Khym Lam
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Khym Lam | |
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| Born | 1963 or 1964 (age 62–63)[1] |
| Occupation | Actress |
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| Children | 2 |
Khym Lam (born 1963 or 1964) is a Singaporean-born Australian actress.
Lam was born in Singapore to a Malayan father and a Eurasian mother—her grandparents were Charles Davis, a Welsh engineer who married May Lawrence, a part-Chinese woman, before World War II. Lam and her family moved to Australia when she was aged seven. She studied film-making in Melbourne, while waitressing and taking acting roles to support her studies.[1]
Career
In 1987, Lam appeared in The Henderson Kids II as Vietnamese schoolgirl Anh Nguyen,[2] a love interest for main character Steve Henderson.[3]
Lam's breakthrough role came in 1988 when she was cast as the female lead role of Julie Soong in the Network Ten drama miniseries Tanamera – Lion of Singapore.[1] She also had a lead role as Yoshie in the 1987 Australian horror film Zombie Brigade.[4]
In 1991, Lam played the Shitsu Tonka Newsreader in the ABC TV Doug Anthony All Stars comedy series DAAS Kapital.[5] In 1994 and 1995, she appeared in several episodes of Neighbours as Ling Mai Chan, the daughter of Lou Carpenter.[6]
Lam has also worked as a producer on ABC travel documentary Race Around the World.[7]
In 1998, Lam wrote a recipe book, Eating In: a Post Modern Posthaste Experience, which was published by Hodder Headline.[8]
After studying a Graduate Diploma in Library and Information Management from TAFE NSW from 2009 to 2011 and gaining a Bachelor of Arts from RMIT, Lam has worked in the legal industry, having worked at MinterEllison and Sparke Helmore Lawyers.[7]
Personal life
Lam met Doug Anthony All Stars member Richard Fidler while working on DAAS Kapital. They went on to marry in 1993 and had a son and a daughter.[9]
