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Zoe Tay
Born: 10th Jan 1968 Singapore
Dept: Acting
Zoe Tay is a Singaporean actress , a former model and was named as "Queen of Caldecott Hill" by local media and fellow referred to as "Ah Jie" (senior actress) due to her status. Tay started out as a model at the age of 16. In 1987, she was named Model of The Year. After Tay was crowned champion of the inaugural Star Search in 1988, she was offered a 3-year contract with the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), now known as Mediacorp. While Tay had initially disliked acting, she began feeling passionate for her craft after her role in Crime and Passion in 1991. Her breakthrough performance as a materialistic young woman in Pretty Faces catapulted her into stardom. Her popularity was affirmed with a Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste Award at the Star Awards every year for ten consecutive years since its inception in 1994. In 1996, Zoe won the Best Actress award for her role in The Golden Pillow at the annual Star Awards. In 2004, she was the first actress to have been awarded the prestigious All-Time Favourite Artiste .
Other than television dramas, Tay also forayed into films. In 2010, she starred opposite Hong Kong actor Kenny Ho in Love Cuts, playing the role of a terminally ill woman who has breast cancer. In 2013, she appeared in her first fully English-speaking role in Mister John with Irish star Aidan Gillen.
Tay has collaborated with many artistes in her various projects. Her on-screen chemistry with Li Nanxing in The Unbeatables and other serials has put them in the list of the Top 5 Best Onscreen Couples at the Star Awards 25th Drama Anniversary show. In 2015, she collaborated for the first time with Huang Biren, in The Dream Makers II.
Due to her contributions to the television industry in Singapore, a wax figurine was modelled after her by Madame Tussauds Singapore, and is currently on display in the museum.
Tay won her second Best Actress at the Star Awards 2017 for You Can Be an Angel 2, 21 years after her first. In an interview, she revealed that after her first win in 1996, she had contemplated quitting as she felt "strangely empty and lost". Instead, she enrolled in an acting class in New York, an experience which transformed her to "someone who is focused on improving my acting and who can be exemplary to other actors." Guiding her are three Chinese words from her father: 毅力 or perseverance, 耐力 or endurance , 勇气 or courage.
In Star Awards 2019, Tay won her third Best Actress for the drama, A Million Dollar Dream.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 51
Film: 11 (22%)
Television: 40 (78%)
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Filmography
Apr 2026 (first aired)
Three elderly individuals are magically transformed back into their 12-year-old selves and must complete a series of missions while confronting their ... view
Character:
Chris Kheng (1 ep.)
Mar 2025 (first aired)
Anya, abducted from wealth, endures life in a brothel. Xinniang, once a child beggar, blossoms into a refined lady. Anna, cast away as a jinx, returns ... view
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Liu Xiuniang (30 ep.)
Jul 2023 (first aired)
The owner of My One and Only, Ma Limin, aspires to become a real estate developer with her son Hao Renpin, offering one-stop services for property pur ... view
Character:
Ma Limin (24 ep.)
Apr 2020 (first aired)
Mandy (Zoe Tay), Miao Miao (Kym Ng) and Si Jin (Somaline Ang) come from different backgrounds but share one common trait, they have to raise their chi ... view
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Mandy (30 ep.)
Aug 2019 (first aired)
The media in Taiwan is gripped by a recent incident where an ATM machine mysteriously dispensed a large amount of cash. With no suspects in sight, the ... view
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Zhang Bi Zhu (126 ep.)
Jan 2019 (first aired)
Gong Jia Qiao, 66 years-old, becomes wheelchair-bound after a car accident. He currently sells lottery and tissue packets for a living. Over 30 years ... view
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Dr. Michelle Soong (1 ep.)
Apr 2018 (first aired)
Vicky (Carrie Wong) is an aspiring model entering a modelling reality show, while Victoria (Irene Ang) is the CEO of a real estate company sponsoring ... view
Character:
Zoe (19 ep.)
Apr 2018 (first aired)
Zhang Zi Cheng (Hanwei Chen) is a senior creative director at an advertising firm when he was retrenched. With an overly generous wife Hu Jiao Fen (Zo ... view
Character:
Hu Jiao Fen (20 ep.)
Nov 2017 (first aired)
Yang Xiao Shuai (Zijie Zong) and Tang Yi Jie (Calvert Tay) come from two totally different backgrounds; one is a troubled youth trying to turn over a ... view
Character:
Fang Ting (1 ep.)
Nov 2016 (first aired)
The story starts in Dakota Crescent, an old estate which is going to be reclaimed by the authorities for redevelopment. The story centres around three ... view
Character:
Deborah (30 ep.)
Sep 2016 (first aired)
Eat Already? is set in a coffee shop, and is centered around an elderly widow named Ah Niu Sao (Yinzhu Li) , who works as a cleaner as her sons Ah Bee ... view
Character:
Dr. Tay (1 ep.)
Dec 2015 (first aired)
The Dream Makers is a 30-episode drama serial that airs on MediaCorp Channel 8 from 24 June 2013, to 2 August 2013. It features Zoe Tay, Rui En, Jeane ... view
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Zhou Wei Yun (1 ep.)
May 2015 (first aired)
This story follows the life of a group of nurses as they take on their challenging routines with professionalism and pride. Wang Ruojun is an experien ... view
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Wang Ruojun (20 ep.)
Original title: 回味
2013
Eric Khoo's tv-movie about the relationship between a young girl and her mother with dementia. ... view
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Qiu Yun
2013
After discovering his wife's infidelities, Gerry leaves London to look after his deceased brother's business and family in Singapore. Discovering a fo ... view
Character:
Kim Devine
2013
LOVE... and other Bad Habits is a light-hearted, sometimes heartfelt, look at three different kinds of relationships in Singapore, from teen infatuati ... view
Character:
Mei
Jan 2012 (first aired)
Double Bonus is a Singaporean Chinese drama which was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. This drama serial consists o ... view
Character:
Mei Feng (1 ep.)
