Claire Wong
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Claire Wong is a Singapore
based stage and film actress, director and writer.
Born in Malaysia, she a resident of Singapore
. A qualified lawyer
, she also obtained her Master of Fine Arts in theatre at Columbia University
in New York
. During the 1990s she performed in leading roles in Ong Keng Sen
's post-modern Flowers of Destiny, Madame Mao's Memories, and Desdemona. More recently, she has acted in her husband Huzir Sulaiman
's Atomic Jaya, Cogito, and Occupation, and directed Election Day. She is co-founder and Joint Artistic Director of Checkpoint Theatre.
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
based stage and film actress, director and writer.
Born in Malaysia, she a resident of Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
. A qualified lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
, she also obtained her Master of Fine Arts in theatre at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. During the 1990s she performed in leading roles in Ong Keng Sen
Ong Keng Sen
Ong Keng Sen is a Singaporean director of the theatre group TheatreWorks, which was founded in Singapore in 1985.Ong is a member of the Asia-Europe Network, which promotes the artistic exchange between Asia and Europe...
's post-modern Flowers of Destiny, Madame Mao's Memories, and Desdemona. More recently, she has acted in her husband Huzir Sulaiman
Huzir Sulaiman
Huzir Sulaiman is a Malaysian actor, director and writer. One of Malaysia's leading dramatists, acclaimed for his vibrant, inventive use of language and incisive insight into human behavior in general and the Asian psyche in particular...
's Atomic Jaya, Cogito, and Occupation, and directed Election Day. She is co-founder and Joint Artistic Director of Checkpoint Theatre.