Amy Cheng

Singaporean actress (born 1970) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Amy J. Cheng (born 1970[1]) is a Singaporean actress and creative director of ACT 3 Theatrics. She is best known for her role as Karen Tay in the television series Growing Up and as Jacqueline Ling in the 2018 romantic comedy-drama Crazy Rich Asians.

Born1970 (age 5556)
OthernamesZheng Huaru
Occupations
  • Actress
  • creative director
Spouse
Rama Chandran
(m. 2005)
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Amy Cheng
Born1970 (age 5556)
Other namesZheng Huaru
Occupations
  • Actress
  • creative director
Spouse
Rama Chandran
(m. 2005)
Children2
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese鄭 华 如
Simplified Chinese郑 华 如
Hanyu PinyinZhèng Huaru
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Career

Stage

Cheng is a co-founder and creative director of Act 3 Theatrics.[2][3] She has performed in live theatre shows through Act 3 including Footsteps in the Night, 41 Hours, and Confessions of the Three Unmarried Women. She has had other stage roles in Singapore Repertory Theatre's Forbidden City and The Good Citizen and Escape Productions' The Deap Blue Sea and Esplanade's Letters from Home.[4] In 2006 she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Life! Theatre Awards for her role as the Banana Tree Spirit in the mandarin musical 10 Brothers.[5]

In 2012, Cheng become Act 3 Theatrics' creative director.[6]

Television

From 1996 until 2001 Cheng was a regular cast member of the Singaporean television drama Growing Up (1996 - 2001) as Karen Tay, the wife of Andrew Seow's character, Gary Tay.[7] In 2001 she was nominated for Best Actress at the Asian Television Awards for her role in Growing Up. She played Dr. Winnie Leong in the television series First Touch (2002 - 2003)[6] and also had roles in Like My Own, Happily Ever After (2007), Machine, Stay, and Anita's Complaint. Cheng has worked as a television presenter and host for My Perfect Child and The Good Life. She landed roles in the Chinese dramas She's the One, Destiny, and Making Miracles (2007). She had a guest role in the German television movie Perfect Harmony. She played the leading role in Zhao Wei Films' Stories About Love and starred alongside Gurmit Singh and Fann Wong in Jack Neo's movie named Just Follow Law (2007).[8] She had a small role as Felicia Chin's mother in the television movie Hong Bao + Kisses.

Film

In 2018 she appeared in the American romantic comedy-drama film Crazy Rich Asians as Jaqueline Ling.[9][10][11][12]

Personal life

In 2000, Cheng met Rama Chandran in a children’s production, Foot Steps In The Night.[6] They started a relationship in 2002 and married in 2005.[6] They have 2 sons.[13][14][15]

Filmography

Theatre

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2006 10 Brothers [5]
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Television series

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1996–2001 Growing Up Karen Tay [7]
1998-1999 Triple Nine Inspector Emily Cheng
2000 Stories About Love
2002–2003 First Touch [6]
2003 Always On My Mind Surin 4 episodes
2005 Destiny Shen Qianwen
2009 Polo Boys Alan's mother 1 episode
2010 Silver Lining Margaret Gan 2 episodes
With You Kang Yafang 3 episodes
2015 2025 Renee Tang 16 episodes
2016 Rojak Ling 1 episode
2017 When Duty Calls Tina Cameo
2018 20 Days 4 episodes
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Film

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2003 No Place Like Home - Colors Beatrice Television movie
2005 House of Harmony Mrs. Wah Television movie
2007 Just Follow Law Nancy
2011 The Man from Beijing [de] Qui Hong Television movie
2018 Crazy Rich Asians Jacqueline Ling [9]
2019 Reposession Linda
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