Phyllis Quek

Phyllis Quek's entry to her career in Singapore was through Star Search in 1995, in which she garnered a third placing. Despite this, she was cast in Beyond Dawn (女子监狱) for which she was subsequently awarded the Best Newcomer Award at MediaCorp's Star Awards ceremony in 1996.

Phyllis' career further advanced when MediaCorp and Raintree Pictures offered her a lead role alongside prominent Hong Kong actor Aaron Kwok and Daniel Wu in a joint collaboration movie, 2000 AD. Through this action film, she garnered a reputation in the Asian media industry as noted to have a high potential in local book Singapore Cinema by Raphaël Millet. She subsequently followed this up with a supporting role as a policewoman in another Raintree Pictures film, The Tree (孩子树).

Her recording of the theme song of her earlier drama, The Other Parent (妈妈先生) and Mind Games (危险人物) marked the start of her career in singing. She then released her debut album, Phyllis, under Hype Records which contained primarily dance tunes and singles from the soundtrack of The Tree and Beyond The Axis Of Truth (法医X档案). To promote her album, Phyllis guest starred in a Channel 5's crime drama series Heartlanders 2 where she played a stalked actress. That particular episode featured her song, '不知不觉', three times and was a radio hit along with her other single, 'Freedom'. However, the album did not mark the start of a longstanding music career for Phyllis and it was to remain her first and only album.

As soon as her contract expired in 2001, she made a critical decision to switch to another management company, Hype Records Artiste Networks after she enjoyed working with them whilst producing her debut album. In keeping with Hype Records' plans for regionalisation, Phyllis made another conscious decision to star in productions from primarily the East Asian region including Taiwan and China. She made her debut in Taiwan headlining the lead role in an idol drama titled My Fair Lady (丑女大翻身), in which she donned fatsuits and prosthetics in order to play a heavy-set and undesired girl.

Phyllis first huge endorsement deal was for Japan's Bigen Prominous hair dye in 2001. Her Bigen Prominous advertisement could still be seen in 2006 when Bigen sponsored Project Superstar 2. In December 2003, she was signed by Marie France Bodyline to be their spokesperson. Phyllis was the first Singapore actress to endorse Marie France Bodyline.

The regional productions and endorsement had earned Phyllis some form of recognition in the East Asian media industry, but she has never been a news-maker. This, combined with her long absence from Singapore, resulted in a gradual decline of media exposure on her in Singapore. This was exacerbated by the fact that she still occasionally receives supporting drama roles instead of lead roles. In addition, the 2005 consolidation of MediaCorp and SPH MediaWorks has resulted in a fervor to develop new TV industry talents, to the detriment of older actors. Phyllis has not been nominated for Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste in the annual Star Awards since.

In 2007, she resurfaced in the drama Live Again (天堂鸟) which was slated for a November release. This was her first drama since Rhapsody In Blue (蓝色仙人掌) in early 2006. In 2009, Phyllis gained some recognition for her performance in Perfect Cut II (一切完美2) and was soon cast alongside Christopher Lee as the female lead to star in new movie, Kidnapper (绑匪), which was scheduled for a 2010 release. As of 2011, Phyllis has starred in more than 40 local and overseas production dramas and 6 movies.

Phyllis married Australian businessman David Cox in December 2012 and held a wedding dinner on the 23 June 2013.[2]