Joey Swee

In this Chinese name, the family name is Swee.

Joey Swee (born 5 June 1977) is a Singaporean actress and television host. A former model, Swee entered showbiz as a Star Search semi-finalist contestant in 1997 and played her first leading role in the 1999 Channel 8 series My Teacher, My Friend.^[3][4]

Joey Swee
Born	(1977-06-05) 5 June 1977 (age 48) Singapore
Other names	Xu Qi
Occupations	Actress host model
Years active	1997–2009; 2018–present
Children	3
Modeling information
Height	1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Hair color	Brown[1]
Eye color	Brown[1]
Stage name
Traditional Chinese	徐綺
Simplified Chinese	徐绮
Hanyu Pinyin	Xú Qǐ
Birth name
Traditional Chinese	徐琪
Simplified Chinese	徐琪[2]
Hanyu Pinyin	Xú Qí

She retired from acting in 2009 to become a full-time homemaker, and returned to screen in 2018 with the long-form drama series Reach for the Skies.^[5][6]

Personal life

Besides English and Mandarin, Swee also speaks Hokkien.^[1]

In 2000, Swee received warning from the traffic police for a speeding offence.^[7]

Since 2005, Swee has been married to Indonesian-Chinese businessman Gani Bustan, the CEO of a coal and mining company who is based in Jakarta, Indonesia.^[8][9] They have three sons - Kynaston, Jefferson and Algernon.^[10][5]

Swee does aerial yoga and hiking.^[5]

Filmography

Swee has appeared in the following programmes and films:^[1][11][12]

Television series

• Tuition Fever (1997)
• Not The Facts (1997)
• The Test Of Time (1997)
• Office Affairs (1998)
• The Return of the Condor Heroes (1998)
• Stand by Me (1998)
• S.N.A.G (1999)
• My Teacher, My Friend (1999)
• My Teacher, My Buddy (2000)
• You Light Up My Life (2000)
• As You Like It (2000)
• Right Frequency II (2000)
• Health Matters (2001)
• The Reunion (2001)^[13]
• The Hotel (2001)
• My Genie II (2002)
• First Touch (2002)
• No Problem (2002)
• The Unbeatables III (2002)
• The Vagrant (2002)
• Man at Forty (2003)
• My Love, My Home (2003)
• A Child's Hope (2003)
• Timeless Gift (2004)
• An Ode to Life (2004)
• Love Concierge (2005)
• Baby Blues (2005)
• Beyond the aXis of Truth II (2005)
• My Dear Kins (2006)
• Women of Times (2006)
• Taste of Love (2007)
• The Golden Path (2007)
• Live Again (2007)
• Dear, Dear Son-In-Law (2007)
• Perfect Cut (2008)
• Crime Busters x 2 (2008)
• Housewives' Holiday (2009)
• Reach for the Skies (2018)
• Jungle Survivor (2020)
• Strike Gold (2023)
• I believe I can fly (2024)

Web series

• A Lonely Fish (2018)^[13]

Film

• Autumn in March (2009)

Variety and reality show

• Weekend Delight (2001)
• City Beat (2001)
• City Network (2001)
• Beautiful People (2002)
• LNY Special (2002)
• Beautiful People II (2003)
• Shopper’s Guide Tiger (2003)
• King Of Variety (2004)
• Beautiful People 3 (2004)
• Lunar New Year Show (2004)
• Beautiful People 4 (2005)
• Be Somebody (2005)
• Lets Go Shopping (2008)
• Superman Juniors (2021)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref
1996	Model Of The World	—	—	Won	[1]
1998	Star Awards	Most Popular Newcomer	The Test Of Time	Nominated
2002	Star Awards	Best Supporting Actress	The Reunion	Nominated
2004	Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes	—	Nominated	[14]