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Introduction
Rebecca Lim is a Singaporean actress who won Best Actress in a leading role at the Asian Television Awards and two Best Actress in Leading Role awards, a Best Supporting Actress award, and 9 consecutive Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste in the local Star Awards ceremony since 2012.
Lim won Best Performance in a Leading Role at the Seoul International Drama Awards in 2012. Lim has been the cover girl for numerous fashion magazines and has been invited to Paris Fashion Week 2019 for Christian Dior and Hermes show. In 2020, Lim was awarded the Best Actress National Winner – Malaysia for her performance in The Bridge.
Early life
Name | Rebecca Lim |
Net Worth | $5 million |
Occupation | Actress |
Height | 1.66m |
Age | 35 years |
Husband | Matthew Webster |
Rebecca Lim was born on September 26, 1986 (age 35 years) in Singapore. She is the second among three children in a Hokkien family. Lim studied at CHIJ Saint Nicholas Girls’ School for her pre-school, primary, and secondary education, followed by Victoria Junior College and Singapore Management University (SMU) for her tertiary education.
Lim participated in the Miss Singapore Universe pageant while studying for a double degree in Accountancy and Law at Singapore Management University. She was awarded the Miss Photogenic title, and not long after, she was spotted as a talent and signed on as a part-time actress with Mediacorp. She made the transition to being a full-time actress after her graduation.
Career
Rebecca Lim’s first leading role in a drama came in 2008 – The Truth, where she co-starred with Tay Ping Hui and Joanne Peh. However, she was criticized for her command of the Chinese language.
Lim starred in Fighting Spiders in 2009, which garnered positive reviews for her portrayal of Susie Woon, a prostitute. In 2010, the drama had a second season which won her the honors of Actress of the Year at ELLE Singapore Awards 2010.
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She starred in the award-winning Channel 5 law production, The Pupil in 2010, where she played a trainee lawyer, Wendy Lim, in Roberts & Fongs. Her performance in The Pupil earned her the Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 2010 Asian Television Awards.
In 2012, Rebecca’s Mandarin breakthrough role was her portrayal of a psychiatrist in the Channel 8 drama Unriddle 2. Her performance earned her a Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes accolade at the annual Star Awards 2012. This was her first nomination and consequently her first win in the category.
In 2013, Lim was nominated for the Best Actress award for Star Awards 2013 for her role in Unriddle 2, her first nomination in the category. However, in 2014, Lim has nominated for both the Best Actress and the Best Supporting Actress awards in Star Awards 20 for her roles in Sudden and The Dream Makers respectively. She won the Best Supporting Actress award for her role as the free-spirited airtime sales manager, Lisa, in The Dream Makers.
In 2015, Rebecca Lim won The New Paper’s Babe of the Year for the second time after her first win in 2011. In the same year, she won the Best Actress award in Star Awards 2015 for her portrayal of Zhang Xueqin in Yes We Can!.
In 2016, as part of a marketing campaign for NTUC Income, an insurance agency in Singapore, Lim announced she is retiring via her Instagram account. The general public believed that she is retiring and the campaign drew backlash when she clarified during a press conference it was part of a marketing campaign and she is not retiring.
Rebecca Lim was awarded the Asian Star Award during Seoul International Drama Awards in 2016 for her role, Wan Fei Fei in The Journey: Our Homeland, a national building trilogy drama. In the same year, she was also nominated in the Best Actress award for Star Awards 2016 for her role Du Jun Ning in Sealed with a Kiss.
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Lim was nominated in the Best Actress award for Star Awards 2017 for her role Guan Xin Ni in You can be an Angel 2, a drama to show appreciation to healthcare workers in Singapore in 2017. However, in 2018, Lim won the Star Awards for Best Actress for the drama “The Lead” in Star Awards 2018. She was the lead actress of the drama having 600 over scenes in the 30 episodes drama.
Husband
Rebecca Lim is engaged to her husband to be Matthew Webster. She announced her engagement to Matthew Webster, an assistant vice president with PSA International on November 15, 2021. However, in 2019, Lim was nominated for the Best Actress Award for her role as Chen Chun Xian/Luna for the drama Blessings 2 in Star Awards 2019.
Rebecca Lim net worth
How much is Rebecca Lim worth? Rebecca Lim net worth is estimated at around $5 million. Her main source of income is from her career as an actress. Lim successful career has earned her some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy cars trips. She is one of the richest and most influential actresses in Singapore.