Zhou Ying () is a Chinese actress. She was formerly based in
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...
and 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 2007 to 2014.
Career
A graduate of the
Shanghai Theatre Academy
Shanghai Theatre Academy () is a public university in Shanghai, People's Republic of China dedicated to dramatic art education. Its predecessor was Shanghai Municipal Experimental Theatre School cofounded by the famous educator Gu Yuxiu (:zh:顾 ...
, Zhou moved to Singapore to take part in
Star Search 2007 and was under the mentorship of acclaimed veteran actress
Huang Biren
Huang Biren (born 7 March 1969) is a Singaporean actress best known for appearing in numerous MediaCorp Channel 8 television dramas. She was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1988 to 2008, but continues to film on an ad-hoc basis.
...
. Although she was eliminated in the quarterfinals, she was offered a contract by
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 ...
. She signed as a full-time artiste in 2010 and moved to Singapore permanently.
Zhou gained her first nomination for
Best Actress
Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress awar ...
. She won her first
Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes in 2011 and was nominated from 2012 to 2014. She was nominated for
Favourite Female Character and
Favourite Onscreen Couple (Drama). In 2013 , she was nominated for
Favourite Onscreen Couple (Drama).
In January 2014, Zhou left Singapore as her contract contract with MediaCorp was to end in April. She returned to
Shanghai
Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...
to be with her family and also to pursue acting opportunities in China.
Filmography
Television
Hosting
Accolades
References
External links
Profileon xinmsn
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1984 births
Living people
Chinese television actresses
21st-century Chinese actresses
Shanghai Theatre Academy alumni
Actresses from Shanghai