Cheryl Chitty Tan

Cheryl Chitty Tan is best known for starring as Yehenara in the hit musical Forbidden City alongside Kit Chan Cheryl made her professional debut in KL at the tender age of 15 playing the title role in Little Violet and the Angel After graduating from Wesleyan University she spent some time doing small operas and plays in New York before she began working with Singapore Repertory Theatres Little Company Her most notable stage roles include Ivy Chan in Beauty World kungfu fighting Mimi in Mama White Snake Wild Rice Katy Tranh in Displaced Persons Welcome Dinner Checkpoint Theatre for SIFA and the iconic Juliet in Romeo and Juliet Singapore Repertory Theatre Shakespeare in the Park In film Cheryl worked with celebrated auteur Boo Junfeng on Parting 7 Letters and Liao Jiekai for As You Were She also recently worked with Gurmit Singh in Edward Khoos short film The Meantime She burst onto the television scene as Prof Sylvia Soo the quirky but cunning lead in Channel 5s Faculty She also starred in Derek as Dr Winnie Low a role that continued into Derek 2 and Code of Law 5 Cheryls range and versatility are her greatest strengths In Paddles Up she played a pushy student journalist who has no problems following boys into the bathroom for a story In Code of Law she played a psychiatrist with a history of selfharm and a growing darkness While playing Juliet and doing Shakespeare was her biggest challenge to date her favorite role of all time is still a crazy penguin in the musical Junior Claus She can sing musical theatre jazz pop classical crossover and has a special fondness for Malay golden oldies She is also making her mark as an emcee in the world of events where her ability to switch from classy to zany serves her well Cheryl is a singing teacher trained at New York Vocal Coaching Cheryl is represented by FLY Entertainment

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Place of Birth: Malaysia
Profession: Acting

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