Andrea Heidi De Cruz (; born 24 June 1974) is a Singaporean actress and psychologist. She left

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when her contract ended, but continues to work on an ad hoc basis.

Career

De Cruz was a psychologist before going into show business. Although not from a Chinese-speaking background, she speaks Mandarin and has acted in Channel 8 dramas.

Personal life

De Cruz was educated at

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and studied psychology at

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. She has been married to fellow MediaCorp actor

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in 2003. In 2002, De Cruz was a victim of the

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pills scandal and suffered from liver failure as a result. Png, who was her boyfriend at that time, donated part of his liver.'
Singapore star in diet pill suit
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, 24 June 2003 She filed a lawsuit against various distributors of Slim 10 pills and fellow actor

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Singapore court awards actress S$900,000 in slimming pill case
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, 4 October 2003 De Cruz began her court battle against the importers and distributors of diet pills that she says nearly caused her to die of liver failure. Lawyers for De Cruz began arguments in the High Court seeking unspecified damages in a civil suit against Health Biz, the importer and distributor of “Slim 10" diet pills. The case was expected to last three weeks. De Cruz sought damages for injuries she alleged were caused by the drug and to cover the cost of her liver transplant surgery and treatment, court documents said. She also sued the pills' distributor, TV Media, and actor Rayson Tan Tai Ming who sold the pills to her. Tan was later cleared while the distributors were forced to compensate her. De Cruz took a 5-year break from acting and later stated that she has moved on from the incident. In 2017, De Cruz was diagnosed with first stage cervical cancer and had recovered from it. In 2019, she was unable to move the left side of her face due to a 3mm

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. In 2021, De Cruz with Png opened a restaurant, Tipsy Flamingo, as part of the Tipsy Collective at

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Filmography

Film

Television appearances

Variety Shows

Accolades

References

External links

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