Ruby Yap

Ruby Faye
Ruby Faye
狄妃
Born	28 December 1991 (age 29); Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Education	Diploma in Mass Communication (Public Relations), Tunku Abdul Rahman College
Occupation	Actress; Singer; Host;
Years active	2012–present
Notable credit(s)	The Driver (2020); Fly By Night (2019); Think Big Big (2018); May I Love You (2018); Million Loves In Me (2018)
Partner(s)	Stannis Kok (manager); Secret Fox Entertainment (M) Sdn Bhd
Awards	Malaysia Asli Drama Award; Best Leading Actress; 2016 The Dawns Here Are Quiet
Chinese name
Chinese	狄妃
Hanyu Pinyin
showTranscriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Dī Fēi
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Dik6 Fei1
Website	Ruby Faye on Facebook; Ruby Faye on Instagram; Ruby Faye at IMDb; Ruby Faye Youtube

Ruby Faye (狄妃; born 28 December 1991) is a Malaysian-born Chinese feature film, drama series, theatre drama and radio drama all-round actress and singer. Ruby made a successful transition to theatre drama stage performance, winning a "Best Actress in a Leading Role" award in 2016 in the 13th Malaysia Asli Drama Awards (ADA). She won it for her role in the critically acclaimed Soviet war drama "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" based on Boris Vasilyev's novel of the same name.^[1]^[2]^[3]

She achieved international recognition when she portrayed Cindy, a lawyer assistant who stands up for justice in the independent Hong Kong film Million Loves in Me, receiving a "Award of Merit for Supporting Actress" in The IndieFest Film Award 2017 at San Diego, California^[4] and "Award of Excellence for Supporting Actress" in Depth of Field International Film Festival 2017 in Delaware, USA.^[5]^[6] Ruby garnered further recognition for her "Best Supporting Actress" award in the Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival (HIMPFF) in 2017 and "The Best Supporting Actress" in the 2019 North Europe International Film Festival. In 2017, Ruby Faye released her first single Who Am I, and produced a musical theater "90's" as a warm-up promo for her upcoming debut EP mini-album.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Acting career[]

Ruby was the youngest nominee of Best Actress for her first short film The Wither of Sprout in BMW Shorties 2011. Belonging to Malaysia's new generation of artists, she was invited to join the domestic Chinese drama industry, where she further broadened her artistic skills by trying her hand at acting. She played in The Undercover alongside Malaysia TV channel NTV7 top 10 artist Adrian Tan, and later caught viewers' attention during her debut drama serial, playing the role of a teens prostitute and a young killer in Pianissimo.

Ruby was nominated as one of the top 5 in the Best Newcomer category^[10] in NTV7 Golden Awards 2014 in which will be held at Putrajaya International convention Centre on 20 September 2014.

Besides, she has selected as one of the supporting cast by the winner of 30th Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actor Nick Cheung in his directorial debut film "The Hungry Ghost Ritual", released in the year 2014. In 2014, Ruby became the 2nd lead actress in NTV7 Chinese drama "The Scavenger". In 2015, Ruby is invited by Hong Kong film director Clifton Ko as special appearance guest actress for his directed musical theatre "Shooting Star" in Malaysia.^[11] In the same year, Ruby is selected by Beijing-based theatre director Dr. Deric Gan to take part in his theatre production with Russia well-known novel The Dawns Here Are Quiet. Ruby is the main cast and she was playing a tragic figure, the complicated beautiful soldier Zhenya Komelkowa.^[12]

Ruby has worked with some famous and talented directors and artiste, they are Clifton Ko Chi-Sum (Hong Kong), Nick Cheung Ka-Fai (Hong Kong), Chiu Keng Guan (Malaysia), Ho Yu Hang (Malaysia), Xie Xiaodong (China), Zahir Omar (Malaysia), Dr. Deric Gan (Malaysia), Patrick Yau Tat-Chi (Hong Kong), Sam Loh (Singapore), Sampson Yuen (Hong Kong), Chan Wai Cheong (Malaysia), Edmund Yeo (Malaysia) etc.

Ruby has worked with some famous and talented actors and actresses, they are Nick Cheung Ka-Fai (Hong Kong), Simon Yam (Hong Kong), Annie Liu (Taiwan), Huang CaiLun (China), Lo Koon Lan (Hong Kong), Wu Bai (Taiwan), Kaiser Chuang (Taiwan), Shiou Chieh Kai (Taiwan), Landy Wen (Taiwan), Mimi Chu (Hong Kong), Jordan Voon (Malaysia) etc.

Environmental advocate[]

Ruby was named a Program Artiste Ambassador for JCI Entrepreneur Malaysia in February 2015 with a special focus of promoting green revival- save the earth.

