WONG LI-LIN HOMEPAGE

This is my attempt at setting up a 'fan page'. Through this page, I hope to encourage other 'web-weavers' to set up informative pages of their favourite local artistes.
Now, introducing one of Television Corporation of Singapore's previously-upcoming-but-currently-hottest TV personalities, Wong Li-lin.

[POTRAIT]

About Her

Information below is extracted from her interview in the local TV guide,"8 Days".
Any additional information about her would be greatly appreciated.

Background

Wong Li-lin comes from a kampong and at age 3, was fostered to a Malay family. She attended a neighbourhood school and subsequently studied in Temasek Secondary School. From such humble beginnings, she managed to obtain a Loke Cheng Kim scholarship to the Royal Ballet School in England. She was 16 then. In addition, she graduated from the school's prestigious Teacher Training College.
In 1992, she returned to Singapore and started her own school of ballet, Forms Ballet & Dance Centre, located at the West Coast Recreational Centre.

During her teaching stint at Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS) (then still SBC) two years ago, she was discovered and went on to star in Singapore's first English drama, Silent Night. Since then, she has gone on to star in Singapore's first English drama series, Masters of the Sea, and has made several guest appearances on local gameshows.

Li-lin signed on officially with TCS in 1995 and hasn't looked back since. She sold off her ballet school and concentrated on her acting career. Realising her popularity, TCS has been actively promoting her. She first played the lead role in the action series Triple Nine. Her English education has helped her in compering many of TCS's major shows like Supermodel of the World/Singapore and the President's Star Charity. Her participation in commercials and trailers has also given her no small exposure. In recent public appearances, she had shown up wearing several eye-catching outfits, creating no small amount of publicity.

Riding the popularity wave, she had crossed over to star in Chinese dramas. She had already starred in two telemovies and is now in her first Chinese drama series, Rising Expectations.

Here's something unexpected...
She has had her navel pierced. This 'little secret' was revealed during an episode of the show Singapore Leisure.

NEWSFLASH

Li-lin recently announced that she is leaving TCS, citing personal reasons. She states that her decision came about after much thought

Television Appearances

As Actress
Silent Night (Christmas Special) - first English drama
Masters of the Sea - first English drama serial
Masters of the Sea: Troubled Waters - the second (and the last) season
Triple Nine - first police drama ( first and second season)
Under Cover - Chinese telemovie in conjunction with anti-drug campaign
The Test of Time - Chinese telemovie about modern-day romance
Rising Expectations - Chinese drama serial, starring opposite Zoe Tay
As Performer
Family Day Special - family day special held at Sentosa
Where the Hunt Begins - live show promoting The Great Singapore Sale
The Viewers' Choice Awards - awards presentation of the best commercials in Singapore
Fascinating TV - TCS's 2nd anniversary show
TCS Lunar New Year Variety Special '97 - chinese new year special
Star Search '97 - TCS's talent-scouting extravaganza
High On Life - Anti-drug campaign show
As Celebrity/Special Guest
Pyramid Game - local version of the popular gameshow
Now You Know - locally produced gameshow
Gotcha! - local 'Candid Camera' equivalent
Gurmit's World - local funnyman Gurmit Singh's very own show
Singapore Leisure - features what Singaporeans do at leisure
Under One Roof - first English sitcom
All-Star Anniversary Challenge - telematch which celebrates TCS's first anniversary
Entertainment Beat - Chinese variety focusing on local and asian entertainment news
Showbuzz - local production on the local and foreign entertainment scene
Asian Television Awards (1st) - awards presentation of the best in asian television
Wheel Power - local motoring show
Beach Games - local telematch on the beach
ONE:The WTO Show - World Trade Organisation 1st Ministerial Conference's closing ceremony concert
Fashion Unlimited - fashion show on the region's industry in a segment on NARS
Pre Star Awards Special - introduction to the Star Awards (1997) nominees
Star Awards 1997 - awards for the best and most popular artistes on TCS 8
As Compere/Host
Supermodel of the World/Singapore '95
Asia Live - Japan production showcasing music artistes from asian countries (Singapore episode)
HeartStrings Show '96 - charity fund raiser
Silver Screen Awards '96 - Singapore film festival awards presentation ceremony
President's Star Charity '96 - charity fund raiser mooted by the president (she helped raise funds by performing a tight rope act)
As Presenter
Lunar New Year Special (1995)
A Mid-Autumn's Night - mid-autumn festival TV special
As Judge
Miss Tourism/Singapore '95
In Commercial
Citibank 'Ready-credit'
Citibank 'Citicard'
Fame Awards clips - as model in recruitment for contestants
TCS' filler clips - introducing Chinese New Year customs and festivities (1996)
President Star Charity '96 trailers - trailers asking people to donate
Pulai Springs Resort (Johor)
No-smoking campaign trailers - asking youngsters not to smoke
Speak Madarin campaign trailers - encouraging the chinese to speak mandarin

