Huang Biren was born on Wee Pat Ling on 7 March 1969 and is a Singaporean actress and television host who received numerous honours and known for appearing in numerous MediaCorp Channel 8 television series.
45 Facts About Huang Biren
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Huang Biren was a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1988 to 2008.
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Huang Biren joined the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation in 1988 after completing its Professional Drama Performers' Training course.
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Huang Biren was due to study at Hawaii Pacific University in the United States but chose to go into acting when SBC offered her a contract, much to the initial disappointment of her parents.
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In 1998, Huang Biren went on to star in the hit Chinese drama series Stand By Me, which recorded rocketing viewership ratings, despite very little promotion done prior to the drama's telecast.
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Huang Biren played a patient and caring wife of a paraplegic, which won her the Best Actress Award at the 1998 Star Awards.
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Huang Biren was the first Singaporean actress to receive a Best Actress nomination in the 1998 Asian Television Awards for Stand By Me.
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In 2003, Huang Biren was nominated for the Best Drama Performance by an Actress award in the Asian Television Awards for her role in A Child's Hope.
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Huang Biren's name was listed in the second edition of the book, which was published in 2006.
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Since 2005, Huang Biren has filmed an average of only one serial per year, compared to three drama series per year between 2002 and 2004.
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Huang Biren came out strongly against these rumours and attributed the drop in drama serials filmed to an asthma attack she suffered after filming The Undisclosed, granting her medical leave for a period of a year.
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In June 2007, Huang Biren was chosen as one of the 10 TV mentors for the Star Search 2007 Reality Talent Show contestants.
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Huang Biren was the first female artiste to win this prestigious award, which was given out in commemoration of 25 Years of drama productions.
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An interview conducted by 8 Days magazine in November 2007 stated that Huang Biren had been the lead actress in seven of the eleven dramas with the annual highest viewership since 1997.
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On 4 August 2008, MediaCorp released news that Huang Biren has left the TV station on 30 June 2008.
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Huang Biren was last seen on television as a MediaCorp artiste on 11 July 2008, when she co-hosted an episode of Glamour Mum and the Dude alongside Bryan Wong.
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Paul Chan, MediaCorp's Vice-President for Branding and Promotions, answered the query by saying that the company has not decided if Huang Biren will be awarded as meetings with the Star Awards 2009 Committee have not been held yet.
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Huang Biren was initially offered a role in the 2008 MediaCorp mega-blockbuster drama series, The Little Nyonya.
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On 31 October 2008, MediaCorp confirmed Huang Biren would be receiving the coveted All-Time Favourite Artiste Award at the Star Awards 2009.
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On 1 November 2008, Huang Biren answered her supporters' queries if she would make a comeback, through telling reporters she has rejected some invitations from the TV Station to film dramas on a project basis.
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On 20 January 2009, Huang Biren made a public appearance where she attended the gala premiere of local movie Love Matters.
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Huang Biren was awarded the All Time Favourite Artiste Award at the Star Awards 2009 ceremony held on 26 April 2009.
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Huang Biren filmed a TV advertisement for the bank, which featured her mother.
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Huang Biren was then appointed ambassador of slimming company BeauteHub in February 2011.
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Huang Biren made a public appearance at the annual Star Awards 2011 ceremony as guest presenter on 17 April 2011.
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Huang Biren said it was her dream to film a movie and she has plans to do so in the future if there is a chance.
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Huang Biren announced plans to return to television when she attended the Star Awards 2012 award ceremony as award presenter alongside Member of Parliament Baey Yam Keng.
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Huang Biren revealed that discussions with MediaCorp are underway and she might star in a drama in 2013.
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Huang Biren underwent surgery in April 2013 and required time to recuperate.
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Huang Biren described her decision to pull out of the series as "regrettable" but she felt her state of health was most important, and filming in Malaysia and Tangshan, China might affect her scheduled medical follow-ups.
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On 23 March 2014, Huang Biren mentioned she has since made a full recovery from the surgery and will be making a television comeback in the second half of the year.
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On 31 March 2014, MediaCorp TV Channel 8 announced on its official Facebook page that Huang Biren will be making a comeback with two dramas in the works.
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Audience response to Huang Biren's comeback has been largely favourable, with the viewership of her comeback drama Three Wishes breaking the 1 million mark on its debut episode, a phenomenon rarely seen for local dramas.
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The captivating storyline, coupled with audience strong anticipation towards Huang Biren's return, were cited as contributory factors towards the drama's strong showing.
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Huang Biren then completed her GCE Advanced Level examinations at Ang Mo Kio Secondary School.
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In 1996, Huang Biren married Adrian Quek, a Senior Assistant Commissioner of the Singapore Police Force, after dating him for two years.
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On 30 July 2007, Huang Biren announced that she was two months pregnant with her second child, a girl due in March 2008.
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On 6 March 2008, Huang Biren gave birth to her second child, one day before her own birthday at Thomson Medical Centre.
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On 9 February 2009, Huang Biren's father died at the age of 67.
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On 29 September 2009, during the wedding ceremony of MediaCorp artistes Fann Wong and Christopher Lee where she was one of the invited guests, Huang Biren told reporters she was two-and-a-half months pregnant with her third child.
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In February 2010, Huang Biren commented that her third pregnancy was a tough one when she was interviewed by The New Paper.
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Huang Biren had an extreme case of severe morning sickness where she had to take medication to prevent herself from throwing up in the first trimester.
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Huang Biren feels more tired compared to her second pregnancy mainly because taking care of her second child takes up a lot of her energy.
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Huang Biren is the aunt of Singapore National fencing athlete, Jet Ng.
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Huang Biren revealed she feels most at ease while working with ex-actor Xie Shaoguang because they have very good chemistry on screen, though they seldom keep in contact in private.