Jayley Woo is a

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an actress. She was a full-time

MediaCorp Mediacorp Pte. Ltd., doing business as Mediacorp and stylised as mediacorp, is a media conglomerate in Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the holding company of the Government of Singapore—it owns television, radio, and digital media prope ...

artiste from 2012 to 2018 but continues to work on an ad hoc basis.

Career

Woo was a blogger alongside her older twin sister,

Hayley Woo Hayley Woo (born 27 December 1991) is a Singaporean actress. She was managed by JTeam JM Artiste Network from 2013 to 2017. She has an identical twin sister, Jayley Woo, who is also an actress. Career Woo and her sister joined The New Paper ...

, under the stage name Jay On The Hay. In 2012, she made her debut by appearing in '' Jump!'' alongside

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and Zhang Zhenhuan. Her work in the series garnered her a Best Newcomer nomination at the

Star Awards 2013 Star Awards 2013 ( Chinese: 红星大奖 2013) was a double television award ceremony held in Singapore. It is part of the annual Star Awards organised by MediaCorp for the two free-to-air channels, MediaCorp Channel 8 and MediaCorp Channel U. St ...

. In 2013, she starred in ''

C.L.I.F. ''C.L.I.F.'' (''Courage, Loyalty, Integrity, Fairness'', or 警徽天职, commonly pronounced as cliff) is a police procedural series produced by Mediacorp Singapore in 2011 in collaboration with the Singapore Police Force. It was aired from 31 M ...

'', ''96℃ Cafe'' and ''

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''. She also made a cameo appearance in ''

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''. In 2014, she filmed ''

The Caregivers ''The Caregivers'' (simplified Chinese: Missy 先生) is a nursing and medical show which made its debut on 12 March 2014. It stars Thomas Ong , Tong Bing Yu , Terence Cao , Xiang Yun , Jayley Woo , Bonnie Loo & Tracy Lee as the casts of the ser ...

'', ''

C.L.I.F. 3 ''C.L.I.F. 3'' (''Courage, Loyalty, Integrity, Fairness'', or 警徽天职3) was a police procedural series produced by MediaCorp Singapore in 2014 in collaboration with the Singapore Police Force. It was broadcast from 9 April to 13 May 2014 on ...

'' and '' Against The Tide''. She was nominated for Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes award at the

Star Awards 2015 Star Awards 2015 (also SA2015, Chinese: 红星大奖2015) is a double television award ceremony which is held in Singapore. It is part of the annual Star Awards organised by Mediacorp for free-to-air channel Mediacorp Channel 8. SA2015 is broa ...

and won the award in

Star Awards 2016 Star Awards 2016 (also SA2016, Chinese: 红星大奖2016) is a double television award ceremony which is held in Singapore. It is part of the annual Star Awards organised by Mediacorp for free-to-air channels Channels 8 and U. This was the fir ...

and Star Awards 2017. In 2015, she filmed ''

You Can Be an Angel Too ''You Can Be an Angel Too'' ( Chinese: 你也可以是天使) is a medical/nursing drama serial produced by MediaCorp Studios and aired on Channel 8. The show aired at 9pm on weekdays and had a repeat telecast at 8am the following day. The seri ...

'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' and made a cameo appearance in '' The Journey: Our Homeland''. In 2016, she had her first leading role in ''

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''. In the same year, she also filmed '' Beyond Words'' and ''

Peace & Prosperity ''Peace & Prosperity'' (Chinese: 富贵平安) ran for 170 episodes series produced by Mediacorp Channel 8. It stars Xiang Yun, Desmond Tan, Belinda Lee, Tong Bingyu, Dawn Yeoh, Tracy Lee, Julie Tan, Michelle Wong and Zhang Wei as the casts ...

'', made cameo appearances in ''

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'' and ''Soul Reaper'', a Toggle original series. In 2017, she filmed ''

Dream Coder ''Dream Coder'' (Chinese: 梦想程式) is a Singaporean drama produced and telecast on Mediacorp Channel 8 . The show aired at 9pm on weekdays and had a repeat telecast at 8am the following day. It stars Romeo Tan, Joanne Peh, Desmond Tan, ...

'', '' Have A Little Faith'' and '' Life Less Ordinary''. In 2018, she wrapped up filming in a Toggle original series, ''Love At Cavenagh Bridge'', and a science fiction English series, ''Glitch!'. She also starred in ''Jalan Jalan''. In July 2018, Woo left

Mediacorp Mediacorp Pte. Ltd., doing business as Mediacorp and stylised as mediacorp, is a media conglomerate in Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the holding company of the Government of Singapore—it owns television, radio, and digital media prope ...

as a full-time artist. The actress wrote in a Facebook post on 3 July 2018 that she will still be taking on suitable acting roles despite leaving Mediacorp. Woo is reportedly pursuing potential opportunities overseas, including possible projects in China.

Personal life

Woo studied in

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and ITE Clementi. Woo was in a clandestine relationship with actor

Aloysius Pang Aloysius Pang (; 24 August 1990 – 24 January 2019) was a Singaporean actor managed under NoonTalk Media, best known for his involvement in multiple Mediacorp dramas. He died on 24 January 2019 at 1:45am NZDT (23 January 2019 at 8:45pm SST) d ...

which first started from 2017. Shortly after his death, Woo revealed that they'd only planned to go public after the wedding. She did not elaborate on the reason for keeping the relationship secret, but Pang's manager

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is known to have imposed a no-dating rule on his stable of artistes. On 23 October 2022, Woo announced her engagement and her pregnancy.

Filmography

TV series

English-language

Mandarin-language

Telemovie

Film

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Woo, Jayley 1991 births Singaporean actresses Singaporean people of Chinese descent Singaporean people of Cantonese descent Place of birth missing (living people) Living people