Xiang Yun
Known For
Acting
Born
1961-10-27 in Singapore
Biography
Chen Cuichang, better known by her stage name Xiang Yun, is a Singaporean actress & television host. She is commonly referred to as MediaCorp's first "Ah Jie" (Senior actress) for being among the first locally trained artistes and has been in the entertainment industry for more than 29 years. Chen is one of the first batch of graduates from SBC's drama training class. She began her career in children's drama in 1980 and proceeded to act in the drama series Double Blessings and All That Glitters Is Not Gold in 1983. It was her role as "Ah Mei", love interest of Huang Wenyong's character "Ah Shui", in the 1984 blockbuster drama series The Awakening that propelled her to fame, evidenced by the fact that she and Huang were named among the "Top 5 Favourite On-Screen Partners" and "Top 5 Most Memorable Drama Characters" of the last 25 years at the Star Awards 2007 anniversary special. In 1997, she played Singaporean war heroine Elizabeth Choy in the war drama The Price of Peace. After the birth of her second child, she took a brief hiatus from acting.[4] She returned to television in 2000 and has since been cast in major roles in many of MediaCorp's large-scale productions, such as Double Happiness, Portrait of Home, The Little Nyonya and Kinship. Despite competition from younger actresses, Chen's popularity remained high as she was voted the "Top 10 Most Popular Artistes" in the annual Star Awards from 2000 to 2010 and was awarded the coveted "All-Time Favourite Artiste Award".[5] She has also won the "Best Supporting Actress" award for a record 4 times, in years 1998, 2000, 2001 and 2009. In 2011, she received the All-Time Favourite Artiste award after winning the Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes award from 2000-2010 respectively.
Most Known For
The Little Nyonya
as Wang Tianlan
The Little Nyonya
as Madame Chen
The Golden Pillow
as Sai Guixiang (1995)
The Price of Peace
as Elizabeth Choy
The Royal Monk
as 冷小凤
Strange Encounters
as Piao Hong
人在旅途
Moments
as Wu Suqun
Yours Always
as Zhang Li Hui Fen
Yours Fatefully
as Liu Xiuying
Pillow Talk
as Mao Yunling
The Gift of Time
as Xu Qiaomei
Beyond
as Zhang Cuiyan
Where the Heart Belongs
as Liu Zheng Wanyu
爱情风险
Reunion Dinner
as Chaoyang's Mum
Happy Prince
as Bi Qiu
Unriddle 2
The Awakening
as Ah Mei
The Score
as Xu Anna