Hong Ling was discovered through a local talent search programme Hey Gorgeous. The programme scouts for good-looking younger people with star quality in schools across Singapore. Hong Ling emerged as one of the semi-finalists. A demure young lady, Hong Ling speaks in a gentle demeanour and is always well composed. After completing her acting classes, Hong Ling was given the opportunity to hone her acting skills with roles in Against The Tide and You Can Be An Angel Too.

Proving her mettle in acting, she landed a main role in Channel 8 long form drama “118”. In the 270-episode drama that premiered in 2014, Hong Ling also secured the 1st female lead role in Home Truly in 2017; challenging the role of a simple countryside girl from the rural area of Thailand, acting against love interest Pierre Png (Best Actor for Star Awards and Asian Television Award).

She stole the limelight at Star Awards 2015, when she beat other female finalists and won the Tokyo Bust Express Sexy Babe Award. Undoubtedly there will be more to come from this beauty in the near future. In 2020, she had her first breakthrough role as a single mother in a blockbuster My Guardian Angels, acting alongside our lead actresses Zoe Tay and Kym Ng.

Come 2021, she received her first Top 10 Most Popular Female Award at Star Awards.