Cynthia Koh

Cynthia Koh Chinese: 许美珍
Born	Cynthia Koh 许美珍 March 25, 1974 (1974-03-25) (age 37)
Residence	Singapore
Nationality	Singapore
Occupation	Actress
Height	160m
Weight	46kg

Cynthia Koh (Chinese: 许美珍; pinyin: Xǔ Měizhēn; born in 25 March 1974) is a Singaporean Chinese actress, appearing in MediaCorp drama serials.^[1][2]

Early life and education

Born in 1974, Koh has one younger sister. Her father works in the Singapore Civil Defence Force while her mother is a housewife.^[2] Koh received her education at Saint Anthony's Canossian Secondary School.^[3]

Career

While still enrolled in Singapore Broadcasting Corporation's (now MediaCorp) 10th Drama Artiste Course, Koh started acting at the TV station at the age of 18 in May 1992.^[1][2][4][5] Having acted in almost 46 dramas to date,^[6] Koh made 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.

Cynthia 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). Cynthia's role as Fu Bao Zhu (傅宝珠), a greedy and bossy woman in Portrait of Home granted her another Best Actress nomination in the Star Awards 2005.

In year (2008), Cynthia filmed a Malaysian and Singaporean co-production drama named Her Many Faces (有你终身美丽) with Wayne Chua and Alan Tern. The show has already aired on Malaysia's NTV7, however there is still no plans whether MediaCorp TV Channel 8 would air it.

Awards and nominations

Star Awards

• Best Actress Nomination in Star Awards 1996 for "Tofu Street"
• Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes in 1997
• Best Actress Award in Star Awards 1999 for "Stepping Out"
• Best Actress Nomination in Star Awards 2005 for "Portrait of Home"

• Nomination for My Favourite Actress award, Star Awards 25th Anniversary Show
• Nomination for Screen Sweetheart award, Star Awards 25th Anniversary Show

Asian Television Awards

• Best Actress Nomination for Stepping Out in 1999

Others

• Year 1999 联合早报 风云人物 - 电视：许美珍 Cynthia Koh (Organised by Lian He Zao Bao)

Drama series

1992

- 爱情乒乓球 The Dating Game
- 戏剧人生Terms Of Endearment
- 爱在女儿乡 Love Is In The Air

1993
- 未了缘 Endless Love
- 斗气姐妹 The Wilful Siblings
- 年年有鱼 Happy Reunion

1994
- 生命擂台 Those Were The Days
- 勇者无惧 The Challenger
- 爱情定金 Love Dowry
- 七月幽情 Romance In The Seventh Month

1995
- 追心一族 Dream Hunters
- 展翅高飞 Over The Horizons

1996
- 豆腐街 Tofu Street
- 大伯公传奇 Legend Of Da Bo Gong
- 妙师爷三斗毒太监 Royal Battle Of Wit
- 第三类剧场II Tales Of The Third Kind II

1997
- 老板放轻松 Give Me A Break
- 狮城奇案之蝶印Crimes And Tribulations - Trailing The Bridegroom
- 铁血男儿 Sword and Honour

1998
- 珍珠街坊 Around People's Park
- 石叻坡传说 Myths & Legends Of Singapore
- 甜甜的季节 Season Of Love

1999
- 出路 Stepping Out

2000
- 琼园咖啡香 Hainan Kopi Tales
- Growing Up VI 成长岁月VI
- @Moulmein High 上课一派 I
- 星锁 Looking For Stars
- 2000 A.D. (movie)

2001
- 阿灿正传 Through Thick and Thin
- @Moulmein High II 上课一派 II
- 大酒店 The Hotel

2002
- 天使的诱惑 The Wing of Desire
- @Moulmein High III 上课一派 III

2003
- 荷兰村 Holland V

2004
- 辣兄辣妹 Spice Siblings
- 家财万贯 The Ties that Bind

2005
- 同心圆I Portrait of Home I
- 同心圆II Portrait of Home II

2006
- 法庭俏佳人 Family Matters
- 欢乐满屋 House Of Joy

2007
- 手足I Kinship I
- 手足II Kinship II

2008
- 有你终身美丽 Her Many Faces
- 小娘惹 The Little Nyonya

2009
- My School Daze
- 双子星 The Ultimatum
- 企鹅爸爸 Daddy at Home

2010
- Happy Family
- The Best Things in Life
- Precious Babes
- 查某人 Mrs P.I.

2011
- 麻婆斗妇 The In-Laws

See also

• Holland V

Notes and references

1. ^ ^{a b} "Cynthia Koh (in Chinese)". BaiDuPedia. http://baike.baidu.com/view/335486.html. Retrieved 2007-07-03. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Suzanne Sng (12 September 1999). "I'm just 30% Miss Right". The Straits Times. p. SP20. 
3. ^ Hong Xinyi (11 July 2004). "Star track". The Sunday Times. 
4. ^ Guan Libing (31 October 1993). "Enjoy it while it lasts". The Straits Times. p. SP9. 
5. ^ Rachel Lim (16 July 2006). "Mandarin high". The Sunday Times. 
6. ^ "Cynthia Koh". Fly Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2007-04-10. http://web.archive.org/web/20070410070710/http://www.fly.com.sg/femaleartistes/cynthia-koh/. Retrieved 2007-04-30. 
7. ^ "Stepping Out sweeps 5 awards". The Straits Times. 20 December 1999. p. 4. 
8. ^ Tee Hun Ching (23 December 1999). "I was in shock". The Straits Times. p. L3. 

External links

• Cynthia Koh at the Internet Movie Database

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