19 Facts About Claire Wong

Claire Wong is a Malaysian actor, director, producer, and filmmaker.

Claire Wong is the co-founder and Joint Artistic Director and Producer of Checkpoint Theatre.

Claire Wong has received training in both Asian and Western performing arts and obtained her post-graduate degree, a Master of Fine Arts, from Columbia University.

Claire Wong's recent producing and directing credits include: Huzir Sulaiman's The Last Bull: A Life in Flamenco, Occupation and The Weight of Silk on Skin ; Faith Ng's Normal, For Better or for Worse and wo ; Joel Tan's The Way We Go.

Claire Wong's play Recalling Mother which was co-written and co-directed with Noorlinah Mohamed, recently played at Esplanade's The Studios and at the Brisbane and OzAsia Festivals.

Claire Wong holds a law degree from the National University of Singapore, and practised litigation and corporate law.

Claire Wong is the co-founder and Senior Consultant of Studio Wong Huzir, a creative consultancy.

Claire Wong was born in Penang, Malaysia to a police officer father and housewife mother and grew up in Kuala Lumpur when her father was assigned to work at the police headquarters there.

Claire Wong was the youngest of five children in the family.

In high school, Claire Wong represented Selangor state in badminton competitions and was appointed the president of the literary, drama and debate society.

Claire Wong studied the sciences and took part in school plays to further her interest in drama.

Claire Wong studied law at the National University of Singapore and obtained her Master of Fine Arts in theatre at Columbia University in New York.

Claire Wong practised law first as a litigation associate and later as a corporate partner.

Claire Wong was nominated for the Best Actress award for Occupation.

Claire Wong is a co-founder of creative consultancy Studio Claire Wong Huzir and serves as its Senior Consultant.

Claire Wong's screen directing began in 2005, when she wrote and directed a television film, Project Peter, for Singapore's Arts Central channel.

Claire Wong wrote and directed a short film in Malaysia, Instant Noodles and Hot Chocolate, and was the script consultant and performer in That Historical Feeling, a Malaysian short film, which won a Bronze award at the Malaysian Video Awards.

Claire Wong has taught at the National University of Singapore, at both the Faculty of Law and in the Theatre Studies department.

Claire Wong married Huzir Sulaiman, a director and actor, in 2004.