Beautiful Connection

Beautiful Connection (Chinese: 九层糕) is a Singaporean Chinese family drama serial. It was telecast in 2002. The show earned many nominations for the Star Awards including Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best TV Drama, Best Theme Song, Best Director and many more.

Main cast (from left) Zhu Mimi, Huang Biren, Aileen Tan and Jeanette Aw.

This drama repeated in Year 2007, on MediaCorp TV Channel 8, Mondays and Tuesdays, 10.30pm to 12.30am.

The series is also mentioned in episode 45 of 118 Season 1.

Cast

Main cast
Cast Role
Mimi ChuLin Yu Zhen
Huang Bi RenFan Ke Lian
Aileen TanFan Ke Li
Jeanette AwFan Ke Ke
Xie ShaoguangLion King

Supporting Cast
Cast Role
Huang Shi NanJiang Xue Liang
Qi YuwuZheng Rui Sheng
Allan WuDu Zheng Yu
Henry ThiaLin Ya Xi
Tan Kheng HuaMo Lan Ying
Bukoh MaryLin Xiang Xiang
Yang LiNaYu Zhu
Zhang Yao DongSam
Louis LimKopi-O
Ding Sen YanJason
Chen Ming PeiLan-jie
Joanne PehKe Wei

Synopsis

Beautiful Connection begins with the lives of three daughters from a single-parent family, headed by a domineering and unreasonable mother, Fatty Zhen (played by Zhu Mimi). The three daughters have characters that are very different as a result of their mother's upbringing.

Spoilt by Fatty Zhen, the youngest daughter, Ke Ke (played by Jeanette Aw), is well-educated but arrogant. On the other hand, Ke Lian (played by Huang Biren) and Ke Li's (played by Aileen Tan) happiness have been short-changed to create more opportunities for their youngest sister.

Despite this, both Ke Lian and Ke Li are able to adapt better to society, unlike Fatty Zhen and Ke Ke, whose attitude puts people off. Ke Lian eventually finds true love with Lion King (played by Xie Shaoguang), while Ke Li finds happiness in her own family and career. It is only in the face of an economic crisis and a stroke that Fatty Zhen had, did the arrogant Fatty Zhen and Ke Ke realise and learn about humility and the importance of maintaining good human relationships.

While Beautiful Connection reflects on the harsh realities and pressures of working life, it also shows that there will always be hope and warmth even during a depressing time such as an economic crisis.

2002 Accolades

This drama serial had received many awards and nominations in the Star Awards 2002. The other drams that were nominated for Best Drama were No Problem 考试家族, The Reunion 顶天立地, The Vagrant 豹子胆, and Viva Le Famille 好儿好女.

The other drams that were nominated for Best Theme Song were Fantasy 星梦情真 (星梦), I Not Stupid 小孩不笨 (有用的人), Viva Le Famille 好儿好女 (不要轻易松手), and Bukit Ho Swee 河水山.

NomineeAwardResult
Liew Po Zhuang 刘柏妆 Young Talent Award 青苹果奖 Nominated
Xie Shaoguang 谢韶光 Best Actor 最佳男主角 Nominated
Aileen Tan 陈丽贞 Best Actress 最佳女主角 Nominated
Huang Biren 黄碧仁 Best Actress 最佳女主角 Won
Tan Kheng Hua 陈琼华 Best Supporting Actress 最佳女配角 Nominated
N/A Best Drama Serial 最佳电视剧 Won
N/A Highest viewership 最高收视率电视剧 Won
Jeanette Aw 欧萱 Best Newcomer 最佳新人奖 Won
Rui En
瑞恩		 Best Theme Song 最佳主题曲 —《快乐方式》 Nominated
Preceded by
Three Women and A Half
2001		 Star Awards for Best Drama Serial
Beautiful Connection
2002		 Succeeded by
Holland V
2003
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