Jeanette Aw

Jeanette Aw
Chinese name	歐萱 (Traditional)
Chinese name	欧萱 (Simplified)
Pinyin	Ōu Xuān (Mandarin)
Jyutping	Aw Huen (Cantonese)
Birth name	Jeanette Aw Ee-Ping (欧燕苹)
Ancestry	Fujian,China
Origin	Singapore
Born	June 28, 1979 (1979-06-28) (age 32) Singapore
Occupation	Actress, host, singer, dancer
Instrument(s)	Saxophone, piano, zither, violin, guitar
Years active	2001–present
Official Website	SimplyJeanette.com

Jeanette Aw (Chinese: 欧萱; pinyin: Ōu Xuān; born June 28, 1979) is a television actress from Singapore.

Rise to fame

1979–2000: Early life and education

Born Jeanette Aw Ee-Ping (欧燕苹) to Chinese parents. Her father has Peranakan ancestry while mother is a Hokkien. Jeanette is the youngest of three children, she has an older sister and older brother. She attended Raffles Girls' Primary School, Crescent Girls' School, National Junior College and National University of Singapore.

2001–2002: Early years

Jeanette Aw was the champion (out of six contestants) of a talent search contest titled "Route To Glamour", organised by the now defunct television network, MediaWorks. She was also awarded the Best Performer and Best Newcomer on the same year in her first year in Mediaworks. Later that year she was invited to co-star in a Taiwanese production.

2002:Joining Mediacorp

In 2002,Aw left Mediaworks due to her studies. In the same year,She joined Mediacorp. She starred as Fan Keke in the most watched drama of the year,Beautiful connection. Later she went to Taiwan to film the idol series Kiss of a toast II. Jeanette won Best Newcomer award in Star Awards 2002.

2003:Rise in popularity

In 2003, Jeanette Aw starred in True Heroes as Chen Huimin,but it did not leave much of an impression in viewers. Then she starred in the most watched drama of the year,Holland V. She played as Mo Jingjing,the 2nd female lead of the drama. Jingjing was a simple girl with low intelligence. She gained popularity from that drama eventually leading to her first actress nomination in Star Awards 2003. But lost the award to her co-star from the same show,Chen Liping. But she also won her very first Top 10 most popular female artistes award.

2004: Becoming First Female Lead

After the mega success of Holland V,Jeanette was seen as a possible successor of the Ah Jie(Big sister) status. With her popularity,she also endorsed Sk Jewelry. She starred in her first female lead role as Wen Qian in Spice siblings. Followed by two more dramas as the first female lead role in A Child Of Hope II and The Champion. She was again nominated for Best Actress for her excellent performance in A Child Of Hope II and also won the Top 10 most popular female artistes award at Star Awards 2004.

2005: Less Productive

In 2005, after two years of non stop filming, Jeanette became less productive. In January, she was involved in a Chinese new year drama- 'My Lucky Charm'- she played Fang Lixiang, a Taiji master with body odour. She once again colleborate with her favourite actress Huang Biren, who played her mother in the drama.

Jeanette only filmed one drama in 2005, which was named 'The Rainbow Connection', she played a talented dancer who has stage fright- Ding Ying Ying. This drama involves a grand cast with members from Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. Jeanette as a dancer herself, had many dancing scenes in the drama too.

Jeanette didn't win a Best Actress nomination in Star Awards 2005 for the first time since she first joined Mediacorp, she still managed to get her third Top 10 award.

2006: Low Points

In 2006, with the uprising of Jesseca Liu, Felicia Chin and other MediaCorp princesses, Jeanette became less outstanding among her generation. In mid June, Jeanette played in the drama 'C.I.D.', she played a forensic assistant- 'Fang Jiayi' who suffers from mental illness after discovering about her past. Although this was a very challenging role, but she again didn't manage to strike an outbreak or a nomination for this role.

