Who Is Fiona Xie, The Crazy Rich Asians Actress That Played Kitty Pong? 6 Facts To Know

Quick Facts

Almost everyone who has watched the film Crazy Rich Asians will attest to it being a masterpiece. The film is an American romantic comedy-drama adaptation of a 2013 novel of the same name written by Kevin Kwan. It is one of the few films by a major Hollywood studio to feature predominantly Asian American casts. This then brings to fore the fact that Crazy Rich Asians wouldn’t have been a huge success (with a budget of $30 million which raked in $238.5 million in the Box office) without the crop of talented actors and actresses that perfectly played various characters in the film. One of such celebrated talents is Singaporean actress, event host, and broadcaster, Fiona Xie who played Kitty Pong in the film. Let’s learn more about her

Who Is Fiona Xie, The Crazy Rich Asians Actress?

The Singaporean was born on the 24th of January, 1982 in Shantou. Fiona had her high school education at the Saint Hilda’s Secondary School located in Tampines, Singapore. When she graduated, she proceeded for her tertiary education at Temasek Polytechnic.

Fiona Xie was scouted by a talent agency when she was still in high school. She began working with the modeling agency, appearing in various commercials in Hong Kong and Singapore. In the course of time, the model dabbled into acting with a supporting role as a nurse (Shirley Ho) in Growing Up. Next came another supporting role in A War Diary. The Singaporean actress then won her first award as an actress – “Best Newcomer” at the Star Awards of 2001. This was after she starred in her first female lead role as Genie 0385985 in My Genie and Fiona in The Hotel.

Fiona advanced her career with lead roles in films like Home in Toa Payoh (2003), Room in My Heart (2004), Love Concierge (2005), An Enchanted Life (2006), Happily Ever After (2007), and Just in Singapore (2009) before she went on a long break from Chinese dramas, after which she made an appearance in Gifted (2018). Some of her English drama projects include Serves You Right! (2009) where she acted as Faith Foo Li, Left Behind (2016) and No Catalogue (2018).

Though the Singaporean actress was already popular back in her home country and the rest of the Asian region, having recorded roles in many successful works, she got a lot more famous globally in 2018 with her Hollywood debut as Kitty Pong in Crazy Rich Asians. The film had cast like Henry Golding, , , and others. Since this work, Fiona Xie has become an actress with lots of following and her fans are eager to see her next work.

6 Facts To Know About Her

1. Her Awards

For some actors and actresses, winning an award in the course of their career is something that they expect to come after they have put in many years of work. Well, Fiona Xie didn’t have to go this path or wait this long as she earned her first acting accolade in just about a year of taking up her first acting role. She has since then added a couple of Star awards and top nominations to account for what she has invested her time doing over the years. The actress won:

• Best Newcomer in the 2001 7th Star Awards Ceremony for My Genie
• Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes in the 7th Star Awards Ceremony
• Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes in the 2006 12th Star Awards Ceremony

2. Salary and Net Worth

Since beginning her acting career in 2001, Fiona Xie can be reckoned as one of the best the Asian continent has produced. Coming with this is the huge monetary reward that is synonymous with every actor and actress that are good in their act. The MediaCorp’s Seven Princess was reportedly earning as much as $500,000 as her annual salary before taking some time off to pursue a career in photography. Since her return, a few sources have computed her net worth to be $1.2 million while many others report that it is still under review.

3. Rumored Pregnancy

It was rumored around the time she went on hiatus that she has been put in the family way by her boyfriend. Reacting to the rumor, Xie described them as too ludicrous to bother her. Kitty Pong was not pregnant at that time and has not been reported pregnant since then.

4. Relationship

It was reported in 2017 that The Crazy Rich Asians star is dating 14 years younger Julien Leo, a Singaporean rapper and model who is the son of famous fashion retailer, Tina Tan-Leo. News about their relationship broke out when the rapper posted a photo of the two of them on Valentine’s Day with good wishes for the actress. Other than this photo which was deleted shortly after it was posted, the rapper and the actress were also together when he and his twin brother, Brandon Leo, were celebrating their 21st birthday. It is assumed that they are still together though not much is known about the ongoings in their relationship.

5. Body Measurement and Features

Fiona Xie is a pretty woman in every sense and interpretation of the word. Her good looks are elegantly displayed with her height of 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m). She weighs 48 kg (105 lb) with body measurements of 33-25-34 inches. Xie wears a bra size of 32B, a dress size of 2-4 (US), while her feet are clad in size 7.5 (US) shoes. The actress has dark brown hair and eye color.

6. Social Media Presence

Like most other actors and actresses in various film industries all over the world, Fiona is very much visible on social media with an Instagram account () boosting of thousands of followers who get updated with activities in her eventful life.

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