Joanna Bessey Explained

Joanna Bessey
Birth Date:1976 10, df=yes
Birth Place:West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:1997–present

Joanna Bessey (born 1976) is an actress and director from Malaysia. She is best known for her role as Marie Tan in the situation comedy Kopitiam which ran for 7 seasons.[1]

Early life

Bessey was born in West Sussex to a British father and Malaysian mother of Malay descent with Minangkabau lineage.[2]

Career

Bessey has appeared in over 200 episodes of television, 6 TV movies, 5 feature films, commercials with 2 major celebrity endorsements,[3] [4] voice-over work for commercials and animated series and numerous theatre productions, over the last 10 years. Other TV credits include La Dolce Amira, Bilik 13, All Mixed Up and Island FM. She has been in feature films such as Lips to Lips, Buli, 1957- Hati Malaya and Waris Jari Hantu.[5]

Bessey appeared on BBC World News hosting thetravel documentary "Exploring Malaysia". She is also an environmentalist.[6]

In 2020, Bessey made her videogame debut by voice acting as Eve in No Straight Roads

Personal life

She is married to German husband Aurel Wunderer. They have a son born in 2011.[7]

Accolades

She has had the following nomations: 'Best Actor in a Supporting Role' at the 'Boh' Cameronian Arts Awards 2007, "Best Director" for her directorial debut of Ibsen's 'An Enemy of the People", 'Best Actress in a Comedy Role' for the award-winning sitcom, "Kopitiam" at the Asian Television Awards (Singapore) and was highly commended. She was voted Best Female Artist in 2000 by a public online poll.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Darah Inggeris tak halang Joanna Bessey iktiraf budaya Melayu. Hasbullah Awang Chik. 28 April 2016. Malay Mail. 4 November 2016.
  2. News: Darah Inggeris tak halang Joanna Bessey iktiraf budaya Melayu. Nick. Choo. 3 December 2009. The Nut Graph. 4 November 2016.
  3. Web site: Lux 'star' Bessey - New Straits Times. 8 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160308233930/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-82559843.html . 8 March 2016 .
  4. Web site: 'Slimming ambassador' Bessey - New Straits Times. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093252/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-94989382.html . 4 March 2016 .
  5. News: It's a woman's world . Martin . Yasmin Zetti . 19 October 2008 . The Star Online . Star Publications (Malaysia) Bhd . 3 December 2008 . 19 October 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081019172921/http://star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2008/10/19/soundnstage/2313594&sec=soundnstage . dead .
  6. http://www.digitalcontentagency.com/blog/bbc-exploring-malaysia{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  7. News: Agony and ecstacy for Bessey and hubby. Hariati. Azizan. 5 July 2006. The Star. 4 November 2016.