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Melody Chen

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Overview

  • Born
    November 2, 1977 · Singapore
  • Birth name
    Chen Li-Sa Melody
  • Nickname
    • Mezza
  • Height
    1.66 m

Biography

    • Melody was born and raised in Singapore to a Singaporean-Chinese father and a Thai-English mother. After completing her O'levels, Melody juggled tertiary education while starring in a regular role for Singapore's local television sitcom, Happy Belly ( 1996 ). Thereafter, she went on to expand her acting career in various other starring roles in both English and Mandarin television dramas and sitcoms such as Spin ( 2000 ), Singapore Short Stories ( 2004 ), A New Life ( 2005 ) and Point of Entry (2010).

      Best known for her debut lead acting performance in the well-known Singapore film, The Teenage Textbook Movie (1998) , Melody is also a television presenter having hosted several kids genre and lifestyle/sports programs like Groom My Room ( 2005 ), New Zealand On Wheels ( 2007 ), Generation Ex ( 2007 )and Goals On Sunday ( 2011 ).

      Melody also recently added radio deejaying to her list of talents as she takes on being a part-time weekend radio jock for Singapore's newest radio station, Kiss 92.

      In 2013, Melody had a guest role in HBO Asia's Serangoon Road (2013) starring alongside Joan Chen.
      - IMDb mini biography by: Megan Tan

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  • Spouse
      Randall Tan(April 26, 2008 - present)

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  • Speaks both English and Mandarin and a little Thai.
  • She married her fellow Teenage Textbook Movie co-star, Randall Tan, who played "Tom D'Cruz", in 2008.
  • Beat five other celebrity contestants to win an ice-skating reality television competition, Ice Star Asia, in 2009 but it was never telecast.
  • Is a trained equestrian having learned horseback-riding in her youth.

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