Jesseca Liu
Jesseca Liu (born Lao Chew Yen on 13 February 1979) is a Malaysian 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 MediaCorp and managed by HIM International Music.
Jesseca Liu | |
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| Born | Lao Chew Yen 13 February 1979 |
| Alma mater | Saito Academy |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 2004–present |
| Agent | |
| Spouse | |
| Awards | Full list |
| Musical career | |
| Formerly of | Seven Princesses of Mediacorp |
| Chinese name | |
| Traditional Chinese | 劉子絢 |
| Simplified Chinese | 刘子绚 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Liú Zixuàn |
| Jyutping | Lau4 Zi2 Hyun3 |
| Hokkien POJ | Lâu Chú-hiàn |
| Birth name | |
| Traditional Chinese | 劉秋雁 |
| Simplified Chinese | 刘秋雁 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Liú Qiūyàn |
| Jyutping | Lau4 Cau1 Ngaan6 |
| Hokkien POJ | Lâu Chhiu-gān |
Early life
Jesseca Liu was born on 13 February 1979[1] in Langkawi, 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 Qi Yuwu 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 in 2005. She played a Vietnamese bride Ruan Mianmian, and starred opposite veteran thespians Adrian Pang and Louise Lee. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress and Most Popular Newcomer Award categories for the Star Awards 2005 ceremony with her role as Ruan Mianmian in Portrait of Home. She won the Most Popular Newcomer Award that year.[2]
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 MediaCorp Raintree Pictures 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 Christopher Lee and Lin Meijiao. 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 Christopher Lee, Ann Kok and Ix Shen. She continued to star in other Wawa productions, such as Game Plan and Disclosed, 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 HIM International Music (Singapore) in the same year, while managing her family's spa business.[3][4] 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.[2] The film garnered the highest viewership amongst the other two feature films aired, starring Mediacorp actresses Joanne Peh and Felicia Chin 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 Olivia Ong, she sang the theme song for The Silver Tribute Charity Night which was aired "live" on MediaCorp Channel 8 on 5 June 2011. This marked her first appearance on a live programme since Star Awards 2010.
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: Yours Fatefully, Blessings and Hand In Hand. She starred in a new Wawa production called The Queen.
In 2017, she was involved in a drama called Hero where she played as a female lead with many cameo appearance in the drama, which helped her gain a nomination for Best Actress. She also got involved in a drama called Eat Already? 2 where she played a cameo appearance as a doctor.
In 2018, she filmed two dramas called Mind Matters with Qi Yuwu and currently broadcast the drama called Babies On Board with Tay Ping Hui.
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 Jeremy Chan on 16 July 2017.[5][6]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Ref |
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| 2010 | Lost and Found 小孩·狗 | [2] | |
| 2015 | Bring Back the Dead | Jia En | |
| 2019 | When Ghost Meets Zombie | Bai Bai 白白 | [7] |
| 2023 | Circle Line 生死环线 | [8] |
Television series
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Rumput Jiwa | Jesseca Liu 刘秋雁 | ||
| The Champion | He Yixuan 何亦萱 | [1] | ||
| 2005 | My Lucky Charm | Chen Xiuwen 陈秀文 | ||
| Portrait of Home | Ruan Mian Mian 阮棉棉 | [2] | ||
| Portrait of Home II | ||||
| 2006 | Yours Always | Wang Yingru 王颖如 | ||
| Women of Times | Jia Wanqi 贾宛琪 | |||
| Rhapsody in Blue | Ding Yirou 丁以柔 | |||
| Through It All | Huang Qianyun 黄倩云 | |||
| 2007 | Mars vs Venus | Weng Ziling 翁紫玲 | [1] | |
| Kinship I | Zheng Yusheng 郑玉生 | |||
| Falling in Love | Zheng Zihui 郑子荟 | [1] | ||
| 2008 | Kinship II | Zheng Yusheng 郑玉生 | ||
| Rhythm of Life | Liu Zhiling 刘志玲 | |||
| Beach.Ball.Babes | Cai Yanfang 蔡艳芳 | [1] | ||
| Crime Busters x 2 | Ou Fenni 欧芬妮 | |||
| 2009 | The Dream Catchers | Lin Jiale 林佳乐 | [1] | |
| Romantic Delicacies | Shen Xiaoxin 沈小欣 | |||
| Baby Bonus | Zheng Xiaoyang 郑晓阳 | [9] | ||
| 2010 | New Beginnings | Tang Wenxi 唐汶汐 | ||
| 2011 | Secrets For Sale | Zhou Jiaqi 周家琦 | [2] | |
| In Time with You | Huang Haiyan 黄海燕 | |||
| The Oath | Yang Minfei 杨敏妃 | [2] | ||
| 2012 | Yours Fatefully | Song Xinxin 宋心心 | [1] | |
| Game Plan | Zhao Xingtong 赵欣彤 | |||
| 2013 | Marry Me | Rainbow Ang 洪彩虹 | ||
| Disclosed | Kuang Yunxiang 邝芸香 | |||
| 2014 | Served H.O.T. | Li Xiaorong 李小蓉 | ||
| Blessings | She Meiren 佘美仁 | [1] | ||
| Lin Xiaomei 林小梅 | ||||
| Who Killed The Lead | Lin Huiru 林慧如 | |||
| Three Wishes | Guest appearance 特别嘉宾 | |||
| 2015 | Hand in Hand | Hong Meifang 洪美芳 | ||
| Accidental Agents | Sammi | |||
| 2016 | The Queen | Guan Xin 关欣 | [1] | |
