Sora Ma

Ma's parents are divorced and she has an older brother.^[4] She was mostly brought up by her grandparents in Sungei Petani, Kedah, Malaysia.^[4]

Ma studied at Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan University College and graduated from Curtin University in Perth, Australia, specialising in management and marketing.^[4] Prior to joining Star Search, she did some modelling work and was a financial planner.^[2]

A former commerce graduate, model and beauty queen, Ma was offered a contract by MediaCorp after reaching the top 5 in Star Search 2010. Ma has a fan club called Sorarity. In 2012, Ma scored her first acting nomination for her role in Love Thy Neighbour. She was nominated at the Asian Television Awards 2014 for her role in C.L.I.F. 3.

In October 2014, Ma, with Felicia Chin, opened a retro-themed cafe, The Mama Shop, in Chinatown, Singapore.^[5] The cafe closed in August 2015.^[6]

In 2017, Ma received her first Star Awards for Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes nomination and won the award in the same year. On 31 December, Ma announced in an instagram post that she would be leaving Mediacorp.^[7][8]

In 2018, Ma set up a production company, Socius Realm.^[9]

In 2022, Ma joined Singapore media company 8028 Holdings.^[10] She won the Best Supporting Actress award for her role in the drama This Land is Mine at the Asia Contents Awards.^[11]

In June 2021, Ma announced that she is engaged to her boyfriend, only known as 'Mr R',^[12] of eight years.^[13] She registered her marriage later in October^[14] and held a wedding banquet in Singapore on 24 July 2022.^[15]

In August 2023, chairman of the Singapore Artistes Association, Marcus Chin, revealed that Ma and her charity organisation Heartworks SG donated S$3,000 to Chin's personal fundraising movement for getai singer Angie Lau's medical treatment. Chin said that his artiste friends requested to donate anonymously but he decided to list all the donors in a Facebook livestream for transparency and to avoid speculations.^[16][17][18]

In March 2024, Ma announced her pregnancy and her child was conceived through in vitro fertilisation.^[19] In August, she gave birth to a son, Skye.^[20] In December, Ma revealed that her husband 'Mr R' died unexpectedly around June before the birth of their child.^[21]

Ma became a Singaporean citizen on 22 January 2025.^[22]