43-year-old veteran Singapore actress Celest Chong, who had been living in Toronto, Canada for the last 13 years, is moving back to Singapore to care for her elderly relatives, according to Shin Min Daily News.
She told SMDN that earlier this year, she had spent Chinese New Year with her family in Singapore for the first time in 4 years since the pandemic, where she hadn’t seen her elderly relatives at home.
Reflecting on the last few years, Chong said that it’s really time for her to come back home and take care of her seniors, saying that Singapore is ‘always and forever” her home and roots, despite working in Singapore, China, Hong Kong or Taiwan.
Chong also added that she will be using just her first name for her local showbiz career because her full name of Celest Chong Zhang Yu Hua is too long, and that using just “Celest” is easier to read and has more of an impact.
On her return to local showbiz, Chong said that he is open to filming local dramas, and added that she will also be busy with working on a new album as well as moving house.
She said that she had come up with 6 songs, of which 3 are English and the other 3 are Mandarin, which she is involved in creating them.
To her fans, Chong said that she wants to tell them that she loves them and will be returning with new television dramas and music.
During her stint overseas, Chong has made television appearances in shows such as the Netflix superhero series The Umbrella Academy which starred Ellen Page and DC Comic’s Titans on HBO.
She also featured in local dramas such as Your Hand In Mine and the Chinese wuxia TV show The Proud Twins.