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Jesseca Liu [[File: 
|230px|alt=]]Chinese name 刘子绚 (previously known as 刘芷绚) (Simplified) Birth name Jesseca Lao Chew Yen Born 13 February 1979
Malaysia, LangkawiOccupation actress & model Years active 2004–present Jesseca Liu Zhi Xuan is a Malaysian actress and model working in Singapore.
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Early life
Jesseca Liu was born in Langkawi, Malaysia. She began modeling after graduating from Saito Academy in 2001. Languages often spoken by Liu are Cantonese, Mandarin, English and Bahasa Melayu. First known as Lao Chew Yen, she finished second for a Malaysian beauty contest in 2001. Liu began acting in Malaysia with a few Chinese drama productions.
Personal Life
Jesseca also has a sister six years younger than her. Her parents however, divorced when she was a teenager. Since then, her mother raised her and her sister all by herself.
Jesseca hasn't had much light in her love life currently. She only had one known relationship with Taiwanese actor Vitter Fan Zhi Wei after they acted together in the Taiwanese movie << Untold Beauty>>. Their romance fizzled after one year. Jesseca is still currently single.
Career
In 2004, Liu was spotted by a producer in MediaCorp who offered her the attractive role of He Yi Xuan in the sports drama, The Champion, starring opposite Qi Yu Wu and Taiwanese Toro and Yan Xing Shu. She begin a career as a full time actress in Singapore.
She had a role in Portrait of Home, where she played a Vietnamese bride, Ruan Mianmian. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress and Most Popular Newcomer Award categories during Star Awards 2005 with her role as Ruan Mianmian in Portrait of Home. She earned the Most Popular Newcomer Award that year.
Her first lead role was as Ding Yirou in Rhapsody In Blue in 2006. She was given opportunities to play the lead roles thereafter. She filmed a movie by Raintree Picture (Singapore) back in year 2007 and it was scheduled to be screened in the second quarter of 2008. However, the screening of the movie was put to a halt due to copyright problems.
Liu released a book diary, 'Jesseca's Diary' (Chinese : 绚日记) in December 2007.
In March 2011, after returning back to Mediacorp, she acted in the Channel U blockbuster of the year "Secrets For Sale" as Jiaqi, a private investigator. She was the lead actress alongside Christopher Lee. The 13-episode show was produced by Wawa productions and gained much favourable response from the viewers.
In October,she also played a role as a doctor named Minfei in the medical-themed show called "The Oath" .
Departure from MediaCorp
Jesseca's contract with Mediacorp ended in May 2010, and she had just signed a contract with Singapore's HIM Music Label in the year 2010. Her first production under her new company was Channel U's 2010 feature film, Lost and Found 《小孩·狗》with Taiwan's popular child star Xiao Xiao Bin and Taiwanese idol James Wen Sheng Hao. The film garnered the highest viewership amongst the other two feature films aired, starring Mediacorp actresses Joanne Peh and Felicia Chin in each.
She is involved in Mediacorp Channel U's 2011 blockbuster drama, Secrets For Sale 《拍。卖》as the main lead actress alongside Mediacorp actors Christopher Lee and Thomas Ong who are the first and second lead actors respectively. The drama was very well-accepted by the audience in Singapore and received raves from the viewers.
Together with Olivia Ong, she sang the theme song for The Silver Tribute Charity Night which was aired "live" on Channel 8 on Jun 5 2011, which marked her first appearance on a live programme since Star Awards 2010.
Filmography
TV dramas
Year Title Role 2004 The Champion He Yi Xuan 何亦萱 My Lucky Charm Chen Xiu Wen 陈秀文 2005 Portrait of Home I Ruan Mian Mian 阮棉（软绵绵） Portrait of Home II Ruan Mian Mian 阮棉（软绵绵） 2006 Yours Always Wang Ying Ru 王颖如 Women of Times Jia Wan Qi 贾宛其 Rhapsody In Blue Ding Yirou 丁以柔 Through It All Huang Qian Yun 黄倩云 2007 Mars vs Venus Weng Zi Ling 翁紫玲 Kinship I Zheng Yu Sheng 郑玉生 Kinship II Zheng Yu Sheng 郑玉生 Falling In Love Zheng Zi Hui 郑子荟 2008 Rhythm of Life Liu Zhi Ling 刘志玲 Beach.Ball.Babes Cai Yanfang 蔡艳芳 Crime Busters x 2 Ou Fenni 欧芬妮 (Guest Appearance) 2009 The Dream Catchers Lin Jia Le 林佳乐 Romantic Delicacies Shen Xiao Xin 沈小欣 Baby Bonus Zheng Xiao Yang 郑晓阳 2010 New Beginnings Tang Wen Xi 唐汶汐 2011 Secrets For Sale Zhou Jia Qi 周家琦 The Oath Yang Min Fei 杨敏妃 - Feature Film (Telemovie): Lost and Found 《小孩·狗》 as Li Zi Xuan 李子萱
- Movie(s): Untold Beauty ( 還原 )
- Book(s): Jesseca Diary ( 绚日记 )
Awards and nominations
- Star Awards 2005: Nominated Best Supporting Actress (Portrait of Home)
- Star Awards 2005: Most Popular Newcomer Award
- Star Awards 2006: Nominated Best Actress (Rhapsody In Blue)
- Star Awards 2006: Top Ten Most Popular Female Artiste
- Star Awards 2007: Nominated Best Actress (Kinship (TV series))
- Star Awards 2007: Top Ten Most Popular Female Artiste
- Star Awards 2009: Top Ten Most Popular Female Artiste
- Star Awards 2010: Top Ten Most Popular Female Artiste
- Star Awards 2010: Top Ten Favourite Female Character (Lin Jia Le - The Dream-catchers)
- Golden Awards 2010 : Nominated Most Popular Actress
- Golden Awards 2010 : Nominated Top 5 Best Actress (Romantic Delicacies)
References
Jesseca Liu at the Internet Movie Database
Categories:- Living people
- 1979 births
- Malaysian Chinese people
- MediaCorp
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