Xuan Ong

In this Chinese name, the family name is Ong.

Xuan Ong (born Ong Yi Xuan on 5 March 1996)^[1] is a Singaporean actress.

Xuan Ong
Born	Ong Yi Xuan (1996-03-05) 5 March 1996 (age 29)
Other names	Yi Xuan Ong Weng Xuan Weng Yixuan
Alma mater	LASALLE College of the Arts
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2018–present
Agent	Faces Talent Management
Stage name
Traditional Chinese	翁璇
Simplified Chinese	翁璇
Hanyu Pinyin	Wēng Xuán
Birth name
Traditional Chinese	翁旖璇
Simplified Chinese	翁旖璇
Hanyu Pinyin	Wēng Yǐxuán

Early life and career

Ong started out as a theatre student at the age of 13, and graduated from LASALLE College of the Arts with first class honours in Acting when she was 22 in 2018.^[2][3] She has since appeared in multiple shorts and stage productions, and has also been cast in MediaCorp's Channel 5 and Channel 8's drama series.^[4]

In 2021, Ong starred as Lee Mui Ee, the lead role in the coming-of-age drama Teenage Textbook: The Series, which was based on the popular Singaporean novel of the same name. This was her debut television series.^[5][6][7]

In 2023, Ong played a prominent role in Seven Days, also her debut feature film appearance. It was the first local film to be chosen to open the Singapore Chinese Film Festival.^[8][9] The same year, she played a spirit medium in the second season of the drama series Titoudao, a character based on a real-life person.^[10]

Filmography

Television series

• Teenage Textbook: The Series (2021)^[11]
• Soul Detective (2022)^[10]
• Mr Zhou's Ghost Stories@Job Haunting II (2022)
• Titoudao: Dawn of a New Stage (2023)^[10]
• Cash on Delivery (2023)
• Stranger In The Dark (2023)

Web series

• One Take (2019; web series)^[12]
• #CoffeeShots (2020)^[11]
• Adulting (2021)

Film

• A Waking (2019; short)^[13]
• If They Can't Be Loved (2021; short)
• Trade Secrets (2021; short)
• Yi Tian (2021; short)
• Seven Days (2023; feature)
• Dragonhead Phoenix Tail Brow (2024; short)
• Thank You, Daisy (2024; short)
• We Can Save The World’’ (2025 feature)

Theatre

• The Insiders (2018)^[14]
• The Cat in the Hat (2018)^[15]
• Birth Days (2018)^[16]
• Stupid Cupid (2019)
• Now She Lives (2019)^[12]
• Catalysts (2019)^[12]
• The Adventures of Abhijeet (2019)^[12]
• The Hawker (2019)^[17][18]
• Fika and Fishy (2020)
• The Singapore Trilogy (2021)^[19]
• A Dream Under The Southernbough- Existence (2021)
• I Have Something to Say (2022)^[20]

• The New Alice (2024)^[21]

• Titoudao- The 30th Anniversary Staging (2024)^[22]

• Home Kitchen (2025)^[23]

• A Thousand Stitches (2025)^[24]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref
2022	Oniros Film Awards	Best Actress	If They Can't Be Loved	Nominated	[25]
		Best Monologue		Won
		Honorable Mention (actress)		Won
	Red Movie Awards	Best Actress		Won	[26]
2024	Star Awards	Top 3 Most Popular Rising Stars	—	Nominated
2025	Star Awards	Top 3 Most Popular Rising Stars	—	Nominated		[27]