RUI EN, 33, SINGAPORE
One of Channel 8’s top actress, she’s the first local ambassador to promote the brand’s Youth Code range of products.
GONG LI, 48, CHINA
In 1996, Gong Li, one of the first Asian actresses to make it in Hollywood, became the first Chinese ambassador of L’Oreal Paris.
FAN BINGBING, 32, CHINA
The actress and fashion icon Â- currently seen in superhero blockbuster X-Men: Days Of Future Past as mutant Blink – topped the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2013 and 2014, after coming in the Top 10 every year since 2006.
LI BINGBING, 41, CHINA
Hugely successful in her home country, the actress is starring in the upcoming Hollywood blockbuster Transformers: Age Of Extinction.
Source: The New Paper, Lollipop
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By Charlene Chua
At 18, she’s become the first non-celebrity model ambassador from Singapore to represent global beauty brand L’Oreal Paris in Asia.
Fiona Fussi, winner of Elite Model Look Singapore 2011, joins the ranks of L’Oreal’s famous Asian faces – local actress Rui En, Chinese actresses Fan Bingbing and Li Bingbing and Indian actresses Aishwarya Rai and Sonam Kapoor.
Source: Lollipop, The New Paper
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By Jocelyn Lee
Local actress Rui En has a reputation as the ice queen of Caldecott Hill.
But that standoffish persona was nowhere in sight during C.L.I.F. 3’s press conference last Friday.
The 33-year-old was chatty and cheery and she joked around with the cast on stage, prompting actress Tracy Lee to wonder if something had happened during filming to cause this difference.
Rui En said with a smile: “Many people saw the change in me and asked me if there is a man in my life now.
“But it’s really because I became a Christian right before the filming of this drama. I feel happier these days.”
She added that happiness comes with age, as she found she could let go of things more easily.
“In the past, I had this overwhelming pressure to perform well in what I do. I am still finding a way to do well in my job without giving myself pressure,” she said.
“It’s very hard, but I’m always finding ways to do that. It comes with maturity.”
In C.L.I.F. 3, Rui En reprises her role of Zhijie, an officer in charge and also the wife of fellow policeman Lantian (Li Nanxing).
Being able to act opposite Li again was an experience Rui En likened to coming home.
She said: “I’ve had a lot of chemistry with Li since the day we met. We went from not knowing each other at all to feeling really comfortable with each other. I am very lucky to have a partner like that.”
Their pairing on C.L.I.F. 2 earned her a nomination for this year’s Favourite Onscreen Couple at the Star Awards.
The star is also nominated in the same category for her roles opposite actors Qi Yuwu, in The Dream Makers, and Romeo Tan in Sudden.
She has a Best Actress nomination for her role in The Dream Makers.
Favourite Couple
Having played the female lead opposite a number of leading men, Rui En said that her favourite couple role was with Elvin Ng.
She said: “Every time I work with a different person, there is new chemistry. But if I have to choose one, it will be Elvin.
“Our own fans are very supportive of us together on-screen and it’s fun. I am surprised that ‘Ruivin’ has become a thing now.”
The term ‘Ruivin’ was coined several years ago by fans after the actors’ pairing on The Dream Catchers gained popularity.
The duo are so popular they have bagged the Favourite Onscreen Couple Award at the Star Awards two years in a row.
C.L.I.F. 3 è¦å¾½å¤©èŒ 3 debuts 09 April 2014 9pm on Channel 8.
Source: Asia One, Lollipop Part 1 | Part 2, The New Paper
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By Gladys Chung
Rui En, 33
The self-professed beauty junkie has been announced as the face of L’Oreal Paris Youth Code skincare for the second year running. And for the first time, she will also front the local ads for the brand’s cosmetics such as eyeliner and lipsticks.
The award-winning MediaCorp actress is currently filming the Channel 8 psychological thriller Against The Tide that will wrap in June.
What is the one product you would not step out of the house without?
Eyeliner. It is the staple of my make-up look. I have tried many because my eyeliner smudges often as I have oily lids. I want one that I can apply easily but does not make me look like the Joker in crying scenes.
What is the one grooming service you cannot do without?
Gel manicures. They are a godsend as you can do housework without worrying that your nails will chip. I get my nails done once every two to three weeks.
My favourite design so far is the one I wore for the New Year countdown. They were black talon-shaped extensions that were decorated with silver accents and diamantes.
What is the best beauty invention?
Pre-serum essences such as the Youth Code Boosting Essence. I use it after cleansing and just before the toner. It helps the other skincare products that I apply afterwards to absorb better.
What is your favourite perfume?
