Yvonne Lim
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| Yvonne Lim 林湘萍 |
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| Born | Lim Xiang Ping, Yvonne September 28, 1976  Singapore |
| Height | 1.62 m |
| Weight | 43kg |
Yvonne Lim (Chinese: 林湘萍; pinyin: Lín Xīangpíng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Siong-phîng) is a Singaporean actress who has starred in many drama serials on MediaCorp Channel 8 since 1997.
Lim was the first runner-up in the Singapore Polytechnic Beauty Quest and a finalist with Go Magazine's Cover Girl Contest before she joined Star Search in 1997. She was offered a full-time artiste contract with MediaCorp Studios and was given the lead role in her debut TV drama, Starting Point, where she played a young entrepreneur, which was well received by audiences.
She also recorded and released a solo Mandarin album in the year 2000. In 2002, she also teamed up with Hong Kong ATV station in a 30-part courtroom drama Innocently Guilty, also starring Anita Yuen, Kent Cheng and Felix Wong.[1]
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[edit] Early life and education
Lim was born in Singapore on 28 September 1976 to Hokkien parents. She studied in Singapore Polytechnic where she was talent-spotted.
Her favourite subject in school is Mathematics and she qualifies with a Polytechnic Diploma.
[edit] Career
Lim was nominated for Best Newcomer and Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes in the Star Awards 1998 after her debut Starting Point. Although she did not manage to win the 'Best Newcomer 1998', she was voted into the Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes for that year.[2]
Her subsequent progress was fairly slow, mainly appearing in minor supporting roles (A Child's Hope, The Vagrant). Some attribute this trend to her petite build, which dwarf her in comparison to other actresses. However, her career started to pick up again in 1999 with her role of an unfortunate girl lost in the crowds of Singapore in the early 20th century in Stepping Out.
In 2005, she appeared in A New Life as a poor but contented woman and was nominated for Best Actress 2005, but lost the award to Huang Bi Ren. The other serial she appeared in, Portrait of Home led her win the Best Supporting Actress in Star Awards 2005.[3]
In 2006, her stock rose even further when she landed the lead role in An Enchanted Life, a story of a Taiwanese Betel Nut Girl who journeys to Singapore in search of her long lost father.
She also starred in the hit drama Metamorphosis in 2007, which granted her the coveted Star Awards 2007 Best Actress Award.[4] This award was an important milestone for her as it led to her rising popularity. The TV serial 'Metamorphosis' also won Best TV Serial in the Star Awards 2007.
Lim appeared on numerous variety and game shows, including 'Let's Party With Food!' and 'The Giant Show' in 2008, after her win for Best Actress in the Star Awards 2007. She has appeared in Mediacorp's Lunar New Year Show 2008, showing the latest fashion of the 12 Zodiacs with the other female artistes. She represented the 'Rabbit'. Yvonne has starred in 'Nanny Daddy' with Adrian Pang, which was the highest rated TV drama serial of the year 2008 before The Little Nyonya made its debut in mid-November. She has also been given a supporting role in 'Love Blossoms II', the long-running TV series in 2008.
Lim is currently starring in Your Hand In Mine as one of the lead roles. The drama serial is 180-episode long and is the longest serial MediaCorp has ever produced. However, the reception for this series have been dismal, with the viewership hitting a new low with a single digit percentage.
Lim has been nominated for 'Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes' in the Star Awards for every single year since she joined Mediacorp in 1998. After her first win in 1998,[5] she has not won the popularity award until 2009[6][7] where she was shocked upon hearing her name. In 2010, many predicted that Lim will not receive the award again, since there were more up-and-coming artistes, making the competition stiffer. However, against all odds, she successfully won the coveted award again, being the 7th female artiste to be called out.[8]
[edit] Appearances
Movies
- 2011
Television Series
- 1997
- 青春列车 Starting Point
- 迷离剧场之影子凶手 Danger In Sight
- 1998
- 神雕侠侣 The Return of the Condor Heroes(Costar with Christopher Lee, Fann Wong, Florence Tan)