Later that year, she filmed 'Through It All', her role is called Cheng Xiaoxuan, a designer who works in a small hotel managed by her family. Although Jeanette is the second female lead of this drama, she wasn't involved in many important scenes filmed in Malaysia.

In Star Awards 2006, Jeanette got her forth Top 10 award.

2007: More Dramas

In 2007, as the rising of the 7 Princesses, Jeanette was seen as the most outstanding princess. However, the other princesses still managed to get more attention that year.

In January, Jeanette filmed 'The Peak' in which she played Zhong Xiao Yang, a ship construction worker who ended up in a wheelchair in order to save her boyfriend. This drama was filmed when Jeanette lost her godmother, many expected her to be nominated again for Best Actress but she didn't manage to get back to the list.

In July, she was involved in 'Switched!', her role in the drama is Jiang Xinhui, a famous actress.

2008–present:The comeback

Jeanette spent four months filming in China for Shaolin Warriors. Then,she starred as Xiaorou in Rhythm of life. Followed by Lin Keyi in The defining moment,she was praised for her good acting. Then came her big deserved opportunity:The Little Nyonya. Several actresses were auditioned for the role as the main lead actress,Aw got the role. Despite criticisms that she won't do well,Aw proved her haters wrong with her dual roles of the mother-daughter roles. The drama was such a huge success that it became the most watched drama in 15 years. Since then,Aw has improved a lot. She gained a lot of fans through her hardwork and won several awards.

2009–present:Ah Jie status

Jeanette was named the 3rd Ah Jie following the footsteps of Fann Wong. In the first half of 2009,Aw was busy with Endorsements and events and The Peranakan Ball,where she paired with Dai Yamgtian for the 2nd time. In the 2nd half of the year,Aw acted in Together with Yangtian for the 3rd time. She also earned 2 Best Actress nominations for the drama.

2012–present: Future projects

Jeanette Aw just finished filming her China Blockbuster drama precious which consists of 30 episodes. She plays the main lead role. She'll once again be collaborating with Dai Yang Tian for the fifth time in three years. Precious is the remake of The Little Nyonya. But this time Aw will be playing three roles instead of two roles. The three roles is mother Fang Xi Ruo and daughter Ling Qian Jin and Qian Jin's granddaughter. Filming of Precious just ended 3 months ago. Aw will appear in Double Bonus in a photo with Zoe Tay. Right now she has finished filming Rescue 995. She plays the 1st female lead role,Shi Hao Ran. This role will be much different from her recent emotional roles. Shi Hao Ran is a good and righteous girl,but she is very bubbly and cheerful always. Aw recently announced that she'll take on a non-mediacorp drama,filming will begin in November. The drama is titled as "Jump!". After filming for this show ends,in January she'll film a new drama titled Absolutely Charming. She will once again play the main female lead. She will play as a beautiful; young fox spirit. After being caught flirting with the Jade emperor by the Heavenly queen,she was banished to Earth with a slap mark on her face,with very very ugly looks and a hoarse voice and manly mannerisms. In order to go back to Heaven and regain her beauty,she must make a man fall in love with her despite her hideous looks and hoarse voice and disgusting mannerisms. There are rumors of a sequel to The Little Nyonya going to be produced with Aw as the lead actress.Aw will be starring in another new local drama,further details unknown at the moment.

