Apple Hong

In this Chinese name, the family name is Hong (洪).

Apple Hong
Born	(1978-10-31) 31 October 1978 (age 46) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Nationality	Singaporean
Occupations	Actress host businesswoman singer
Years active	1999−present
Spouse	Unknown ​ (m. 2017)​
Musical career
Genres	Mandopop
Instrument	Vocals
Stage name
Chinese	洪乙心
Hanyu Pinyin	Hóng Yǐxīn
Jyutping	Hung4 Jyut3 Sam1
Hokkien POJ	Âng It-sim
Birth name
Chinese	洪依萍[1]
Hanyu Pinyin	Hóng Yīpíng

Apple Hong (born 31 October 1978)[2][3] is a Malaysian-born Singaporean actress, host, businesswoman and singer. She was a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1999 to 2011 but continues to film on an ad-hoc basis.

Early life

Hong was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She received her education in Johor Bahru.[4]

Career

Hong was first runner-up in the Malaysian edition of Star Search 1999 and moved to Singapore after being offered a contract by TCS (now MediaCorp). She was then known as the 'Malaysian Shu Qi' due to her slight resemblance to the Hong Kong actress. Several years later she moved to SPH MediaWorks but was transferred back to MediaCorp when both companies merged in 2005. She made her cinema debut in Jack Neo's 2005 film One More Chance, starring as Mark Lee's on-screen wife.[5] Besides acting, Hong was also a prominent face on magazine covers, print ads and television commercials in both Singapore and Malaysia.

Hong released her debut extended play in Singapore and Malaysia which consisted of 8-tracks with various musical genres including acoustic easy-listening, piano-pop tunes and also fusion of Chinese and Irish-styled songs.

Hong left the entertainment industry in October 2011 as she opted not to renew her full-time contract.[6] While she continued filming with MediaCorp on a per-project basis, she stated she had wanted to spend time managing the Kuala Lumpur branch of Xiao Bar Wang (owned by former fellow MediaCorp actor Jeff Wang)[7] and planned to further her showbiz career in China.[8]

Personal life

Hong married a Singaporean businessman on 10 October 2017.[9] Having been a Singapore permanent resident for several years, Hong took up Singapore citizenship on 18 December 2022.[10][4]

In August 2023, Hong revealed that her father died of Parkinson's disease, at the age of 76, on 11 August.[11]

Filmography

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2001	In Pursuit of Peace	Ding Yueguang
	Heroes in Black	Liu Feiyu
2003	Eternity: A Chinese Ghost Story	Ping An
2005	Portrait of Home	Gao Jimei
	Portrait of Home II
2006	C.I.D.	Long Liwen
2007	The Greatest Love of All	Yang Qianru
2008	Love Is All Around	Fu Xiaoyue
	Just in Singapore	Qian Qian
	Welcome Home, My Love	Vivien Tan Huey Yan
	The Little Nyonya	Huang Meiyu
2009	My School Daze	Tracy
	Baby Bonus	Angel
2010	Happy Family	Lemon He
	Mrs P.I.	Phyllis Qiu Shuang Xi
2011	Be Happy	Josephine
	The In-Laws	Liang Xin
2012	Joys of Life	Zhang Xiaoyu
2014	Three Wishes	Anna
2015	Mind Game	Linda
2016	The Queen	Ni Qiaowen		[12]
2019	Walk With Me	Vivian
	Day Break
	After The Stars	Lin Fei
2022	It's All Your Fault!	Annie
	Healing Heroes	Wen Hanyun

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2005	One More Chance	Bee Poh
2014	Die Xian Gui Tan
2015	Love Will Be Back

Awards and nominations

Year	Ceremony	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref
1999	Star Awards	Best Newcomer	P.I Blues (as Chen Anqi)	Nominated
2010	2010 Golden Awards	Best Actress	Love is All Around	Nominated

References

1. "艺人换名改运！". 优1周 - UWeekly. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
2. "Apple Hong 洪乙心 - XinMSN Entertainment - Celebrity - Bios - Apple Hong". Archived from the original on 9 May 2010.
3. "趕在39歲生日前 洪乙心嫁獅城商|中國報". 中國報 China Press. 2017-10-18. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
4. cue (2022-12-19). "Actress Apple Hong takes up Singapore citizenship | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
5. Tan, Kenneth Paul (2008). Cinema and television in Singapore: resistance in one dimension. BRILL. p. 176. ISBN 978-90-04-16643-1. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
6. "Apple Hong is starting over in Beijing". AsiaOne. 27 June 2012.
7. 王建复马国开新店 洪乙心王爱玲成合伙人 (in Chinese). xin.msn.com. 14 September 2011. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
8. "Of greener pastures and indecent proposals". The New Paper. 25 June 2012. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013.
9. "Apple Hong just got married on 10.10.2017". Retrieved 27 July 2020.
10. "来新发展逾20年 洪乙心喜成新公民 | 早报".
11. Lim, Ruey Yan (14 August 2023). "Actress Apple Hong's father, who had Parkinson's disease, dies at 76". The Straits Times. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
12. "The Queen 复仇女王". Retrieved 27 July 2020.