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"The Gentlemen" and "Slow Horses" return this fall, while the "Reacher" spin-off series "Neagley" makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

2026 Fall TV and Streaming Watch Guide

&quot;The Gentlemen&quot; and &quot;Slow Horses&quot; return this fall, while the &quot;Reacher&quot; spin-off series &quot;Neagley&quot; makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

Get a closer look at these actors from their many TV and streaming series roles.

Streaming Stars, Then and Now

Melody was born and raised in Singapore to a Singaporean-Chinese father and a Thai-English mother. After completing her O'levels, Melody juggled tertiary education while starring in a regular role for Singapore's local television sitcom, Happy Belly ( 1996 ). Thereafter, she went on to expand her acting career in various other starring roles in both English and Mandarin television dramas and sitcoms such as Spin ( 2000 ), Singapore Short Stories ( 2004 ), A New Life ( 2005 ) and Point of Entry (2010).

Best known for her debut lead acting performance in the well-known Singapore film, The Teenage Textbook Movie (1998) , Melody is also a television presenter having hosted several kids genre and lifestyle/sports programs like Groom My Room ( 2005 ), New Zealand On Wheels ( 2007 ), Generation Ex ( 2007 )and Goals On Sunday ( 2011 ).

Melody also recently added radio deejaying to her list of talents as she takes on being a part-time weekend radio jock for Singapore's newest radio station, Kiss 92.

In 2013, Melody had a guest role in HBO Asia's Serangoon Road (2013) starring alongside Joan Chen.

Speaks both English and Mandarin and a little Thai.

She married her fellow Teenage Textbook Movie co-star, Randall Tan, who played &quot;Tom D&#39;Cruz&quot;, in 2008.

Beat five other celebrity contestants to win an ice-skating reality television competition, Ice Star Asia, in 2009 but it was never telecast.

Is a trained equestrian having learned horseback-riding in her youth.

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