Quotes

Extracted from 8 Days interview :
" I guess I'm above-average in looks. But I'm not vain.
I don't wake up in the mornings looking for pimples
in the mirror. There're other things to life than just
looking good. I don't think I pay as much attention to
my looks as I should.
Growing up with three older brothers, I was quite a tomboy. "
" Bad pick-up lines. I'm really quite sick of bad pick-up lines."

Why Are You A Fan?

I'm curious as to why you are a Wong Li-lin fan. Let me know through e-mail here. I'll gather the results and set up a section with what you have to say about her!

See her face

[EYES]

    Series 1
  1. Blue gown sitting on sofa (81702 bytes)
  2. Reclining in white dress (63702 bytes)
  3. Closeup in black feathers (104561 bytes)
  4. Frontal shot with funny hairstyle (34614 bytes)
    [above pictures are scanned from 8 Days by Mr. Koh Seow Boon]
    Series 2
  1. Citibank advert (18683 bytes)
  2. Early morning in the pool (31689 bytes)
  3. Early morning by the pool (33005 bytes)
  4. Closeup looking up (27595 bytes)
    Series 3
  1. Holding guns with co-star, James Lye (95611 bytes)
  2. Aiming stance, with closeup of the navel-ring (31176 bytes)
  3. Another gun-holding shot with James, dressed in black (55771 bytes)
  4. Li-lin, In Fire. (45988 bytes)
    Series 4
  1. Face-shot with a slight smile (19645 bytes)
  2. Looking good in white sweater (19072 bytes)

More to come...

Hear her voice

[LIPS]

* SOUND SAMPLES ARE CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE DUE TO LIMITED DISK SPACE *

Sound samples are original digitisations done using a Sound Blaster.
Feedback on the quality and playablity of the sound samples are welcome.
(Sound samples should play upon clicking)
Hey! This is much better than those 1-900 numbers...and they're FREE!

Sound samples from the gameshow Now You Know.

  1. Spouting (nonsense?) on the origin of 'dumb-bells' (216285 bytes)
  2. She's complaining... (23346 bytes)

Sound samples from her guest apppearances on the local Pyramid Game show.

Chit-chats with the gameshow host, Benedict Goh.
  1. Talking about her ballet school (278937 bytes)
  2. Li-lin on Paula Abdul...she actually worked with her! (141276 bytes)
  3. Her taste of music (and her impression of New Age) (202919 bytes)
  4. She cooks! (and loves it) (348144 bytes)
  5. Teasing Ben on taking up ballet with Daryl David having a bit of a laugh (260237 bytes)
She had a sore throat here...can you notice it?
  1. Li-lin about roles she wants to play (her wish came true by the way...) (215631 bytes)
  2. Li-lin dismayed upon failing to get a word right (14866 bytes)
More Sound Bites.
  1. She has this unique laughter (7306 bytes) [Available Now!]
  2. She just forgot her nouns... (82128 bytes)
  3. Hyper-ventilating on a difficult topic (8762 bytes)
  4. Another tough one... (9113 bytes) [Available Now!]
  5. What's coming? (57359 bytes)
  6. Not bad (lah?) (49054 bytes)
  7. Giving some encouragement (46177 bytes)
  8. Another exclaimation from failing to guess correctly (35259 bytes) [Available Now!]

Sound samples from her compering on the President's Star Charity show.

  1. Calling for calls of donations (101446 bytes)
  2. Describing her tight-rope walking act (76329 bytes)
  3. Introducing a magic act (82089 bytes)
  4. A bit of a battle cry (12946 bytes)

Here is a clip of her singing during one of her public appearances promoting the Great Singapore Sale. (733548 bytes)

Here is a clip of her speaking chinese during her interview on Entertainment Beat. She speaks on her role in Triple Nine. (275959 bytes)

At least I have a sound card...

I'm always looking for contributions and suggestions to help make this page get even better over time. If you have any anecdotes, pictures, information (even gossip) you would be willing to share, please let me know and I will add it to this page (giving credit where it's due, of course).

Feel free to drop a line.

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