Adele Wong

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wong.

Adele Wong (born 8 March 1983) is a Singaporean actress, singer, writer, and screenwriter.

Adele Wong
Born	(1983-03-08) 8 March 1983 (age 41) Singapore
Other names	Wang Xiaohui
Alma mater	National University of Singapore
Occupations	Actress singer writer screenwriter
Years active	2006–present
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	王筱惠
Simplified Chinese	王筱惠
Hanyu Pinyin	Wáng Xiǎohuì

Life and career

Born in Singapore, Wong traces her ancestry to Shanghai, China. She graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) with an honors degree in sociology. At NUS, Wong was active in dance and theatre.

Upon graduation, Wong began her professional career in acting, hosting and writing. She played the lead role in Damned ^[1] which was part of an omnibus feature film which premiered at the Osaka Asian Film Festival in 2009. Wong also played a lead role in Garden Girls, a short film, which premiered at the Singapore Film Festival in 2009.

Wong has been seen in several television programs in Singapore. She recently starred as the female lead Annie in Jack Neo's first English-language drama series for Okto titled Happily Ever After. She was also seen in the 2009 MediaCorp Chinese New Year television film, A Kuchinta Family Reunion. In July 2009, Wong played the lead female character opposite Christopher Lee in a Chinese-language television drama, He Ain't Pesky, He's My Brother, for MediaCorp's Channel 8.

Wong's feature film debut was as the female lead role in The Days which was screened at the Tokyo International Film Festival, the Singapore International Film Festival and short listed for the New Talent Award at the Shanghai International Film Festival. Wong also sang the theme song for the film, Knowing (懂),^[2] which was written and produced by Jim Lim (林倛玉).

Besides acting, Wong writes both fiction and non-fiction. She hosts a column on Sinema's website.^[3] She was also awarded a grant for a short film by the Singapore Film Commission.^[4] Hanging Gardens, starring Wong, will go into production in August 2009.

Selected filmography

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref.
2011	Perfect Deception	Evelyn	Mediacorp Channel 5
2016	The Gentlemen	Liu Yutong
	The Dream Job	Li Ziyun		Cameo
	The Hush	Nina	Mediacorp Channel 5
2017	My Friends From Afar	Huang Lirong		Cameo
	While We Are Young	Ah Jie		Cameo
	Life Less Ordinary	Wang Xueling
	P.I.	Cheryl C	Mediacorp Channel 5
	Home Truly	Bi Qilin
2018	You Can Be An Angel 3 (你也可以是天使3)	Eve
	The Distance Between (下个路口遇见你)	Warren's mother		Cameo
	Blessings 2	Du Shini
	Babies On Board	Connie
	A Million Dollar Dream	Fang Ziling
2019	Dear Neighbours (我的左邻右里)	Arlene
	Playground (游乐场)	Hu Qingfang	Toggle
	128 Circle	Low Mei Zhen	Mediacorp Channel 5
	Walk With Me (谢谢你出现在我的行程里)	Lyn		Cameo
2023	The Sky is Still Blue	Elaine
	Cash on Delivery	Juncong's mother
	All That Glitters	Weng Suxin
	My One and Only (TV series)	Du Xiaojuan

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2008	The Days	Shan Shan
2011	Perfect Rivals	Young Mei Mei

Short films

• Damned
• Garden Girls
• The Gang

Music video appearances

• "懂 Knowing"

References

1. Damned in Osaka Asian Film Festival Archived 26 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
2. '懂' Knowing Music Video
3. Sinema Column Archived 26 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
4. SFC

External links

• Adele Wong at IMDb