Jesseca Liu () (刘芷绚/劉芷絢; ;

pinyin Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally written in Chinese for ...

: "''Liu Zhi Xuan''" was her previous Chinese stage name) (born 13 February 1979) is a

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n actress, who is based in Singapore and was named as one of the Seven Princesses of Mediacorp in 2006. She was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 2004 to 2010. She is a contracted artiste under

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and managed under

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Early life

Jesseca Liu was born on 13 February 1979 in

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, Malaysia, with the name Lao Chew Yen. She began modelling after graduating from Saito Academy in 2001. Languages often spoken by Liu are Cantonese, Hokkien, Mandarin, English and Malay. She finished second for a Malaysian beauty contest in 2001. Liu began acting in Malaysia in a few Chinese drama productions produced by Singapore-based companies.

Career

Liu was spotted by a producer in MediaCorp in 2004 who offered her the meaty role of He Yi Xuan in the sports themed drama, '' The Champion'', starring opposite

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and Taiwanese actors Toro and Yan Xing Shu. She then began a career as a full-time actress in Singapore. She snagged a role in the 100-episode drama series

Portrait of Home ''Portrait of Home'' () is a Chinese language drama serial which was filmed for and broadcast on Singapore's Mediacorp TV Channel 8 in 2005. It stars Adrian Pang, Xiang Yun, Louise Lee, Richard Low, Pierre Png and Felicia Chin as the casts of ...

in 2005. She played a Vietnamese bride Ruan Mianmian, and starred opposite veteran thespians

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and

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. She was nominated for ''Best Supporting Actress'' and ''Most Popular Newcomer Award'' categories for the

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ceremony with her role as Ruan Mianmian in ''

''. She won the ''Most Popular Newcomer Award'' that year. Her first lead role was Ding Yirou in ''Rhapsody in Blue'' in 2006. She was given opportunities to play lead roles thereafter. She filmed a movie by

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back in 2007 and it was scheduled to be screened in the second quarter of 2008. However, the screening of the movie was put to a halt due to copyright problems. Liu released a book diary, ''Jesseca's Diary'' (Chinese : ''绚日记'') in December 2007. In March 2011, she starred in the Channel U blockbuster of the year '' Secrets For Sale'', alongside

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and

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. She played Jiaqi, a private investigator. The 13-episode serial was produced by Wawa productions. In October 2011, she went on to play the role of a medical doctor Yang Minfei in the medical-themed series ''The Oath'', which is one of the highest rated series of the year. The drama also starred

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and

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. She continued to star in other Wawa productions, such as '' Game Plan'' and ''

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'', and wrote two episodes of ''Let It Go''.

Departure from MediaCorp

Liu's contract with MediaCorp expired in May 2010. She then went on to sign a contract with

(Singapore) in the same year, while managing her family's spa business. Her first production under her new company was Channel U's feature film, ''Lost and Found'', ''小孩·狗'', in 2010 with Taiwan's popular child star Xiao Xiao Bin and Taiwanese idol James Wen Sheng Hao. The film garnered the highest viewership amongst the other two feature films aired, starring Mediacorp actresses

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and

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respectively. She then filmed Mediacorp Channel U's 2011 blockbuster drama, Secrets For Sale 《拍·卖》as the lead actress alongside Mediacorp actors Christopher Lee and Thomas Ong. Together with

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, she sang the theme song for The Silver Tribute Charity Night which was aired "live" on

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on 5 June 2011. This marked her first appearance on a live programme since

Star Awards 2010 Star Awards 2010 (Chinese: 红星大奖 2010) 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. Th ...

Return to Mediacorp

Liu recently signed a new acting contract with Mediacorp in 2015, rendering her eligible for the Top 20 Most Popular Female Artistes nominations. She was last nominated in 2010. Prior to this, she starred in three Mediacorp drama series: ''

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'', '' Blessings'' and '' Hand In Hand''. She starred in a new Wawa production called ''

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''. In 2017, she was involved in a drama called ''

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'' where she played as a female lead with many cameo appearance in the drama, which helped her gain a nomination for

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. She also got involved in a drama called ''

Eat Already? 2 ''Eat Already? 2'' () is a Singaporean Cantonese- and Hokkien-language drama series which is telecast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, Mediacorp Channel 8. It stars Marcus Chin, Aileen Tan, Liu Lingling, Lee Bao'en, Chen Shucheng , Hong Huifa ...

'' where she played a cameo appearance as a doctor. In 2018, she filmed two dramas called ''

Mind Matters Mind Matters ( zh, 心。情） is a 20-episode drama series produced by Mediacorp Channel 8. The show aired at 9pm on weekdays and had a repeat telecast at 8am the following day. It stars Qi Yuwu and Jesseca Liu as the casts of this series. Cast ...

'' with

and currently broadcast the drama called ''

Babies On Board ''Babies On Board'' ( zh, 新生) is a Chinese television drama that airs on the Singaporean television channel Mediacorp Channel 8 on weeknights. The show aired at 9pm on weekdays and had a repeat telecast at 8am the following day. It stars Tay ...

'' with

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. Jesseca has gotten 9 out of 10 Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes from 2006 to 2010, 2016–2017, 2019, 2021 & 2022 respectively.

Personal life

Liu married

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on 16 July 2017.

Filmography

Film

Television

Compilation album

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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