Khym Lam (born 1963 or '64) is a Singaporean-born Australian actress.

Biography

Lam was born in

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to a Malayan father and a Eurasian mother—her grandparents were Charles Davis, a Welsh engineer who married May Lawrence, a part-Chinese woman, before

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. Lam and her family moved to Australia when she was aged seven. She studied film-making in Melbourne, while waitressing and taking acting roles to support her studies. Lam's breakthrough role came in 1988 when she was cast as the female lead role of Julie Soong in the

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mini-series ''

Tanamera – Lion of Singapore ''Tanamera – Lion of Singapore'' is a 1989 Australian drama serial which is a co-production between Central Independent television and Grundy in 1989.Australian Television and International Mediascapes By Stuart Cunningham P125 , 978052146974 ...

''. She also had a lead role as Yoshie in the 1987 horror film '' Zombie Brigade''. In 1991, Lam played the Shitsu Tonka Newsreader in the ABC TV comedy series ''

DAAS Kapital ''DAAS Kapital'' is an Australian television comedy series written by and starring comedy trio the Doug Anthony All Stars (Paul McDermott, Tim Ferguson and Richard Fidler) with supporting cast members Paul Livingston, Michael Petroni, Bob Downe a ...

''.DAAS Kapital – Faith
''Australian Screen'', National Film and Sound Archive, 1992. It was on the series that she met

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member

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who she would go on to marry in 1993 and have one son and one daughter with him.All Star secrets revealed
''Chortle – The UK Comedy Guide'', 13 April 2013. In 1994 and 1995, Lam appeared in several episodes of ''

Neighbours ''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera, which has aired since 18 March 1985. It was created by television executive Reg Watson. The Seven Network commissioned the show following the success of Watson's earlier soap '' Sons an ...

'' as

Ling Mai Chan ''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera created by Reg Watson. It was first broadcast on 18 March 1985. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the serial in 1994, by order of first appearance. Until 9 May, cha ...

, the daughter of

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.Guest Character Profiles: Ling Mai Chan
''Neighbours: The Perfect Blend''.

Publications

In 1998, Lam wrote a recipe book, ''Eating In: a Post Modern Posthaste Experience'', which was published by

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.Eating in : a post modern posthaste experience / Khym Lam ; photography Oliver Strewe
National Library of Australia.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lam, Khym 1960s births Living people Australian television actresses Australian film actresses Australian people of Malaysian descent Australian people of Chinese descent Australian people of Welsh descent People from Singapore Singaporean actresses Singaporean emigrants to Australia Singaporean people of Chinese descent Singaporean people of Malaysian descent Singaporean people of Welsh descent