Sarah was born in Taiping, Perak, Malaysia. She lived in California,
Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur before her family settled in Vancouver,
where she mainly grew up. After completing high school in Vancouver,
she went on to Toronto's Ryerson University for her Fashion
Communications degree.
In 2008, while revisiting her roots in Malaysia, Sarah clinched the
coveted title as FHM Malaysia's Sexiest Woman of the Year. Also, her
phenomenal rise as a household name was established in hosting popular
television programs for Media Prima's Gua.com.my and then 8TV and NTV7
networks. During 2010 she adroitly steered 3 programs at the same time.
Sarah was hosting the hour-long magazine talk show, Astro Hitz Radar,
the award-winning Shout Awards 2010, and co-hosting of ESPN Star
Sport's Xtra Time, entertainment program. Her recognizable presence in
film, television, radio and new media platforms of the Malaysian
entertainment industry testifies to her innate intelligence, high
energy and professionalism.
Earlier in 2007 in Canada, Sarah's professional acting career was
launched with her first credit as the Hot Asian Girl in
American Pie Presents: Beta House (2007).
In her move to Asia, and while renowned as a television host, she
performed in the
15Malaysia (2009)
project and had a cameo as Miss Chic-Kut-The in award winning director
Seng Tat Liew's comedic short film, Halal.
Subsequently in Hong Kong, Sarah garnered a supporting lead in Dax
Phelan's independent psychological thriller
Jasmine (2015). This led her to her next
role as the wealthy fashion heiress Lily Lee in
Mister French Taste (2010),
a cross-cultural comedy web series.
In 2011, Sarah returned to Toronto to re-focus on her first love,
acting. She is seriously honing her skills with courses at The Second
City for improvisational comedy and other film and television classes.
Very soon she was on the radar of casting directors in North America.
She booked a role as the edgy hacker Blue in CSI-creator
Anthony E. Zuiker's new crime genre
Cybergeddon (2012). Next, she landed
a recurring role in Franco-Canadian spy series
XIII: The Series (2011), as
a love interest of
Stuart Townsend.
Being multi-lingual, Sarah was perfect for this role which demands
conversing in English and Mandarin. Shortly after, she also landed a
role on
Covert Affairs (2010)
to work alongside
Piper Perabo.
Sarah's face has graced numerous magazines covers including FHM, Men's
Health, Shape, Glam. Her media presence has been applauded in various
local magazines, web-portals and newspaper dailies. She was involved in
many print and television advertisement campaigns in North America and
Asia, appearing in ads for Adidas, Budweiser, Kraft, Tic Tac, Cadbury,
McCafe, and the Niagara Tourism Board.
Sarah will continue to blaze an exhilarating trail as a true
professional artiste, she resides in Toronto.