Michelle Chong (, born 22 April 1977) is a Singaporean film, TV and digital content producer and director, writer and actress. She left the National Broadcaster Mediacorp in 2011 to set up her own media agency Left Profile and production house Huat Films. She has produced, written and directed 3 commercial movies , the first of which, Already Famous, was chosen as Singapore’s entry for Best Foreign Film at the Academy Awards in 2013. Chong is known for her versatility and comedy in satire shows such as The Noose and more recently for her online personas Ah Lian, Venus Seow and Emily 爱美丽 etc from The Michelle Chong Channel on Youtube. Biography Chong studied in CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' School, Dunman High School and Victoria Junior College where she took drama as a subject. Her drama teacher recommended her to Bates College, a top liberal arts college in Maine, USA where she studied theatre for a year. She also subsequently studied in the National University of Singapore. She was voted by FHM readers as one of the world's top 30 sexiest women in 2002 and 2003. Chong won the Elle Actress of the Year Award (2008) and the Asian Television Awards' (ATV) Best Comedy Performance (Highly Commended) Award (2008) for her portrayal of Beh Li Choo, a butcher in the popular Peranakan dramedy, Sayang Sayang. Chong is also famous for portraying a celebrity maid, Leticia Bongnino. In 2011, Chong took seven months of sabbatical leave to set up her own film company, Huat Films, and produced her first film as director, screenwriter and actress: Already Famous starred her, Taiwanese singer Alien Huang as well as other local celebrities who were cameo appearances in the film. In 2012, Chong started artiste management agency Left Profile, which will manage her, Pornsak and Lee Teng. Already Famous was selected as the Singaporean entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. Filmography Variety show 1999 1999 High-Revs 2000 2000 Crimewatch 2002 Happy Rules 开心就好 Mars Vs Venus 男人女人 Oh Yeah Open Sesame 芝麻开门客人来 2003 Bon Voyage 一路风光 Oooh! 元气大搜查 XXXtraordinary 少见多怪 Mission Possible 地球无界限 2004 Miss Singapore Universe 2004 Finals 新加坡环球小姐选美大决赛 2004 All In NETS NETS 有钱坤 New City Beat 品味动感辣辣辣 Carlsberg World of Friends 好友满天下 President’s Star Charity 2004 Eye For A Guy 2005 Fortune Festival at Giant 爱上Giant过肥年 Lunar New