Local actress Ya Hui has been a familiar face on local television for 15 years. Since making her show-business debut through the local talent competition Star Search in 2007, the 35-year-old has been contracted with Mediacorp, taking home a stable income with her regular...
In fact, the day she made up her mind to quit, the radio in her car was playing Taiwanese rock band Power Station’s I Can Endure Hardships, the theme song for the local drama Stepping Out . It opens with the lyrics: “Take a step out and there will be a path ahead.”More than two months after her last day at Mediacorp, she has yet to really feel the effects keenly since she is filming a long-form drama until November.
Ya Hui plays the big sister of the family, who is not only stressed out juggling work and family, but also battles a constant guilt over her younger sister’s death 20 years ago. Now a freelance artiste, Ya Hui has friends who help her discuss payments for endorsements, but is otherwise handling her affairs on her own for the first time in her career.
While Ya Hui may not notch e-mail blind dates on her calendar, the bachelorette says her luck in love has improved since leaving her previous job. Looking ahead, she is hoping for more diversity in her acting career, especially after she recently watched Netflix’s Taiwanese thriller Copycat Killer, about a serial killer’s grisly murders.
Non-Mediacorp artistes are still eligible for popularity awards if they appear as a main lead or host in a Mediacorp programme, or appear in a supporting role or episodic host in three programmes, or star in at least 30 episodes across various programmes.
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