She is also the founder and the CEO of Fly Entertainment, and additionally owns a maid agency, as well as a number of F&B and other entertainment-related companies.

[3] In 1989, after attending Outram Institute, she and her friends responded to an ad recruiting stunt swimmers for a television series.

[3] Ang was then hired at Bloomdale, which specialised in floral arrangements and corporate gifts, and led a sales team there.

[12] It was here she was spotted by Phua Chua Kang Pte Ltd's producers and was asked to audition for roles in the upcoming television series.

As the 10-year long television series eventually became a regional hit, she would reprise her character in a Malaysian spin-off, and a movie, all of which revolving around Phua Chu Kang.

[13] In 2023, Ang was named as one of the recipients of the Public Service Medal (PBM), for her work as a committee member of the SkillsFuture programme with the South West Community Development Council.

[14] Drawing on her childhood experiences, she would lend her influence and voice behind projects such as the Fairy Godparent programme, an initiative by The Yellow Ribbon Fund and Industrial and Services Co-Operative Society (ISCOS) that would help children of ex-offenders acquire a good education and positive life skills.

Both her parents would then work for Irene in their later years, her mother a chef in one of Ang's restaurants; her father a driver in Fly Entertainment.