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Ya Hui
Ya Hui
	Ya Hui at a 2018 charity event organized by the Singapore Red Cross
Born	Koh Yah Hwee; 18 May 1987 (age 37); Singapore
Education	Manjusri Secondary School
Alma mater	Serangoon Junior College
Occupations	Actress; host;
Years active	2007-present
Awards	Full list
Stage name
Traditional Chinese	雅慧
Simplified Chinese	雅慧
Hanyu Pinyin	Yǎhuì
Birth-name
Traditional Chinese	許雅慧
Simplified Chinese	许雅慧
Hanyu Pinyin	Xǔ Yǎhuì

Ya Hui (born Koh Yah Hwee on 18 May 1987)^[1] is a Singaporean actress and host.

Early life

Ya Hui was born on 18 May 1987 in Singapore. She was educated at Manjusri Secondary School and Serangoon Junior College.^[2]^[3] She joined the Dance Team for her Co-Curricular Activities from her primary school days to junior college, and was the prom queen during her college days.^[4]^[5]

Career

Ya Hui was offered a contract with Mediacorp after the Star Search contest, a large-scale TV talent scouting competition in Singapore, in 2007. She was considered a popular contestant for that contest season. She was one of the runners-up and the winner of the Miss Telegenic title at the grand finals. Shortly after, Ya Hui was chosen as the face for the TVC of beverages brand Heaven and Earth. She also landed a supporting role in the long-running drama series, Love Blossoms II as Tao Wen Zhu, acting alongside seasoned actors Ivy Lee and Zheng Geping.^[6] Her versatile acting skills and rising popularity earned her various roles in both English and Mandarin channel (Channel 8, U and 5) dramas such as Bountiful Blessings, Point of Entry, Served H.O.T (烧。卖) and Marry Me (我要嫁出去).

In 2009, Ya Hui starred in Reunion Dinner, in which she played Chen Liping's daughter. Her outstanding performance in the drama serials earned her nominations for the Newcomer Award of the Year in The New Paper Flame Awards 2008 and the Best Newcomer Award for Star Awards 2009.^[7] In September 2015, she completed filming the long-running 255-episode television drama series, 118, which aired weekdays on Mediacorp Channel 8.^[8]^[9] She was also appointed as the Singapore ambassador of the L'Oréal Paris Youth Code product in 2015.^[10]

In late February 2023, Ya Hui announced that she will be leaving Mediacorp as a full-time artiste on 28 February 2023.^[11]

Ya Hui has won 7 Star Awards for Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes in 2014, 2017-2019, 2021-2023 respectively.

Personal life

Ya Hui's official fan club is named "Team Yahui".^[12]

On 24 September 2015, Ya Hui was taken to the hospital after experiencing vomiting, possibly due to food poisoning.^[13]

She speaks Teochew and basic Cantonese, and performs in the languages in the dialect series How Are You? (好世谋) and its sequels.^[14]

Filmography

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2008	Love Blossoms	Tao Wenzhu
2008	Love Blossoms II	Tao Wenzhu
2009	Reunion Dinner	Liang Meiqi
	Table of Glory	Liu Yu
	My Buddy	Zeng Zhimei
	Happy Family	Yao Simin
2010	The Best Things in Life	Chen Jiahui
2010	Breakout	Xu Chunli
2011	A Tale of 2 Cities	Guan Yiting
2011	Bountiful Blessings	Tong Tianqing
2012	Double Bonus	Tian Mi
	The Enchanted	Liang Lulu
	Point of Entry 3	Melissa Chew
2013	Marry Me (我要嫁出去)	Liang Ruoxian
	Gonna Make It	Zhang Wenya
	Mata Mata	Betty
2014	Served H.O.T (烧。卖)	Zeng Meiwei
	Love Travels (爱旅游)	Tong Tianqing
	118	Hong Jinzhi
2015	Life Is Beautiful	Cai Jiajia
2016	House of Fortune	Wu Xixi
	I Want to Be a Star	Gao Mei
	C.L.I.F. 4	Wang Shishi
	Hero	Betty
	118 II	Hong Jinzhi
2018	118 Reunion (118 大团圆)	Hong Jinzhi
	Die Die Also Must Serve (战备好兄弟)	Carrely Tan
	Babies On Board	Li Xinyue
	Blue Tick (已读不回)	Zhang Xuanci
	Magic Chef (料理人生)	Fang Ting
2019	How Are You?	He Baibai
	While You Were Away (一切从昏睡开始)	Zhang Manrong
	Day Break (天空渐渐亮)	Xie Wanan
2020	A Quest to Heal	Ya San
	A Quest to Heal	Yan Tingting
	How Are You? 2 (好世谋2)	He Baibai
2021	CTRL	Liang Siyun
2022	Home Again (多年后的全家福)	Ye Ping'an	^[15]
2022	Truths About Us (别来无恙)	Li Silin
2023	Family Ties	Yi Xin
2023	My One and Only	Shen Baoyou

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2013	Everybody's Business	Bai Zhenzhen	Special appearance
2015	1400	Summer
2023	Seven Days	Ailing		^[16]

Show hosting

Year	Title	Notes
2012	Mat Yo Yo
2012	Lohas (乐活好正点)
2013	Mat Yo Yo
2014	Style: Check-In (潮人攻略)	Season 4

