After living in Canada for 13 years, local singer-actress Celest Chong returned home for good in April. Read more at stomp.straitstimes.com
Back home and ready to begin a new chapter, Chong is currently in discussions over various acting and hosting opportunities.Chong made her acting debut in local director Eric Khoo's Stories About Love in 2000, before starring in local dramas like You Light Up My Life , Together Whenever , and Zero .
While abroad, she expanded her repertoire rather impressively, appearing in the DC series Titans and Netflix series The Umbrella Academy . In November 2021, she bagged the best actress award at The Great Canadian Sci Fi Film Fest for her role in the short fantasy film Moore's Void.Once, during a modelling gig, she had to be in the water for 18 hours – first the swimming pool then the sea – and could only return to shore when the crew gave her permission.
“Even when I cried, I refused to let my tears affect the filming… There are many challenges in life, and failures just make us stronger.”
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