Paige Chua
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Paige Chua is a model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....

 and television actress from 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...

. She graduated from National University of Singapore
National University of Singapore
The National University of Singapore is Singapore's oldest university. It is the largest university in the country in terms of student enrollment and curriculum offered....

 Faculty of Arts and Social Science with a Bachelor in Arts. Paige took up a banking job but was discovered at a social etiquette class, thus starting her four-year career as a model.

Career

Paige Chua first worked in a bank for two months, after which she quit her job and became a model in 2003. She has since appeared in many magazines and was also cast in a StarHub
StarHub
StarHub Limited is a full-fledged telecommunications company providing a full range of services over mobile, internet and fixed platforms in Singapore...

 commercial on television.

Paige made her acting debut in Just in Singapore
Just in Singapore
Just in Singapore is a Singaporean Chinese modern comedic drama which was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It made its debut on 25 February 2008 and ended on 04 April 2008...

, where she was cast as the half-sister of Fiona Xie
Fiona Xie
-Career:Xie was spotted by a talent scout at the age of fifteen while was studying in St. Hilda's Secondary School. She modeled for numerous print and television commercials in Singapore and Hong Kong before joining MediaCorp Studios as a full-time artiste in 2001....

. In the later part of 2008, she had 2 more roles in major dramas, such as La Femme and Crime Busters x2.

Others

Paige Chua has cast in a some short films by Royston Tan
Royston Tan
Royston Tan is a Singaporean filmmaker.Tan is a graduate from Temasek Polytechnic, where he took a course in Visual Communication. He first came into prominence through his short films: Sons , Hock Hiap Leong , 48 on AIDS , Mother and 15...

, Carol Chan and a few others, prior to her career as a television actress.

Filmography

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|rowspan="3"| 2008 || Just in Singapore
Just in Singapore
Just in Singapore is a Singaporean Chinese modern comedic drama which was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It made its debut on 25 February 2008 and ended on 04 April 2008...

 || 一房半厅一水缸 || Lin Xiu Zhen
|-
|La Femme
La Femme (TV series)
La Femme is a Singaporean Chinese modern family drama mainly emphasizing on the lives of three women of different traits. It was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It made its debut on 2 June 2008 and ended on 4 July 2008...

 || 绝对佳人 || Qian Ting Ting
|-
|Crime Busters x 2
Crime Busters x 2
Crime Busters x 2 is a Singaporean Chinese drama which was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It made its debut on 30 September 2008 and ended on 27 October 2008...

 || 叮当神探 || Yu Jie
|-style="background: #B0E0E6;"
|rowspan="2"| 2009 || The Dream Catchers
The Dream Catchers
The Dream Catchers is a Singaporean Chinese modern romance drama which was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It made its debut on 4 February 2009 and ended on 3 March 2009...

 || 未来不是梦 || Zhang Xiao Wei
|-style="background: #B0E0E6;"
|Your Hand in Mine
Your Hand In Mine
Your Hand In Mine was a long-running drama that was produced by Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp TV Channel 8. It was the longest local drama that had been produced by Mediacorp to date, with 180 episodes...

 || 想握你的手 || Li Lifen
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2010 || Unriddle
Unriddle
Unriddle is a Singaporean Chinese drama which was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It made its debut on 4 August 2010 and ended on 31 August 2010. This drama serial consists of 20 episodes, and was screened on every weekday night at 9:00 pm...

 || 最火搭档 || Zhang Mei Lin
|-
|The Score
The Score
The Score may refer to:* The Score Magazine, a Chennai magazine* The Score Television Network, a Canadian sports channel* The Score , a 1996 album by Fugees* The Score – An Epic Journey, a 2005 album by the symphonic metal band Epica...

 || 无花果 || Zhou Tian Lan
|-
|Secret Garden
Secret Garden
-In literature:* The Secret Garden, a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, which spawned several adaptations:** The Secret Garden a movie directed by Gustav von Seyffertitz and starring Lila Lee, Spottiswoode Aitken and Paul Willis...

 || 秘密花园 || Tracy
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2011 || It's A Great Great World || 大世界 || Mu Dan
|-
|Be Happy || 生日快乐 || Bai Xiu Ming

Recognitions

  • 2010
    • Best Supporting Actress nomination, Star Awards 2010
      Star Awards 2010
      Star Awards 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. Star Awards 2010 was telecast 'LIVE' on Channel 8, on 18 April 2010 and 25 April 2010...

       (The Dream Catchers)

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