Jun 2011 (first aired)
Devotion is a Singaporean Chinese drama which was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It made its debut on 28 June 201 ... view
Character:
Liu Zhao Di (25 ep.)
Original title: 割爱
2010
Forty-something Cecilia better known as Sissy to her friends is a cheery and vivacious seamstress. Wai Mun, her husband of many years is the captain o ... view
Character:
Sissy
May 2009 (first aired)
The Ultimatum is a Singaporean Chinese drama which was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It made its debut on 27 May ... view
Character:
Ye Yu-Chen (30 ep.)
Jun 2008 (first aired)
Three different women -- an unwed entrepreneur, a housewife with a cheating spouse, and a career woman recently separated from her husband -- seek the ... view
Character:
Fang Baoyu (1 ep.)
Dec 2006 (first aired)
A Million Treasures is a Singaporean Chinese drama that was telecast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp TV Channel 8. This show, consisting ... view
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Bai Xing Xing (1 ep.)
Nov 2004 (first aired)
My Mighty-in-Laws is a Singaporean Chinese drama which was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. This drama serial consi ... view
Character:
Yao Mei Mei (1 ep.)
May 2004 (first aired)
Man At Forty is an intense drama which revolves around a pair of brothers, one born with a silver spoon and the other having to live in poverty almost ... view
Character:
Jian Jie (1 ep.)
Sep 2003 (first aired)
Baby Boom is a Singaporean TV series aired on MediaCorp Channel 8 in 2003. ... view
Character:
Kim (1 ep.)
Original title: 孩子。树
2001
A man is found dead on the road. The police are on site to collect and examine the evidence. According to the police officer, it appears to be a strai ... view
Character:
Guo Mei Feng
Jan 2001 (first aired)
Office politics, power struggles and greed provide action, thrills and excitement to this new drama about the banking sector. Zoe Tay helms this serie ... view
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Ye Kaishuang (1 ep.)
Jan 2000 (first aired)
The Hong family, led by father Hong Yun, faces everyday challenges as he and his wife raise five very different children. Despite conflicts and surpri ... view
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Zhang Xiaotong (1 ep.)
Original title: 梁婆婆重出江湖
1999
Liang Po Po: The Movie is a Singaporean film directed by Jack Neo in 1999. It stars the comedian director Jack Neo himself, who cross-dresses as the t ... view
Character:
Self (Cameo)
Jan 1999 (first aired)
As the world counts down to the year 2000, an evil conspiracy awaits to be uncovered. Can the cyber detective nail the hacker in time ? Will human eme ... view
Character:
Huang Si Jie (21 ep.)
Jan 1999 (first aired)
The divine one is immortalised - literally - as a wandering apparition in this 30-part mystery-romance that spans over three decades of contemporary S ... view
Character:
Pian Pian (1 ep.)
Sep 1998 (first aired)
Wisely, the eastern equivalent of Indiana Jones and James Bond, is a hero in every sense. He is multi-talented, believes in paranormal, knowledgeable ... view
Character:
Bai Su (30 ep.)
Jun 1998 (first aired)
The Return of the Condor Heroes is a Singaporean television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title. It was broadcast from 2 June to 2 ... view
Character:
Lu Erniang (2 ep.)
Original title: 迷情专访
1997
During the final months before Hong Kong's return to China, an ambitious young female reporter stumbles upon a murder scene. ... view
Character:
Joey
Jan 1996 (first aired)
An aged majie (servant) recalls her painful past in this touching drama. Besides the hardships she suffered as a servant, she also had an unhappy marr ... view
Character:
Pan Gui Kai (1 ep.)
Nov 1995 (first aired)
A simple man with ordinary looks from Thailand, finds himself hitting on gold when he makes it big in his career as well as having the dilemma of choo ... view
Character:
Zhou Xiaodan (40 ep.)
Aug 1995 (first aired)
This drama describes the trials and tribulations the teochew Cai Family under the patriarch Cai Qingyang from the late 1940s to the 1990s. ... view
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Cai Chong-mei (30 ep.)
Original title: 杀之恋
1995
What chemistry. Zoe Tay, the versatile actress with a thousand faces, teams up with Simon Yam and Edmund Chen in this TCS telemovie filmed partially i ... view
Character:
Shi Jia
Original title: 甜甜屋
1995
Zoe Tay, Martin Yan and Christopher Ming-Shun Lee star in this telemovie about a resolute divorcee who loses her financial assets after the divorce. S ... view
Character:
Xu Xiu Hui
Original title: 爱情订金
1994
This telemovie, with Zoe Tay and Alan Ka-Lun Yu in the leads, is a comedy about two enemies who become lovers after strange twists of events. ... view
Character:
Zheng Min
Nov 1993 (first aired)
The Unbeatables I is a Singapore drama series that was made by MediaCorp TV Channel 8. The popularity of the series led to the production of 2 follow- ... view
Character:
Luo Qi-Fang (80 ep.)
Jan 1991 (first aired)
A 1991 classic drama by Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (currently Mediacorp TV Singapore Pte Ltd) ... view
Character:
Hong Xiu (25 ep.)
Jan 1991 (first aired)
This is the show that catapulted Zoe Tay into instant stardom. Along with Meijiao Lin and Miaoling Tang, this 30-parter shows how Bobo (played by Zoe) ... view
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Bobo Wu (30 ep.)
Oct 1987 (first aired)
A series comprising of seven tales adapted from legends, war poems, and Liao Zai's collection from the Qing dynasty. These tales consist of loves stor ... view
Character:
Zhu Xiu Juan (25 ep.)