# Jamie Yeo > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jamie_Yeo > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jamie_Yeo.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Yeo > Source revision: 1322860523 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Singaporean actress and radio presenter (born 1977)}} {{BLP sources|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}} {{family name hatnote|[Yeo](/source/Yang_(surname))|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](/source/Singapore) | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | education = {{blist|[Fairfield Methodist Primary School](/source/Fairfield_Methodist_Primary_School)|[Nanyang Girls' High School](/source/Nanyang_Girls'_High_School)||[Dayton Christian High School](/source/Dayton_Christian_High_School)}} | alma_mater = [Ngee Ann Polytechnic](/source/Ngee_Ann_Polytechnic) | occupation = {{hlist|Television host|actress|radio presenter|model}} | show = Castrol Football Crazy (former)
Maxis Football Extra (former) | station = | network = [ESPN Star Sports](/source/ESPN_Star_Sports) (former) | timeslot = | show2 = The Homestretch{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}} | station2 = [987FM](/source/987FM) (former)
[SAFRA Radio](/source/So_Drama!_Entertainment) (former)
[Power98FM](/source/Power_98_(radio_station)) (former)
[Gold 905FM](/source/Gold_905) (former) | network2 = [MediaCorp Radio](/source/MediaCorp_Radio) | timeslot2 = | style = [Disc jockey](/source/Disc_jockey) | country = [Singapore](/source/Singapore) | prevshow = | parents = | spouse = {{Plainlist| * {{marriage|[Glenn Ong](/source/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.{{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}} She is known for starring in ''[Growing Up](/source/Growing_Up_(Singaporean_TV_series))'' and for co-hosting the shows ''Castrol Football Crazy'' and ''Maxis Football Extra'' on [ESPN Star Sports](/source/ESPN_Star_Sports)."Jamie Yeo, 29" (29 April 2007), ''Straits Times'' ==Early life== Yeo was born in [Singapore](/source/Singapore){{Citation needed|date=August 2019}} on 17 April 1977.{{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}} She attended [Fairfield Methodist Primary School](/source/Fairfield_Methodist_Primary_School){{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}} and [Nanyang Girls' High School](/source/Nanyang_Girls'_High_School) before moving to [Dayton, Ohio](/source/Dayton%2C_Ohio){{Citation needed|date=August 2019}} for four years, where her father was posted as an engineer in the [Republic of Singapore Air Force](/source/Republic_of_Singapore_Air_Force) (RSAF). She completed her secondary school education at [Dayton Christian High School](/source/Dayton_Christian_High_School).{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}} After returning to Singapore, she entered [Ngee Ann Polytechnic](/source/Ngee_Ann_Polytechnic) and studied mass communications,{{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}} because her certificate from the United States was not recognised in Singapore so she could not take her [A Level](/source/Singapore-Cambridge_GCE_Advanced_Level) at a [junior college](/source/junior_college_(Singapore)). She eventually graduated from Ngee Ann Polytechnic in 1998.{{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 }} ==Career== Yeo began as an actress portraying Tammy in the long-running series ''[Growing Up](/source/Growing_Up_(Singaporean_TV_series))'',"They're close like bee hoon" (4 October 1998), Pau Lin, Teo, ''Straits Times''"Me, Bimbo?" (12 November 2007), Tay, Michelle, ''Straits Times'' She has also acted in [MediaCorp Channel 8](/source/MediaCorp_Channel_8) Mandarin-language productions ''[Holland V](/source/Holland_V_(TV_series))'' and ''[Baby Boom](/source/Baby_Boom_(Singaporean_TV_series))'' in 2003.{{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 }}{{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}} Yeo left acting to pursue a radio career. From 2000 to 2006, she was a full-time [DJ](/source/Disc_jockey) at MediaCorp Radio's [987FM](/source/987FM). 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.{{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}}{{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}} In 2012, Yeo went back to radio with [SAFRA Radio](/source/So_Drama!_Entertainment) on the Singapore station [Power98FM](/source/Power_98_(radio_station)).{{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}} In 2015, Yeo returned to Mediacorp as radio DJ for [Gold 905FM](/source/Gold_905). In March 2016, she took over the drive-time show ''The Homestretch''.{{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}}{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}} Yeo is also the host of the travel and lifestyle program ''Inside Singapore'' on Insider TV. ==Personal life== In an interview with ''TheSportsCampus'' in 2009, Yeo said her favorite football club is [Arsenal F.C.](/source/Arsenal_F.C.) and her favourite player [Thierry Henry](/source/Thierry_Henry).{{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}} Yeo began dating [Glenn Ong](/source/Glenn_Ong) in 2001 and the couple married in [New Creation Church](/source/New_Creation_Church) three years later in 2004, but separated in early 2009.[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](/source/Channel_Newsasia) In 2010, Yeo married Thorsten Nolte, a [British](/source/British_people) immigrant in Singapore and the couple had a daughter.{{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}}[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](/source/AsiaOne) However, they divorced in February 2015. In April 2016, she gained sole custody of her daughter, Alysia.{{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}} In June 2017, she announced to the media that she was getting married for the third time to another British [immigrant](/source/immigrant) in Singapore, Rupert Evill, and was five months pregnant with a baby boy.{{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}} Their son, Luke, was born on 29 August 2017.{{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}} Yeo moved to [England](/source/England) with her family in July 2022.{{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 }}{{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}} She currently lives in [Lewes](/source/Lewes).{{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}} In October 2023, in support of the Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Yeo revealed that she was diagnosed with an early-stage [breast cancer](/source/breast_cancer) in 2021. Yeo said she underwent a [lumpectomy](/source/lumpectomy) and [radiation therapy](/source/radiation_therapy) and is currently on an "ongoing regimen of pills" to treat the condition.{{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}} ==References== {{reflist}} == External links == * {{IMDb name|0947503}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Yeo, Jamie}} Category:Living people Category:Singaporean radio presenters Category:Singaporean Charismatics Category:Singaporean female models Category:Singaporean people of Chinese descent Category:Ngee Ann Polytechnic alumni Category:1977 births Category:Singaporean women radio presenters Category:Singaporean DJs Category:Women DJs Category:21st-century Singaporean actresses Category:Singaporean television actresses Category:Singaporean expatriates in the United Kingdom Category:Singaporean women television presenters --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jamie Yeo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Yeo) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Yeo?action=history)). 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