Sora Ma

Sora Ma (born 22 January 1984) is a Malaysian actress based in Singapore. She was a full-time Mediacorp artiste till 2017. Ma is also a qualified pilates instructor and the founder of charity organisation Heartworks SG.

Early life
Ma studied at Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan University College and graduated from Curtin University in Perth, Australia, specialising in management and marketing. Prior to joining Star Search, she did some modelling work and was as a financial planner.

Career
A former commerce graduate, model and beauty queen, Ma was offered a contract by MediaCorp after reaching the top 5 in Star Search 2010. Ma has a fan club called Sorarity. In 2012, Ma scored her first acting nomination for her role in Love Thy Neighbour. She was nominated at the Asian Television Awards 2014 for her role in C.L.I.F. 3. In 2017, Ma received her first Star Awards for Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes nomination and won the award in the same year.

On 31 December 2017, she announced in an instagram post that she would be leaving Mediacorp.

She now runs her own production company, Socius Realm.

In 2022, Ma joined Singapore media company 8028 Holdings.

In 2022, Ma won the Best Supporting Actress award for her role in the drama This Land is Mine at the Asia Contents Awards.

Personal life
In June 2021, Ma announced that she is engaged to her boyfriend of eight years. She registered her marriage later in October and held a wedding banquet in Singapore on 24 July 2022.

In August 2023, chairman of the Singapore Artistes Association, Marcus Chin, revealed that Ma and her charity organisation Heartworks SG donated sgd3,000 to Chin's personal fundraising movement for getai singer Angie Lau's medical treatment. Chin said that his artiste friends requested to donate anonymously but he decided to list all the donors in a Facebook livestream for transparency and to avoid speculations.