She was also selected by Magnum & Mega Ultimate for Green Revival 2016 in Malaysia.

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
2012	Ah Gu 阿古的故事	Ah Mei	Chan Wai Cheong
2013	Twilight Murderer 迷離凶影	Janice	Gu Loong	TV Film
2013	Original Sin 原罪	Yang Yu Ying	Jackson	TV Film
2014	Finding Lion King 天下第一獅	Zheng Mei	Chew Huat Yeow	TV Film
	Kiasu 做你愛做的事	Mei Ling	Law Gwo Yunn	Co-production between Taiwan & Malaysia
	Hungry Ghost Ritual 盂蘭神功	Ah Mun	Nick Cheung	Co-production between Hong Kong & Malaysia
2016	Mrs K	Fong	Ho Yuhang	Co-production between Hong Kong & Malaysia
2017
	Million Loves in Me 寵我	Cindy	Sampson Yuen	Hong Kong Indie film
	All My Goddess 女人永遠是對的	Receptionist	Clifton Ko	Hong Kong Film
	We, the Dead 阿奇洛	Qi Qi	Edmund Yeo	Malaysia Feature Film
2018	Think Big Big 大大噠	Ice	Chiu Keng Guan	Malaysia Feature Film
2019	Fly By Night 非常盗	Michelle	Zahir Omar	Malaysia Feature Film
2019	Before I Sleep 再憶起	A-Faye	Alan Foo	TV Film
2020	Policewoman 霹雳霸王花	Lee	Bowie Liu	China Web Film
2020	Water in the Broken Basket 撈世界	special appearance	Xie XiaoDong	China Feature Film

Television Series[]

Year	Title	Role	Broadcaster	Notes
2013	The Undercover 無間行者	Ah Ying	NTV7	Cameo role
	Brilliant Flowers 春花燦爛		TV2	Cameo Role
	The Liar 說謊者	Emily	NTV7	Column Leading Role
	Pianissimo 聽風的歌	Young Lady Fang Ru Yen	NTV7	Supporting Role
2014	Seven Days 七天	Teng Teng	Astro Xiao Tai Yang	Cameo Role
	We Are Young 我們正年輕	Jamie	TV2	2nd Leading Role
	The Scavenger 千門八將 ^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]	Ruby Lin ShiShi	NTV7	2nd Leading Role
2018	Persona 2 假面2	Chloe	8TV	Column Main Role
2018	Gifted 天之驕子	Ella	Mediacorp Channel 8	special appearance
2019	Missing in Possible 陰陽大轉移	Lau Kar Ling	TV2	1st Leading Role

Web Drama[]

Year	Title	Role	Broadcaster	Notes
2017	May I Love You 本來只想暗戀你 ^[17]^[18]	Xing Nan ^[19]		Main Role
2018	May I Love You 2 本來只想暗戀你 2	Xing Nan		Main Role
2020	The Driver 伺機	Adele	Mediacorp Channel 8	Main Role

Theatre[]

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
2015	Shooting Star ^[20]	Special Appearance	Clifton Ko	Musical Theatre
2015	The Dawns Here Are Quiet	Zhenya Komelkowa	Dr. Deric Gan	13th ADA Drama Award 2016 - The Best Actress in Leading Role
2016	Don't Let Shakespeare Know - The Tempest	Caliban	Easee Gan
2016	Richard III	Lady Anne, Little Elizabeth, Killer, messenger, guard, servant, palace lady, dancer, musician, citizen of London	Dr. Deric Gan
2017	35	Girl Friend	Ye Wei Liang
	90 Musical ^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]	Jolin Hou	Milo Liew	Produced by Stannis Kok & Ruby Yap
	Peking Man	Zeng RuiZhen	Dr. Deric Gan
2019	Don't Let Usman Awang Know - Udara	Zhu Ying Tai	Easee Gan

Short Film[]

2011: The Wither of Sprout ^[25]
2012: Love Lane
2017: Departure . A Sunny Day 出發·在晴朗的一天 (<Light & Shadow·Macau> Micro Film Creative Competition Champion)

TV Host[]

2012: Fun Journey 東南西北三人行
2015: You Can't Guess Me 估我唔到
2016: JOOX Music Walker

TVC[]

2014: b.liv absolute matte ^[26]
2017: CellLabs Classaanta CNY online adv ^[27]
2017: YES Academy online short film ^[28]
2017: RT Pastry House commercial short Adv ^[29]
2017: Panasonic Malaysia Sky Series Info TVC ^[30]
2020: DAIKIN Malaysia CNY short film（The Twins）^[31]

Music[]

Music album[]

Ruby's first album of the same name is a collection of three songs selected from the musical [90], "Who Am I", "90G", "Dream" and a new original song called "Gone", a mini album organized into a rich piece of music. Ruby Faye album is produced by Hanz Kuok, a famous young singer and composer in Malaysia, and Asia famous composer Percy Phang is the consulting music producer. The album was official released on 6 June 2018.

