Ann Kok also known as her Chinese name, Guo Shu Xian is a Singaporean television actress. She is a prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1993 to 2014 but continues to film on an ad-hoc basis. In 2014 March, Kok left Mediacorp as her contract with Mediacorp ended & she chose not to renew.
Biography
Kok is the youngest child of a family of six children. She has 2 sisters & 3 brothers. She started her acting career in 1993 after emerging as a finalist in the local talent-search competition Star Search, where she won a contract to work on Chinese language TV channel SBC 8. She was also regarded as "Third Sister" in the 1990s. She received many offers to play the leading roles in the television dramas of that time. In 2000, Kok ventured overseas to expand her acting career. She returned to Singapore's Mediaworks in 2003 then MediaCorp in 2005. For the first time in her 13-year-long career, Kok was nominated for the Best Actress Award in the Star Awards 2006 for her performance as Jiang Ruqing in Love Concierge. In La Femme, she played a career-minded woman who neglects her family and later suffers from breast cancer. In 2009, she played the lead role of Alice Zeng, a materialistic and show-off housewife, in the highly acclaimed drama serialHousewives' Holiday, which won her praise and positive reviews from audiences. For her performance, Kok was nominated for the Best Actress Award again in the Star Awards 2010 and was the hot favourite, but missed the award. In 2011, Kok made another appearance in Kampong Ties, which was filmed in Sungai Lembing, Malaysia, for a period of 4 months. In the same year, Kok also appeared in The Oath and Bountiful Blessings, starring alongside established actors such as Christopher Lee, Tay Ping Hui and Hong Kong actress Jessica Hsuan. Apart from acting, Kok has produced three solo albums. She also sang at The Peranakan Ball in 2009 for The Little Nyonya musical. In 2012, Kok became the first actress in Asia to snag two nominations in the same category since the inception of the Asian Television Awards in 1994. Kok was nominated for the Best Actress in a Leading Role award for her performances in Kampong Ties and Show Hand for ATA 2012. Results would be announced in December 2012. In 2013, Kok won Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes in Star Awards 2013. She also walked away with "BottomSlim Sexiest Legs" Award for Star Awards 2012Walk of Fame. At the Star Awards 2013, Kok was nominated in Favourite Female Character, Favourite On-screen Couple, BottomSlim Sexiest Legs Award, Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes. In 2014 March, Kok left the entertainment Industry as her contract with Mediacorp ended & she chose not to renew, hence she is not eligible to participate in The Stars Awards organized by Mediacorp. Her last drama with Mediacorp was In the Name of Love. Also in the same year, she appeared on big screen with her first movie in Singapore, The Filial Party. In 2015, after almost a year break from acting, she acted as Deng Xue Li in Crescendo. In April 2016, she was again made lead inToggle.sg original 4 episode psychological triller mini-series Trapped Minds In the same year, she did a musical acted as Hua Mulan's elder sister, Hua Mulian. The original twisted comedy Mulan The Musical took place in Resort World Sentosa theatre from 16 December 2016 – 5 February 2017, with the famous troop from Taiwan. They broke record by performing 36 shows in 2 months in Singapore.
