Star Awards for Best Actress

The Star Awards for Best Actress is an award presented annually at the Star Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1994.^[1][2]

Star Awards for Best Actress 最佳女主角
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Country	Singapore
Presented by	Mediacorp
First award	1995
Most recent winner	Jessica Hsuan – Kill Sera Sera (2025)
Most awards	Huang Biren (5)
Most nominations	Zoe Tay (15)

The category was introduced in 1995, at the 2nd Star Awards ceremony; Fann Wong received the award for her role in Chronicle of Life and it is given in honour of a Mediacorp actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role.^[2] The nominees are determined by a team of judges employed by Mediacorp; winners are selected by a majority vote from the entire judging panel.^[3]

Since its inception, the award has been given to 15 actresses. Jessica Hsuan is the most recent winner in this category for her role in Kill Sera Sera.^[4] Since the ceremony held in 2024, Huang remains as the only actress to win in this category five times, surpassing Zoe Tay who has four wins. Tay has also been nominated on 15 occasions, more than any other actress. Jesseca Liu is currently the actresses who have the most nominations without a win, with six.

Winners and nominees

Year	Actress	Work title (role)	Nominees
1995	Fann Wong	Chronicle of Life (Fang Ling 方玲)	Chen Liping — Heartbeat (Jiang Tong 江彤) Aileen Tan — The Blazing Trail (Li Shali 李莎莉) Zoe Tay — Love Dowry (Min 敏) Zeng Huifen — A Chance of Life (Lin Aili 林爱莉)
1996	Zoe Tay	The Golden Pillow (Zhou Xiaodan 周小丹)	Cynthia Koh — Tofu Street (Liang Simei 梁四妹) Aileen Tan — Ace Cops (Yao Jingjing 姚菁菁) Fann Wong — The Unbroken Cycle (Ye Qin 叶琴 / Zhu Zhiyue 朱织月 / Li Xiangmei 李香媚) Zeng Huifen — Dr Justice 2 (Shen Xishuang 沈惜双)
1997	Carole Lin	The Price of Peace (Wang Qiumei 王秋梅)	Irin Gan — The Choice Partner (Sun Liling 孙丽玲) Aileen Tan — Agong Bak Kut Teh (Yu 阿玉) Zoe Tay — A Different Life (Ou Guikai 欧桂开) Fann Wong — The Matchmaker's Match (Xiang-gu 香姑)
1998	Huang Biren	Stand by Me (Lin Wenyu 林文玉)	Lina Ng — Living in Geylang (Liu Yinghua 刘英华) Zoe Tay — The New Adventures of Wisely (Bai Su 白素) Fann Wong — The Return of the Condor Heroes (Xiao Longnü 小龙女) Zheng Wanling — Driven by a Car (Yang Jinfeng 杨金凤)
1999	Cynthia Koh	Stepping Out (Hong Dou 红豆)	Huang Biren — From the Courtroom (Yang Zhanyi 杨展仪) Ivy Lee — Stepping Out (Ju 阿菊) Zoe Tay — Lost Soul (Pianpian 翩翩) Fann Wong — Out to Win (Zhang Wenhua Coco 张文华)
2000	Ivy Lee	Angel's Dream (Chen Anqi 陈安琪)	Lin Meijiao — Hainan Kopi Tales (Huang Jinmei 黄金梅) Jacelyn Tay — The Legendary Swordsman (Dongfang Bubai 东方不败) Zoe Tay — My Home Affairs (Zhang Xiaotong 张晓彤) Fann Wong — The Legendary Swordsman (Ren Yingying 任盈盈)
