| Michelle Chong | |||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 1977 4, df=yes | ||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Singapore | ||||||||||||
| Other Names: | Zhuang Mixue | ||||||||||||
| Years Active: | 1999−present | ||||||||||||
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Michelle Chong (born 22 April 1977) is a Singaporean actress, comedian, host, filmmaker, digital content producer and businesswoman. She left Mediacorp in 2011 to set up the media agency Left Profile and production house Huat Films.[1] To date, she has produced, written and directed 3 mainstream films,[2] the first of which, Already Famous, was chosen as Singapore’s entry for Best Foreign Film at the Academy Awards in 2013.[3] Chong is known for her versatility and comedic performances in satire shows such as The Noose and more recently for her online personas "Ah Lian",[4] "Venus Seow"[5] and "Emily 爱美丽" etc from The Michelle Chong Channel on YouTube.
Chong studied in CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' School, Dunman High School and Victoria Junior College where she took drama as a subject.[6] 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 known 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:[7] 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 manages 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.[8]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Eating Air | Ah Girl's colleague | |||
| 2005 | Sitting Ducks | ||||
| 2011 | Already Famous | Ah Kiao | Writer, director and actress | ||
| 2013 | 3 Peas in a Pod | Hotel staff | Writer, producer, director and actress | ||
| 2015 | Our Sister Mambo | ||||
| 2016 | Lulu the Movie | Lulu | Writer, director and actress |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Scratch | |||
| 1999 | Under One Roof | |||
| Triple Nine | ||||
| Growing Up | ||||
| Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd | ||||
| 2000 | Sensitive New Age Guy (新好男人) | |||
| It's My Life | ||||
| School Days (七彩学堂) | ||||
| 2001 | School Days 2 (七彩学堂 2) | |||
| Robbie and the Book of Tales | ||||
| Paradise | ||||
| 2003 | Crunch Time (转捩点) | |||
| Frontline (家在前线) | ||||
| Together Whenever (天伦) | ||||
| 2004 | Timeless Gift | |||
| My Lucky Charm | ||||
| 2005 | Baby Blues | |||
| 2006 | A Million Treasures | |||
| 2007 | Like Father, Like Daughter | |||
| The Noose - Season 1 | ||||
| 2008 | Our Rice House | |||
| Sayang Sayang | Beh Li Choo | |||
| Calefare | Guest starring | |||
| Crime Busters x 2 | ||||
| The Noose - Season 2 | ||||
| 2010 | The Noose - Season 3 | |||
| Mrs P.I. | ||||
| Black Rose | ||||
| 2011 | The Noose - Season 4 | |||
| The Noose - Season 5 |
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | All in NETS | ||||
| 2005 | |||||
| 2006 | |||||
| 2007 | Star Awards 2007 | ||||
| 2008 | Best Comedy Actor/Actress | Sayang Sayang | |||
| 2009 | |||||
| 2010 | |||||
| Asian Television Awards | Best Comedy Performance | The Noose 3 | |||
| 2011 | |||||
| Black Rose | |||||
| Favourite Female Character | "Xie Yuyu" (from Black Rose) | ||||
| 2012 | |||||
| 2012 | Best Comedy Actor / Actress | The Noose | |||
| 2017 | Best Director | Lulu The Movie |