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Zoe Tay

Zoe Tay

Acting

Biography

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

The Return of the Condor Heroes
7.0

The Return of the Condor Heroes is a Singaporean television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title. It was broadcast from 2 June to 27 July 1998 on TCS Eighth Frequency in Singapore and was later released on other Asian television networks.

The Return of the Condor Heroes

1998
All is Well
7.0

The media in Taiwan is gripped by a recent incident where an ATM machine mysteriously dispensed a large amount of cash. With no suspects in sight, the police is stumped while the public is intrigued. Meanwhile, a luxury car stopped in front of a small pottery shop, the owner of the shop Guo Hao Sen (Blue Cheng-Lung Lan) reluctantly enters the car - As a young scion of a commercial bank in Taiwan, Hao Sen is plucked from obscurity and sent to the Singapore office by his power hungry uncle after the death of his elder brother. A power struggle ensues across the border while an insidious plot for revenge begins. As the wheel of revenge starts, a group of seemingly innocent young people, Xiao Ai (Joanne Tseng), Ting Xuan (Kuan-Ting Liu), Lu Di (Elvin Ng) and Dong Huang (Romeo Tan) get embroiled in the plot. Who is behind the ATM incident and what links are there with those in Singapore? As their fate intertwines, they soon realize they are closer to each other than they think.

All is Well

2019
Emerald Hill - The Little Nyonya Story
7.0

Anya, abducted from wealth, endures life in a brothel. Xinniang, once a child beggar, blossoms into a refined lady. Anna, cast away as a jinx, returns to upend their lives. As secrets unravel, love and kinship are tested—will they rise above fate?

Emerald Hill - The Little Nyonya Story

2025
The Unbeatables
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The Unbeatables I is a Singapore drama series that was made by MediaCorp TV Channel 8. The popularity of the series led to the production of 2 follow-ups, The Unbeatables II and The Unbeatables III.

The Unbeatables

1993
The Dream Makers
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The Dream Makers

2013
The New Adventure of Wisely
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Wisely, the eastern equivalent of Indiana Jones and James Bond, is a hero in every sense. He is multi-talented, believes in paranormal, knowledgeable in many cultures and oozes quiet charm. A character out of the sci-fi novels by renowned adventure-loving author Ni Kuang, Wisely was raised by a couple from a circus. His unusual milieu provided the foundation for his formidable skills. Hand-in-hand with the love of his life, Bai Su, they solve many inexplicable mysteries, namely "Shadow", "Destiny", "Reincarnation", "Hopes Eternal", "Dimensions", "Souls" and "Wishes". Not to be missed are the picturesque scenery shot in Cairo, Egypt.

The New Adventure of Wisely

1998
The Golden Pillow
7.0

A simple man with ordinary looks from Thailand, finds himself hitting on gold when he makes it big in his career as well as having the dilemma of choosing the woman he loves - his childhood playmate or business partner? Finally, the confused trio decides to consult the golden pillow...

The Golden Pillow

1995
The Teochew Family
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This drama describes the trials and tribulations the teochew Cai Family under the patriarch Cai Qingyang from the late 1940s to the 1990s.

The Teochew Family

1995
My Guardian Angels
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Mandy (Zoe Tay), Miao Miao (Kym Ng) and Si Jin (Somaline Ang) come from different backgrounds but share one common trait, they have to raise their children single-handedly. Mandy was a socialite before her husband died after absconding with company funds. She was forced to move into a tiny apartment with her two daughters and shares it with another tenant Dong Yu (Pierre Png). Miao Miao is a housewife whose husband worked overseas all year long, leaving her to raise their three sons alone. Si Jin was a student with good grades, until she gave it up to give birth to her son at 19 years old and became a single mother. All three seemingly different women become friends and see each other through many ups and downs. And at the centre of it all is an uncanny guardian angel, Dong Yu, who helped them through many difficult times. But soon is it discovered that Dong Yu was a convicted felon, what are his secrets and will it change their friendship with him?

My Guardian Angels

2020
Strange Encounters
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A series comprising of seven tales adapted from legends, war poems, and Liao Zai's collection from the Qing dynasty. These tales consist of loves stories, comedies and stories with a moral behind it. It deals with the supernatural and the unexplored aspect of life.

Strange Encounters

1987
VIC
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Vicky (Carrie Wong) is an aspiring model entering a modelling reality show, while Victoria (Irene Ang) is the CEO of a real estate company sponsoring the show. Both get into a tiff over a crazy fan of Vicky, in their argument, they fall into the pool. Victoria awakes to find herself in the body of Vicky, while her own body is nowhere to be found. She can only lower herself down to play Vicky and continue as a contestant of the reality show whilst she unravels the truth behind the mysterious 'curse' and tries to locate her missing body. How would the high and mighty CEO adapt to a completely new and bedazzling modelling life? Will she be able to solve the many mysteries and survive the numerous crises that arise from the competition?

