Kym Ng


Ng Kwee Khim, best known by her stage name Kym Ng, is a Singaporean television host and actress.
Ng is one of the three artistes who holds the record for most wins in the Best Variety Show Host category at Star Awards, with four wins.

Early life

Ng was educated at River Valley High School and did pre-university studies at Tanjong Katong Secondary School.

Career

Ng was previously a flight stewardess with Singapore Airlines and began her show business career as a singer. Subsequently, she joined the MediaCorp's predecessor Television Corporation of Singapore in 1995 and switched to hosting and acting. She became known to audiences as host of the popular infotainment programme City Beat alongside Pan Lingling, Lina Ng, Sharon Au and Bryan Wong. Her performance in the programme earned Ng her first two wins in the coveted Best Variety Show Host award at the Star Awards. In 2001, she left MediaCorp and joined SPH MediaWorks. But after four years, SPH MediaWorks merged with MediaCorp and Ng was transferred back to MediaCorp.
Although bilingual, Ng is most often seen on Chinese language programmes on Channel 8 and Channel U. She is known for her direct connection with the audience and her bubbly nature. She often hosts "food reviews" and variety shows. Since returning to MediaCorp, Ng has enjoyed success and has hosted more than 150 shows since the start of her television career.
In 2005, Ng was approached by director Wee Li Lin to star in the film, Gone Shopping. Her performance was stated by the Straits Times as " Ng is a revelation here. Her role Clara, who could have been a self-indulgent bore of a character, is beguilingly shy, naively yearning and sweetly forlorn." The film took two years to complete. Ng was quoted on U-weekly magazine that she was mentally prepared that the film would not follow through. The principal shoot of the film commenced in December 2006 to March 2007.
In 2011, Ng hosted the highly acclaimed variety show Love on a Plate. The programme won Best Variety Programme and gotten Ng her third Best Variety Show Host win at the Star Awards 2011. It also won a "highly commended" recognition for Best Reality Programme at the 2011 Asian Television Awards. Her performance in Jobs Around the World bagged Ng her fourth Best Variety Show Host win, tying her with Sharon Au and Mark Lee for the record of most wins in the category.
For acting, her role as the repressed Luo Na in "It Takes Two" secured Ng her first Best Actress nomination at the Star Awards. It was her second acting performance award nomination, following her Best Supporting Actress-nominated role as Hai De in The New Adventures of Wisely in 1998. At Star Awards 2018, her supporting role as Lu Meiguang in When Duty Calls garnered Ng her first acting performance award win at the award show. The win marks Ng's second acting performance award of her career, after being recognised at the 2005 Asian Television Awards for Best Comedy Performance by an Actress for her role in Durian King.
In Star Awards 2019, Ng received the All-Time Favourite Artiste after winning the Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes award from 1999, 2006–2007, 2012–2013 and 2015–2018 respectively. Currently, she is the co-host of The Sheng Siong Show, together with Dasmond Koh and Denise Camillia Tan.

Personal life

Ng comes from a working-class family of four children. In 2009 she secretly married her long-time boyfriend at a simple ceremony overseas. She is known for zealously safeguarding her privacy and rarely discloses her private life or personal details to the media. Ng also disclosed that she does not intend to have children because caring for a child in the long run is too much of a hassle.

Filmography

Variety/Infotainment show

Television

Compilation album

Discography

Accolades

Throughout her hosting and acting career, Ng has received various awards and accolodes, including 2 Asian Television Awards – Best Entertainment Presenter for Top Ten and Best Comedy Performance by an Actress for Durian King.
At the Star Awards, Ng has received 16 awards, including four Best Variety Show Host Awards and one Best Supporting Actress Award. She holds the records the record for most wins in the former category, alongside Sharon Au and Mark Lee. Having won her tenth Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes award in 2018, Ng will received the All-Time Favourite Artiste at the award show in 2019. She will be the eleventh female artiste to receive this accolade.
YearCeremonyCategoryNominated WorkResult
19985th Star Awards CeremonyBest Variety Show HostCity Beat
19985th Star Awards CeremonyBest Supporting ActressThe New Adventures of Wisely
19985th Star Awards CeremonyTop 10 Most Popular Female Artistes
19996th Star Awards CeremonyTop 10 Most Popular Female Artistes
19996th Star Awards CeremonyBest Comedy PerformerDifferent Cuts, Different Strokes
19996th Star Awards CeremonyBest Variety Show HostCity Beat
2002Asian Television AwardsBest Entertainment PresenterSnap
2003Asian Television AwardsBest Entertainment PresenterTop Ten
2004Asian Television AwardsBest Entertainment PresenterSnap 3
200511th Star Awards CeremonyTop 10 Most Popular Female Artistes
200511th Star Awards CeremonyBest Variety Show HostLove Bites
2005Asian Television AwardsBest Comedy Performance by an ActressDurian King
200612th Star Awards CeremonyTop 10 Most Popular Female Artistes
200612th Star Awards CeremonyBest Variety Show HostLove Bites 2
200713th Star Awards CeremonyTop 10 Most Popular Female Artistes
200915th Star Awards CeremonyTop 10 Most Popular Female Artistes
200915th Star Awards CeremonyBest Variety Show HostBuzzing Cashier
201016th Star Awards CeremonyTop 10 Most Popular Female Artistes
201117th Star Awards CeremonyTop 10 Most Popular Female Artistes
201117th Star Awards CeremonyBest Variety Show HostLove on a Plate
201218th Star Awards CeremonyTop 10 Most Popular Female Artistes
201218th Star Awards CeremonyBest Variety Show HostChef Apprentice
201319th Star Awards CeremonyTop 10 Most Popular Female Artistes
201319th Star Awards CeremonyBest Variety Show HostJobs Around the World
201319th Star Awards CeremonyBest ActressIt Takes Two
201319th Star Awards CeremonyYES 933 Best Speech
201420th Star Awards CeremonyTop 10 Most Popular Female Artistes
201420th Star Awards CeremonyBest Variety Show HostFinding U
201420th Star Awards CeremonyBottomSlim Sexiest Legs Award
201521st Star Awards CeremonyTop 10 Most Popular Female Artistes
201622nd Star Awards CeremonyTop 10 Most Popular Female Artistes
201723rd Star Awards CeremonyTop 10 Most Popular Female Artistes
201824th Star Awards CeremonyBest Supporting ActressWhen Duty Calls
201824th Star Awards CeremonyTop 10 Most Popular Female Artistes
201824th Star Awards CeremonyBest Programme HostAh Ma Can Cook
2019Asian Rainbow TV AwardsOutstanding Host AwardAh Ma Can Cook
201925th Star Awards CeremonyAll-Time Favourite Artiste