Single[]

2018: Story Teller - Ruby Faye ^[32]
2018: Dream - Ruby Faye ^[33]
2018: Gone - Ruby Faye ^[34]
2017: 90G - Ruby Faye ^[35]
2017: Who AM I - Ruby Faye ^[36]

Featuring (EP)[]

2015: Hi Bye - Fayse Goh feat. Ruby Yap ^[37]

Others[]

Emcee[]

2015: MCC Korea Brand Cosmetic & Beauty 1st Flagship Grand Opening
2016: 13th ADA Drama Award ^[38]
2017: I have a date with teacher Annual Dinner by SRJK (C) Kepong 1 & Kepong 2
2017: Jyn Chiu's Music Album Media Conference

Music - Singing Performance[]

2012: Miss International Model Yacht Malaysia
2013: Malaysia Chinese Qi Pao Beauty Pageant
2013: MY ASTRO全民迎新Ulala
2014: Loud Speaker 6th Flagship Grand Opening ^[39]
2015: Zero Limits x Merdeka Madness Music Festival Penang ^[40]
2015: Joey Leong 21st Birthday Mini-Concert
2017: Asia Muse Girl Search Grand Final ^[41]
2017: 30-Hour Famine DIY Camp - First City UC (23/7)
2017: 30-Hour Famine DIY Camp - Taylor Lakeside University (29/7)
2017: 30-Hour Famine DIY Camp - Help National University (29/7)
2017: 30-Hour Famine World Vision Malaysia - (30/7)
2018: ASTRO Chinese New Year Whoopee Countdown Show - 迎春接福大慶典 (15/2)
2018: Face of Asia-Pacific (13/4) ^[42]
2018: Sing!China – Malaysia Final- Star Challenge Team (19/5)
2018: 30-Hour Famine DIY Camp - SJKC Chin Kwang Wahyu (9/6)
2018: The Ultimate Jazz by Calmeraft. Ruby (21/7) ^[43]
2018: Influencers Festival (22/9)
2018: Tremella Global Product Launch Annual Nite (14/11) ^[44]

Judge[]

2015： Mega Ultimate K’Storm KPOP Dance Cover Competition Grand Final

Awards/Achievement[]

Drama[]

Year	Event	Title	Name	Character	outcome
2011	1st Malaysia BMW Shorties	Best Actress in Leading Role	《The Wither of Sprout》	Ye Yu jun	Nominated
2014	3rd NTV7 Golden Awards ^[45]	Best Newcomer	《The Undercover》	Ah Yeng	Nominated
2014	3rd NTV7 Golden Awards ^[46]	The Most Favorite Female Artist			Nominated
2016	13th Asli Drama Award (ADA) ^[47]	Best Actress in Leading Role	《The Dawns Here Are Quiet》	Zhenya Komelkowa	Won
2017	The IndieFEST Film Award ^[48]	Award of Merit - Supporting Actress	《Million Loves in Me》	Cindy	Won
2017	Depth of Field International Film Festival Competition ^[49]	Award of Excellence - Supporting Actress	《Million Loves in Me》	Cindy	Won
2017	Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival (HIMPFF) ^[50]	Award of Recognition - Supporting Actress	《Million Loves in Me》	Cindy	Won
2017	Accolade Global Film Competition ^[51]	Award of Merit - Supporting Actress	《Million Loves in Me》	Cindy	Won
2018	15th Asli Drama Award (ADA)	Best Actress in Leading Role	《90 Musical》	Jolin Hou	Nominated
2018	Nice International Film festival	Best Actress in Leading Role	《Million Loves in Me》	Cindy	Nominated
2019	North Europe International Film festival	Best Actress in Leading Role	《Million Loves in Me》	Cindy	Won

Music[]

Year	Event	Title	Song Name	Outcome
2017	NEWAY K Music Awards	My Favourite Outstanding Newcomer Award		Nominated
2018	NEWAY K Music Awards	NEWAY Advocating the Great Leap Forward Female Singer Award		Won

Business[]

Year	Event	Title	Outcome
2018	Grandeur & Elegante International Business Award	The International Personality Award	Won

Fashion[]

Year	Event	Title	Outcome
2018	Asia Model Festival: Face of Asia-Pacific	Celebrity Star Award	Won

