Sharon Au

Sharon Au
Chinese name 欧菁仙 (simplified)
Pinyin Ōu Jīngxiān (Mandarin)
Born 1975
Singapore
Occupation Host, actress
Years active 1995–2005

Sharon Au (simplified Chinese: 欧菁仙; traditional Chinese: 歐菁仙; pinyin: Ōu Jīngxiān) is a former Singaporean actress and host. Having joined the TCS during the mid-1990s, she won many awards as an artiste with MediaCorp before leaving the industry to pursue further studies. She is still with MediaCorp but is now in an executive position.

Career

Previously a flight stewardess with Singapore Airlines, Au's career in the entertainment industry began when she was talent-spotted from a Toy Factory Productions English remake of a Hong Kong stage musical I Have A Date With Spring. During the late 1990s she was best known for co-hosting City Beat with Kym Ng and Bryan Wong. She played numerous roles ranging from a cabaret girl in the stage musical, Beauty World to an enthusiastic radio presenter in the sitcom Right Frequency, each receiving rave reviews.

Competent and effectively bilingual, Au proved to be one of the most established hosts in Mediacorp alongside Quan Yi Fong and Guo Liang. This made her the favourite choice compere for most of MediaCorp's variety special programmes. This is further endorsed with her victory when she clinched the Best Variety Show Host Award at the Star Awards for four consecutive years.

She left for Japan to further her studies in 2005 in the School of International Liberal Studies, Waseda University in Tokyo on a MediaCorp scholarship. As part of her studies, she went to Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 in France for a year to study, as part of Waseda University's One-Year international Exchange Program.

Au came back to Singapore specially to host the Star Awards 2007 having been missing from the screen since September 2005.

After completing her studies at Waseda in 2011, Au re-joined MediaCorp in a new capacity as a manager in the strategic development department in April 2011.[1] She marked her return with her participation in the National Day Parade 2011. She was one of the co-host for the National Day Parade 2012, and will make her hosting debut after her return from studies on the President's Star Charity 2012.[2]

Controversy

Sharon Au has been in a controversy where she made fun of an Indian girl during the opening ceremony of SEA games, which sparked some controversy. France-Presse (AFP) journalist Bhavan Jaipragas had accused Au of putting on a strong Indian accent to mock a young Indian girl sitting in the stands. He also said Au made fun of the girl's name.

Jaipragas detailed the incident in a Facebook post on Friday evening, in which he called on Au and the organising committee to apologise.

"In an audience interaction segment before the start of the SEA Games opening ceremony at the National Stadium, emcee Sharon Au approached an Indian girl seated in the stands. The girl did not properly perform the act - saying aloud a line welcoming foreign contingents (others before her didn't get it right too). Au, speaking into a mike and with the cameras trained on her, shockingly put on a strong Indian accent, and while shaking her head from right to left asked the girl: "What (Vat) happened? What happened?" he wrote.[3]

Personal life

Au revealed that she intends to marry her French boyfriend who is eight years her junior. She met him during the exchange program in France.[4]

Au attended CHIJ Saint Nicholas Girls' School (Secondary) and Hwa Chong Junior College in Singapore. She graduated from Waseda University in Tokyo with a Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree in 2011.[5]

Drama

Variety Show

Theatre

Awards/Achievements

Year Organisation Award Nominated Work Title Result
1998 Star Awards Best Variety Show Host NKF Charity Show 1998 Nominated
1999 Star Awards Best Comedy Performer Right Frequency Nominated
1999 Star Awards Best Variety Show Host City Beat Nominated
1999 Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste N/A Won
2000 Star Awards Best Comedy Performer Soho@Work Nominated
2000 Star Awards Best Variety Show Host City Beat Won
2000 Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste N/A Won
2001 Star Awards Best Comedy Performer Right Frequency 3 Won
2001 Star Awards Best Variety Show Host City Beat Won
2001 Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste N/A Won
2002 Star Awards Best Variety Show Host City Beat Won
2002 Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste N/A Won
2003 Star Awards Best Variety Show Host City Beat Won
2003 Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste N/A Won
2004 Star Awards Best Variety Show Host Spring N Slide Nominated
2004 Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste N/A Won

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Sharon Au returns to MediaCorp". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  2. ↑ "President's Star Charity 2012 to help 55 beneficiaries". Channel News Asia. 25 September 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  3. ↑ http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/more-singapore-stories/story/sea-games-host-sharon-au-apologises-insensitive-remarks-
  4. ↑ "Former MediaCorp host Sharon Au to wed French beau". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
  5. ↑ "才貌双全 娱乐圈高学历明星" (in Chinese). xin.msn.com. 4 January 2012.
  6. ↑ "Toy Factory turns 20". The Straits Times. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
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