Jeanette Aw

In this Chinese name, the family name is Aw.
Jeanette Aw
Aw at the Star Awards 2017
Born
Jeanette Aw Ee-Ping[1]

(1979-06-28) 28 June 1979 (age 45)[2]
Singapore
NationalitySingaporean
Other names
  • Ou Xuan
  • Ou Yanping
Education
Alma materNational University of Singapore
Occupations
  • Actress
  • host
  • filmmaker
  • businesswoman
  • writer
Years active2001–present
Agent
  • Picturesque Films
AwardsFull list
Stage name
Traditional Chinese歐萱
Simplified Chinese欧萱
Hanyu PinyinŌu Xuān
JyutpingAu1 Hyun1
Birth name
Traditional Chinese歐燕蘋
Simplified Chinese欧燕苹
Hanyu PinyinŌu Yànpíng
Websitejcode.sg

Jeanette Aw Ee-Ping (born 28 June 1979), also known as Ou Xuan, is a Singaporean actress, host, filmmaker, businesswoman and writer. Aw was named as one of the Seven Princesses of Mediacorp in 2006, after which she achieved wider success with her leading role in acclaimed drama The Little Nyonya. She was a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 2002 to 2017 and was once managed by Hype Records.

Through her television career, Aw has established herself as one of the most popular and high-profile celebrities in Singapore.[3][4] She has won 29 popularity and performance awards, the record number for a performer, at Singapore Mediacorp's Star Awards. Aw has published two books; Jeanette Aw: Definitions in 2012 and Sol's World: Somebody to Love in 2015. She also starred in musical Beauty World in 2015.

While in college, Aw entered TV talent scouting competition Route to Glamour,[5] in which she placed first. She signed on with SPH Mediaworks and made her acting debut in the 2001 drama Touched. Aw then signed on to Mediacorp in 2002 and played the intellectually challenged character Mo Jingjing in Holland V (2003). Aw garnered critical appreciation for portraying flawed actress, Zhao Fei Er, in The Dream Makers (2013) and its 2015 sequel. She won her first Best Actress award at the Star Awards for her performance in the latter drama.

  1. ^ "8 mesmerizing facts about Jeanette Aw that show why she's the social media queen | Goody Feed". goodyfeed.com. 6 November 2015. Archived from the original on 19 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Style Evolution: Jeanette Aw". Todayonline. 28 June 2020. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  3. ^ "欧萱新剧挑战"大姐大"角色 期待再次与夏雨合作 – 8频道新闻及时事节目". Channel 8 News. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  4. ^ "欧萱《118》续集中扮演"大姐大" 黄俊雄保镖角色"太压抑" – 8频道新闻及时事节目". Channel 8 News. Retrieved 9 January 2017.[permanent dead link]
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