Jae Liew (; born 29 May) is a

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actress.

Early life and education

Jae Liew was born on 29 May in Singapore. She has an older brother. She graduated from

Murdoch University Murdoch University is a public university in Perth, Western Australia, with campuses also in Singapore and Dubai. It began operations as the state's second university on 25 July 1973, and accepted its first undergraduate students in 1975. Its n ...

with a bachelor's degree of communications.

Career

In 2013, Liew made her acting debut as the female lead in

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's film ''

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''. Alongside ex-

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member

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and

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member

Calvin Chen Calvin Chen ( zh, t=辰亦儒, w=''Chen I-Ju'', poj=Sîn E̍k-jû, p=Chén Yìrú; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ:Shìn Yi̍t-yî; Teochew pronunciation in Tâi-lô: Sîng Iā-dzû) is a Thai Chinese actor, businessman, model, singer, and television host. He ...

she played Penny Yang, a university student. Following the film's release, she was cast in a supporting role as a queen bee cheerleader for the Mediacorp's Channel 8 drama ''Scrum!'' (冲锋) with Singaporean actress

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and Taiwanese actor Chris Lee. In 2015, she was cast in supporting roles for Mediacorp's Channel 8 dramas, ''

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'' and '' The Journey: Our Homeland''. She was also one of the lead roles as Diana Tong on Mediacorp's Channel 5's drama, ''

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'', Singapore's first long-form drama television series. Jae also appeared on the 2015 September cover of '' Singapore FHM'' magazine, marking its final issue in SPH Media. In 2016, she took on the leading role in a Tamil telemovie, ''Muthar Kanave'', which would later win the Best Telemovie at

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2016. She made her first appearance on the cover of Singaporean magazine ''8 Days'' in 2017, alongside cast member

Nat Ho Nathaniel "Nat" Ho (, born 23 August 1984) is a Singaporean actor and singer. Career Ho was originally one of the Top 30 contestants in the inaugural season of Singapore Idol in 2004. He was also awarded the 'Most Promising Artiste' in 2004, b ...

. In 2018, Liew was chosen as one of the faces of Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA)'s second awareness campaign 'Cyber Tips 4 U' together with local comedian,

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. In 2020, Liew was cast in the second season of ''Derek'', a spin-off from the police procedural television drama ''Code of Law'', playing the roles of a pair of twins. Liew was praised for her portrayal of the twins by fellow cast member

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and ''Sinema.SG'' reviewers.

Filmography

Film

Television

Variety shows

Music video appearances

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Liew, Jae 1990 births 20th-century Singaporean people 21st-century Singaporean actresses Actresses of Chinese descent Living people Murdoch University alumni Singaporean film actresses Singaporean television actresses