Ann Kok: What were the 5 roles that defined her acting career?

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The actress, who ascends the All-Time Favourite Artiste altar this Sunday (Apr 21) at the Star Awards, talks to 8days about her most iconic roles from her past three decades in showbusiness.

The actress, who ascends the All-Time Favourite Artiste altar this Sunday at the Star Awards, talks to 8days about her most iconic roles from her past three decades in showbusiness.

With congratulations in order, 8days hopped onto a phone call with Ann to find out more about her journey as an actress, and the roles which defined her showbiz career.Ann, who got her start in showbusiness after taking part in Star Search in 1993, immediately names the teen drama as one of her more significant projects.

“I played two characters, mother and daughter . I was the only actor on set for quite a few scenes and I was acting with myself. It was tough. I had to act first, then with a stand-in. They filmed the stand-in from the back, and she wasn’t acting, nor did she have any expression, so I had to everything myself,” recalled Ann.

“The story, all of us working together, it was just so memorable,” she said, also calling it one of the projects she had the most fun working on When asked about the most challenging role she had to play, Ann took some time to ponder before landing on this four-episode 2016 miniseries. in the drama, and my four limbs had to be tied to the back of my body. I had to lie down for hours, and it was actually very uncomfortable and physically exhausting,” she said.

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