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. 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. They had been dating since 2015.
Filmography
Film
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! scope="row"| 2010
| Love 50% (爱情折扣) ||Wu Hanni
| Television film
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Television series
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! scope="row" rowspan="1" |2003
|Always on My Mind ()
|Michelle
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! scope="row" rowspan="3" |2004
|Chronicles of Life ()
|Zhang Huili
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|A Child's Hope II ()
|Kit
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|The Champion
|Wang Tong
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! scope="row" rowspan="2" |2005
|Portrait of Home
| rowspan="2" |Fu Baobei
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|The Golden Path
|Lin Fei
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! scope="row" rowspan="3" |2014
|Scrum () || Huang Zhaonan||
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|In The Name of Love|| Pan Xiaomin ||
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|The Journey: Tumultuous Times || Zhang Min ||
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|Love? () || Felicia Lau||
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|The Journey: Our Homeland
|Zhang Min
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! scope="row" rowspan="2" |2016
|Life - Fear Not || Zhuang Daohan ||
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|Hero || Cathy || Cameo
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! scope="row" rowspan="4" |2017
|Legal Eagles || Tang Meiqi ||
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|2589 Days Apart || Wu Weiwei ||
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| When Duty Calls || Bai Jingyu ||
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|Eat Already? 3 || Zeng Qiqi ||
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! scope="row" rowspan="3" |2018
|Life Less Ordinary || Lin Shuqi ||
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|Love at Cavenagh Bridge () || Wu Feifei||
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|20 Days
|Jess
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! scope="row" rowspan="3" |2019
|Dear Neighbours () || Abbey Peng Xiyue ||
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|Old Is Gold () || Liao Meifang||
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|From Beijing to Moscow || Kloudiia||
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! scope="row" rowspan="1" |2020
|A Jungle Survivor () || Olivia||
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! scope="row" rowspan="1" | 2021
| Leave No Soul Behind (21点灵)|| Gu Xin || ||
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! scope="row" rowspan="1" |2022
|| When Duty Calls 2 (卫国先锋 2)|| Bai Jingyu || ||
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! scope="row" rowspan="1" |2023
|| I Do, Do I?|| Tu Youmi || ||
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Variety show hosting
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! scope="row" rowspan="1" |2013
| Are You Up For It? (大明星, 你行吗？)
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Discography
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| rowspan="1" | 2005 || || Part of Mediacorp Lunar New Year Album Compilation 2005
- With Qi Yuwu, Jeanette Aw, Fiona Xie & Julian Hee
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| rowspan="1" | 2007 || || Part of Mediacorp Lunar New Year Album Compilation 2007 ()
- With Ng Chee Yang, Adam Chen, Teresa Tseng & Renfred Ng
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| rowspan="2" |2008
| || Part of Mediacorp Lunar New Year Album Compilation 2008 ()
- With Nat Ho, Elvin Ng & Jesseca Liu
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| || Part of Mediacorp Lunar New Year Album Compilation 2008 ()
- With Nat Ho, Elvin Ng & Jesseca Liu
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| rowspan="1" |2009|| || Part of Mediacorp Lunar New Year Album Compilation 2009 ()
- Qi Yuwu, Jeanette Aw, Joanne Peh, Pierre Png & Nat Ho
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| rowspan="3" | 2015 || || Part of Mediacorp Lunar New Year Album Compilation 2015 ()
- With Jeanette Aw, Desmond Tan & Romeo Tan
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| One Family () ||
- Song to celebrate SG50.
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- Sub Theme song for Life - Fear Not
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|2016|| || Part of Mediacorp Lunar New Year Album Compilation 2016 ()
- With Carrie Wong, Aloysius Pang & Jeffrey Xu
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| rowspan="3" | 2017 || || Sub Theme song for When Duty Calls
- With Desmond Tan
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|Theme Song for Life Less Ordinary
- With Xiang Yun, Chen Liping, Aileen Tan, Romeo Tan, Jeffrey Xu, Ian Fang, Bonnie Loo & Jayley Woo
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|Waiting for Love ()
|Sub Theme Song for Life Less Ordinary
- With Romeo Tan
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Awards and nominations
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|2004||Star Awards||Best Newcomer|| ||
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|2005||Star Awards||Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes|| ||
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| rowspan="2" |2006|| rowspan="2" |Star Awards||Best Supporting Actress||Women of Times ||
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|Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes|| ||
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| rowspan="3" |2007|| rowspan="3" |Star Awards|| Best Classic Scenes Award ||The Champion ||
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| Screen Sweetheart (2000s) || ||
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|Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes|| ||
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| rowspan="2" |2009
| rowspan="2" |Star Awards||Best Actress||The Golden Path ||
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|Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes|| ||
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| rowspan="4" |2010|| rowspan="4" |Star Awards||Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes|| ||
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| rowspan="3" |Favourite Female Character||Love Blossoms II ||
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| Baby Bonus || ||
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| The Ultimatum || ||
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|2013||Star Awards||Favourite Female Character||Don't Stop Believin'<nowiki/> ||
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| rowspan="5" |2015|| rowspan="3" |Star Awards||Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes|| ||
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|Favourite Female Character||In the Name of Love ||
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|Best Actress||The Journey: Tumultuous Times ||
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|Asian Television Awards
|Best Actress in a Leading Role
|Love is Love: Sunshine ||
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|PPCTV MediaCorp Awards
|Dream idol|| ||
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|2016||Star Awards||Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes|| ||
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| rowspan="2" |2017||Star Awards||Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes|| ||
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|Asian Television Awards
|Best Actress in a Leading Role
|2589 Days Apart ||
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| rowspan="3" |2018|| rowspan="3" |Star Awards||Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes|| ||
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|Best Programme Host
|Going Miles, Spreading Smiles||
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|Best Theme Song
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|2019||Star Awards||Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes|| ||
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|rowspan="3"|2021|| rowspan="2" |Star Awards||Best Actress||A Jungle Survivor ||
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| Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes || ||
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| Asian Academy Creative Awards || Best Actress in a Leading Role ||A Jungle Survivor ||
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|2022|| Star Awards || Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes || ||
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|2023|| Star Awards || All-Time Favourite Artiste || ||
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|2025|| Star Awards || |Best Actress||I Do, Do I? ||
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References
External links
- Personal blog