Jamie Yeo | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 April 1977 |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | Ngee Ann Polytechnic |
| Occupations |
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| Spouses | |
| Children | 2 |
| Career | |
| Show | Castrol Football Crazy (former) Maxis Football Extra (former) |
| Network | ESPN Star Sports (former) |
| Show | The Homestretch[citation needed] |
| Station(s) | 987FM (former) SAFRA Radio (former) Power98FM (former) Gold 905FM (former) |
| Network | MediaCorp Radio |
| Style | Disc jockey |
| Country | Singapore |
| Chinese name | |
| Traditional Chinese | 楊薏琳 |
| Simplified Chinese | 杨薏琳 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Yáng Yìlín |
Jamie Yeo (born 17 April 1977) is a former Singaporean television host, actress and radio presenter.[1] She is known for starring in Growing Up and for co-hosting the shows Castrol Football Crazy and Maxis Football Extra on ESPN Star Sports.[2]
Yeo was born in Singapore[citation needed] on 17 April 1977.[3] She attended Fairfield Methodist Primary School[4] and Nanyang Girls' High School before moving to Dayton, Ohio[citation needed] for four years, where her father was posted as an engineer in the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF).
She completed her secondary school education at Dayton Christian High School.[citation needed] After returning to Singapore, she entered Ngee Ann Polytechnic and studied mass communications,[5] because her certificate from the United States was not recognised in Singapore so she could not take her A Level at a junior college. She eventually graduated from Ngee Ann Polytechnic in 1998.[6]
Yeo began as an actress portraying Tammy in the long-running series Growing Up,[7][8] She has also acted in MediaCorp Channel 8 Mandarin-language productions Holland V and Baby Boom in 2003.[9][10]
Yeo left acting to pursue a radio career. From 2000 to 2006, she was a full-time DJ at MediaCorp Radio's 987FM.[8][5]
In 2005, Yeo joined ESPN and became the face of shows like Nokia Football Crazy and Football Extra. In 2009, Football Crazy was renamed Castrol Football Crazy due to a change in sponsorship and it went off air in 2010.[11][12]
In 2012, Yeo went back to radio with SAFRA Radio on the Singapore station Power98FM.[13]
In 2015, Yeo returned to Mediacorp as radio DJ for Gold 905FM. In March 2016, she took over the drive-time show The Homestretch.[14][citation needed]
Yeo is also the host of the travel and lifestyle program Inside Singapore on Insider TV.[14]
In an interview with TheSportsCampus in 2009, Yeo said her favorite football club is Arsenal F.C. and her favourite player Thierry Henry.[15]
Yeo began dating Glenn Ong in 2001 and the couple married in New Creation Church three years later in 2004, but separated in early 2009.[16]
In 2010, Yeo married Thorsten Nolte, a British immigrant in Singapore and the couple had a daughter.[17][18] However, they divorced in February 2015. In April 2016, she gained sole custody of her daughter, Alysia.[19]
In June 2017, she announced to the media that she was getting married for the third time to another British immigrant in Singapore, Rupert, and was five months pregnant with a baby boy.[20] Their son, Luke, was born on 29 August 2017.[21]
Yeo moved to England with her family in July 2022.[22][23] She currently lives in Lewes.[24]
In October 2023, in support of the Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Yeo revealed that she was diagnosed with an early-stage breast cancer in 2021. Yeo said she underwent a lumpectomy and radiation therapy and is currently on an "ongoing regimen of pills" to treat the condition.[25]