2001	Aileen Tan	Three Women and A Half (Jane)	Chen Liping — Beyond the Axis of Truth (Jiang Meiqi 蒋美琦) Huang Biren — Three Women and A Half (Monica) Zoe Tay — The Stratagem (Ye Kaishuang 叶凯双) Fann Wong — Heroes in Black (Liu Feiyan 柳非雁)
2002	Huang Biren	Beautiful Connection (Fan Kelian 范可莲)	Chen Liping — No Problem (Bao Jinlian 包金莲) Ivy Lee — The Wing of Desire (Lin Jiaxuan 林家萱) Aileen Tan — Beautiful Connection (Fan Keli 范可荔) Jacelyn Tay — The Wing of Desire (Hu Danchun 胡单纯)
2003	Chen Liping	Holland V (Mo Wanwan 莫婉婉)	Jeanette Aw — Holland V (Mo Jingjing 莫晶晶) Aileen Tan — Romance de Amour (Kang Li 康莉) Jacelyn Tay — Romance de Amour (Wang Qinghui 王晴晖) Zoe Tay — Baby Boom (Kim)
2004	Ivy Lee	Double Happiness I (Situ Yaxi 司徒雅喜)	Jeanette Aw — A Child's Hope II (Lin Jinghao 林静濠) Huang Biren — An Ode to Life (Wang Suzhi 汪素枝) Fann Wong — Always on My Mind (Guan Sijia 关斯嘉) Xiang Yun — Double Happiness I (Luo Jiaxi 罗家喜)
2005	Huang Biren	My Lucky Charm (Lucky)	Cynthia Koh — Portrait of Home (Fu Baozhu 傅宝珠) Yvonne Lim — A New Life (Mei 阿美) Jacelyn Tay — You Are the One (Hao Meili 郝美丽) Fann Wong — Beautiful Illusions (Wang Yixin Joe-ann 王毅芯)
2006	Ivy Lee	Family Matters (Zhao Shuyang 赵舒扬)	Ann Kok — Love Conceirge (Jiang Ruqing 蒋如情) Jesseca Liu — Rhapsody in Blue (Ding Yirou 丁以柔) Jacelyn Tay — Love Conceirge (Jiang Ruyi 蒋如意) Fann Wong — Women of Times (Wang Xiyi 王曦怡)
2007	Yvonne Lim	Metamorphosis (Wen Wanrou 温婉柔)	Huang Biren — Mars vs Venus (Xie Wenjing 谢文静) Ivy Lee — House of Joy (Zheng Yihuan 郑一欢) Jesseca Liu — Kinship (Zheng Yusheng 郑玉生) Joanne Peh — Like Father, Like Daughter (Dai Chunchun 戴纯纯)
2009	Joanne Peh	The Little Nyonya (Huang Yuzhu 黄玉珠)	Jeanette Aw — The Little Nyonya (Huang Juxiang 黄菊香 / Yamamoto Yueniang 山本月娘) Chen Liping — Just in Singapore (Nancy) Chen Liping — The Golden Path (Xiao-gu 笑姑) Felicia Chin — The Golden Path (Lin Fei 林菲) Fann Wong — The Defining Moment (Lin Kexin 林可欣)
2010	Chen Liping	Reunion Dinner (Ping 阿萍)	Jeanette Aw — Together (Yao Jianhong 姚剑虹) Hong Huifang — Housewives' Holiday (Chen Simei 陈思美) Ann Kok — Housewives' Holiday (Zeng Huixian Alice 曾慧贤) Eelyn Kok — Together (Huang Jinhao 黄金好)
2011	Rui En	With You (Ye Siqi 叶思琪)	Jeanette Aw — Breakout (Ye Ziqing 叶子青 / Yang Nianqing 杨念青) Chen Liping — Unriddle (Lin Zhengyi 林正仪) Joanne Peh — Your Hand In Mine (Wu Youqing 吴有情) Zhou Ying — Breakout (Tang Ying 汤颖)
2012	Joanne Peh	A Tale of 2 Cities (Pan Leyao 潘乐瑶)	Ann Kok — Bountiful Blessings (Liang Pinhong 梁品红) Rui En — A Tale of 2 Cities (Zhang Yale 章雅乐) Zoe Tay — Devotion (Liu Zhaodi 刘招娣) Fann Wong — On the Fringe (Liu Jiali 刘佳丽)
2013	Rui En	Unriddle 2 (Hu Xiaoman 胡小曼)	Cynthia Koh — Show Hand (Wu Meifang 吴美芳) Rebecca Lim — Unriddle 2 (Gao Jieyu 高婕妤) Kym Ng — It Takes Two (Luo Na 罗娜) Joanne Peh — Pillow Talk (Zhang Qiuxue 张秋雪)