Filmography

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Star Awards	Other awards	Notes
2001	Touched 《情色男女》	1st lead		Mediaworks: Best Newcomer Best Performer
2002	Cash is King 《胜券在握》	1st lead
	Kiss of a Toast 2 《吐司男之吻2》	1st Lead			Co-production with Taiwan
	Strange Encounter 《奇妙人生之愛情遞送》	1st lead
	Beautiful Connection 《九层糕》	3rd female lead	Best newcomer
2003	True Heroes 《真心英雄》	2nd female lead
	Holland V 《荷兰村》	2nd female lead	Best Actress nomination
2004	Spice Siblings 《辣兄辣妹》	1st female lead
	A Child’s Hope 2 《孩有明天2》	1st female lead	Best Actress nomination
	The Champion 《任我遨游》	1st female lead	Star Awards 25th Anniversary Show 2007: Best Classic Scenes Award (shared with Fiona Xie, Felicia Chin, Hsiao Qiao)
2005	My Lucky Charm 《情来运转》	2nd female lead
	The Rainbow Connection 《舞出彩虹》	1st female lead
2006	C.I.D. 《刑警2人组》	2nd female lead
	Through It All 《海的儿子》	2nd female lead
2007	The Peak 《最高点》	2nd female lead
	Switched! 《幸运星》	2nd female lead
	Dear Dear Son In Law 《女婿当家》	1st female lead
2008	The Shaolin Warriors 《少林僧兵》	2nd female lead			Co-production with China
	Rhythm of Life 《变奏曲》	1st female lead		Asian Television Awards 2008: Best Drama Performance by an Actress nomination Channel 8 Countdown Party 2008: Top 8 Most Likeable Female Lead Characters (陈小柔)
	The Defining Moment 《沸腾冰点》	2nd female lead		Channel 8 Countdown Party 2008: Top 8 Most Likeable Female Lead Characters (林可怡)
	The Little Nyonya 《小娘惹》	1st female lead	Best Actress nomination	Channel 8 Countdown Party 2008: Top 8 Most Likeable Female Lead Characters (黄菊香 Huang Juxiang) Top 8 Most Likeable Female Lead Characters (山本月娘 Yamamoto Yueniang)	45th anniversary mega blockbuster
2009	Together 《当我们同在一起》	1st femaloe lead	Best Actress nomination		46th anniversary mega blockbuster
2010	New Beginnings 《红白喜事》	1st female lead
	Breakout 《破天网》	2nd female lead	Best Actress Nomination		47th anniversary mega blockbuster
2011	Destiny in Her Hands 《断掌的女人》	1st female lead			Singaporean-Malaysian co-production, Ntv7 blockbuster drama, debuts in Malaysia on 9 June 2011, Mondays–Thursdays 10 pm
	Precious 《千金》	1st female lead			Singaporean-Chinese co-production, blockbuster drama. Filming completed, showing in late 2011.
2012	Rescue 995 《九九五》	1st female lead			Scheduled to air in 3 February 2012,Monday-Friday 9pm,on Channel 8.
	Jump! 《跳浪》	1st female lead			Scheduled to air in May 2012,Monday-Friday 8pm,on Channel U.
	Absolutely Charming 《我爱狐狸精》	1st female lead			Scheduled to air in May 2012,Monday-Friday 9 pm,on Channel 8.

Guest star

2011:

• Stars For A Cause 3 – 明星志工队 3

2010:

• Stars For A Cause 2 – 明星志工队 2
• Entertainment on 5
• One Moment of Glory
• Evolution

2 009

• Good Morning Singapore
• Princess & the Prince《当公主遇上王子》

2007

• The Princesses And The Dude

2004:

• Stars of all trades
• Wish You were Here

2000:

• Route to glamour

Musical

2009:

