Pan Ling Ling, a renowned actress, joined the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) in 1988 after completing the 8th Drama Artiste Training Course. She made her mark in the industry by playing the female lead in the 130-episode series "Women of Substance", which was MediaCorp TV's first-ever location filming in China, in 1991.
Ling Ling's career milestones continued to unfold as she became the first MediaCorp (TCS) artiste to star in a regional movie, "Crime Story", in 1992. She played a psychoanalyst alongside international superstar Jackie Chan.
After two decades, Ling Ling's dedication and perseverance paid off when she won her first acting award at the Star Awards '11 for her outstanding performance as a kept woman in the blockbuster "Breakout". She was also Highly Commended at the Asia Television Awards 2011 for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the same role.
In 2013, Ling Ling was diagnosed with breast cancer and took a 10-month break to undergo surgery and treatment. The resilient actress made a triumphant return to television and acting a year later, when her cancer was in remission, starring in her first English language role in the police drama "Mata Mata 2".
Subsequently, Ling Ling was cast as the main lead for Channel 8's long-form drama "118 & 1182", which consisted of a total of 465 episodes, broadcast between October 2014 and September 2017.
In 2018, Ling Ling was once again cast as the lead for the 150-episode long-form drama "Reach for the Skies". Her popularity soared after starring in three long-form dramas between 2015 and 2018. And in 2018 and 2019, she won the Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste award at the Star Awards consecutively.
