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Margaret Lee (Singaporean actress)
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Margaret Lee Mui Lin (born 24 May 1970) is a former Singaporean actress. Lee was a Mediacorp full-time actress from 1990 to 2000 and from 2003 to 2009.
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Lee entered the entertainment industry after placing second to Chew Chor Meng in the Star Search competition held in year 1990.[1] Lee first appeared in an episode of the Singapore comedy serial Modern Romance as a vampish model. In 1992, she played a kind and caring nurse in Breaking Point, alongside critically acclaimed stars Li Nanxing and Huang Biren.[2] In 1995, she starred in the television film To Madam With Love.[3] In the following year, she starred in the television film The Night is Young.[4]
Lee left Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) in 1998 after her contract ended.[1]
After five years, Lee returned to Mediacorp in 2003.[5] Her most notable role was in the drama Holland V (2003),[1] where she played as an irresponsible mother who leaves her daughter in the care of the Mo family.[6] She has also starred in a number of local movies, such as The Best Bet (2004) and I Do, I Do (2005) which were directed by Jack Neo. Lee was also managed by J-Team, headed by Neo.[1]
Lee also starred in a local sitcom series known as Police & Thief from 2004 to 2008 in Seasons 1 to 5 before leaving the entertainment industry again to focus on her own business and personal life and she was then replaced by Sharon Wong in the final season being Season 6 in 2010. In July 2004, Lee appeared on the cover of FHM Singapore.[7]
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After leaving SBC in 1998, Lee went into sales and insurance.[1]
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Lee was born in Hougang and is a Catholic. She speaks the Teochew dialect and attended CHIJ St Joseph's Convent.
She was married in 1993 and divorced in 1998.[1]
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