Oon Shu An

In this Chinese name, the family name is Oon.

Oon Shu An
Born	Oon Shu An (1986-08-05) 5 August 1986 (age 38) Singapore
Education	Methodist Girls' School
Alma mater	LASALLE College of the Arts
Occupations	Actress host
Years active	2006–present
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	溫淑安
Simplified Chinese	温淑安
Hanyu Pinyin	Wēn Shū'ān
Website	Oon 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

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

Filmography

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

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
2025	Children's Day	Mummy	Short film	[7]

Television

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		[8]
2016	Mata Mata	Patricia Yeo		[9]
	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

Oon's one-woman show, #UnicornMoment, which she wrote and performed,[10] with Checkpoint Theatre, was picked a highlight of 2014's local theatre offerings by The Straits Times,[11] and nominated for best original script at the Life! Theatre Awards in 2015.[12] 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,[13] and in 2016 for the role of Xi Yan in the play Chinglish at the Life! Theatre Awards.[14]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2024	Tartuffe: The Imposter	Mariane	W!ld Rice[15]
	Grounded	The Pilot	Grounded[16]
2023	Hotel	Multiple Roles	HOTEL[17]
2022	The Fourth Trimester	Ann	Checkpoint Threate[18]
	Tartuffe: The Imposter	Mariane	W!ld Rice[19]
2021	Lungs	The Couple	Singapore Theatre Company[20]
2020	The Heart Comes to Mind (Audio)	Lynn	Checkpoint Theatre[21]
2019	This is What Happens to Pretty Girls	Female Lead	Pangdemonium![22]
	Mergers and Accusations	Ellen	Esplanade Presents: The Studios[23]
2017	Army Daze 2	BG Wong S A	Michael Chiang Playthings[24]
	Boeing Boeing	Ms SQ - Jeanette	W!LD RICE[25]
2015	Normal	Sarah Hew	Checkpoint Theatre[26]
	Chinglish	Xi Yan	Pangdemonium[27]
2014	Unicorn Moment	Monologue - Performer & writer	Checkpoint Theatre[28][29][30][31]
	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[32][33]
	When the Bough Breaks	Susan	The Necessary Stage
2011	Paperboat		TheatreStrays
2010	The Lower Depths	The actor	TheatreStrays[34]
	Galileo	Andrea Sarti	Stefanos Rassios

References

1. "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. "Children's Day". Berlinale. 26 January 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
9. Yi, Hon Jing (23 June 2015). "Mata Mata stars talk '80s fashion". Today. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
10. "A moment with ... Actress Oon Shu an | LifestyleAsia Singapore". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
11. "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.
12. Tan, Corrie (17 March 2015). "Life! Theatre Awards: Crowd-pleasers and intimate encounters". The Straits Times. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
13. "Urinetown: The Musical leads with seven Life Theatre Awards nominations". The Straits Times. 25 April 2016.
14. "M1-The Straits Times Life Theatre Awards 2016 celebrates the best of Singapore's theatre". The Straits Times. 25 April 2016.
15. "Tartuffe: The Imposter". Wild Rice. 5 May 2024.
16. "Grounded". Singapore Theatre Company. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
17. "Hotel". Wild Rice. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
18. "Theatre review: The Fourth Trimester is a must-watch play about parenthood". The Straits Times. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
19. "Tartuffe: The Imposter". Wild Rice. 5 May 2024.
20. "Lungs by Duncan Macmillan". Retrieved 5 May 2024.
21. "The Heart Comes to Mind (An audio experience)". 6 January 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
22. "This is What Happens to Pretty Girls". The Straits Times. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
23. "Theatre review: No fairytale end for friends in Mergers And Accusations". The Straits Times. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
24. "Army Daze 2 a delightful salute to 30-year-old classic". The Straits Times. 7 August 2017.
25. "Theatre review: Shane Mardjuki shines in fourth staging of Boeing Boeing". The Straits Times. 26 June 2017.
26. "Oon Shu An: The Unicorn Advocate". Retrieved 5 November 2020.
27. "Chinglish – Pangdemonium".
28. "#UnicornMoment (2014)". checkpoint-theatre.org. 6 January 2019.
29. "The Studios". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
30. "Tweet Pin ItMH Woman: Oon Shu An". Archived from the original on 6 August 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
31. "The girl who's secretly a unicorn". bk.asia-city.com. 10 March 2014.
32. "[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.
33. "Oon Shu an - Women We Love - Women". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
34. "Into The Deep". www.inkpotreviews.com. 12 November 2023.

External links

• Oon Shu An at IMDb
• Tried and Tested on clicknetwork.tv