Carrie Wong


Carrie Wong is a Singaporean actress. She was discovered through the reality television competition Hey Gorgeous.

Biography

The only child of a housewife mother and father who works in a security firm, Wong was raised in a Chinese-speaking family. Her father is Singaporean while her mother is a Malaysian Chinese. She studied at Evergreen Secondary School and graduated with a diploma in Hospitality and Tourism Management from Nanyang Polytechnic in 2014. Wong was a blogshop model during her polytechnic years. She was scouted in her final year for Hey Gorgeous in 2013, where she made it as the second runner up.

Career

2013

Wong was chosen as one of the six contestants for the Preliminary Rounds of Hey Gorgeous in 2013.
Later that year, having emerged as second runner-up, Wong starred in her first drama, Scrum, broadcast in February 2014. Wong portrayed a disabled Sport Sciences polytechnic student.

2014–2016

She went on to play major roles in dramas Against the Tide and '. Her portrayals of a schizophrenic woman in Against the Tide, as well as that of a hot-tempered sweet soup seller in ' garnered her a nomination for Best Supporting Actress and Top 10 Most Popular Artistes. She was nominated for Best Newcomer.
In 2015, Wong played leading roles in Love On Air and TV drama Sealed with a Kiss. In Star Awards 2016, she won the Social Media Award.
Wong had supporting roles in three long-running TV series: 118 from 2014 to 2015, Life – Fear Not from 2015 to 2016 and 118 II from 2016 to 2017. Since 2015, Wong received the Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes award in the Star Awards for five consecutive years.

2017–2018

In 2017, she filmed Dream Coder and My Friends From Afar, which gained her first nomination for Best Actress in Star Awards 2018.
In 2018, Wong made a cameo appearance in 118 Reunion, and was the female lead for My Agent Is A Hero and VIC, also appearing in Love At Cavenagh Bridge.
She gained a second nomination for Best Actress in Star Awards 2019 for her role in VIC.

2019–present

In 2019, Wong had lead roles in Hello Miss Driver, and My One In A Million. She was later chosen for a lead role in After The Stars, but was dropped due to scheduling conflicts and considerations that she was too young for the role.
Wong was confirmed to be the female lead for wuxia time travel drama A Quest To Heal. Filming began in late 2019 and it is set to air in 2020.

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2020Taste of Greed
味之道

  • Pairs up with Shaun Chen
  • 1/3 of Female Lead
  • 130-episodes long form drama
2020A Quest To Heal 我的女侠罗明依Luo Mingyi
罗明依

2019A World Of Difference 都市狂想Claire Chen Sixuan
陈思璇

  • Pairs up with Romeo Tan
  • Female lead
  • Toggle Original Series
2019My One In A Million 我的万里挑一Yan Shuyu
严书彧

  • Pairs up with Lawrence Wong
  • Siblings with Gavin Teo and James Seah
  • 1st female lead
2019My Agent Is A Hero II 流氓经纪 IISuzy Ong
  • Cameo appearance
  • Toggle Original Series
2019Hello Miss Driver 下一站,遇见Lin Chenxi
林晨曦

2018You Can Be An Angel 3 你也可以是天使3Jin Siyan
金思彦

2018Love At Cavenagh Bridge 加文纳桥的约定Xu Peizhen
许佩珍

  • Pairs up with Desmond Tan
  • Unit female lead
  • Toggle Original Series
2018VIC 维多利亚的模力Vicky Zhan
詹予柔

  • Pairs up with Desmond Tan
  • 1st female lead
  • Toggle Original Series
2018VIC 维多利亚的模力Victoria Lek
厉胜男

  • Pairs up with Desmond Tan
  • 1st female lead
  • Toggle Original Series
2018My Agent Is A Hero 流氓经纪Suzy Ong
  • Pairs up with Jeremy Chan
  • 1st female lead
  • Toggle Original Series
2018118 Reunion 118 大团圆Zhang Ke'ai
张可爱

  • Pairs up with Xu Bin
  • Cameo appearance
2017-2018My Friends From Afar 知星人Chen Fengjiao
陈凤娇

  • Pairs up with Shaun Chen
  • Siblings with Aloysius Pang
  • 1/2 of female co-leads
2017My Alien Girlfriend我的知星女友Chen Fengjiao
陈凤娇

  • Cameo appearance
  • Toggle Original Series
2017Dream Coder 梦想程式Fang Ru
方如

  • Pairs up with Romeo Tan
  • 1/2 of female co-leads
2016-2017118 II118 IIZhang Ke'ai
张可爱

  • Pairs up with Xu Bin
  • Siblings with Nick Teo
  • Supporting role
  • 218 episodes; long-running drama
2016-2017Hero 大英雄Alexia
  • Cameo appearance
2016You Can Be An Angel 2 你也可以是天使2Jin Siyan
金思彦

  • Pairs up with Aloysius Pang
  • 1/4 of female co-leads
2016The Gentlemen 来自水星的男人Wang Kaixin
王凯欣

  • Pairs up with Aloysius Pang
  • 1/3 of female co-leads
2016Don't Worry, Be Healthy 家有一保Elena
  • 2nd female lead
2015-2016Life – Fear Not 人生无所畏Bai Meigui
白梅桂

  • Pairs up with Aloysius Pang
  • Supporting role
  • 120 episodes, long-running drama
2015Sealed With A Kiss 吻我吧, 住家男Tian Zhenzhen
田珍珍

2015Love On Air 音为爱Eve
  • Pairs up with Desmond Tan
  • 1st female lead
  • TesTube Episode
2014-2015118118Zhang Ke'ai
张可爱

  • Pairs up with Xu Bin
  • Siblings with Dawn Yeoh and Nick Teo
  • Supporting role
  • 255 episodes; long-running drama
2014-2015' 信约: 动荡的年代Bai Lanxiang
白兰香

  • Pairs up with Shaun Chen
  • Supporting role
2014Against The Tide 逆潮Di Yao
狄遥

2014Against The Tide 逆潮Scarlet
  • Siblings with Christopher Lee
  • Supporting role
2014'Scrum!'' 冲锋Li Siqi
李思琪

  • Supporting role

Variety series

Compilation album

Discography

Drama OST

YearDrama TitleSong TitleOther SingerNotes
2015Life – Fear Not
人生无所谓
一样Aloysius Pang
冯伟衷
Sub-theme Song
插曲
2019Hello Miss Driver
下一站,遇见
Life Rose
生命蔷薇
Theme Song
主题曲
2019Hello Miss Driver
下一站,遇见
The Next Stop
下一站
Deng Biyuan
邓碧源
Sub-theme Song
插曲

Accolades