{{Short description|Singaporean actress and radio presenter (born 1977)}} {{BLP sources|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}} {{family name hatnote|Yeo|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox presenter | name = Jamie Yeo | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|04|17|df=yes}} | birth_place = Singapore | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | education = {{blist|Fairfield Methodist Primary School|Nanyang Girls' High School||Dayton Christian High School}} | alma_mater = Ngee Ann Polytechnic | occupation = {{hlist|Television host|actress|radio presenter|model}} | show = Castrol Football Crazy (former)<br />Maxis Football Extra (former) | station = | network = ESPN Star Sports (former) | timeslot = | show2 = The Homestretch{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}} | station2 = 987FM (former)<br />SAFRA Radio (former)<br />Power98FM (former)<br />Gold 905FM (former) | network2 = MediaCorp Radio | timeslot2 = | style = Disc jockey | country = Singapore | prevshow = | parents = | spouse = {{Plainlist| * {{marriage|Glenn Ong|2004|2009|reason=div}} * {{marriage|Thorsten Nolte|2010|2015|reason=div}} * {{marriage|Rupert Evill|2017}}}} | partner = | children = 2 | memorials = | website = | module = {{Infobox Chinese |child= yes|hide= no |headercolor=transparent | t = 楊薏琳 | s = 杨薏琳 | p = Yáng Yìlín }} }}
'''Jamie Yeo''' (born 17 April 1977) is a Singaporean former television host, actress and radio presenter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/a-baby-boy-for-radio-deejay-jamie-yeo|title=A baby boy for radio deejay Jamie Yeo|last=hayati|date=2017-09-24|website=The Straits Times|language=en|access-date=2019-09-25}}</ref> 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.<ref>"Jamie Yeo, 29" (29 April 2007), ''Straits Times''</ref>
==Early life== Yeo was born in Singapore{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}} on 17 April 1977.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jamie Yeo And Jaime Teo Were Born On The Same Day, Month & Year |url=https://www.8days.sg/entertainment/local/jamie-yeo-and-jaime-teo-were-born-same-day-month-year-537556 |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=8 Days |language=en}}</ref> She attended Fairfield Methodist Primary School<ref>{{Cite web |title=Single Mum No More! Jamie Yeo's Tinder Beau Proposes And She Says Yes |url=https://www.8days.sg/entertainment/local/single-mum-no-more-jamie-yeos-tinder-beau-proposes-and-she-says-yes-242201 |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=8 Days |language=en}}</ref> and Nanyang Girls' High School before moving to Dayton, Ohio{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}} 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|date=August 2019}} After returning to Singapore, she entered Ngee Ann Polytechnic and studied mass communications,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=8 things to know about Jamie Yeo, including her Lula J Jewelry line |url=https://www.herworld.com/gallery/life/entertainment/jamie-yeo-lula-j-jewelry/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Her World Singapore |language=en-US}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.np.edu.sg/fms/Pages/default.aspx | title=Film & Media Studies | accessdate=28 October 2020 | archive-date=27 March 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327085959/https://www.np.edu.sg/fms/Pages/default.aspx | url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Career== Yeo began as an actress portraying Tammy in the long-running series ''Growing Up'',<ref>"They're close like bee hoon" (4 October 1998), Pau Lin, Teo, ''Straits Times''</ref><ref name="bimbo">"Me, Bimbo?" (12 November 2007), Tay, Michelle, ''Straits Times''</ref> She has also acted in MediaCorp Channel 8 Mandarin-language productions ''Holland V'' and ''Baby Boom'' in 2003.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://tv.mewatch.sg/en/tv/shows/ho/holland-v/info | title=Holland V 荷兰村 Show Info | accessdate=28 October 2020 | archive-date=31 October 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031043439/https://tv.mewatch.sg/en/tv/shows/ho/holland-v/info | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.asiatravelclub.com/jamie-yeo-an-sg-celebrity-mom-influencer-and-entrepreneur/ | title=Jamie Yeo: An SG Celebrity, Mom, Influencer And Entrepreneur | accessdate=28 October 2020}}</ref>
Yeo left acting to pursue a radio career. From 2000 to 2006, she was a full-time DJ at MediaCorp Radio's 987FM.<ref name="bimbo" /><ref name=":0" />
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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Castrol's new Crazy campaign |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/community/2011/05/09/castrols-new-crazy-campaign |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=The Star |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Castrol signs on as title sponsor of ESPN's Football Crazy {{!}} Media |url=https://www.campaignasia.com/article/castrol-signs-on-as-title-sponsor-of-espns-football-crazy/211044 |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Campaign Asia}}</ref>
