Cynthia Koh


Cynthia Koh, also known as Xu Mei Zhen 许美珍, is a Singaporean actress. She is best known for acting in many television dramas produced by MediaCorp Channel 8.

Early life

Koh has one younger sister. Her father works in the Singapore Civil Defence Force while her mother is a housewife. Koh received her education at Saint Anthony's Canossian Secondary School.

Career

While still enrolled in Singapore Broadcasting Corporation's 10th Drama Artiste Course, Koh started acting at the TV station at the age of 18 in May 1992. Having acted in almost 46 dramas to date, Koh made her debut on stage in the critically acclaimed Men at Forty-Eight in 1997. Later, she won the Best Actress Award in Star Awards 1999 with her breakthrough performance in Stepping Out, in which she played a long-suffering woman fighting against her fate. This role earned her a nomination in the same category at the Asian Television Awards.
Koh was also part of the cast in three of MediaCorp TV Channel 8's long-running dramas. The 3 long-running dramas include: Holland V, Portrait of Home, Kinship. Koh's role as Fu Baozhu, a greedy and bossy woman in Portrait of Home granted her another Best Actress nomination in the Star Awards 2005. Unfortunately, she lost the award to veteran Huang Bi Ren. While filming Mediacorp Channel U's blockbuster drama Show Hand in December 2011, it was reported that Koh delayed an ovarian cyst operation to finish filming the series. In 2012, after not receiving an award for 15 years at the annual Star Awards, Koh made her comeback, winning her second Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste Award.
Koh has gotten 2 out of 10 Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes from 1997, 2012 respectively.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleProduction companyNotesRef
1994Love Dowry Wang Huiling
  • Telemovie
1994Romance in the Seventh Month Qiuqing
  • Telemovie
    • 1996Legend of Da Bo Gong Chen Yuzhen
  • Telemovie
  • Playing 2 roles
    • 1996Legend of Da Bo Gong Lei Xiaochun
  • Telemovie
  • Playing 2 roles
    • 20002000 A.D.Theresa
  • Film
    • 2011Already FamousHerselfMichelle Chong Film
  • Cameo

    • Compilation album

    Accolades