Yvonne Lim | |||||
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Chinese name | 林湘萍 | ||||
Pinyin | Lín Xiāngpíng (Mandarin) | ||||
Born | Singapore | ||||
Other name(s) | Yverlasting Yvonne (Fan Club) | ||||
Occupation | Actress | ||||
Years active | 1997-2014 | ||||
Spouse(s) | Alex Tien (Married in 2014 - Present) |
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Children |
Alex Junior Alexa |
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Ancestry | Fujian, China | ||||
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Alex Junior
Yvonne Lim (Chinese: 林湘萍; pinyin: Lín Xiāngpíng, born 28 September) is a Singaporean actress who has starred in many Chinese-language television dramas on MediaCorp Channel 8 since 1997.
She also recorded and released a solo Mandarin album in the year 2000. In 2002, she also teamed up with Hong Kong television station ATV in a 30-part courtroom drama Innocently Guilty, also starring Anita Yuen, Kent Cheng and Felix Wong. She has won Top 10 Popular Female Artist , 6 times in a row. She is married to ex-Taiwanese boy band B.A.D member, Alex Tien, who is 4 years younger than her. The couple held their wedding on 7 September 2014 at Riz Carlton Hotel, Singapore and after that they moved to Taiwan.Actress Hong Huifang felt saddened about Yvonne Lim has left the entertainment industry move to Taiwan with her husband and child as she treated her like her daughter as she both treated Yvonne and Ivy Lee whom has married a Hong Kong guy and settled in Hong Kong.
Lim was born to Hokkien family. She studied at CHIJ St Theresa's Convent and graduated with a Diploma in Electronic, Computer & Communication Engineering (DECC) at Singapore Polytechnic in 1996. In an interview with SP's alumni magazine, she stated that she was a "shy girl" who rarely took part in extracurricular activities. At the recommendation of some friends, she took part in the Miss Singapore Polytechnic beauty pageant and finished first runner-up. She was a finalist with Go Magazine's Cover Girl Contest and did some modelling before joining Star Search Singapore 1997. While she was eliminated in the finals she was offered a contract by the Television Corporation of Singapore (predecessor of MediaCorp).