| Michelle Chia | |||||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 19 September 1975 | ||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Singapore | ||||||||||||||||
| Years Active: | 1980–present | ||||||||||||||||
| Othername: | Xie Yunyi | ||||||||||||||||
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Michelle Chia Yun Yi (born 19 September 1975) is a Singaporean television host, actress and businesswoman. She was a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1980 to 2012 but continues to film on an ad-hoc basis.
Chia was educated at Raffles Girls' Primary School and Bowen Secondary School.
Chia started her career as a child actress with SBC.[1] She later joined TCS (predecessor of MediaCorp) after finishing her school. In 2000 she switched to SPH MediaWorks but was transferred back to MediaCorp when it absorbed MediaWorks.[2] In May 2012, Chia left the entertainment industry due to the expiry of her contract with MediaCorp. She had declined to renew it, stating that she wanted to temporarily "take a break" from showbiz.[3]
In a 2018 interview with 8 Days, Chia revealed that she made investments into businesses while she was acting full-time, and was a partner of Monsoon Hair Salon and owned an investment firm.[4] [5]
In May 2009, Chia and Shaun Chen was married, after dating for six years.[6] On 28 April 2011, it was revealed that the couple was filing for divorce due to "personality differences".[7] The divorce proceedings were finalised in October 2011.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Samsui Women | Ah Gui (child) - ep 1 | https://www.mewatch.sg/watch/Samsui-Women-E1-34289 47:06 | ||
| 1996 | Spirits on Wheel | Yongqi | |||
| 1998 | Facing the Music | Xia Ning | |||
| 2001 | Imperial Consort Wang | ||||
| 2004 | Two of a Kind | ||||
| Power of Love | |||||
| Zero | Guardian of level 1 | ||||
| 2005 | Yummy Yummy | Yuko | |||
| Destiny | Cen Fei | ||||
| Lifeline | |||||
| 2008 | Taste of Love | Yu Lingzhi | |||
| Perfect Cut | Kelly Lim | ||||
| 2009 | My A-Go-Go Princess | Liu Xiangmei | |||
| Perfect Cut II | Kelly Lim | ||||
| Polo Boys | Diane Lee | ||||
| 2011 | Let's Play Love | Coco | |||
| 2012 | Double Bonus | Isabella | |||
| Pillow Talk | Liang Chuning | ||||
| 2016 | The Queen | Hong Yan | |||
| 2018 | Gifted | Yao Liqian |
| Year | Ceremony | Award category | Nominated work | Result | Ref | |
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| 1995 | Strange Encounters 3 | |||||
| 1999 | ||||||
| 2005 | ||||||
| 2006 | Star Awards 2006 | |||||
| 2007 | Star Awards 2007 | |||||
| 2009 | Star Awards 2009 | |||||
| 2010 | Star Awards 2010 | Best Info-Ed Programme Show Host | Stars for a Cause | |||
| 2011 | Star Awards 2011 | |||||
| 2012 | Star Awards 2012 | |||||
| 2022 | [8] |