Back to The Grind on screen

Actors Chantalle Ng and Richie Koh reunite to play a couple working in the same company in the corporate drama

- Joanne Soh Lifestyle Correspondent

It was during their dinner break when Chantalle Ng learnt that Richie Koh had earned a Golden Horse Best Actor nomination for his drag-queen performance in A Good Child (2025).

"Richie had just been on his phone taking calls. When we were walking to the hawker centre, he showed me a message on his phone. It was his nomination," Ng, 30, tells The Straits Times on Dec 18.

"I was so elated and overwhelmed with happiness to see an actor of my generation have such an achievement. My hands were shaking so much that I couldn't hold my chopsticks properly."

The local actors were filming The Grind, in which they play a couple working in the same company. The 20-part series explores career struggles, ambitions and societal pressures faced by young Singaporeans.

The drama, which also stars Noah Yap, He Yingying and Yvonne Lim, premieres on mewatch on Jan 5 and Channel 8 on Jan 9.

Calling Koh her favourite costar, Ng says he "connects with his heart" when acting.

"He makes it easy and comfortable to bounce off him emotionally in scenes," says Ng. The two had worked together on the drama The Distance Between in 2018.

Ng, who plays a former badminton national player in The Grind, had to put in hours to learn the sport so she could look authentic on court.