VIC

2018
The Millennium Bug
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As the world counts down to the year 2000, an evil conspiracy awaits to be uncovered. Can the cyber detective nail the hacker in time ? Will human emerge the bigger millennium 'bug' ? All is unveiled in this action thriller which highlights the repercussions of the Y2K phenomenon. Beautiful Jie is an outstanding cyber detective whose brief marriage to Yu ended over character differences. During an investigation, Jie runs into old pal Xuan and romance blossoms between them. Xuan is a computer prodigy whose father owns an enterprise which creates computer viruses for business gains. Yu is haunted by childhood memories of a computer hacking episode and accidentally discovers his hidden talent in computing. Meanwhile, Jie suspects that Xuan's father may be the mastermind behind the Y2K conspiracy.

The Millennium Bug

1999
The Ultimatum
4.7

The Ultimatum is a Singaporean Chinese drama which was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It made its debut on 27 May 2009 and ended on the date 7 July 2009. This drama serial consists of 30 episodes, and was screened on every weekday night at 9:00 pm. Being the mid-year Channel 8 blockbuster of 2009, it was the first Channel 8 drama to be fully filmed in HD. Despite being touted as the 2009 blockbuster of the year and featuring many established actors and actresses like Zoe Tay, Li Nanxing and Fann Wong, the show's reception was lukewarm at best. Many viewers faulted the serial for improbable casting and for a lack of originality in certain parts of the scripting. The series also came under harsh criticism for being overly melodramatic. However, the performance of newcomers such as Jerry Yeo, who played an antagonist for the first time, were widely praised.

The Ultimatum

2009
My One and Only
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The owner of My One and Only, Ma Limin, aspires to become a real estate developer with her son Hao Renpin, offering one-stop services for property purchase and renovation with her husband Hao Haojian and interior designer Wan Defu, who run How Luck Renovation. Their interactions with their clients reveal stories about different types of families.

My One and Only

2023
You Can Be an Angel
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This story follows the life of a group of nurses as they take on their challenging routines with professionalism and pride. Wang Ruojun is an experienced nurse who saved Liu You Le from an accident. You Le is grateful towards Ruojun and this incident inspires her to be a nurse. Though successful in her career, Ruojun faced marital woes. Her husband of many years cheated on her and even has a love child outside. Fu Jiazi is originally a software engineer; he lost a friend during a car accident and blames himself for not being able to save his friend. This incident makes him decide to quit his job as a software engineer and become a nurse. Guan Xinni suspects that Xie Yaozong is the man who molested her when she was a child. Because of this misunderstanding, she puts herself in many funny and embarrassing situations. The nurses not only face challenges in their job but also in love as well. Will they be able to resolve their problems in love, career and family?

You Can Be an Angel

2015
A Million Dollar Dream
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Zhang Zi Cheng (Hanwei Chen) is a senior creative director at an advertising firm when he was retrenched. With an overly generous wife Hu Jiao Fen (Zoe Tay), a son Yi Zheng (Edwin Goh) who wants to study in England to be with his girlfriend, and a daughter Yi Jing (Ying Ying He) who aspires to be a model, Zi Cheng is in need of money. He ends up as a delivery man and one day meets a mysterious man who passes him an expired TOTO slip. He ends up buying the same numbers on the expired TOTO and miraculously won the top prize. For the fear of losing his prize money, Zi Cheng hides his win from family and friends. But the stress takes a toll on him, and when his family finds out about his win, things started to fall apart.

A Million Dollar Dream

2018
The Dream Makers
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The Dream Makers is a 30-episode drama serial that airs on MediaCorp Channel 8 from 24 June 2013, to 2 August 2013. It features Zoe Tay, Rui En, Jeanette Aw, Chen Liping, Qi Yuwu and Chen Hanwei in the main cast and is also the first such series to commemorate 50 years of local television.

The Dream Makers

2015
Eat Already?
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Eat Already? is set in a coffee shop, and is centered around an elderly widow named Ah Niu Sao (Yinzhu Li) , who works as a cleaner as her sons Ah Bee (Elvin Ng) and Ah Qiang (Aden Tan) who still rely on her for their living expenses. Her elder son Ah Bee is a chronic gambler who is unemployed for a long time while her younger son Ah Qiang is an introvert who is wheelchair bound. Throughout the series, she manages to tide over various issues thanks to help from neighbours, friends and several support schemes available. Will the boys finally get their acts together and be a reliable pillar of support for their aging mother?

Eat Already?

2016
Man at Forty
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Man At Forty is an intense drama which revolves around a pair of brothers, one born with a silver spoon and the other having to live in poverty almost all his life and how their lives are thrown into a roller-coaster ride by the sudden change in wealth and status. Things get more complicated as jealousy, complacency, resentment, hatred and disillusion steps in. This drama was broadcast in Year 2004.

Man at Forty

2004
Pretty Faces
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This is the show that catapulted Zoe Tay into instant stardom. Along with Meijiao Lin and Miaoling Tang, this 30-parter shows how Bobo (played by Zoe) tears her best friend's life apart by stealing the latter's boyfriend and her father, and then causing her mother's death.

Pretty Faces

1991