Jacintha Abisheganaden
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| Birth name | Jacintha Abisheganaden |
| Born | October 3, 1957 |
| Origin |  Singapore |
| Genre(s) | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, actress |
| Years active | 1976-present |
Jacintha Abisheganaden (born October 3, 1957), also known as Jacintha or Ja for short, is a Singaporean singer and actress.
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[edit] Biography
Born to Alexander Abisheganaden, an Indian Singaporean educator, and a Chinese mother, both of her parents had musical backgrounds. She grew up to win a singing talent competition, Talentime, with her trio, Vintage.
She graduated with honours in English literature from the National University of Singapore.
She was one of the founders of the TheatreWorks theatre group, and has worked with director Ong Keng Sen in acclaimed plays such as Beauty World, Three Fat Virgins, Longing and The Lady of Soul.
To date she has released thirteen albums. She began a series of jazz recordings in 1999, and has released six acclaimed audiophile albums. Her latest album "Jacintha goes to Hollywood" was released by Groovenote in USA in July 2007. Her music has been featured in the movie "Play it to the bone" with Antonio Banderas and Woody Harrelson and in the Jennifer Garner TV Series "Alias". Jacintha performed live for the opening of the 117th IOC Session held in Singapore in 2005 to a worldwide audience over 200 million.
She has also acted in local television drama The Price of Peace, a period drama documenting the days of World War II.
[edit] Trivia
- Recently, she became a judge on the second season of Singapore Idol, replacing Douglas Oliverio. Her former husband, Dick Lee, was also one of the judges. She was constantly criticized for being unable to give constructive comments to the contestants about their performances, and it was later dubbed The Ja Vinci Code, a reference to The Da Vinci Code, on television show Rated! E.
