Sharon Au

Sharon Au
Chinese name 欧菁仙 (simplified)
Pinyin Ōu Jīngxiān (Mandarin)
Born 1975
Singapore
Occupation Host, actress
Years active 1995–2005

Sharon Au (simplified Chinese: 欧菁仙; traditional Chinese: 歐菁仙; pinyin: Ōu Jīngxiān) is a former Singaporean actress and host. Having joined the TCS during the mid-1990s, she won many awards as an artiste with MediaCorp before leaving the industry to pursue further studies. She is still with MediaCorp but is now in an executive position.

Career

Previously a flight stewardess with Singapore Airlines, Au's career in the entertainment industry began when she was talent-spotted from a Toy Factory Productions English remake of a Hong Kong stage musical I Have A Date With Spring. During the late 1990s she was best known for co-hosting City Beat with Kym Ng and Bryan Wong. She played numerous roles ranging from a cabaret girl in the stage musical, Beauty World to an enthusiastic radio presenter in the sitcom Right Frequency, each receiving rave reviews.

Competent and effectively bilingual, Au proved to be one of the most established hosts in Mediacorp alongside Quan Yi Fong and Guo Liang. This made her the favourite choice compere for most of MediaCorp's variety special programmes. This is further endorsed with her victory when she clinched the Best Variety Show Host Award at the Star Awards for four consecutive years.

She left for Japan to further her studies in 2005 in the School of International Liberal Studies, Waseda University in Tokyo on a MediaCorp scholarship. As part of her studies, she went to Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 in France for a year to study, as part of Waseda University's One-Year international Exchange Program.

Au came back to Singapore specially to host the Star Awards 2007 having been missing from the screen since September 2005.

She was last seen on stage as Mrs Lee Kuan Yew in The LKY Musical in 2015.

Au attended CHIJ Saint Nicholas Girls' School (Secondary) and Hwa Chong Junior College in Singapore. She graduated from Waseda University in Tokyo with a Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree in 2011.[1]

Drama

Variety Show

Theatre

Awards and achievements

Year Organisation Award Nominated Work Title Result
1998 Star Awards Best Variety Show Host NKF Charity Show 1998 Nominated
1999 Star Awards Best Comedy Performer Right Frequency Nominated
1999 Star Awards Best Variety Show Host City Beat Nominated
1999 Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste N/A Won
2000 Star Awards Best Comedy Performer Soho@Work Nominated
2000 Star Awards Best Variety Show Host City Beat Won
2000 Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste N/A Won
2001 Star Awards Best Comedy Performer Right Frequency 3 Won
2001 Star Awards Best Variety Show Host City Beat Won
2001 Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste N/A Won
2002 Star Awards Best Variety Show Host City Beat Won
2002 Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste N/A Won
2003 Star Awards Best Variety Show Host City Beat Won
2003 Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste N/A Won
2004 Star Awards Best Variety Show Host Spring N Slide Nominated
2004 Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste N/A Won

References

  1. ↑ "才貌双全 娱乐圈高学历明星" (in Chinese). xin.msn.com. 4 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Toy Factory turns 20". The Straits Times. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
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