
| Leave No Soul Behind (21点灵) | Wu Yuwei | ||||
| 2023 | Fix My Life | Ma Lulu | |||
| Veil | Brenda | ||||
| Oppa, Saranghae! | Lee Soo-jung | [16] | |||
| Shero | Gina Chee | Cameo | [17] | ||
| I Do, Do I? | Pan Anyu | ||||
| 2024 | Kill Sera Sera | Cameo |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Love Dowry | Wang Huiling | Telemovie | |
| Romance in the Seventh Month | Qiu Qing | Telemovie | ||
| 1996 | Legend of Da Bo Gong | Chen Yuzhen / Lei Xiaochun | Telemovie | |
| 2000 | 2000 A.D. | Theresa | Feature film | [18] |
| 2011 | Already Famous | Herself | Cameo | |
| 2022 | My Star Bride - Hi, Mai Phương Thảo | Zhong Peipei | Telemovie | [19] |
| 2023 | The Fourth Man (第四个男人) | Fang Liwen | Short film | [20] |
| Confinement | Ah Qing | Feature film |
| Year | Title | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 12 | ||
| 2013 | MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 13 | ||
| 2016 | MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 16 | ||
| 2017 | MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 17 |