I am a perfume collector. My whole room is filled with perfume bottles. I think I own about 200 of them.
The perfume that best represents me is Chanel No.19 ($225 for 100ml). It is unconventional. When you first smell it, you will not go, oh, I love it. But it grows on you. I guess you could say I have that effect on people too. I also love vanilla gourmand perfumes such as Guerlain’s Spirituese Double Vanille. It is mouthwatering.
I will try any perfume. If the one I am interested in is expensive, I will buy decanted 5ml vials onlinento try them out first.
What is the most ridiculous thing you have done in the name of beauty?
I used to rinse my hair with apple cider vinegar. I would do it after shampooing and before conditioning.
It worked and left my hair shiny. But the apple cidar vinegar smell became stronger once I perspired. So I stopped using it.
What is the best beauty tip anyone has given you?
Wear sunscreen and stay out of the sun. I started wearing sunscreen every day when I was 14 because my mum forced me to. For me, a good sunscreen must be weightless and not too matte, but adds a dewiness to my make-up. I like the ones from L’Oreal Paris, Cle De Peau and Bioderma.
Against The Tide 逆潮 debuts 24 September 2014 9pm on Channel 8.
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The list of nominees in the running for the various award catergories at this year’s Star Awards raised a few eyebrows when it was released recently.
This year’s nominations is dominated by the cast of The Dream Makers (志在四方), a 30-episode drama that aired in June last year, reported My Paper.
The drama saw 9 of its cast members nominated for the four major awards this year.
Chen Hanwei and Qi Yuwu are two of the cast members in the running for the Best Actor award, while Jeanette Aw, Rui En and Chen Liping are up for the Best Actress award.
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By Gladys Chung
It comes as a surprise when actress Rui En says some of her favourite bags are brand-less canvas totes, and that she used to be a tomboy who hated dresses.
After all, the 32-year-old was dressed in a flattering and slinky Grecian-style toga dress for this interview and photoshoot.
And who can forget the beautiful plum Christian Dior tulle gown she wore at the Star Awards show in April, where she won her second Best Actress award. She also won that night for Favourite Female Character and Top 10 Most Popular Artistes.
“It was an Academy Awards-ready gown, I chose it just three weeks before the event, and I looked forward to wearing it.”
“It was ‘princessy’ but the dark colour made it classic and ‘me’.”
She admits she could have handled the dress more elegantly that night. She had seemed exasperated at times when she had difficulty moving about in the gown.
“It was lightweight but there were so many layers of fabric and I was kind of wrestling with it,” she says.
“But I promise I will get better at this.”
This disarming honesty and lack of pretension, on top of her pretty girl-next-door looks and acting chops, have won Rui En fans, as well as the attention of marketers.
In May, she was named one of the faces of the L’Oreal Paris Youth Code skincare range. She joins a roll call of A-list international celebrities, such as Gong Li, Li Bingbing and Fan Bingbing, who also front the range of skincare.
The ambassadorship is apt as Rui En is a self-professed beauty junkie. She loves trying new skincare products and make-up and uses a different mask every night on her dry and intolerant skin.
To keep healthy and give her face that extra glow, she works out religiously with home videos. And every morning, she downs green detox drinks made from recipes she found on the Internet.
Rui En started her career in show business when she was 20. But the industry started to take serious notice of her only in 2011 when she won her first Best Actress trophy at the Star Awards that year for her role as a widow in the drama serial With You.
Rui En says the nomination in 2011 made her pay more attention to her clothes.
“It was the first time I had to dress up properly for an event and I had so many choices. I felt very lucky but confused too.”
“My sense of style was not set then, so it was just a whirlwind of trying on all sorts of outfits and just seeing what worked for my image.”
In the end, she picked a steel grey Hermes pantsuit, with a black belt tied stylishly and provocatively around her neck.
These days, she knows instinctively what she likes: “Nothing revealing, but classic, simple, clean and accessorised with diamonds.”
7 things in her bag
1. Soul by Ludacris headphones
This was a Christmas present I received last year. Its sound quality is good and it blocks out noise. I love music, and listen to everything from country to K-pop. When I’m travelling, I’ll plug into this and be in my own world.
2. Museli bars
I eat these when I am shooting and have to be constantly on the go. They are quite sweet and taste good, and they keep me from bingeing on the unhealthy stuff.
3. L’Oreal Youth Code prodigious rejuvenating pre-essence
I apply this essence on my bare skin and it helps everything else that I use later, such as serums and moisturisers, to be more easily absorbed.