| Hero | Zhang Weixiong 张伟雄 | |||
| 2017 | Eat Already? 2 | Psychologist 心里医生 | ||
| 2018 | Mind Matters | Qin Xiuxiu 秦秀秀 | [2] | |
| Babies On Board | Peng Shiyun 彭诗韵 | [1] | ||
| 2019 | Hello From The Other Side – It's Time | Meng Ru 孟如 | [10] | |
| The Driver | Su Xin 素心 | |||
| Xu Zi Xin 徐子欣 |
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| 2020 | Mind's Eye | He Si Jia 何思嘉 |
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| Loving You | Lin Li 林俐 | |||
| 2021 | Crouching Tiger Hidden Ghost | Lin Xiao Fang 林小芳 | [11] | |
| The Take Down | Qiao Yi 乔毅 | |||
| 2022 | Soul Detective | Liu Shuqin 刘淑琴 | ||
| Soul Detective C 警长丙 | ||||
| 2024 | Kill Sera Sera | Cameo | ||
Discography
Compilation albums
| Year | English title | Mandarin title |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 17 | 新传媒群星咕鸡咕鸡庆丰年 |
| 2018 | MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 18 | 新传媒群星阿狗狗过好年 |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Star Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Portrait of Home (as Ruan Mianmian) | Nominated | |
| Best Newcomer | Won | [2] | |||
| 2006 | Star Awards | Best Actress | Rhapsody in Blue (as Ding Yirou) | Nominated | |
| Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes | — | Top 10 | |||
| 2007 | Star Awards | Best Actress | Kinship (as Zheng Yusheng) | Nominated | |
| Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes | — | Top 10 | |||
| 2009 | Star Awards | Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes | — | Top 10 | |
| 2010 | Star Awards | Favourite Female Character | The Dream Catchers (as Lin Jiale) | Nominated | |
| Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes | — | Top 10 | |||
| 2012 | Star Awards | Favourite Female Character | The Oath (as Yang Minfei) | Nominated | |
| Favourite Onscreen Couple (with Christopher Lee) |
Nominated | ||||
| 2013 | Star Awards | Favourite Onscreen Couple (with Christopher Lee) |
Game Plan (as Zhao Xintong) | Nominated | |
| 2016 | Star Awards | Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes | — | Top 10 | |
| 2017 | Star Awards | Best Actress | Hero (as Zhang Weixiong) | Nominated | |
| Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes | — | Top 10 | |||
| 2019 | Asia Rainbow TV Awards | Outstanding Leading Actress in Comedy | Hero (as Zhang Weixiong) | Won | |
| 2019 | Star Awards | Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes | — | Top 10 | |
| 2020 | New York Festivals TV and Film Award | Best Performance by an Actress | The Driver (as Su Xin/Zi Xin) | Finalist | |
| 2021 | Star Awards | Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes | — | Top 10 | |
| 2022 | Star Awards | Best Actress | Crouching Tiger Hidden Ghost (as Lin Xiao Fang) | Nominated | |
| Favourite Female Show Stealer | Nominated | [12] | |||
| Favourite CP
(With Jeremy Chan) |
Nominated | ||||
| Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes | — | Top 10 | [13] | ||
| 2023 | Star Awards | Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes | — | Pending | |
| Star Awards | Best Actress | Soul Detective (as Liu Shuqin) | Pending | ||
References
- "Style Evolution: Jesseca Liu". 8 Days. 13 February 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- "Why Jesseca Liu Is Willing To Risk Her Life To Become A Mum". The Singapore Women's Weekly. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- Goh, Joanna (20 May 2010). "Jesseca's Farewell 2010 - Highlights of Jesseca Liu's fleeting showbiz career". xinmsn. Archived from the original on 20 May 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- "Singapore actress Jesseca Liu: I am not a perfect lover". ICON Singapore. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- "Jesseca Liu and Jeremy Chan to wed".
- "Not at first sight, Jesseca Liu and Jeremy Chan share how they fell in love". AsiaOne. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- "Oh, the horror! Singaporean horror films haunting our screens this 2019". CNA Lifestyle. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- Scott, Mathew (6 December 2019). "First Look: The Uniquely Singaporean Monster Movie 'Circle Line'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- "I want a child before I grow old". The New Paper. 28 September 2009. p. 20.
- "Insta-buzz: What the stars were up to this week". 8 Days. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- "An actor was left shaken during filming of Jesseca Liu's ghostly new drama". CNA Lifestyle. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- "Star Awards 2022: Chantalle Ng and Xu Bin nominated for Favourite CP, Top 40 Most Popular Artistes revealed". AsiaOne. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- Ang, Benson (24 April 2022). "Star Awards 2022 host Chen Hanwei clinches Best Actor award | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
External links
- Jesseca Liu at IMDb
- Profile on xinmsn