Julie Tan

Julie Tan (born September 22, 1992) is a Malaysian born Singaporean actress and model. She was the female lead in That Girl in Pinafore.

Early life

Tan was born in Malaysia. She is a Singapore-based actress and completed her education in Singapore. She went to Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School and studied Drama in Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. She is recently studying in New York Film Academy.

Career

In 2008, she debuted in acting and was starred in telemovie, The Promise as a girl with intellectual disability in 2009. She was also the first runner-up in The New Paper's New Face 2009.

In 2010, Tan was starred in a number of television episodes, including The Illusionist, No Limits and New Beginnings. She auditioned for Alpha Entertainment in 2011, and was given a chance to be part of K-pop girl group Skarf, which she turned down.^[1] She worked together with Joanne Peh in television dramas A Tale of 2 Cities and A Song to Remember, as one of the female leads.

In 2013, she starred in movies Judgement Day and That Girl in Pinafore, in which she starred alongside Daren Tan. She became the host for A Date with K-pop Stars, which debuts on Channel U on February 21, 2014, where she travelled to South Korea^[2] and spent time with idols including Dal Shabet, Hwang Kwanghee of ZE:A, Yewon and Baby J of Jewelry, Teen Top, Rainbow, A-Jax and former H.O.T. member Moon Hee-Joon.^[3]

In 2013, Tan got her first individual lead role starring in 96°C Café pairing up with Desmond Tan. In the same year, she also starred in Gonna Make It (TV Series) , pairing up with Xu Bin. In 2015, Tan starred in The Dream Makers II as Jeanette Aw's sister and the main villain of the drama, pairing up with Zhang Zhenhuan. It was her breakthrough role and she won her first acting award starring as Dong Zihuai in the drama.

In May 2016, it was announced that Tan will take a 6-month break from acting in order to take a four-month acting course at New York Film Academy's school of acting.^[4]

Filmography

Movies

TV series

Telemovies

Accolades

References