About

Known credits:
45
Birthday:
1968-01-10
Place of birth:
Singapore
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Zoe Tay

Overview

Zoe Tay is a Singaporean actress , a former model and was named as "Queen of Caldecott Hill" by local media and fellow referred to as "Ah Jie" (senior actress) due to her status. Tay started out as a model at the age of 16. In 1987, she was named Model of The Year. After Tay was crowned champion of the inaugural Star Search in 1988, she was offered a 3-year contract with the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), now known as Mediacorp. While Tay had initially disliked acting, she began feeling passionate for her craft after her role in Crime and Passion in 1991. Her breakthrough performance as a materialistic young woman in Pretty Faces catapulted her into stardom. Her popularity was affirmed with a Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste Award at the Star Awards every year for ten consecutive years since its inception in 1994. In 1996, Zoe won the Best Actress award for her role in The Golden Pillow at the annual Star Awards. In 2004, she was the first actress to have been awarded the prestigious All-Time Favourite Artiste .

Other than television dramas, Tay also forayed into films. In 2010, she starred opposite Hong Kong actor Kenny Ho in Love Cuts, playing the role of a terminally ill woman who has breast cancer. In 2013, she appeared in her first fully English-speaking role in Mister John with Irish star Aidan Gillen.

Tay has collaborated with many artistes in her various projects. Her on-screen chemistry with Li Nanxing in The Unbeatables and other serials has put them in the list of the Top 5 Best Onscreen Couples at the Star Awards 25th Drama Anniversary show. In 2015, she collaborated for the first time with Huang Biren, in The Dream Makers II.

Due to her contributions to the television industry in Singapore, a wax figurine was modelled after her by Madame Tussauds Singapore, and is currently on display in the museum.

Tay won her second Best Actress at the Star Awards 2017 for You Can Be an Angel 2, 21 years after her first. In an interview, she revealed that after her first win in 1996, she had contemplated quitting as she felt "strangely empty and lost". Instead, she enrolled in an acting class in New York, an experience which transformed her to "someone who is focused on improving my acting and who can be exemplary to other actors." Guiding her are three Chinese words from her father: 毅力 or perseverance, 耐力 or endurance , 勇气 or courage.

In Star Awards 2019, Tay won her third Best Actress for the drama, A Million Dollar Dream.

Known for

Acting
2023 My One and Only Actor Ma Limin N/A
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2020 My Guardian Angels Actor Mandy N/A
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2019 All is Well Actor Zhang Bi Zhu N/A
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2019 How Are You? Actor Dr. Michelle Soong N/A
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2018 VIC Actor Zoe N/A
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2018 A Million Dollar Dream Actor Hu Jiao Fen N/A
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2017 While We Are Young Actor Fang Ting N/A
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2016 Hero Actor Deborah N/A
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2016 Eat Already? Actor Dr. Tay N/A
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2015 The Dream Makers Actor Zhou Wei Yun N/A
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2013 Recipe Actor Qiu Yun N/A
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2013 Mister John Actor Kim Devine 58
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2013 The Dream Makers Actor N/A
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2013 Love... And Other Bad Habits Actor Mei N/A
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2012 Double Bonus Actor Mei Feng N/A
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2011 Devotion Actor Liu Zhao Di N/A
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2010 Love Cuts Actor Sissy 59
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2010 Carlsberg Lunar New Year Variety Show 2010 Actor N/A
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2009 The Ultimatum Actor Ye Yu-Chen 68
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2008 La Femme Actor Fang Bao Yu N/A
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2006 A Million Treasures Actor Bai Xing Xing N/A
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2004 My Mighty-in-Laws Actor Yao Mei Mei N/A
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2004 Man at Forty Actor Jian Jie N/A
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2003 Baby Boom Actor Kim 69
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2001 The Tree Actor Guo Mei Feng N/A
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2001 The Stratagem Actor Ye Kai Shuang N/A
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2000 My Home Affairs Actor Zhang Xiao Tong N/A
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1999 Liang Po Po: The Movie Actor Cameo N/A
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1999 The Millennium Bug Actor Huang Si Jie N/A
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1999 Lost Soul Actor Pian Pian N/A
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1998 The New Adventure of Wisely Actor Bai Su N/A
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1997 The Scoop Actor Joey N/A
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1996 A Different Life Actor Pan Gui Kai N/A
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1995 The Golden Pillow Actor Zhou Xiaodan N/A
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1995 The Teochew Family Actor Cai Chong-mei N/A
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1995 Pointed Triangle Actor Shi Jia N/A
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1995 Love Knows No Bounds Actor Xu Xiu Hui N/A
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1994 Love Dowry Actor Zheng Min N/A
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1993 The Unbeatables Actor Luo Qi-Fang N/A
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1992 Terms of Endearment Actor Shu Qing N/A
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1991 Asian Beat: Love from Temasek Actor N/A
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1991 Pretty Faces Actor Bobo Wu N/A
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1991 The Last Swordsman Actor Hong Xiu N/A
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1990 出人头地 Actor 叶蓓 N/A
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1987 Strange Encounters Actor Zhu Xiu Juan N/A
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