Aileen Tan
Aileen Tan Lay Ching is a Singaporean actress.
Life and career
Tan studied at Willow Secondary School. Tan worked in sales for more than a year before becoming an office administrator at an advertising agency.Tan participated in Singapore Broadcasting Corporation's inaugural Star Search in 1988 and was placed second behind Zoe Tay. She also won the award for Most Photogenic.
Tan also ventured into English dramas. In 2000, she played Mae in MediaCorp Channel 5's longest-running drama series, Growing Up. Later in 2009, she played Suzanne Kong, the wife of a tycoon in the 40-episode drama Red Thread. In 2013, Tan won Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the 18th Asian Television Awards for her role in The Day It Rained on Our Parade which consisted of four episodes. On 29 May 2015, it was announced that Tan will play the lead role in Jack Neo's film, Long Long Time Ago alongside Mark Lee and Wang Lei.