4. Insect Repellent
This is an insect repellent soldiers use; I bought it from the army market in Beach Road. It is a must whenever I’m filming outdoors. It does not smell but is so potent that it is not safe to be applied on the skin. I apply it on the hem of my clothing instead and the mosquitoes do not come near me.
5. Memoirs of a radical lawyer by Michael Mansfield
I’m currently reading this for research purposes as I play a lawyer in the upcoming Chinese legal drama Sudden. Whenever I take on a new role, I will read about the character’s occupation as it helps me with my acting.
6. Creative electronic chinese dictionary
A friend gave this to me as a birthday present two or three years ago. It tells me how to pronounce Chinese words I’m unfamiliar with and their meanings.
7. Scripts
I feel naked without my scripts. This is for Sudden, which I am currently working on and which airs in September on MediaCorp Channel 8. I prefer physical copies because I can make notes in the margin.
Her bag
A fan gave this to me. I own about 20 to 30 canvas tote bags. I carry them around when I am filming or not working. For designer bags, my favourite is the Balenciaga Motorcycle bag because it is very versatile.
Source: The Straits Times, Asiaone, Diva Asia, Lollipop
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Art mirrors life in The Dream Makers
By Mervin Tay
Local actress Rui En (seated second from left) sharing a jovial moment with fellow actress Chen Liping as actors Qi Yiwu, Chen Hanwei, Zoe Tay and Jeanette Aw look on during the press conference for their upcoming television drama, titled The Dream Makers.
Reel life mirrored real life on the set of Channel 8’s new blockbuster drama The Dream Makers.
And it surprised MediaCorp actress Chen Liping with how blurred the line between make-believe and reality can be.
In the showbiz-theme drama, which premieres today at 9pm, she plays a senior executive heading the drama division of a television station.
The drama also stars Zoe Tay, Rui En, Jeanette Aw, Qi Yuwu and Shaun Chen.
Chen, 47, recently mentioned two scenes in the 30-episode drama that were uncannily real.
In one, a memorial service is held for one of the characters who died.
“One week after filming that scene, we were observing a moment’s silence for Huang Wenyong at Star Awards Show 1,” she said, referring to the veteran MediaCorp actor who died in late April.
Chen then launched into an anecdote about China-born MediaCorp actor Qi, who plays a director in The Dream Makers.
“In it, Yuwu is romantically involved with Jeanette and Rui En”, she said.
“In real life, he fell in love with (MediaCorp actress) Joanne Peh. We only have three princesses left and he romanced all of them!”
Chen was referring to the term “seven princesses”, coined by the local Chinese media around 2006.
It was used to describe seven young and popular MediaCorp actresses – Dawn Yeoh, Felicia Chin, Fiona Xie, Jesseca Liu, Aw, Peh and Rui En.
Today, only Aw, Peh and Rui En remained as full-time actresses.
But Chen said the parallels between fiction and reality did not stop there.
Aw and Qi play a couple in the drama, and after they break up, Rui En’s character falls in love with Qi’s character.
“As we all know, in reality, Joanne got together with Yuwu after breaking up with her ex-boyfriend,” said Chen with a laugh.
The Dream Makers 志在四方 is now airing at 9pm on Channel 8.
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By Gwendolyn Ng
Television’s ice queen, Rui En, is probably not someone you’d think would easily collapse into fits of laughter.
But the 32-year-old actress seems to have shed her aloof-ness for a more cheerful persona while filming her latest local Chinese drama, The Dream Makers.
Rui En is taking on her most comedic role to date – that of a happy-go-lucky variety-show producer – and is relishing it.
“I love it. I had the best time; every day there was a (hilarious) situation… It was the happiest production ever.
My character is so lively and jovial…I hope to take on more of such roles, it puts me in high spirits every day,” said Rui, who was among the television stars present at Tuesday’s press conference on The Dream Makers.
In fact, the role that she plays is so peppy that fellow cast member Chen Liping jokingly described her as quite the “siao char bor” (Hokkien for crazy woman).
Rui En was spotted giggling and slapping Chen on the arm repeatedly during Tuesday’s event, held at Four Seasons Hotel – not the usual stuff ice queens do.
The Dream Makers, a 30-episode series premiering on June 24, is about the lives of the people working at a television station. It also delves into the dark side of the entertainment industry.
The Dream Makers features (front row, from left) Rebecca Lim, Chen Liping, Rui En, Zoe Tay, Jeanette Aw, Jayley Woo, (back row) Shaun Chen, Guo Liang, Qi Yuwu, Chen Hanwei and Ian Fang.
The Dream Makers 志在四方 debuts 24 June 2013 9pm on Channel 8.
Souce: Mypaper, Lollipop, Asiaone, The Straits Times Communities
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