Carrie Wong

Carrie Wong Si Tian
Chinese name	黄思恬
Pinyin	Huáng Sītián (Mandarin)
Birth name	Carrie Wong Si Tian
Origin	Singapore
Born	January 1, 1994 Singapore
Occupation	Actress, model, singer
Years active	2013 - present

Carrie Wong Si Tian (born January 1, 1994), is a Singaporean actress and model. She was discovered through MediaCorp Channel U's reality television competition Hey Gorgeous.

Biography

As the only child of a housewife mother and retiree father, Carrie Wong was a member of Evergreen Secondary School's Volleyball and Track & Field team. Standing tall with 1.75m, Wong started out in the modeling industry during her school years before finding her true calling in the performing arts.

In 2014, she graduated with a Diploma course in Hospitality and Tourism Management from Nanyang Polytechnic, and it was during her final year when she made it to one of the top three contestants in Hey Gorgeous in 2013.

Career

Beginnings

Carrie Wong was chosen as one of the six contestants for the Preliminary Rounds of Hey Gorgeous. As the only girl contestant from Nanyang Polytechnic, she successfully made it into the Semi-Finals, followed by the Finals. Having emerged as Second Runner-Up, behind Winner and fellow Nanyang Polytechnic student, Alfred Low.

On January 2014, Carrie Wong officially signed on to MediaCorp as a full-time artiste.

Entry into television dramas

In 2013, Carrie Wong, along with other Hey Gorgeous past contestants starred in their first drama on MediaCorp Channel U, Scrum, broadcast on February 2014. Wong portrayed a handicapped Sport Sciences polytechnic student.

Following her entry into MediaCorp as a full-time artiste in January 2014, she went on to play major roles in dramas, Against the Tide and The Journey: Tumultuous Times alongside veteran actors. The roles were not handed to her on a silver platter as she had to go through two rounds of auditions before she was cast as Christopher Lee's on-screen sister. Her portrayals of a schizophrenic woman in Against the Tide, as well as that of a hot-tempered sweet soup seller in Tumultuous Times has garnered her numerous praise from the audiences, as well as a nomination for Best Supporting Actress under the series Tumultuous Times and Top 10 Most Popular Actress. Due to her well-praised acting, she was also nominated for Best Newcomer award, but lost to Aloysius Pang.

Wong has also filmed some TV series, such as 118 between 2014 and 2015, Life - Fear Not between 2015 and 2016; followed closely with The Gentlemen. Her most recently completed project would be You Can Be An Angel 2 where she portrays a lawyer turned nurse being stuck in a triangle relationship. Wong will be filming the sequel, 118 II and Dream Coder starting October 2016. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress under the series 118 and has received her second consecutive Top 10 Most Popular Actress as well her first Social Media awards during Star Awards 2016.

Filmography

Television dramas

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	Dream Coder 梦想程式	Fang Ru 方如	2nd Female Lead 第二女主角 Pairs up with Aloysius Pang
2016	Hero 大英雄	Alexia	Cameo Appearance 客串
	118 II	Zhang Ke'ai 张可爱	Supporting Role 女配角 Pairs up with Xu Bin 218 Episodes long-running TV series
	You Can Be An Angel 2 你也可以是天使2	Jin Siyan 金思彦	1/4 of the Female Lead 四大女主角之一 Pairs up with Aloysius Pang
	The Gentlemen 来自水星的男人	Wang Kaixin 王凯欣	1/3 of the Female Lead 三大女主角之一 Pairs up with Aloysius Pang
	Don't Worry, Be Healthy 家有一保	Elena	2nd Female Lead 第二女主角 8 Episodes sitcom
2015	Life - Fear Not 人生无所畏	Bai Meigui 白梅桂	Female Lead 众女主角之一 Pairs up with Aloysius Pang 120 Episodes long-running TV series
	Sealed With A Kiss 吻我吧, 住家男	Tian Zhenzhen 田珍珍	2nd Female Lead 第二女主角 Pairs up with Zhang Zhenhuan
	Love on Air 音为爱	Eve	1st Female Lead 第一女主角 Pairs up with Desmond Tan TesTube Episode
2014	The Journey: Tumultuous Times 信约: 动荡的年代	Bai Lanxiang 白兰香	Supporting Role 女配角 Pairs up with Shaun Chen
	118	Zhang Ke'ai 张可爱	Supporting Role 女配角 Pairs up with Xu Bin 255 Episodes long-running TV series
	Against The Tide 逆潮	Di Yao 狄遥	3rd Female Lead 第三女主角 First dual role
	Scarlet
	Spouse for House	Sarah Toh	Cameo Appearance 客串
	Scrum! 冲锋	Li Siqi 李思琪	Supporting Role 女配角 Pairs up with Jeffrey Xu

Accolades

Year	Award	Work	Result
2013	Hey Gorgeous	Nanyang Polytechnic Representative	Won 2nd Runner-Up
2015	Star Awards 2015, Best Supporting Actress	The Journey: Tumultuous Times	Nominated
2015	Star Awards 2015, Best Newcomer	N/A	Nominated
2015	Star Awards 2015, Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes	N/A	Won
2015	Star Awards 2015, BottomSlim Sexiest Legs Awards	N/A	Nominated
2016	Star Awards 2016, Best Supporting Actress	118	Nominated
2016	Star Awards 2016, Social Media Award	N/A	Won
2016	Star Awards 2016, Most Popular Female Artistes	N/A	Won

References