Attractive and with a sunshine babe persona, Michelle Chia is Singapore's new league of modern and talented artiste. Discovered at a tender age of 6, she was a lovable child actor who later made audience sit up and notice her when she played the role of a Ma Jie convincingly at the age of 15, in the classic docu-drama series Vow of Celibracy.
After her tertiary education, she was naturally invited to join Television Corporation of Singapore (now known as MediaCorp TV), where she further broadened her artistic skills by trying her hands on hosting. Quick-witted and a fast-learner, Michelle charmed and bonded with the audience and became a popular figure with the public voting her one of the Top Ten Most Popular Female Artistes in 1999. She went on to hone her hosting skills, entertaining audience with her perfect comic wit and chemistry with co-host, veteran comedian-cum-host Adrian Pang in Yummy King and Gurmit Singh in Our Makan Places : Lost and Found.
2006 marked a very special year for Michelle because for the first time, she co-hosted with Gurmit Singh for the National Day Parade. She also partnered China veteran host Zhu Jun in fronting Wanna Challenge, a popular China CCTV variety programme which was telecast in both Singapore and China. In 2007, Michelle also hosted a new series of singing programme Live the Dream with MTV VJ Utt from Thailand.
Effectively bilingual, Michelle is not one to rest on her laurels as she is ever ready to take on new challenges, be it an English Drama role, or dancing sexy salsa for a charity event or doing thrilling sports like wakeboarding or learning a difficult musical instrument like zither. Her performance as a water polo coach in her latest English drama Polo Boys earned her a nomination in the Best Actress category at Asian Television Awards 2010.
Blessed with a good figure and wonderful skin, Michelle is also a favourite with advertisers. The most unforgettable being the "LUX" girl for a 2-year shampoo advertising campaign. Currently, she is the spokesperson for Ginvera Marvel gel and the ambassador of Resorts World Sentosa, the first Integrated Resort in Singapore.