2014	Chen Liping	The Dream Makers (Yao-Zhu Kangli 姚朱康莉)	Jeanette Aw — The Dream Makers (Zhao Fei'er 赵非儿) Rebecca Lim — Sudden (Guo Weiqian 郭玮茜 / Huang Yixin 黄逸欣) Rui En — The Dream Makers (Fang Tonglin 方彤琳) Tong Bing Yu — The Journey: A Voyage (Bai Mingzhu 白明珠)
2015	Rebecca Lim	Yes We Can! (Zhang Xueqin 张雪芹)	Felicia Chin — The Journey: Tumultuous Times (Zhang Min 张敏) Yvonne Lim — World at Your Feet (Zheng Yongyi 郑永仪) Joanne Peh — C.L.I.F. 3 (Leow Xin Yi 廖心怡) Rui En — Against the Tide (Qiu Xueqing 邱雪清)
2016	Jeanette Aw	The Dream Makers II (Zhao Fei'er 赵非儿)	Rebecca Lim — Sealed with a Kiss (Du Junning 杜均宁) Rui En — The Dream Makers II (Fang Tonglin 方彤琳) Zoe Tay — The Dream Makers II (Zhou Weiyun 周薇芸) Ya Hui — 118 (Hong Jinzhi 洪金枝)
2017	Zoe Tay	You Can Be an Angel 2 (Wang Ruojun 王若君)	Jeanette Aw — The Dream Job (Cheng Huishan 程卉杉) Rebecca Lim — You Can Be an Angel 2 (Guan Xinni 关馨霓) Jesseca Liu — Hero (Zhang Weixiong 张伟雄) Rui En — If Only I Could (Chen Zhenhao 陈珍好)
2018	Rebecca Lim	The Lead (Lin Meizhen 林美真)	Chen Liping — Mightiest Mother-in-Law (Liew Xiuzhu 吕秀珠) Paige Chua — Mightiest Mother-in-Law (Guan Shuhui 管淑慧) Zoe Tay 郑惠玉 — While We Are Young (Fang Ting 方廷) Carrie Wong — My Friends from Afar (Chen Fengjiao 陈凤娇)
2019	Zoe Tay	A Million Dollar Dream (Hu Jiaofen 胡娇芬)	Rebecca Lim — Blessings II (Chen Chunxian 陈春仙 / Zhou Meiyue 周美月) Joanne Peh — Say Cheese (Pan Zejia 潘泽家) Carrie Wong — VIC (Zhan Yurou Vicky 詹予柔) Fann Wong — Doppelganger (Wang Siting 王思婷)
2021	Zoe Tay	My Guardian Angels (Mandy See 施若芸)	Chen Liping — How Are You? (Dai Anna 戴安娜 / Guo Meili 郭美莉) Felicia Chin — A Jungle Survivor (Cheng Yali Olivia 程雅莉) Rebecca Lim — A Jungle Survivor (Tang Ruoqi 唐若琪) Kym Ng — My Guardian Angels (Wu Miaomiao 吴淼淼) Rui En — Hello From the Other Side (Ma Ruyin 马如荫) Carrie Wong — A Quest to Heal (Luo Mingyi 罗明依)
2022	Huang Biren	Recipe of Life (Chen Huiying 陈惠瑛)	Jesseca Liu — Crouching Tiger Hidden Ghost (Lin Xiaofang 林小芳) Chantalle Ng — My Star Bride (Mai Phương Thảo 梅芳草) Joanne Peh — Mind Jumper (Khoo Kaile 邱凯乐) Ya Hui — CTRL (Liang Siyun 梁思韵)
2023	Huang Biren	Your World in Mine (Li Jiayun 李家云)	Hong Ling — Your World in Mine (Zheng Tianxi 郑天希) Rebecca Lim — Soul Doctor (Ling Jingyao 凌婧瑶) Jesseca Liu — Soul Detective (Liu Shuqin 刘淑琴) Zoe Tay — Dark Angel (He Ziyuan 何紫媛)
2024	Kym Ng	Till the End (Yang Kehua 杨可华)	Chantalle Ng — All That Glitters (Li Zhenyu 李珍玉) Jernelle Oh — Cash on Delivery (Huang Meizhen 黄美真) Joanne Peh — SHERO (Zhang Yinchen 张尹晨) Rui En — Oppa, Saranghae!！ (Ouyang Qiqi 欧阳琦琦)
2025	Jessica Hsuan	Kill Sera Sera (Shao Ruoyun 邵若云)	Chantalle Ng — Hope Afloat (Xu Tianqing 许天晴) Felicia Chin — I Do, Do I? (Yumi 涂悠米) Hong Ling — Unforgivable (Guan Lin 关霖) Jesseca Liu — Unforgivable (Gao Shuya 高舒亚)

