By Yip Wai Yee

A new crop of actresses are carving out a niche on Channel 8, taking on major roles alongside veterans.

Carrie Wong, 20

Who was that new face standing next to Channel 8 bigwigs Christopher Lee and Rui En at the press conference last month to promote Channel 8 drama Against The Tide?

Carrie Wong, that’s who. She snagged the major role of a schizophrenic woman, the younger sister of Lee’s crime novelist character.

Landing this “acting opportunity of a lifetime” so quickly is something the 1.75m-tall Wong finds “surprising”, although she says she earned the role in her own right.

“I got the role after two rounds of auditions, so it’s not like they handed it to me,” she says in English.

Source: The Straits Times

Against The Tide 逆潮 is now airing, Mon-Fri, 9pm on Channel 8.

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