Oon Shu An

Oon Shu An
Born
Oon Shu An

(1986-08-05) 5 August 1986 (age 38)
EducationMethodist Girls' School
Alma materLASALLE College of the Arts
Occupations
  • Actress
  • host
Years active2006–present
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese溫淑安
Simplified Chinese温淑安
Hanyu PinyinWēn Shū'ān
WebsiteOon Shu An on Facebook

Oon Shu An (born 5 August 1986) is a Singaporean actress and host. She is the web-show host of Clicknetwork.tv's Tried and Tested.

Early life

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Oon was educated at Methodist Girls' School. She graduated from the LASALLE College of the Arts, majoring in acting.[1][2]

Filmography

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Oon has appeared in numerous Singaporean feature films, short films and television shows.[3] She is also the host of Tried and Tested on Clicknetwork.tv.

Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2006 Becoming Royston Ah Girl Feature film
2009 Kitchen Quartet Shu An Short film [1]
2010 Left Hook Sonya Short film
Love in a Cab May Telemovie [1]
2013 Mister John Janjira Feature film [4]
2014 Common Space Sally Telemovie [1]
Rubbers Kawaii Momoko Feature film [5]
2015 Our Sister Mambo Rose Wong Feature film [6]
2016 4 LOVE Ye Lin Feature film
2018 Republic of Food Miss Mo Feature film
2022 LookAtMe Dr. Jamie Lee Feature film
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Noelle Feature film

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2011 The Kitchen Musical Paula [1]
2012 Game Plan Bride at the station Cameo
2013 Random Island Numerous
2014 Marco Polo Jing Fei
2015 Code of Law Stephanie Szeto [7]
2016 Mata Mata Patricia Yeo [8]
Yes Mdm Yang Lei
2017 You Deserve a Break As host
Meet The MP Melissa
2019 I'm Madam (女友变身记) Pepper Hu
2021 The Cheaters App Vanessa Ang
2024 The Last Bout Kit Wong

Theatre

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Oon's one-woman show, #UnicornMoment, which she wrote and performed,[9] with Checkpoint Theatre, was picked a highlight of 2014's local theatre offerings by The Straits Times,[10] and nominated for best original script at the Life! Theatre Awards in 2015.[11] Oon has been nominated twice for the best actress award at the Life! Theatre Awards, Singapore's de facto national theatre awards in 2019 for her lead role in Mergers and Accusations,[12] and in 2016 for the role of Xi Yan in the play Chinglish at the Life! Theatre Awards.[13]

Year Title Role Notes
2024 Tartuffe: The Imposter Mariane W!ld Rice[14]
Grounded The Pilot Grounded[15]
2023 Hotel Multiple Roles HOTEL[16]
2022 The Fourth Trimester Ann Checkpoint Threate[17]
Tartuffe: The Imposter Mariane W!ld Rice[18]
2021 Lungs The Couple Singapore Theatre Company[19]
2020 The Heart Comes to Mind (Audio) Lynn Checkpoint Theatre[20]
2019 This is What Happens to Pretty Girls Female Lead Pangdemonium![21]
Mergers and Accusations Ellen Esplanade Presents: The Studios[22]
2017 Army Daze 2 BG Wong S A Michael Chiang Playthings[23]
Boeing Boeing Ms SQ - Jeanette W!LD RICE[24]
2015 Normal Sarah Hew Checkpoint Theatre[25]
Chinglish Xi Yan Pangdemonium[26]
2014 Unicorn Moment Monologue - Performer & writer Checkpoint Theatre[27][28][29][30]
Con$umed Edith Podesta
The King Lear Project: A Trilogy Cordelia Ho Tzu Nyen, Fran Borgia
2012 City Night Songs Denise Checkpoint Theatre
2013 Machine Lena Orangedot Productions co-produced by Esplanade Theatres
2012 Incanto The Seeker Resorts World Sentosa[31][32]
When the Bough Breaks Susan The Necessary Stage
2011 Paperboat TheatreStrays
2010 The Lower Depths The actor TheatreStrays[33]
Galileo Andrea Sarti Stefanos Rassios

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Oon Shu An and the madness on the Mata Mata set". TODAY. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Faculty of Performing Arts - Lasalle". Archived from the original on 21 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Shu An Oon". IMDb.
  4. ^ Lodge, Guy (2 July 2013). "Edinburgh Film Review: 'Mister John'". Variety. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  5. ^ Fratini, Lisa (28 November 2014). "Raunchy fun with condoms in a fine city". Business Times. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  6. ^ Loh, Royston (10 July 2014). "Cathay adds new faces to cast of 'Our Sister Mambo' | F*** Magazine".
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ Yi, Hon Jing (23 June 2015). "Mata Mata stars talk '80s fashion". Today. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  9. ^ "A moment with ... Actress Oon Shu an | LifestyleAsia Singapore". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  10. ^ "ST Life!'s Corrie Tan picks highlights of 2014's local theatre company offerings | the Straits Times Communities". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  11. ^ Tan, Corrie (17 March 2015). "Life! Theatre Awards: Crowd-pleasers and intimate encounters". The Straits Times. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  12. ^ "Urinetown: The Musical leads with seven Life Theatre Awards nominations". The Straits Times. 25 April 2016.
  13. ^ "M1-The Straits Times Life Theatre Awards 2016 celebrates the best of Singapore's theatre". The Straits Times. 25 April 2016.
  14. ^ "Tartuffe: The Imposter". Wild Rice. 5 May 2024.
  15. ^ "Grounded". Singapore Theatre Company. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  16. ^ "Hotel". Wild Rice. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  17. ^ "Theatre review: The Fourth Trimester is a must-watch play about parenthood". The Straits Times. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  18. ^ "Tartuffe: The Imposter". Wild Rice. 5 May 2024.
  19. ^ "Lungs by Duncan Macmillan". Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  20. ^ "The Heart Comes to Mind (An audio experience)". 6 January 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  21. ^ "This is What Happens to Pretty Girls". The Straits Times. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  22. ^ "Theatre review: No fairytale end for friends in Mergers And Accusations". The Straits Times. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  23. ^ "Army Daze 2 a delightful salute to 30-year-old classic". The Straits Times. 7 August 2017.
  24. ^ "Theatre review: Shane Mardjuki shines in fourth staging of Boeing Boeing". The Straits Times. 26 June 2017.
  25. ^ "Oon Shu An: The Unicorn Advocate". Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  26. ^ "Chinglish – Pangdemonium".
  27. ^ "#UnicornMoment (2014)". checkpoint-theatre.org. 6 January 2019.
  28. ^ "The Studios". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  29. ^ "Tweet Pin ItMH Woman: Oon Shu An". Archived from the original on 6 August 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  30. ^ "The girl who's secretly a unicorn". bk.asia-city.com. 10 March 2014.
  31. ^ "[Interview] Incanto(Oon Shu An) – "I get thrown around a lot in the play"". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  32. ^ "Oon Shu an - Women We Love - Women". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  33. ^ "Into The Deep". www.inkpotreviews.com. 12 November 2023.
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