In 2012, Yeo went back to radio with SAFRA Radio on the Singapore station Power98FM.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jamie Yeo joins new line-up of DJs on Power 98FM |url=http://sg.entertainment.yahoo.com/blogs/singapore-showbiz/jamie-yeo-joins-line-djs-power98fm-163514609.html |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=sg.entertainment.yahoo.com |date=15 March 2012 |language=en-SG}}</ref>
In 2015, Yeo returned to Mediacorp as radio DJ for Gold 905FM. In March 2016, she took over the drive-time show ''The Homestretch''.<ref name="gold90.5">{{cite web | access-date=2019-09-25 | url=https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/radio-dj-jamie-yeo-to-join-mediacorps-gold905fm | title=Radio DJ Jamie Yeo to join MediaCorp's Gold90.5FM | date=2015-02-10 | last=migration | language=en | website=The Straits Times}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}
Yeo is also the host of the travel and lifestyle program ''Inside Singapore'' on Insider TV.<ref name="gold90.5" />
==Personal life== In an interview with ''TheSportsCampus'' in 2009, Yeo said her favorite football club is Arsenal F.C. and her favourite player Thierry Henry.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wadhwa|first1=Arjun|title=Talking Football with Jamie Yeo|url=http://www.thesportscampus.com/200908071597/articles/interview-jamie-yeo|accessdate=19 January 2016|publisher=TheSportsCampus|date=7 August 2009|archive-date=8 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108133448/http://www.thesportscampus.com/200908071597/articles/interview-jamie-yeo|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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.<ref>[http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/408988/1/.html Celebrity couple Glenn Ong, Jamie Yeo call it quits] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708162937/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/408988/1/.html |date=8 July 2009 }}, 14 February 2009, Mayo Martin, Channel Newsasia</ref>
In 2010, Yeo married Thorsten Nolte, a British immigrant in Singapore and the couple had a daughter.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/en/celebrity/buzz/asia/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4085169 | title=What makes 'I do', take two works? Jamie Yeo and fiancé tell all | accessdate=28 October 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516034240/http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/en/celebrity/buzz/asia/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4085169 | archive-date=16 May 2010}}</ref><ref>[http://www.divaasia.com/article/11365 Jamie Yeo: 'I didn't even know I was in labour] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203200449/http://www.divaasia.com/article/11365 |date=3 February 2012 }}, 8 November 2010, Germaine Lim, AsiaOne</ref> However, they divorced in February 2015. In April 2016, she gained sole custody of her daughter, Alysia.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.8days.sg/sceneandheard/celebrities/single-mum-no-more-jamie-yeo-s-tinder-beau-proposes-and-she-says-8664238 | title=Single Mum No More! Jamie Yeo's Tinder Beau Proposes And She Says Yes | accessdate=28 October 2020}}</ref>
In June 2017, she announced to the media that she was getting married for the third time to another British immigrant in Singapore, Rupert Evill, and was five months pregnant with a baby boy.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/dj-jamie-yeo-expecting-second-child-with-third-husband|title=DJ Jamie Yeo expecting second child with third husband|last=Nanda|first=Akshita|date=2017-06-09|work=The Straits Times|access-date=2018-06-26}}</ref> Their son, Luke, was born on 29 August 2017.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/a-baby-boy-for-radio-deejay-jamie-yeo | title=A baby boy for radio deejay Jamie Yeo | accessdate=28 October 2020}}</ref>
Yeo moved to England with her family in July 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.todayonline.com/8days/jamie-yeo-moving-england-her-family-next-year | title=Jamie Yeo Moving to England with Her Family Next Year }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jamie Yeo's 5-Year-Old Son Is Starting Primary School In England Already |url=https://www.todayonline.com/8days/jamie-yeos-5-year-old-son-starting-primary-school-england-already-1989956 |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=TODAY |language=en}}</ref> She currently lives in Lewes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/entertainment/jamie-yeo-breast-cancer-life-lessons-376931|title=Things I would tell my younger self: Former radio DJ and actress Jamie Yeo|website=CNA Lifestyle}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Soh |first1=Joanne |title='Roller-coaster ride' for former deejay Jamie Yeo to tell family about breast cancer |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/former-radio-deejay-jamie-yeo-reveals-she-is-a-breast-cancer-survivor |website=The Straits Times |access-date=24 October 2023 |language=en |date=1 October 2023}}</ref>
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