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Huang Biren, is a Singaporean actress best known for appearing in many Chinese-language television dramas produced by MediaCorp's Channel 8. She left MediaCorp on 30 June 2008. Often dubbed the Meryl Streep of MediaCorp and the best actress of her generation, Huang returned to the entertainment industry in 2014 and continues to take on television projects on an ad hoc basis. Huang's performances in her most recent drama serials, ''Three Wishes'' and ''Tiger Mum'', garnered largely favourable responses and proved to be hugely popular among viewers. Both dramas hold the title of ''Top Rated Drama'' for Years 2014 and 2015 respectively. ==Career== Huang joined the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (now MediaCorp) in 1988 after completing its Professional Drama Performers' Training course. She was due to study at Hawaii Pacific University in the United States but chose to go into acting when SBC offered her a contract, much to the initial disappointment of her parents. Having been in the industry for 10 years, Huang won her first ''Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes'' award in Star Awards 1997. In 1998, Huang went on to star in the hit Chinese drama series ''Stand By Me'', which recorded rocketing viewership ratings (defeating the high-profile series ''Return of the Condor Heroes''), despite very little promotion done prior to the drama's telecast. She played a patient and caring wife of a paraplegic (played by Xie Shaoguang), which won her the Best Actress Award at the 1998 Star Awards. She was also the first Singaporean actress ever to receive a Best Actress nomination in the 1998 Asian Television Awards for ''Stand By Me''. Her performance in this drama had touched the hearts of many audience - since then, she has become a household name for numerous Singaporeans. Other award-winning lead roles other than the one in ''Stand By Me'' includes ''Kelian'', where she played an old-fashioned and cowardly woman who was always being abused by her mother in ''Beautiful Connection'' (2002), and ''Lucky'', where she played a gambling addict in ''My Lucky Charm'' (2005). She, Ivy Lee and Chen Liping are the only actresses in MediaCorp to be crowned Best Actress three times at the in-house Star Awards. In 2003, Huang was nominated for the ''Best Drama Performance by an Actress'' award in the Asian Television Awards for her role in ''A Child's Hope''. In the same year, Huang was listed in ''People at The Peak – The Who's Who of Singapore''. Her name was once again listed in the second edition of the book, which was published in 2006. The books were sold globally. Since 2005, Huang filmed an average of only one serial per year, compared to three drama series per year between 2002 and 2004. Rumours circulated that Huang feigned illness so that she need not take up roles that did not cast her in good light. Huang came out strongly against these rumours and attributed the drop in drama serials filmed to an asthma attack she suffered after filming ''The Undisclosed'', granting her medical leave for a period of a year. Another reason cited by the local media was the media merger which took place in December 2004, which led to less dramas produced as competition from SPH MediaWorks ceased to exist. Huang did not film any serials in Year 2006. The suspense thriller ''The Undisclosed'', which was telecast in 2006, was filmed in 2005. Instead, Huang ventured into hosting or appeared as a guest in various variety shows. Though her drama serials reduced significantly, Huang was still able to maintain her popularity levels, as attested by her popularity award wins at the Star Awards ceremonies. In June 2007, Huang was chosen as one of the 10 TV mentors for the Star Search 2007 Reality Talent Show contestants. In the same year, Huang was once again nominated for the ''Best Actress'' award in the Asian Television Awards (ATA) and Star Awards 2007 for her role as a fat, naggy and fierce housewife in ''Mars VS Venus''. Though Huang did not manage to clinch both of the awards, she was tipped the hot favourite to win by many media, audience and industry watchers. Huang was cited as saying the following to reporters after she lost the ATA ''Best Actress'' award to Filipino actress Gina Pareno:
In the ''Star Awards 25th Anniversary Show'', Huang won the coveted ''My Favourite Actress Award'', defeating hot favourites Zoe Tay and Fann Wong. Huang was the first female artiste to win this prestigious award, which was given out in commemoration of 25 Years of drama productions. An interview conducted by ''8 Days'' magazine in November 2007 stated that Huang had been the lead actress in seven of the eleven dramas with the annual highest viewership since 1997. (''8 Days reference: Nov 07'') 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Huang Biren」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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