Paige Chua Qi Hui (born 25 June 1981) is a Singaporean actress and television host.
Early life Chua was born in Singapore on 25 June 1981. She attended Mayflower Secondary School and Serangoon Junior College before graduating from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Arts. She also represented Singapore in netball, as part of the National Youth Netball team between 1997 and 1999. She retired from competitive netball due to an injury.
Career After retirement from netball, Chua took up basic modeling class and subsequently modelled for four years.
Chua made her acting debut in Just in Singapore, where she was cast as the half-sister of Fiona Xie. In the latter part of 2008, she had 2 more roles in La Femme and Crime Busters x 2.
In 2010, Chua earned her first nomination for “Best Supporting Actress” in Star Awards 2010 for her character in The Dream Catchers. She made a guest appearance in Unriddle as Zhang Meilin, a girl with a dubious identity. The Score was Chua's first role as a lead actress where she played Zhou Tian Lan - an office lady with a mysterious background. She also acted in a drama series Secret Garden.
In 2011, Chua appeared in the movie It's a Great, Great World as Mu Dan, a nightclub dancer. Chua also starred alongside Chen Hanwei as his wife, Bai Xiu Ming a jovial workaholic in the drama Be Happy. Chua also hosted a lifestyle information program, LOHAS and The Activist's Journey II, an info-ed program in 2012. She won her first Star Award, Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste at Star Awards 2012.
In 2013, Chua starred in numerous dramas including It's A Wonderful Life, 96°C Café, The Enchanted and Sudden. She had her first comedy role in the sitcom, The Recruit Diaries where she played LT Angie Chen. Chua also had a role in Okto as an inexperienced elementary school teacher in The School Bell Rings and hosted season 4 of RenovAID.
In 2014, Chua won Bottomslim Sexiest leg award at Star Awards 20. Her character as part of a chivalrous team in Against The Tide earned her a nomination for "Best Supporting Actress" in Star Awards 2015.
Chua won her second Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste award at Star Awards 2015. In 2016, Chua participated in Beyond Words, a Malaysian production, and was one of the leading actresses for If Only I Could, The Gentlemen and Soul Reaper. Chua was also cast in the drama Hero. This character was seen as a breakthrough role and earned her a nomination for "Best Supporting Actress" in Star Awards 2017. In 2017, Chua played a Navy Captain in When Duty Calls, an NS50 drama in which Mediacorp Channel 8 collaborated with Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Home Affairs. She won her third Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes award in Star Awards 2017. Chua earned her first nomination for "Best Actress" for the housewife character she played in Mightiest Mother-in-Law, and won her fourth Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes award at the Star Awards 2018.
Chua starred in the drama Blessings 2, a time travel drama between 2018 and 1918 where she played the belle of Lavender Street. Chua acted as a Nurse Clinician in the third installment of You Can Be An Angel.
Filmography
Television series and film Year Title Role Notes 2008Just in SingaporeLin XiuzhenLa FemmeQian TingtingCrime Busters x 2Yu Jie2009The Dream CatchersZhang XiaoweiYour Hand in MineLi Lifen2010UnriddleZhang MeilinThe Score Zhou Tianlan Secret Garden Tracy2011Code of Honour Tang Jiabao Be Happy Bai Xiuming 2012Poetic Justice Liang HuiqinCameo2013It's A Wonderful Life Isabella96°C Café Luo Xijie CameoThe EnchantedChen JingliThe Recruit Diaries ()Angie Chen YanxiThe School Bell RingsMiss LeeSuddenZhao KexuanCameo2014Against The TideZhang Jingxuan2015Good Luck Fang Enqi Let It Go () Emily Xie CameoLove? () Rachel YapFamilies on the Edge () Karen YeoCode of Law (Season 3) AmyCameo Mind Game Feng Xuezhi / Liang Huixin 2016Beyond Words VivianIf Only I Could Huo XiwenThe Gentlemen Su Meidai Soul Reaper () AngelaHero Ou Jinxuan2017Mightiest Mother-in-Law Guan Shuhui When Duty Calls Shen Yixuan My Friends From Afar Yang Tianning2018VIC Nicole ChongCameoLove at Cavenagh Bridge () He Zishan / Hong Ying Blessing 2 () Zheng Juehui You Can Be An Angel 3 () Xia Yutian2019Voyage Of Love () Chen Hailin Playground () Susannah KokI See You () CherylCameoAll Is Well () Lin ZhilingThe Good Fight () Zhuang Shuya A World Of Difference () Wu Xinyi2020Happy Prince () Zhang Yuwen Super Dad () Ye Ling Zhi2021 Soul Old Yet So Young () Wu Xinji The Heartland Hero Bao Qingtian Watch Out ! Alexius () Sun Jieshan 2022Healing Heroes (医生不是神) Zhou Yishi When Duty Calls 2 (卫国先锋2) Shen Yixuan 2024Moments (时光倾城) Gu Yuexin
Hosting YearEnglish titleMandarin titleNotes 2012 LOHAS The Activist Journey II 2013 RenovAID Season 4 2014 Green Footprints 2015 Women Warriors Unusual School
Discography Compilation albums Year English title Mandarin title 2013 MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 13 2015 MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 15 2016 MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 16 2017MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 17 2018 MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 18 2019 MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 19 2020 MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 20 2021 MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 21 福满牛年Moo Moo乐
Awards and nominations Organisation Year Category Work Result Star Awards 2009 Best Newcomer 2010 Best Supporting Actress The Dream Catchers 2011 Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes 2012 Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes 2013 Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes 2014 Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes BottomSlim Sexiest Legs Award Star Awards for Most Popular Regional Artiste (Indonesia) 2015 Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes Tokyo Bust Express Sexy Babe Award iWeekly Best Dressed Award Best Supporting Actress Against The Tide 2016 Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes Best Supporting Actress Good Luck 2017 Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes Best Supporting Actress Hero Bioskin Flawless Skin Award 2018 Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes Best Actress Mightiest Mother-in-Law 2019 Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes 2021 Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes 2022 Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes 2023 Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes 2025Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes
References
External links
Paige Chua