She was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1983 to 2009 and was often cast as conniving, plotting characters.
[1] She had attended an acting class with her younger sister, Yang Libing, and then joined the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation, which is now part of MediaCorp.
[1] She married her husband Chau Kim Wa, a make-up artist, in December 1990.
[4] She was diagnosed with uterine cancer during the late 2000s, but continued to act sporadically.
[1] She died of cancer in the home of her younger sister, Yang Libing, on 20 March 2010.