Felicia Chin Foong Ling (born 24 October 1984) is a Singaporean actress, host and content creator who was named as one of the Seven Princesses of Mediacorp in 2006. In 2013, Chin decided to use her given Chinese name instead for her acting career.
Early life Chin was educated at Tanjong Katong Girls' School and Victoria Junior College (VJC), where she was schoolmates with fellow artiste Lee Teng. As an avid softball player, she joined Singapore's national softball team in 2000, becoming the youngest member ever to join the team. She left the team three years later. She also won the National Inter-School A Division Softball Girls championship title with VJC in 2002.
In May 2010, Chin announced that she would be switching to part-time acting to study for a BBA degree in the National University of Singapore Business School. In 2012, Chin told the Singaporean magazine 8 Days that she would be in Shanghai for one year as part of the NUS Overseas Colleges programme.
In 2013, Chin announced that she would be returning to full-time acting without completing her studies. She decided to drop her stage name as well and use her given name instead.
Career In 2003, Chin participated in MediaCorp Channel 8's Star Search Singapore television programme and emerged as overall female champion of the contest. Chin worked at MediaCorp as an actress, making her debut role in the 2003 television drama Always on My Mind. In 2006, she had her first female lead role in The Beginning, a Singapore-Malaysia co-production. Chin is one of the Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes of MediaCorp.
At Star Awards 2006, Chin was nominated for Best Supporting Actress. At the Star Awards 2009 and Star Awards 2015, Chin was nominated for Best Actress.
In 2008, Chin took on the Chinese stage name Chen Jingxuan (陈靓瑄), after being advised to do so.
In 2014, Chin, with Sora Ma, open a retro-themed cafe, The Mama Shop, in Chinatown, Singapore. The cafe closed in August 2015.
In May 2015, Chin opened a seafood stall, Wholly Crab, at Satay By the Bay.
On 23 June 2022, Chin announced that her last day with Mediacorp would be 30 June, and she would be taking up a new job at faith-based platform Hai Hao Ma.
Chin cites veteran actress Huang Biren as someone whom she looks up to in the industry.
Personal life In 2001, Chin's father died due to cancer, thus wishing for a complete family in the future in a 2004 interview.
Chin has been a practising Christian since 2015.
On 22 October 2022, Chin married fellow Mediacorp artiste, Chinese actor, Jeffrey Xu. They had been dating since 2015.
Filmography Film YearTitleRole Notes 2010 Love 50% (爱情折扣) Wu Hanni Television film
Television series Year Title Role Notes 2003Always on My Mind ()Michelle2004Chronicles of Life ()Zhang Huili A Child's Hope II ()KitThe ChampionWang Tong 2005Portrait of Home Fu Baobei Portrait of Home II 2006Women of TimesOu Xiangyun Love at 0°C Mai Xiaoling A Million TreasuresLin XiaobaoThe BeginningShi Jianing2007Let It Shine Guo Yaoyao Honour and Passion Ouyang Peipei 2008Love Blossoms Tao Haitong Perfect Cut Cherry Princess CameoThe Little Nyonya Anqi Cameo2009The Ultimatum Sun Min Baby Bonus Apple The Golden PathLin Fei2010The Glittering Days Xu Wenhui No Limits You Yongxin 2011Love Thy Neighbour Wang Tianhu 2012Don't Stop Believin' Du Siman 2014Scrum () Huang ZhaonanIn The Name of Love Pan Xiaomin The Journey: Tumultuous Times Zhang Min 2015 Love is Love: Sunshine JanelleLove? () Felicia LauThe Journey: Our Homeland Zhang Min 2016Life - Fear Not Zhuang Daohan Hero Cathy Cameo2017Legal Eagles Tang Meiqi 2589 Days Apart Wu Weiwei When Duty Calls Bai Jingyu Eat Already? 3 Zeng Qiqi 2018Life Less Ordinary Lin Shuqi Love at Cavenagh Bridge () Wu Feifei20 DaysJess2019Dear Neighbours () Abbey Peng Xiyue Old Is Gold () Liao MeifangFrom Beijing to Moscow Kloudiia2020A Jungle Survivor () Olivia 2021 Leave No Soul Behind (21点灵) Gu Xin 2022 When Duty Calls 2 (卫国先锋 2) Bai Jingyu 2023 I Do, Do I? Tu Youmi
Variety show hosting Year Title Notes 2013 Are You Up For It? (大明星, 你行吗？)
Discography Year Song title Notes 2005 Part of Mediacorp Lunar New Year Album Compilation 2005 With Qi Yuwu, Jeanette Aw, Fiona Xie & Julian Hee 2007 Part of Mediacorp Lunar New Year Album Compilation 2007 () With Ng Chee Yang, Adam Chen, Teresa Tseng & Renfred Ng2008 Part of Mediacorp Lunar New Year Album Compilation 2008 () With Nat Ho, Elvin Ng & Jesseca Liu Part of Mediacorp Lunar New Year Album Compilation 2008 () With Nat Ho, Elvin Ng & Jesseca Liu 2009 Part of Mediacorp Lunar New Year Album Compilation 2009 () Qi Yuwu, Jeanette Aw, Joanne Peh, Pierre Png & Nat Ho 2015 Part of Mediacorp Lunar New Year Album Compilation 2015 () With Jeanette Aw, Desmond Tan & Romeo Tan One Family () Song to celebrate SG50.Sub Theme song for Life - Fear Not2016 Part of Mediacorp Lunar New Year Album Compilation 2016 () With Carrie Wong, Aloysius Pang & Jeffrey Xu 2017 Sub Theme song for When Duty Calls With Desmond TanTheme Song for Life Less Ordinary With Xiang Yun, Chen Liping, Aileen Tan, Romeo Tan, Jeffrey Xu, Ian Fang, Bonnie Loo & Jayley WooWaiting for Love ()Sub Theme Song for Life Less Ordinary With Romeo Tan
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2004Star AwardsBest Newcomer 2005Star AwardsTop 10 Most Popular Female Artistes 2006Star AwardsBest Supporting ActressWomen of Times Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes 2007Star Awards Best Classic Scenes Award The Champion Screen Sweetheart (2000s) Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes 2009Star AwardsBest ActressThe Golden Path Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes 2010Star AwardsTop 10 Most Popular Female Artistes Favourite Female CharacterLove Blossoms II Baby Bonus The Ultimatum 2013Star AwardsFavourite Female CharacterDon't Stop Believin' 2015Star AwardsTop 10 Most Popular Female Artistes Favourite Female CharacterIn the Name of Love Best ActressThe Journey: Tumultuous Times Asian Television AwardsBest Actress in a Leading RoleLove is Love: Sunshine PPCTV MediaCorp AwardsDream idol 2016Star AwardsTop 10 Most Popular Female Artistes 2017Star AwardsTop 10 Most Popular Female Artistes Asian Television AwardsBest Actress in a Leading Role2589 Days Apart 2018Star AwardsTop 10 Most Popular Female Artistes Best Programme HostGoing Miles, Spreading Smiles Best Theme Song(Life Less Ordinary'''s theme song)}}|| |- |2019||Star Awards||Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes|| ||
|rowspan="3"|2021|| rowspan="2" |Star Awards||Best Actress||A Jungle Survivor ||
| Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes || ||
| Asian Academy Creative Awards || Best Actress in a Leading Role ||A Jungle Survivor ||
|2022|| Star Awards || Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes || ||
|2023|| Star Awards || All-Time Favourite Artiste || ||
|2025|| Star Awards || |Best Actress||I Do, Do I?''
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