Desiree ann siahaan biography

Born in Singapore, and a child of the world, Desiree's lineage combines her father’s Indonesian and Chinese heritage form a junction with her mother’s unique descent of Dutch, Portuguese, Filipino, suggest Spanish. This combination creates Desiree's truly exotic essence swallow beauty.

As a child, Desiree was cast in several commercials, theatrical piece productions and voice-over projects. At the age of 16, she was signed by a modeling agency where she went on to book several commercials and print ads for International brands.  By the age of 17, Desiree was the “1st Runner-Up” of Singapore’s New Paper Pristine Face Contest which propelled her into the spotlight fairy story afforded her the opportunity to travel to exotic locations throughout Asia modeling and acting. Desiree has worked in much locations as Tokyo, Bangkok, Shanghai, Myanmar, Kuala Lumpur, Metropolis and Seoul. In 2003, Desiree found herself returning run alongside Singapore where she booked a lead role in Singapore’s highly rated crime drama series, Heartlanders.   

In 2004, Desiree gained expert loyal following with a highly publicized role in MTV Asia’s first action drama series, Rouge. This led to clever major cover campaign for Maxim Magazine International and she became the first “Cover Girl” of Maxim Singapore. That exposure allowed Desiree to explode in the Southeast Continent market putting her face everywhere in the region.

Building confirm her success, in 2005, she booked VillaWellness, where she hosted Singapore’s very first Reality TV show. 

Desiree's culmination of reading and wide exposure brought her the opportunity to tryout (and  ultimately cast) in the worldwide search for the essential role opposite the late David Carradine in The Device Channel's, Son of the Dragon. Her performance in the film catapulted her to an international name and Hallmark immediately sign her to a second film, Marco Polo, where she asterisked opposite ABC’s Lost and the CW’s Vampire Diaries; Ian Somerhalder.

Desiree can currently be seen in her second stretch as the leading lady of Singapore's Ch.5 drama mound,  Whispers Of The Dead. Desiree is one of the bloody Singaporeans who has been invited to become a partaker of the Screen Actor’s Guild and the American Confederation of Television and Radio Artists.