Fiona
Xie (born
January 24, 1982) is a Singaporean television actress. Xie was
spotted by a talent scout at the age of fifteen, and modelled
for numerous print and television commercials in Singapore and
Hong Kong before joining MediaCorp Studios as a full-time artiste
in 2001.
Fiona Xie made her acting debut when she was cast
as a nurse in the local hit drama series, Growing Up. Her convincing
acting landed her one
of her most recognisable roles in the sitcom, My Genie. In 2001,
she won "Best Newcomer Award" at Mediacorp's Star Awards
after just over a year in show business, after overcoming much criticism
about her fake American accent.
Of late, Xie has become known for her talents
as a bilingual variety show hostess, in particular of the long-running
series, City Beat.
She has since hosted other variety shows, such as the photography-based "Say
Cheez" for Channel 8, and introducing celebrities' favourite
hawker foods in "Coffee Talk and Hawker Woks" for Channel
5. Recently she and actor Ben Yeo also hosted the travel show "Weekend
Escapade".
In 2004, Fiona Xie made the news when she had to
run with Jeanette Aw, Xiao Qiao and Felicia Chin, in bikinis, along
the crowded Orchard
Road for the drama series "The Champion". She later admitted
in an interview that she wore another bikini underneath.
In 2005, Fiona Xie was voted "FHM Singapore's Sexiest Woman
of the Year", even though she has never been photographed by
FHM. However she has objected to being referred to as a sex-symbol.
In an interview with 8 Days (magazine), the actress said, "I'm
not a symbol for sex...I am not at all psyched to have hormone-charged
males put me up on their locker room doors..." She has also
said that her on-screen bubbly and saccharine sweet persona, typical
for young ethnic Chinese women in the media, is different from her
more reserved, slightly husky-voiced true self.
Besides her work as host and actress, Xie has also
endorsed numerous products because of her popularity with the mainstream
population.
These range from Marigold juices to Osim massage products. In
2006, Fiona attempted her first villain role as a spoilt diamond
heiress in the drama series An Enchanted Life, starring alongside
Yvonne Lim and Pierre Png.
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