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Irene Pyne

Actress Victoria Loke graced the big screen with box-office attitude as Fiona Cheng in the hit romantic comedy drama film Crazy Rich Asians.
However, this Singaporean actress is equipped with much more than just a pout to end all pouts. Here’s seven things you need to know about the rising star.
1. She’s Singaporean born-and-bred, but lived in New York for five years

Loke graduated from New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study with a strong grounding in music and dance.
Although a Singapore native, Loke lived in New York for five years before starting to find work in independent short films, music videos and modelling campaigns around the city.
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2. She’s big on the arts












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New Red Girl, 2017. #AntonyDonaldson
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Loke regularly shares literary snippets from her favourite writers and poets.
Amid smouldering selfies, Loke’s Instagram account is also a treasure trove of cool art.
It’s sexy to be smart.
3. She’s a little nerdy












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Off to make the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs
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An anime fiend dropping Star Wars references? You had me at the Kessel Run.
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3. She started a multimedia project called #AsianGirls












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More importantly, #AsianGirl asks how we can create & reclaim self-representation that captures the dignity & diversity of our humanity within this cultural framework of hypersexualizing the Asian woman, and argues for the identification(+evaluation) of these internalized tropes as imperative to Asian womanhood. Signed, @velle_.
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Loke has been vocal about girls self-tagging #asiangirl on digital spaces.
Because of Asian fetishism associated with the tag, she started the collaborative project #AsianGirls to challenge the stereotypes and create a healthy discourse about Asian women’s sexuality.
4. She does advocacy on behalf of her community












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At the official opening of #Jeweluxe2018, wearing designs by 2 Singaporean bespoke jewelers @simonejewels & @facetsingapore. ... Necklace: #SimoneJewels Bracelet & Rings: #FacetsSingapore Dress: #AliceMcCall Glam: @alextbeauty
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The actress has been working for the Singapore Committee for UN Women, which focuses on female empowerment and gender equality.
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5. She’s multilingual and even learned Cantonese for a role

《花瓶》Un vase à Chinatown from Yinyeung on Vimeo.

Loke speaks English, Mandarin, French and Japanese, and learned Cantonese phonetically for a role in the short film Un vase à Chinatown.
6. She initially auditioned for the role of Kitty Pong

Eddie Cheng Crazy Rich Asians GIF from Eddiecheng GIFs

To her surprise, Loke was originally asked to come in to read for the part of Kitty Pong, the bubbleheaded social-climbing actress (which went to another Singaporean actress, Fiona Xie).
Loke told SG Magazine: “I decided to have fun with it anyway, and during my audition our director Jon M Chu and our producers and I were just laughing the entire time.”
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7. ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ was her first box-office film debut












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#CrazyRichAsians cracked $100mil at the box office! What an absolute honor it has been to have worked with this beautiful, beautiful cast on my first feature. Congratulations to my entire CRA family on their hard work paying off big time
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Crazy Rich Asians marked her feature film debut and was also the first Hollywood film to feature an all-Asian main cast since 1993’s The Joy Luck Club.
Playing her part in the positive representation of Asian-American actors in Hollywood, Loke’s choice of on-screen roles might be just as invaluable as her off-screen activism.
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7 things you didn’t know about ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ actress Victoria Loke

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The Singaporean ‘Star Wars’ nerd is multilingual, worked as a model in New York and helps to support female empowerment and gender equality