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 Ng was educated at River Valley High School and did preuniversity studies A Levels at Tanjong Katong Secondary School Ng was previously a flight stewardess with Singapore Airlines and began her show business career as a singer Subsequently she joined the MediaCorps 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 Kym Ng is a revelation here Her role Clara who could have been a selfindulgent bore of a character is beguilingly shy naively yearning and sweetly forlorn The film took two years to complete June 2005 to July 2007 Ng was quoted on Uweekly 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 20114 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 Actressnominated 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 Ngs 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 AllTime Favourite Artiste after winning the Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes award from 1999 20062007 20122013 and 20152018 respectively Currently she is the cohost of The Sheng Siong Show together with Dasmond Koh and Denise Camillia Tan