Emerald Hill's Ivory Chia, 9, Beats Oscar Winner and TVB Star To Win Best Supporting Actress
Her acceptance speech at the Asian Academy Creative Awards (AACA) tonight (Dec 4) will make you smile.
We told you, this young lady is certainly going places.
Tonight (Dec 4), nine-year-old Ivory Chia won Best Actress In A Supporting Role (Asia-Pacific) at the Asian Academy Creative Awards (AACA) for her performance in Emerald Hill.
This comes just two months after she clinched the Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Singapore) title in October, which qualified her to compete in the Asia-Pacific category.
Other nominees in the same category include Korean actress and Oscar winner Youn Yuh-jung (Pachinko 2), Taiwanese star Fang Wenlin (Though Dead, Still Alive), TVB actress Yoyo Chen (D.I.D. 12), and Chinese actress He Ruixian (Feud).
Ivory made a name for herself locally with her standout performance as young Xinniang (aka Tasha Low) — a child beggar raised by Chen Liping’s compulsive gambler Ah Zhu — in the 2025 The Little Nyonya spin-off.
At the ceremony, Ivory arrived in a striking blue-and-pink floral sarong kebaya. When her name was announced, she shot to her feet in shock, hands over her mouth, before confidently prancing onstage to accept her award from 987 DJs Sonia Chew and Joakim Gomez.
In an especially adorable moment, the tiny star received her own “custom mic stand” — which was really just Joakim kneeling on the floor and holding the microphone up for her.
"Thank you AACA for this incredible honour," gushed Ivory before proceeding to thank Mediacorp as well as the show's executive producer, director and scriptwriter.
She also thanked the crew for taking such good care of her, all while panting from excitement — prompting Joakim to gently reassure her, “You got this.”
"Okay, I'd like to thank the audience for supporting us and my family members, thank you for encouraging me, your encouragement means a lot to me," continued Ivory.
Of course, she didn't forget her Emerald Hill family too.
"My on-screen nya nyas [mums], Chen Liping and Jesseca Liu, thank you for giving me warmth and confidence in every scene," she beamed.
