Career
Shortly after, Chin received starring roles in Singapore's prime time television series such as: Singapore's longest running comedy TV series, Under One Roof, hit TV movie Blueprint anthology series - Scars, School Days hit comedy TV series, and The Outsiders, an independent slasher film.
She was listed by FHM Magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Women in the World in 2003 and 2004. She entered the Singaporean version of the TV talent show Star Search in 2003 and won the Best Acting Potential Award together with the Female Champion Award, becoming Singapore's representative for Star Search Asia Grand Finals. Chin won the first runner-up title and an artist contract with Mediacorp, Singapore's national television studios, to be part of their stable of performers. Under Mediacorp's management, she received her first dramatic role in An Ode To Life as Weng Xiaoyun, a muddle-headed nurse who unexpectedly falls into a love triangle. An Ode To Life was shown in 2004 on Mediacorp Television and later won the best dramatic television series award.
She went on to star in the 13-episode comedy series The Cheer Team, broadcast in 2004, as Miss Bai, a cheerleading teacher who was inappropriate for the job. While shooting The Cheer Team, she was offered a role in The Best Bet, a 14-episode Singaporean television series, as Lina Zhang, the love interest of both Christopher Lee's and Mark Lee's characters.
As her contract with Mediacorp came to an end in 2004, she completed filming of The Best Bet and returned to America. During her four years in Singapore, Chin appeared in four films, six television series, four variety shows.
After taking a break for three years, she worked on two films in 2009: Mongolian Death Worms, a TV movie ordered by the Syfy Channel, and Machete, which was released in August 2010. Machete marked Chin's first villainous role.
She was the female champion of Star Search Singapore Finals 2003, was ranked #93 on FHM Singapore's 100 Sexiest Woman of the World 2003, and #90 in FHM Singapore's 100 Sexiest Woman of the World 2004.
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