25 Feb, 2009
Star Awards 2009 红星大奖 2009: BEST ACTRESS
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Click HERE for the FULL list of nominations!!
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*all nominations are listed according to alphabetical order*
BEST ACTRESS 最佳女主角
- Chen Liping as ‘xiao-gu’ for “The Golden Path 黄金路”
- Chen Liping as Nancy for “Just in Singapore 一房半厅一水缸”
- Fann Wong as Lin Kexin for “The Defining Moment 沸腾冰点”
- Felicia Chin as Lin Fei for “The Golden Path 黄金路”
- Jeanette Aw as Shanben Yueniang for “The Little Nyonya 小娘惹”
- Joanne Peh as Huang Yuzhu for “The Little Nyonya 小娘惹”
MY THOUGHTS:
wow, Chen Liping nominated twice!!
but this will be a tough category. Fann has done this gone-crazy role before, in 2004’s “Beautiful Illusions”. it wasn’t a breakthrough role for her. and i feel that Joanne and Felicia aren’t ready for a Best Actress win yet, based on their experience. they’ve just started playing more challenging roles, and although they may have done well, there are others who’ve surpassed expectations. it is the first time both these princesses have been nominated for Best Actress.
Jeanette Aw was great in “The Little Nyonya”. she totally embraced the 2 roles she was given, and made Juxiang and Yueniang her. think Jeanette Aw, and you’ll remember her in “The Little Nyonya”. think “The Little Nyonya” and you’ll remember her. there isn’t anyone more perfect to be given the role; it’s precisely because Jeanette made it her own. she eluded the feelings and overall characteristics of Juxiang and Yueniang. she is Juxiang; she is Yueniang; she is the little nyonya.
Chen Liping totally deserves her double nominations!! her roles in both shows were very different. although she was nicknamed ‘Xiao-gu’ in “The Golden Path”, she wasn’t always as happy as she looked. she held deep, dark secrets which reflected a choice, a path she chose in order to give her and her children a good life. you could see the pain she went through with her crazy son, her evil son, and the death of her step-daughter. you could feel her joy and her sorrows. Chen Liping just eludes a very mother-ly, close to your heart connection with the audience.
in “Just in Singapore”, she was hillarious as the fake-medium Nancy! you hated her for neglecting and scolding good daughter, played by Fiona Xie, and pouring all her affections and money at her undergrad snobbish daughter, played by Paige Chua. she was not very mother-ly, she did not openly show her care and concern for her daughters, but you could feel that she had the right intensions, and that her bark was worse than her bite.
i’d like to win: Jeanette Aw in “The Little Nyonya” (based on the fact that i was very impressed by her acting; she made the role hers, so much so that no one could even think of replacing her. this is her breakthrough role; lets give this princess a real ah-jie status)
who would win: Chen Liping in “The Golden Path” (based on the fact that she proves once again, that she’s a very versatile actress, whom everyone likes)
MORE THOUGHTS (by Kim):
Who I Think Will / Want To Win: Jeanette Aw
Why I Want Her To Win:
i feel that Jeanette Aw played her roles in “The Little Nyonya” very well that she is now sometimes known as THE little nyonya! she did a wonderful job of acting the two roles in the show that you will never get her characters, Juxiang or Yueniang mixed up! she deserves this award!
(by Shi Liang)