- 卫斯理传奇 The New Adventures Of Wisely
- 东游记 Legends Of The Eight Immortals
- 1999
- 出路 Stepping Out (TV series)
- 新方世玉 Hero Of The Times
- 2000
- 心灵物语之爱上衣柜人 The Voices Within
- 陆小凤 II Master Swordsman Lu Xiaofeng 2 (Costar with Christopher Lee)
- 敢敢做个开心人 Don't Worry, Be Happy V
- 2001
- 大酒店 The Hotel
- 顶天立地 The Reunion (Couple with Chew Chor Meng)
- 豹子胆 The Vagrant(Play the role of 'Song Xintian' and couple with Zhang Yaodong as 'Gan Yuan')
- 2002
- 法内情 Innocently Guilty (Couple with Sam Lee, Costar with Anita Yuen, Felix Kwok)
- 2003
- 真心英雄 True Heroes (TV series)
- 孩有明天 A Child's Hope
- 2004
- Amnesia (telemovie)
- 烟花三月
- 我爱钟无艳 My Fair Lady
- 2005
- 同心圆I Portrait of Home I
- 同心圆II Portrait of Home II
- 镜中人 Beautiful Illusions (Costar with Fann Wong)
- 有福 A New Life
- 赤子乘龙 The Dragon Heroes (Costar with Christopher Lee, Ren Quan, Li Xiaolu, Felix Wong)
- 2006
- 宝莲灯 Lotus Lantern (Costar with Vincent Jiao)
- 夜光神杯 Fairy of the Chalice
- 钻石情缘 An Enchanted Life (Couple with Pierre Png and Adam Chen, Costar with Fiona Xie)
- 2007
- 相聚北京(China production)(Costar with Nicky Wu, Fann Wong)
- 东方霸主(China production)
- 爱情占线 A Mobile Love Story (China co-production)(Couple with Wallace Huo, Costar with Christopher Lee)
- 破茧而出 Metamorphosis (TV series)(Costar with Rui En, Terrence Cao)
- 2008
- 奶爸百分百 Nanny Daddy (Couple with Adrian Pang)
- 心花朵朵开II Love Blossoms II
- 2009
- 想握你的手 Your Hand In Mine (180-episode long running drama)(Couple with Pierre Png and Shaun Chen)
- 宝莲灯前传 Lotus Lantern Origins (China production)
- 2011
- 甘榜情 Kampong Ties
- 2012
- 995 Rescue 995 (Couple with Pierre Png)
TV Hosting
- 2002
- 城人杂志 City Beat
- 2006
- 吃在北京(Discovery Channel)
Feature Film
- 2002
- Nothing to Lose (2002 film)(Play Pierre Png's sister)
- 2007
- 真相 Truth Be Told
[edit] Awards
- 1997
- Singapore Polytechnic Beauty Quest 1997 1st Runner-up
- Go Magazine's Cover Girl Contest 1997 Finalist
- Star Search 1997 Finalist
- 2006
- Asian Television Awards Best Performance By An Actress (Highly Commended) (Portrait of Home II)
- 2009
- Asian Television Awards Best Performance By An Actress Nomination (Perfect Cut)[10]
[edit] Star Awards
- 1997
- Best Newcomer Award Nomination
- 1998
- Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes[11]
- Best Supporting Actress Nomination (Condor Hero)
- 1999
- Top 14 Most Popular Female Artistes
- Best Supporting Actress Nomination (Stepping Out)
- 2000
- Top 14 Most Popular Female Artistes
- 2001
- Top 14 Most Popular Female Artistes
- Best Supporting Actress Nomination (Master Swordsman Lu Xiaofeng 2)
- 2002
- Top 14 Most Popular Female Artistes
- Most Popular Female Artiste (Malaysia) Nomination
- 2003
- Top 14 Most Popular Female Artistes
- Most Popular Female Artiste (Malaysia) Nomination
- 2004
- Top 14 Most Popular Female Artistes
- 2005
- Best Actress Nomination (A New Life)
- Best Supporting Actress (Portrait of Home)[12]
- Top 14 Most Popular Female Artistes
- 2006
- Top 14 Most Popular Female Artistes
- 2007
- Best Actress (Metamorphosis (TV series))[13]
- Star Awards 25th Drama Anniversary Top 10 Most Evil Roles in Dramas (Portrait of Home)[14]
- Top 12 Most Popular Female Artistes
- 2009
- Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes[15]
- 2010
- Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes[16]
- 2011
- Top 10 Most Popular Female Aritstes
[edit] References
- ^ http://celebs.mediacorptv.sg/en/Yvonne-Lim/biodata
- ^ http://starawards2010.mediacorptv.sg/1998.htm
- ^ http://starawards2010.mediacorptv.sg/2005.htm
- ^ http://starawards2010.mediacorptv.sg/2007.htm
- ^ http://starawards2010.mediacorptv.sg/1998.htm
- ^ http://starawards.mediacorptv.sg/nominees_top10female.htm
- ^ http://starawards2010.mediacorptv.sg/halloffame.htm
- ^ http://starawards2010.mediacorptv.sg/results_top10female.htm
- ^ "Celluloid time machine: "It's a Great Great World"". ChannelNewsAsia. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/moviesfeatures/view/1107477/1/.html.
- ^ http://www.asiantvawards.com/ata-2009-nomination-list.asp#performance
- ^ http://starawards2010.mediacorptv.sg/1998.htm
- ^ http://starawards2010.mediacorptv.sg/2005.htm
- ^ http://starawards2010.mediacorptv.sg/2007.htm
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Awards_2007#Top_10_Most_Evil_Roles_in_Dramas_.E5.8D.81.E5.A4.A7.E6.81.B6.E4.BA.BA
- ^ http://starawards2010.mediacorptv.sg/halloffame.htm
- ^ http://starawards2010.mediacorptv.sg/results_top10female.htm
