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Fiona Xie (謝宛諭, Xie Wanyu; born 24 January 1982) is a Singaporean actress, host, and contracted artiste under MediaCorp. She works on both the English-language Channel 5 and Chinese-language Channel 8. She has also endorsed products such as Marigold's fruit juices and OSIM's massage devices. ==Career== Xie was spotted by a talent scout at the age of 15 while was studying in St. Hilda's Secondary School. She modelled for numerous print and television commercials in Singapore and Hong Kong before joining MediaCorp as a full-time artiste in 2001. Xie made her acting debut as a nurse in the Channel 5 drama ''Growing Up''. Her convincing acting landed her one of her most recognisable roles in the Channel 8 sitcom ''My Genie''. She won "Best Newcomer" at the Star Awards 2001 after joining the entertainment industry for just over a year. 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. She also hosted the travel show ''Weekend Escapade'' together with Ben Yeo. In 2004, Xie ran with Jeanette Aw, Joyce Chao and Felicia Chin, dressed only in bikinis, along Orchard Road for the Channel 8 drama ''The Champion''. In 2005, Xie was voted as sexiest woman for the "FHM Top 100 Sexiest Women Singapore" list, even though she had never posed for ''FHM'' before. She continued to be ranked among the Top 10 for the FHM lists in the next 3 years. In 2006, Xie attempted her first villain role as a spoilt diamond heiress in the Channel 8 drama ''An Enchanted Life'', starring alongside Yvonne Lim and Pierre Png. In December 2006, Xie was identified as one of the most promising young actresses in the Singapore entertainment industry by leading local entertainment magazine ''I-Weekly'' and was hence labelled as one of the "Seven Princesses". In 2007, Xie took part in the second season of the Singapore edition of ''Deal or No Deal'', where her winnings would go to a selected charity organisation. The episode aired on 22 November 2007. Xie appeared in her second film project, ''Rule #1'', directed by Kelvin Tong. The film also starred Hong Kong actors Ekin Cheng and Shawn Yue, and debuted in Singapore and Malaysia on 13 March 2008. Xie starred in a MediaCorp Channel 8 drama ''Just in Singapore'', which was telecast in March 2008. She played a kind-hearted tomboy who sells chicken wings at bazaars and sings ''getai'' during the Hungry Ghost Festival. Xie starred in a Channel 5 sitcom titled ''Calefare'', which starred Gurmit Singh, Benjamin Heng, Mastura Ahmad and Vadi PVSS. She played a ''calafare'' (a Singaporean slang term for a background actor or extra) named Joleen Wee, a wannabe singer who actually cannot sing, and often spouts phrases like "eyes wide open", "laugh out loud" and so on. Xie was originally slated to be in the 2009 Channel 8-year-end drama, ''Together''. She would have been playing the second female lead, the biggest role that she has ever gotten. It was announced on 15 July 2009 that she has pulled out of ''Together'' because she has private matters to attend to. She made the news once again for her sudden disappearing act, which none of the local celebrities would dare to do. Although the exact reason behind this has yet to be determined, some of the co-stars provided hints that Xie had expressed discomfort in doing this role. Eelyn Kok eventually replaced Xie in ''Together''. Xie is also the lead actress in her third film ''Fist of Dragon'', also a Singaporean production. On 2 September 2009, Channel News Asia carried news reports that Xie had quit MediaCorp, but that was later disputed by another news article. Xie has been getting hosting jobs in brand new variety shows despite her disappearance from the Singaporean television scene. She was selected to host the brand new variety show, ''Lodge with Me'' (我行我宿), which aired in May 2010, alongside Felicia Chin, Rui En, and Kola Zhou. On 6 December 2009, Xie was the main feature for top-selling magazines ''8 Days'' and ''I-weekly''. In the interview, she confirmed that she was indeed leaving MediaCorp and revealed her reasons. She is currently based in Hong Kong. In a recent interview with MediaCorp, the company expressed that it is still optimistic about working with Xie in the future. 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「Fiona Xie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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