Audience Choice[]

Year	Event	Title	Name	Character	outcome
2018	Malaysia Weibo.com	May I Love You Most Popular Artiste	《》	Xing Nan	Won

References[]

External links[]

[1] 狄妃初闯剧场夺“剧后”|Laskou Archived 20 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Ruby won The Best Actress in Leading Role|China Press

[3] 狄妃．因拍戏而快乐- 娱乐|星洲网Sin Chew Daily

[4] 《寵我》聖地牙哥獨立電影展掃10獎‧ 李偉燊狄妃摘優異男女配角獎|星洲日報 Sin Chew Daily

[5] 《宠我》再扬威国际电影节‧狄妃李伟燊夺男女配角奖|星洲日報 Sin Chew Daily

[6] 李伟燊狄妃美国凭《宠我》获卓越男女配角奖|Laskou Archived 29 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine

[7] 封全方位藝人．狄妃謙稱未夠格|星洲日報 Sin Chew Daily

[8] 狄妃不夠格當全方位藝人|中國報China Press

[9] 圓最初音樂夢首推單曲“Who am I” Ruby狄妃成全方位新晉歌手|辣手網 Archived 29 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine

[10] Nominated "The Best Newcomer" NTV7 Golden Awards 2014

[11] 狄妃助陣「一點紅」《喝彩》加碼再上演- 东方网- 马来西亚东方日报

[12] 狄妃自愧赘肉多- 东方网- 马来西亚东方日报

[13] 庄仲维夺狄妃荧幕初吻

[14] 狄妃拍吻戏要听情歌

[15] 《千門八將》同名角色令人厭惡？ Ruby成面子書炮轟對象！ Archived 20 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine

[16] 角色太讨厌？观众入戏太深到Ruby脸书炮轰

[17] Astro new WebDrama《May I Love You》7 Main Casts are Beauty & Handsome

[18] Malaysia 1st Idol Web drama Grand Opening

[19] 邢楠转变帅T之路太坎坷粉丝太入戏：“再虐楠楠送编剧刀片！”

[20] 狄妃不敢當女主角| 中國報China Press

[21] 主演音樂劇《9零》狄妃四度逼出真眼淚| 東方日報Oriental Daily

[22] 狄妃《9零》唱跳考演技| 南洋商報 NANYANG

[23] 狄妃挑戰音樂劇演技唱功媲美老板| 中國報China Press

[24] 狄妃未發片率先主演《9零》音樂劇课题备受关注| Almond Magazine

[25] BMW Shorties 2011 Ruby Yap nominated The Best Leading Role Actress

[26] .liv absolute matte - don't get mad, get matte!

[27] CellLabs CLASSaaNTA《今年我最CLASS》CNY online Adv 2017

[28] YES Academy Commercial Short Film

[29] RT Pastry House Commercial Short Adv

[30] Panasonic Malaysia Sky Series Info TVC

[31] The Twins DAIKIN Malaysia

[32] Ruby Faye - Story Teller Official MV

[33] Ruby Faye - Dream Official MV

[34] Ruby Faye 1st Album Hit Song - Gone Official MV

[35] Ruby Faye 2nd Single - 90G Official MV

[36] Ruby Faye 1st Single - Who Am I Official MV

[37] Ruby Yap invited to do Crossover with Fayse Goh <Hi Bye>

[38] Ruby Yap won The Best Actress Bigcowfm

[39] 狄妃在《大嘴叭》開幕推介禮挑戰饒舌歌曲

[40] 狄妃密谋转型当唱跳歌手-马来西亚诗华日报新闻网

[41] Special guest performer 90's talented Ruby sing in Asia Muse Search

[42] Asia Model Festival: Face of Asia-Pacific

[43] 日本爵士男團CALMERA大馬首演! 與Ruby狄妃爵士流行雙結合! Ruby 被邀同遊日本直呼「好害羞」!

[44] 海蘭察王冠逸唱歌忘詞邢楠Ruby穿“雨衣“唱歌!

[45] tv7 2014《金視獎》“最佳新晉演員”入圍名單

[46] tv7 2014《金視獎》“觀眾票選類”-“五大最受歡迎女藝人”入圍名單- F11 狄妃

[47] 戲炬獎最佳女主角狄妃得奖视频

[48] 大馬演員狄妃和李偉燊奪優異男女配角獎 | 辣手網 Laksou Archived 20 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine

[49] 狄妃李偉燊再奪獎 | 中國報 China Press

[50] Ruby Yap Earned Award of Recognition for Best Supporting Actress

[51] Ruby Yap Earned Award of Merit for Supporting Actress

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