Rui En

Rui En (born Loh Rui En on 29 January 1981) is a Singaporean actress, singer and host.

Rui En was born on 29 January 1981.

Her father worked as a property agent, and her mother is a housewife.

Rui En first started modelling after she completed her A Levels in RJC in 1999, and was managed by Phantom Management.

In 2001, she was featured in a SingTel ad which propelled her into the limelight and earned her a feature in Singapore's edition of FHM.

She subsequently signed on with Hype Records's subsidiary, Artistes Network.

Rui En ventured into Taiwan in 2002 with the stage name 芮恩.

She made her first appearance as the female lead in label mate Jay Chou's music video for Secret Code (暗號) and went on to co-endorse Panasonic GD68 with him.

Rui En subsequently released her debut regional Chinese album, Rui Σn vol. 01, in the same year under the co-production of Hype Records and Alfa Music.

Chou composed the song White Feather (白色羽毛) which was released in her debut album, ''Rui Σn vol. 01.

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Rui En made her acting debut in MediaCorp drama, No Problem, in 2002.

Rui En was nominated as the Best Local Singer in the Singapore Hits Awards 2003 and was selected alongside Taufik Batisah to perform both the English and Mandarin versions of the 2005 National Day Parade's theme song, Reach Out for the Skies.

She subsequently kicked the habit in 2004.

Rui En studied at Singapore Chinese Girls' School for both her primary and secondary education, and subsequently at Raffles Junior College (RJC).

She graduated from Nanyang Technological University with a Bachelor of Business in 2004.

In 2004, Rui En took over Steph Song's role in the English sitcom Achar! for the second season after Song left the series after falling out with the male lead, Jas Arora.

However, after reviewing her performance in that sitcom, Rui En felt that she was acting just for fame and popularity as a clutch to her broken family situation.

Thereafter, in addition to quitting smoking and drinking, she decided to stop taking up roles that require kissing and/or intimate scenes.

Thus despite being nominated for the Best Newcomer Award in 2004's Star Awards, she was limited in the choice of roles she could take on.

She landed her first leading role in 2005, with A Promise for Tomorrow.

In the following year, she was identified as one of the most promising young actresses in the Singapore Entertainment Industry by local entertainment magazine I-Weekly and was hence labelled as one of the Seven Princesses of Mediacorp.

Her parents divorced when she was 17; her father remarried three years later, and her mother remarried in 2007.

While growing up, she shared in a 2008 The Straits Times interview, she used to smoke and drink socially to cope with the insecurity and instability she felt from her broken home, and after quitting ballet as a co-curricular activity (CCA) in secondary school.

After a six years' break, Rui En released her second Chinese album in late 2008 under Hype Records, titled United Nations.

This album was only released in Singapore, with all lyrics penned by Rui En herself.

Since then, she resumed the use of her original name, 瑞恩.

In March 2008, Rui En was involved in a high-profile rejection of the role as an ambitious businesswoman struggling with mental illness in The Defining Moment, which subsequently went to Fann Wong instead.

She was reported to have rejected the role due to a rape scene in the script as part of her stance against revealing, kissing or intimate scenes and has been criticised by some as unprofessional.

She is reported to have been blacklisted by some producers after this role-rejection incident.

After playing a social service worker and AIDS patient in By My Side in 2008, Rui En started to gain recognition, winning one of the eight 'Top 8 Likable Female Lead Characters' awards with her only production that year.

In April 2009, Rui En was invited to perform at Singapore Day 2009 at London's Hampton Court Palace, a yearly event organised by the Overseas Singaporean Unit in the Prime Minister's Office to engage overseas Singaporeans.

In 2010, Rui En was labelled as one of the 10 Faces to watch in 2010 by MediaCorp's Buzz.

Rui En also won several awards for the characters she portrayed, for instance her role as Zhang Luoyun in My School Daze which emerged as the 'Top 10 Favourite Female Characters' in Star Awards 2010, and Lin Jiaqi in The Dream Catchers which emerged as the 'Top 5 Favourite Female Characters'.

In 2011, Rui En re-iterated her stance against revealing, kissing or intimate scenes after interviews for On the Fringe implied that Rui En had filmed a rape scene for the show.

Rui En clarified that the so called rape scenes only consisted of her being drugged and was brushed on the hair and face.

Rui En won the 'Most Favourite Female Character' award with her role as Yang Xiaodong in ''Happy Family.

Rui En was also credited for her outstanding performance in portraying a widow in With You'', winning the 'Best Actress' award in Star Awards 2011.

Rui En was awarded the 'Best Actress in Leading Role' at the 2012 Asian Television Awards, for her role as a tough cop in crime drama Unriddle 2.

She went on to win her third acting award in the following year at the Star Awards 2013 for the same role in Unriddle 2, earning her second 'Best Actress Award' at Star Awards.