1. Fiona Xie was born on 24 January 1982 and is a Singaporean actress, television host, socialite and businesswoman.
37 Facts About Fiona Xie
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Fiona Xie was named as one of the Seven Princesses of Mediacorp in 2006.
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Fiona Xie was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 2001 to 2009.
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Fiona Xie is slated to play the same role in its sequel China Rich Girlfriend based on the 2015 international best-selling novel of the same name by Kevin Kwan.
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Fiona Xie was spotted by a talent scout at the age of 15 while studying in St Hilda's Secondary School.
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Fiona Xie modelled for numerous print and television commercials in Singapore and Hong Kong before joining MediaCorp as a full-time artiste in 2001.
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Fiona Xie made her acting debut as a nurse in the Channel 5 drama Growing Up.
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Fiona Xie's convincing acting landed her one of her most recognisable roles in the Channel 8 sitcom My Genie.
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Fiona Xie won "Best Newcomer" at the Star Awards 2001 after joining the entertainment industry for just over a year.
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Fiona Xie later become known for her talents as a bilingual variety show hostess, in particular of the long-running series City Beat.
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Fiona Xie has since hosted other variety shows, such as the photography-based Say Cheez for Channel 8, and introducing celebrities' favourite hawker foods in Coffee Talk and Hawker Woks for Channel 5.
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Fiona Xie hosted the travel show Weekend Escapade together with Ben Yeo.
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In 2004, Fiona Xie ran with Jeanette Aw, Joyce Chao and Felicia Chin, dressed only in bikinis, along Orchard Road for the Channel 8 drama The Champion.
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Fiona Xie continued to be ranked among the Top 10 for the FHM lists in the next 3 years.
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In 2006, Fiona Xie attempted her first villain role as a spoilt diamond heiress in the Channel 8 drama An Enchanted Life, starring alongside Yvonne Lim and Pierre Png.
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In December 2006, Fiona Xie was identified as one of the most promising young actresses in the Singapore entertainment industry by leading local entertainment magazine I-Weekly.
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In 2007, Fiona Xie took part in the second season of the Singapore edition of Deal or No Deal, where her winnings would go to a selected charity organisation.
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Fiona Xie starred in a MediaCorp Channel 8 drama Just in Singapore, which was telecast in March 2008.
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Fiona Xie played a kind-hearted tomboy who sells chicken wings at bazaars and sings getai during the Hungry Ghost Festival.
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Fiona Xie starred in a Channel 5 sitcom titled Calefare, which starred Gurmit Singh, Benjamin Heng, Mastura Ahmad and Vadi PVSS.
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Fiona Xie played a calafare named Joleen Wee, a wannabe singer who actually cannot sing, and often spouts phrases like "eyes wide open", "laugh out loud" and so on.
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Fiona Xie was originally slated to star in MediaCorp Channel 8's 2009 blockbuster drama, Together.
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Fiona Xie would have played the second female lead role, one of the meatiest roles that she would have ever received in her career.
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Fiona Xie went on to play the lead role in her third film Fist of Dragon, a Singaporean production.
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Fiona Xie left the entertainment industry in 2009, citing personal reasons.
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On 2 September 2009, Channel NewsAsia carried news reports that Fiona Xie had quit MediaCorp, but this was later disputed by another news article.
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On 6 December 2009, Fiona Xie was the main feature for top-selling magazines 8 Days and I-weekly.
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Fiona Xie then hosted a variety show, Lodge with Me, which aired in May 2010, alongside Felicia Chin, Rui En, and Zhou Ying.
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In various media interviews, Fiona Xie was cited as saying she wanted to spend more time with her family, especially with one of her cousins who was critically ill, as one major reason for returning to Singapore.
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Fiona Xie endorsed products such as Gong Cha's juices and OSIM's massage devices.
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Fiona Xie starred alongside Elvin Ng, Zhang Yaodong, Tong Bingyu, and Dawn Yeoh in Gifted, a crime thriller filmed in Malaysia.
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Fiona Xie plays an accomplished businesswoman who is "a very powerful, very scary lady who will go to great lengths to make sure that she gets what she wants".
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In 2012, Fiona Xie helped to launch the Shanghai outlet of local fashion boutique Surrender, where she spearheaded a collaboration between Japanese accessories brand Ambush and South Korean rapper G-Dragon.
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Fiona Xie described herself as an arts lover and had worked with Perrotin, an art gallery, when she was based in Hong Kong.
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In February 2017, Fiona Xie was reported to be in a relationship with Julien Leo, a model and rapper with local band Kin.
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In 2020, Fiona Xie revealed in a Channel 8 talk show interview that she left full-time acting in 2009 as she was leaving Singapore with her then-fiance, who did not want her to continue acting.
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Fiona Xie spent the next few years living in Hong Kong and New York, before breaking up with her fiance following her grandmother's death.