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Jin Yinji
Singaporean actress

Jin Yinji

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Singaporean actress
Gender
Female
Place of birth
South Korea
Age
75 years
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Biography

Gam Ngan Gei (born 17 June 1946), better known as Jin Yinji, is a Singaporean actress of South Korean descent. She was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1986 to 2017 but continued to film on an ad-hoc basis. Jin's contract with MediaCorp expired in February 2017.

Biography

Jin was talent-spotted when she was a singer. In 1986, Jin made her acting debut in Neighbours. Later, Jin was nominated for a popularity award, Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes in Star Awards 2004 as she acted in numerous drama serials for the past two years. After 11 years of veteran acting, Jin was finally nominated for Best Supporting Actress in Star Awards 2013 for her role in It Takes Two and managed to be one of the lead actresses in a 2015 family drama series, Super Senior.

Jin's contract with MediaCorp was due to expire in February 2017. However, Jin was not shown any respect during contract talks since January 2016. She was allegedly told to take a pay cut and was compared to a "$50-an-hour bit player." She later clarified that the remark was made over 10 years ago and has since settled the fiasco with MediaCorp with details of her new contract unknown.

In 2017, Jin was involved in 2 dramas The Lead & My Teacher Is a Thug. In 2018, Jin was involved in a few dramas Life Less Ordinary , Fifty & Fabulous & Magic Chef. In Star Awards 2018, it was a memorable event for Jin. She managed to be one of Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes after being nominated for quite a while. In 2019, she was involved in dramas Heart To Heart , Hello From The Other Side, Dear Neighbours & All is Well- Singapore where she played as Elvin Ng's grandmother, she will be acting in a new drama, After The Stars.

Accolades

YearCeremonyCategoryNominated workResultRef
200411th Star Awards CeremonyTop 10 Most Popular Female ArtistesN/ATop 20
200512th Star Awards CeremonyTop 10 Most Popular Female ArtistesN/ATop 20
200915th Star Awards CeremonyTop 10 Most Popular Female ArtistesN/ATop 20
201016th Star Awards CeremonyTop 10 Most Popular Female ArtistesN/ATop 20
201319th Star Awards CeremonyTop 10 Most Popular Female ArtistesN/ATop 20
201319th Star Awards CeremonyBest Supporting ActressIt Takes Two
(as Mother of Hao Youcai)
Nominated
201420th Star Awards CeremonyTop 10 Most Popular Female ArtistesN/ATop 20
201521st Star Awards CeremonyTop 10 Most Popular Female ArtistesN/ATop 20
201622nd Star Awards CeremonyTop 10 Most Popular Female ArtistesN/ATop 20
201824th Star Awards CeremonyTop 10 Most Popular Female ArtistesN/ATop 10
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