Discography

Compilation albums

Year	English title	Mandarin title
2013	MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 13	群星贺岁金蛇献祥和
2017	MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 17	新传媒群星咕鸡咕鸡庆丰年
2018	MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 18	新传媒群星阿狗狗过好年
2019	MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 19	新传媒群星猪饱饱欢乐迎肥年
2020	MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 20	裕鼠鼠纳福迎春了
2021	MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 21	福满牛年Moo Moo乐

Awards and nominations

Year	Ceremony	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2008	The New Paper Flame Awards 2008	Newcomer Award of the Year	—	Nominated
2009	Star Awards	Best Newcomer	Love Blossoms (as Tao Wenzhu)	Nominated
2014	Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes	—	Won
2015	Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes	—	Nominated
2016	Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes	—	Nominated
		Bioskin Flawless Skin Award	—	Won
		Best Actress	118 (as Hong Jinzhi)	Nominated
2017	Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes	—	Won
2017	Star Awards	Best Supporting Actress	House of Fortune (as Wu Xixi)	Nominated
2018	Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes	—	Won
2019	Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes	—	Won
2021	Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes	—	Won
2022	Star Awards	Best Actress	CTRL (as Liang Siyun)	Nominated
2022	Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes	—	Won	^[17]
2023	Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes	—	Won
2024	Star Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Family Ties (as Yi Xin)	Nominated
2024	Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes	—	Won

References

^ "Style Evolution: Ya Hui". 8 Days. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
^ 唐婕, 文 / (17 November 2019). "首当女主角与戚玉武演夫妻雅慧嫌亲密戏不够多". 早报 (in Simplified Chinese). Archived from the original on 21 November 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
^ 林佳憓, 文 / (20 April 2017). "这里是否留下你的光辉岁月？". 早报 (in Simplified Chinese). Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
^ "Ya Hui - Singpost ~ Quest for Amusement". Singpost ~ Quest for Amusement. 10 October 2013. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
^ Yahui (3 May 2008). "Block-to-Blog: SRJC'S MUSICAL @ RP". Block-to-Blog. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
^ "Ya Hui 雅慧 - Celebrity Bio on xinmsn Entertainment". xinmsn Entertainment. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
^ "Ya Hui 雅慧 (Artistes)". MediaCorp Advertising. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
^ "Ya Hui: Singapore's sweetheart". Archived from the original on 16 March 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
^ "My secret Singaporean side: Ya Hui will queue for good food". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
^ "L'Oréal Paris Singapore". Facebook. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
^ "Actress Ya Hui leaves Mediacorp after 15 years | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. 21 February 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
^ "Yahui: I thought the award would go to Paige! 雅慧：我以为会是蔡琪慧得奖！". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
^ "Ya Hui hospitalized for suspected food-poisoning". Toggle.sg. Archived from the original on 20 April 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
^ govsingapore, 《好世谋》第六集 – "Ho Seh Bo" Episode 6, archived from the original on 22 December 2019, retrieved 8 February 2019
^ "Ya Hui, Desmond Tan, Pierre Png experience farm life in Sungei Tengah for new TV drama". CNA Lifestyle. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
^ "Not going to university is Ya Hui's 'biggest regret' but she still wouldn't do it now — here's why". AsiaOne. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
^ Ang, Benson (24 April 2022). "Star Awards 2022 host Chen Hanwei clinches Best Actor award | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Archived from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.

External links

Ya Hui at IMDb
Ya Hui on Facebook

[1] "Style Evolution: Ya Hui". 8 Days. Retrieved 20 May 2021.

[2] 唐婕, 文 / (17 November 2019). "首当女主角与戚玉武演夫妻雅慧嫌亲密戏不够多". 早报 (in Simplified Chinese). Archived from the original on 21 November 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[3] 林佳憓, 文 / (20 April 2017). "这里是否留下你的光辉岁月？". 早报 (in Simplified Chinese). Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[singpost-4] "Ya Hui - Singpost ~ Quest for Amusement". Singpost ~ Quest for Amusement. 10 October 2013. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

[5] Yahui (3 May 2008). "Block-to-Blog: SRJC'S MUSICAL @ RP". Block-to-Blog. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[6] "Ya Hui 雅慧 - Celebrity Bio on xinmsn Entertainment". xinmsn Entertainment. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2015.

[medadv-7] "Ya Hui 雅慧 (Artistes)". MediaCorp Advertising. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

[8] "Ya Hui: Singapore's sweetheart". Archived from the original on 16 March 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.

[9] "My secret Singaporean side: Ya Hui will queue for good food". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.

[10] "L'Oréal Paris Singapore". Facebook. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2015.

[11] "Actress Ya Hui leaves Mediacorp after 15 years | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. 21 February 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.

[12] "Yahui: I thought the award would go to Paige! 雅慧：我以为会是蔡琪慧得奖！". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.

[13] "Ya Hui hospitalized for suspected food-poisoning". Toggle.sg. Archived from the original on 20 April 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2016.

[14] vsingapore, 《好世谋》第六集 – "Ho Seh Bo" Episode 6, archived from the original on 22 December 2019, retrieved 8 February 2019

[15] "Ya Hui, Desmond Tan, Pierre Png experience farm life in Sungei Tengah for new TV drama". CNA Lifestyle. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.

[16] "Not going to university is Ya Hui's 'biggest regret' but she still wouldn't do it now — here's why". AsiaOne. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.

[17] Ang, Benson (24 April 2022). "Star Awards 2022 host Chen Hanwei clinches Best Actor award | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Archived from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.

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