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Jacintha Abisheganaden was born on 3 October, 1957 in Singapore, is a Singaporean singer. Discover Jacintha Abisheganaden's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?

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Occupation Singer, songwriter, actress
Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 3 October, 1957
Birthday 3 October
Birthplace Singapore
Nationality Singapore

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Her husband is Dick Lee (m. 1992-1997)

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1957

Jacintha Abisheganaden (born 3 October 1957), known professionally as Jacintha, is a Singaporean singer, actress, and theater practitioner who studied at the National University of Singapore and received a degree in arts, majoring in English literature.

She is a founding member of the performance company TheatreWorks.

Abisheganaden was born in 1957 to mixed-race musician parents, namely a Ceylonese-origin ethnic Indian classical guitarist cum music teacher, Alex Abisheganaden (1926–2023), a recipient of the Cultural Medallion and a Chinese mother of Cantonese descent, Eileen Wong (born 1928) who was a pianist and also an arts teacher.

She studied piano and voice from her early teens and also sang in the Singapore Youth Choir where she met her future collaborator, Dick Lee.

Growing up, Abisheganaden listened to a wide variety of music, not only vocal jazz and traditional pop but also artists who ranged from Stevie Wonder to Joni Mitchell to South African singer Miriam Makeba.

Abisheganaden was a big fan of Brazilian bandleader Sergio Mendes during her upbringing and she has been quoted as saying that she was "obsessed" with Barbra Streisand.

Abisheganaden was educated at Marymount Convent School, Raffles Institution and the National University of Singapore, where she graduated with an honours degree in English.

She then went to America where she studied creative writing at Harvard University.

1976

Abisheganaden first came to prominence in 1976 when she won a local television talent contest, Talentime, singing jazz.

1981

She continued this winning streak in 1981, when she nabbed the Best Female Performer award for her role as Nurse Angamuthu in General Hospital at the Drama Festival.

1982

Beginning in 1982, she worked as an arts reporter for The Straits Times, interviewing figures like Neil Sedaka, Cliff Richards and Sophia Loren.

In 1982, she acted as Pala in Samseng and the Chettiar's Daughter, a Singapore Arts Festival production directed by John Tasker.

She also acted in the Experimental Theatre Club's Terry Rex for the 1982 Singapore Drama Festival.

1983

In 1983, Abisheganaden released her debut album Silence on WEA, on which Dick Lee wrote nine out of the ten songs.

The new wave album, containing a cover of the Bee Gees' "Run to Me", was reviewed positively, with The Straits Times calling it "probably the most impressive debut album...from a local singer."

In the same year, Abisheganaden acted in the Experimental Theatre Club's production of Susan's Party, directed by Lim Siauw Chong, for the Drama Festival.

1984

In 1984, Abisheganaden starred in Dick Lee's play Bumboat—the title song, featuring the cast, was released as a record, with "Unsaid", a duet between Lee and Abisheganaden on the flipside.

1985

In 1985, Abisheganaden returned from the States temporarily (where she moved with her husband) to act in TheatreWorks' Love and Belacan, three playlets co-starring Lim Kay Tong.

1986

In 1986, Abisheganaden returned from the States permanently to record her second album, and played a series of live jazz shows at The Saxophone.

In the same year, she sang and acted in Singapore Broadcasting Corporation's hour-long programme Destination Mauritius.

1987

In 1987, Abisheganaden was voted Best Performer at the fourth ASEAN Song Festival and released her second album Tropicana.

She also acted as Zemphira in The Gypsies—The Tragedy of Zemphira, directed by William Teo.

1988

In 1988, she performed in TheatreWorks' musical Beauty World and acted as singer Josephine in Pam Gems' Piaf.

In the same year, she was Singapore's representative at the Pax Musica cultural entertainment show in Singapore.

1989

In 1989, Abisheganaden and Dick Lee represented Singapore at the Asia Song Festival in Japan.

She performed "Come Back to Me Tonight", which Lee composed for the event.

In the same year, she acted in TheatreWorks' Mixed Signals, a three-act comedy written by Michael Chiang, and Jackson on a Jaunt by Eleanor Wong, staged as part of the double bill Safe Sex.

She also performed with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Zubin Mehta.

1990

In 1990, Abisheganaden acted as Sheila Rani in TheatreWorks' revival of Lim Chor Pee's play, Mimi Fan.

1991

In 1991, Abisheganaden acted in Eric Khoo's short film August as an adulterous wife and released her third album Dramamama on Japan's Wave Records.

In the same year, she starred in TheatreWorks' Fried Rice Paradise and Theatre Games.

1992

In 1992, Abisheganaden starred in Dick Lee's first Asian operetta, Nagaland, which performed to full houses in Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore.

1993

In 1993, Abisheganaden sang the lead role of Grizabella in Cats when the hit musical opened in Singapore.

In the same year, she hosted the cooking show, Mum's Not Cooking.

1997

In 1997, Abisheganaden starred in Dick Lee's musical Hotpants, which was restaged in 2014.

In the mid-nineties, actor Lim Kay Tong introduced Abisheganaden to Ying Tan, who signed her to his Groove Note label.

1998

Her first jazz album was released in 1998: Here's To Ben – A Vocal Tribute To Ben Webster.

1999

Abisheganaden's second album for the Groove Note label, Autumn Leaves: The Songs of Johnny Mercer (1999) has seen the title track being used for TV series Alias, while the bonus track "Here's to Life" was used as the title track for the Hollywood movie Play It to the Bone, as well as being used during Michael J. Fox's narration of ABC Sports' coverage Game 7 of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals.

2002

She has since recorded several jazz albums under the Groove Note label, including "Lush Life" (2002), "Jacintha is Her Name" (2003), "The Girl from Bossa Nova" (2004), and "Jacintha Goes to Hollywood" (2007).

2008

The retrospective collection "Best of Jacintha" was released in 2008.