Julie Tan (born 22 September 1992 in Penang, Malaysia) is a Singaporean actress. She was the female lead in ''

That Girl in Pinafore ''That Girl in Pinafore'' () is a 2013 Singaporean comedy-musical film directed by Chai Yee Wei and starring Daren Tan, Julie Tan, Hayley Woo, Jayley Woo, Kenny Khoo, Seah Jiaqing and Kelvin Mun. Plot The story was set in the 1990s. Secondary s ...

''.

Early life

Julie Tan was born in Malaysia. She received her education in Singapore and studied Drama at the

Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA); (Standard Chinese: 南洋艺术学院; ms, Akademi Seni Halus Nanyang; ta, நன்யாங் அகாடமி ஆஃப் ஃபைன் ஆர்ட்ஸ்) is a publicly-funded post-secondary ar ...

Career

In 2008, she debuted in the telemovie ''The Promise'' as a girl with intellectual disability. She was also the first runner-up in

The New Paper ''The New Paper'' is a Singaporean newspaper in tabloid form. It was originally published as a "noon paper", but since 2016 has been published daily as a freesheet in the morning from 7 a.m. onwards. History First launched on 26 July 1988, ...

's New Face. In 2010, Tan starred in television episodes, including ''The Illusionist'', ''No Limits'' and ''New Beginnings''. She auditioned for Alpha Entertainment in 2011, and was given a chance to be part of

K-pop K-pop (), short for Korean popular music, is a form of popular music originating in South Korea as part of South Korean culture. It includes styles and genres from around the world, such as pop, hip hop, R&B, experimental, rock, jazz, gos ...

girl group

Skarf Skarf ( ko, 스카프; stylized as SKarf) was a South Korean girl group formed by Alpha Entertainment. The meaning behind the group's name is based on the word "scarf". The S stands for Singapore while the C was switched out with the K for Korea ...

, which she turned down. She worked in television dramas ''A Tale of 2 Cities'' and ''A Song to Remember'', as one of the female leads. In 2013, she starred in movies ''

Judgement Day The Last Judgment, Final Judgment, Day of Reckoning, Day of Judgment, Judgment Day, Doomsday, Day of Resurrection or The Day of the Lord (; ar, یوم القيامة, translit=Yawm al-Qiyāmah or ar, یوم الدین, translit=Yawm ad-Dīn, ...

'' and ''

''. She became the host for ''A Date with K-pop Stars'', which debuted on 21 February 2014, where she travelled to

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

and spent time with idols. In 2013, Tan got her first individual lead role starring in

96°C Café 96 °C Café (Chinese: 96 °C 咖啡) is MediaCorp's first transmedia project related to coffee and romance. It was broadcast from 29 April to 24 May 2013 on free-to-air channel MediaCorp Channel 8 and consists of 20 episodes. It star ...

. In the same year, she also starred in Gonna Make It. In 2015, Tan starred in ''

The Dream Makers II The Dream Makers II (Chinese: 志在四方II, often abbreviated as ZZSF2) is a 32-episode Singaporean drama produced and telecast on Mediacorp Channel 8. The show served as the year-end blockbuster for Channel 8 in 2015. The show aired at 9pm on ...

'' as the main villain. It was her breakthrough role and she won her first acting award starring as Dong Zihuai in the drama. In May 2016, it was announced that Tan will take a 6-month break from acting in order to take a four-month acting course at

New York Film Academy New York Film Academy – School of Film and Acting (NYFA) is a private for-profit film school and acting school based in New York City, Los Angeles, and Miami. The New York Film Academy was founded in 1992 by Jerry Sherlock, a former film, t ...

's school of acting.

Filmography

Telemovies

Accolades

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tan, Julie Living people Singaporean television personalities Malaysian people of Chinese descent Malaysian emigrants to Singapore 1992 births