Jeanette Aw

Jeanette Aw (simplified Chinese: 欧萱; pinyin: Ōu Xuān; born June 28, 1979) is a television actress from Singapore.

Rise to Fame

1979–2000: Early life and education

Born Jeanette Aw Ee-Ping (欧燕苹), she is the youngest of her Peranakan mother's and Hokkien Father's' 3 children. She has an elder brother & sister. She attended Raffles Girls' Primary School, Crescent Girls' School, National Junior College and National University of Singapore consecutively.

2001–2002: Starting Years

Jeanette Aw was the champion (out of 6 contestants) of a talent search contest titled 'Route To Glamour', organised by the now defunct television network, MediaWorks. She was also awarded the Best Performer and Best Newcomer on the same year in her first year in Mediaworks. Later that year she was invited to co-star in a Taiwanese production.

2002–2009: Career Highlights

In mid 2002,Jeanette Aw quitted Mediaworks and joined the rival company Mediacorp,after that only did she show her acting skills in her first Mediacorp drama Beautiful Connection.

In Aw's second year in Mediacorp, she gained popularity as the simple, slightly absent-minded but kind-hearted Mo Jingjing in the long-running drama "Holland V". She earned a Best Actress nomination for that role at the 2003 Star Awards, she was one of the hot favourites to win the best actress award than but let the award slip through her hands to fellow actress, Chen Li Ping. Currently managed jointly by Hype Company (Artiste Network) and MediaCorp, she is now seen as one of the 3rd generation successors for the respected title of “Ah Jie” (big-sister), following the footsteps of veteran actress, Fann Wong.In 2009 Channel 8 countdown party, out,of 8 likable female characters, all of her 4 roles that she played in 2008,they are, Chen Xiaorou,Lin Keyi and Huang Juxiang and Yamamoto Yueniang,to her surprise, all of her characters that she played were 4 out of 8 likeable characters giving a surprise to the hosts and Jeanette Aw.

Aw now has a substantial fan base, a group called “Jeanius”, a pun on the actress’ name and the word “genius”. This fan group is personally acknowledged by Aw herself, and thus draws flocks of supporters from around Singapore. Jeanius organizes fan gatherings with Aw annually, and this is one of the many activities that the Jeanius members look forward to, besides Aw’s appearances on TV or elsewhere.

Jeanette starred in the popular Singapore television serial, The Little Nyonya as 1st female lead, and her dual roles won her legions of fans and a truckload of endorsement deals. Jeanette was seen as the hot favourite to win Best Actress in Star Awards 2009, however lost to unexpected Joanne Peh in the same drama. On the actual night, Jeanette received her 5th Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste Award.She is placed along the likes of other young actresses such as Jesseca Liu, Fiona Xie, Joanne Peh, Rui En, Felicia Chin and Dawn Yeoh, widely known as The 7 Princesses of Mediacorp.

2009–present: Future projects

Jeanette will be starring as 1st lead in new drama titled "New Beginnings". Jeanette Aw will take on a role as a local funeral director. White is the color symbol for Jeanette (as in 白事). A role of this nature will of course be an emotional roller coaster for Jeanette Aw. After all, it’s dealing with death. Is she the ‘Angel and Comforter’ destined to come into the life stories of her customers and their families or the ‘Devil’ that walks the last few hours with an empty soul? It is such a special role which will require Jeanette to balance the sensitivity of the topic without being overly melancholic… It is no doubt a challenging role and the Executive Producer (also the Writer) has faith in Jeanette to bring to life the emotional depth.

Filmography

Television Series

Guest Star

2009

• Good Morning Singapore
• Princess & the Prince 《当公主遇上王子》

2007

• The Princesses And The Dude
• Maids to order

2000

• Route to glamour

Musical

2009

• The Peranakan Ball 《娘惹之恋》

Awards and Nominations

Magazine Covers

• FHM Singapore
• 8 Days
• I Weekly
• U Weekly
• Her World
• Nu You
• Citta Bella
• Nu You TIME
• Oriental Cuisine

Endorsements/Commercials

• New Moon (2009)
• I-Weekly TV (2009)
• NETS (2009)
• SAKURA Restaurant TVC Campaign (2009)
• Osim uSqueez Warm (2009)
• StarHub (2006)
• Sk Jewellery (2004 – 2005)
• Watson’s Intenz (2004)
• Pokka (2003)
• OTO
• Singtel
• Sony Batteries
• Asia1.com
• Glamour Shot Promotional Ad

External links

• Jeanette Aw