• The Peranakan Ball 《娘惹之恋》

Awards and nominations

Year	Recognition
2001	Best Newcomer & Best Performer (Mediaworks)
2002	Singapore Star Awards, Most Popular Newcomer, Best Newcomer
2003	Singapore Star Awards, Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste Singapore Star Awards, Best Actress Nomination (Holland Village)
2004	Singapore Star Awards, Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste Singapore Star Awards, Best Actress Nomination (A Child’s Hope 2)
2005	Singapore Star Awards, Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste
2006	Singapore Star Awards, Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste
2007	Singapore Star Awards, Top 20 Most Popular Female Artiste Star Awards 25th Drama Anniversary Show: Nominated for My Favourite Actress Nominated for Screen Sweetheart of 2000s era Won Best Classic Scenes Award alongside with Fiona Xie, Felicia Chin, Hsiao Qiao (The Champion) 2007 FHM, Singapore's Top 100 Sexiest Women (#51)
2008	Asian Television Awards 2008, Best Drama Performance by an Actress Nomination (Rhythm of Life) Channel 8 Countdown Party 2008: Top 8 Most Likeable Female Lead Characters (黄菊香 Huang Juxiang –《小娘惹》 The Little Nyonya) Top 8 Most Likeable Female Lead Characters (山本月娘 Yamamoto Yueniang –《小娘惹》 The Little Nyonya) SG Blog Awards, Best Local Celebrity Blog: Top 8 Most Likeable Female Lead Characters (陈小柔 Chen Xiaorou –《变奏曲》 Rhythm of Life) Top 8 Most Likeable Female Lead Characters (林可怡 Lin Keyi –《沸腾冰点》 The Defining Moment) 2008 FHM, Singapore's Top 100 Sexiest Women (#24)
2009	Singapore Star Awards, Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste Singapore Star Awards, Best Actress Nomination (The Little Nyonya) 2009 FHM, Singapore's Top 100 Sexiest Women (#7) SG Blog Awards, Best Local Celebrity Blog Young Alumni Award from National University of Singapore Singapore SG E Awards, Second most popular local actor Singapore SG Blog Awards, Best Local Celebrity
2010	Singapore Star Awards, Best Actress Nomination (Together) Singapore Star Awards, Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste Singapore Star Awards, Most favorite female character (Yao JianHong of Together) Singapore 15th Asian Television Awards, (Best Performance by An Actress Nomination (Together) Singapore SG Blog Awards, Best Local Celebrity Singapore FHM, Top 100 sexiest women (#31) Singapore SG E Awards, Second most popular local actor
2011	Singapore Star Awards, Best Actress Nomination (Breakout) Singapore Star Awards, Won Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste Singapore Star Awards, Most Favourite Female Character Nomination (Yang Nian Qing of Breakout) Singapore Star Awards, Won Most Favourite Onscreen Couple Award (Situ Doncheng and Yang Nian Qing of Breakout) Singapore Star Awards, Systema Most Charming Smile Award Nomination Singapore SG E Awards, 2nd most popular local actor Singapore FHM, Top 100 sexiest women (#13) Singapore SG Blog Awards, Best Local Celebrity

Magazine covers

• CLEO
• ICON
• Live Well
• Nu You TIME
• Oriental Cuisine
• Style Weddings
• My Wedding
• Simply Her
• I-Weekly
• 8 Days
• U-Weekly
• Citta Bella
• Her World
• Nu You
• 姐妹 – Sisters
• 风采 – Feminine
• 美味风采

Endorsements/commercials

2001 to 2002:

• OTO
• Singtel
• Sony Batteries
• Asia1.com
• Glamour Shot Promotional Ad

2003:

• Pokka Vegetable Juice
• Intenz Skin Care

2004:

• Intenz Skin Care
• SK Jewellery

2005:

• SK Jewellery
• StarHub I – Mode

2006:

• SK Jewellery
• StarHub I – Mode

2009:

• OSIM uSqueez Warm
• SAKURA Restaurant (TVC Campaign)
• IZU by True Colours
• Kim Robhinson (Sponsorship)
• NETS
• New Moon

2010:

• Avenza Reduzē
• New Moon

2011:

• OWL International
• New Moon
• Avenza Reduze

External links

• The Official Jeanette Aw Fan Club
• Jeanette Aw 欧萱
• Jeanette Aw HONG KONG FansClub
• Jeanette Aw's Facebook
• Jeanette Aw's Twitter
• Jeanette Aw's Weibo

Persondata
Name	Aw, Jeanette
Alternative names	Ou Xuan
Short description
Date of birth	June 28, 1979
Place of birth	Singapore
Date of death
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