Award records

Record	Actress	Remarks
Most wins	Huang Biren (5)	1998, 2002, 2005, 2022, 2023
Most nominations	Zoe Tay (15)	1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023
Consecutive wins	Zoe Tay (2)	2019—2021
	Huang Biren (2)	2022—2023
Most nominations without a win	Jesseca Liu (6)	2006, 2007, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2025
Won at first nomination	Fann Wong	1995
	Carole Lin	1997
	Huang Biren	1998
	Rui En	2011
	Jessica Hsuan	2025
Multiple nominations in the same year	Chen Liping	2009
Nominated for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress in the same year	Zeng Huifen	1996
	Yvonne Lim	2005
	Hong Huifang	2010
	Rebecca Lim	2014
	Joanne Peh	2015
	Kym Ng	2021
Won Best Newcomer/Rising Star and Best Actress	Fann Wong	1995 (Best Newcomer) 1995 (Best Actress)
	Ivy Lee	1994 (Best Newcomer) 2000, 2004, 2006 (Best Actress)
	Joanne Peh	2004 (Best Newcomer) 2009, 2012 (Best Actress)
	Jeanette Aw	2002 (Best Newcomer) 2016 (Best Actress)
Nominated for Best Newcomer/Rising Star and Best Actress in the same year	Fann Wong	1995
	Irin Gan 颜俐蓁	1997

Multiple awards and nominations

The following individuals won two or more Best Actress awards:

Wins	Actress	Nominations	Years Won
5	Huang Biren	9	1998, 2002, 2005, 2022, 2023
4	Zoe Tay	15	1996, 2017, 2019, 2021
3	Chen Liping	11	2003, 2010, 2014
	Ivy Lee	6	2000, 2004, 2006
2	Rebecca Lim	9	2015, 2018
	Joanne Peh		2009, 2012
	Rui En		2011, 2013

The following individuals received two or more Best Actress nominations:

Nominations	Actress
15	Zoe Tay
13	Fann Wong
11	Chen Liping
9	Huang Biren
	Rebecca Lim
	Joanne Peh
	Rui En
8	Jeanette Aw
6	Ivy Lee
	Aileen Tan
	Jesseca Liu
5	Jacelyn Tay
4	Cynthia Koh
	Felicia Chin
3	Ann Kok
	Yvonne Lim
	Kym Ng
	Carrie Wong
	Chantalle Ng
2	Ya Hui
	Zeng Huifen
	Hong Ling