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Jeanette Aw Broke Down While Talking About Not Winning Best Actress For Playing The Little Nyonya

“I was heartbroken, but I had to keep smiling,” she confessed in an episode of Quan Yifeng's Hear U Out.

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05 Jul 2020 at 5:08
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Jeanette Aw Hear U Out Quan Yifeng The Little Nyonya Dream Makers II
Jeanette Aw Broke Down While Talking About Not Winning Best Actress For Playing The Little Nyonya

Back in 2009, Jeanette Aw was the odds-on favourite to win Best Actress at the Star Awards. She was the star of The Little Nyonya (heck, she was the little Nyonya), which was one of Mediacorp's biggest hits ever. Then Joanne Peh's name was called out and Jeanette's world came crashing down. Though she didn't show it then — she gave good awards-show 'losing' face — she was actually feeling absolutely gutted.

Jeanette Aw Hear U Out Quan Yifeng The Little Nyonya Dream Makers II
Lee Wei Lin
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05 Jul 2020 at 5:08
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