Mightiest Mother-in-Law
Also known asMMIL
MightiestMIL
最强岳母
GenreFamily
Romance
Comedy
Written bySeah Choon Guan 谢俊源
Chan Yoke Yeng 陈鈺莹
Directed byLoh Woon Woon 罗温温
Cheong Yuan Ting 张愿庭
Gao Shu Yi 高淑怡
StarringChen Liping
Thomas Ong
Paige Chua
Tong Bingyu
Jeffrey Xu
Bonnie Loo
Opening theme搞定 (literally: Get It) by Koong Chen Liang 龚振良 (大风吹)
Ending theme最后才懂 (literally: Finally Understand) by Bonnie Loo
Country of originSingapore
Original languageChinese
No. of episodes24
Production
Executive producerJasmine Woo 邬毓琳
Running timeapprox. 45 minutes (excluding advertisements)
Original release
NetworkMediacorp Channel 8
Release18 April (2017-04-18) 
19 May 2017 (2017-05-19)
Related

Mightiest Mother-in-Law (Chinese: 最强岳母) is a 24 episode Singaporean drama produced and telecast on Mediacorp Channel 8. The show aired at 9pm on weekdays and had a repeat telecast at 8am the following day. It stars Chen Liping, Thomas Ong, Paige Chua, Tong Bingyu, Jeffrey Xu and Bonnie Loo as the casts of this series.

Plot

Qi Hongzhe (Thomas Ong) is a married man with two children. He is married to Guan Shuhui (Paige Chua), and he has an affair with Zhou Ke'en (Tong Bing Yu). Family problems come as Zhou Ke'en and Guan Shuhui fight for Qi Hongzhe. Meanwhile, Guan Shuhui has the help of her mother, Liew Xiuzhu (Chen Liping) to help her tackle Zhou Ke'en.

Cast

Qi (Yinghao)'s Family

Cast Character Description
Johnny Ng
黄家强
Qi Yinghao
齐英豪

Brother Bee (小蜜蜂哥哥)

  • Wu Xianglan's husband
  • Qi Hongzhe and Qi Wanling's father
  • Guan Shuhui's father-in-law
  • Qi Zihan and Qi Zicong's grandfather
Lin Meijiao
林梅娇
Wu Xianglan
吴香兰

Goh Hiong Xiang, Old Hag (老太婆)

  • Qi Yinghao's wife
  • Qi Hongzhe and Qi Wanling's mother
  • Guan Shuhui's mother-in-law
  • Qi Zihan and Qi Zicong's grandmother
  • (Suffers a stroke in Episode 12)
Thomas Ong
王沺裁
Qi Hongzhe
齐宏哲
  • Boss of Lighting store
  • Qi Yinghao and Wu Xianglan's son
  • Guan Shuhui's husband
  • Zhang Zhongming's NS friend
  • Zhou Ke'en target
Paige Chua
蔡琦慧
Guan Shuhui
管淑慧
Younger Version Portrayed by Audrey Soh (苏怡妃)
  • Liew Xiuzhu's daughter
  • Qi Hongzhe's wife
  • Qi Wanling's sister-in-law
  • Qi Zihan and Qi Zicong's mother
  • Chen Jian's god-elder sister
  • Zhang Zhongming's employee and friend
Chris Tong
童冰玉
Zhou Ke'en
周可恩
Mightiest Mistress (最强小三)
  • Designer
  • Qi Hongzhe's mistress
  • Zhang Zhongming's best friend and patient
Bonnie Loo
罗美仪
Qi Wanling
齐婉灵
Mad Woman (疯婆子)
  • Qi Yinghao and Wu Xianglan's daughter
  • Guan Shuhui's sister-in-law
  • Qi Zihan and Qi Zicong's aunt
  • Chen Jian's love interest and girlfriend
Violet Raine Ong
王雍溱
Qi Zihan
齐梓涵
  • Liew Xiuzhu, Qi Yinghao and Wu Xianglan's grand-daughter
  • Qi Hongzhe and Guan Shuhui's daughter
  • Qi Wanling's niece
Cruz Tay
郑凯泽
Qi Zicong
齐梓聪
  • Liew Xiuzhu, Qi Yinghao and Wu Xianglan's grand-son
  • Qi Hongzhe and Guan Shuhui's son
  • Qi Wanling's nephew
  • Qi Zihan's younger brother

Liew (Xiuzhu)'s Family

Cast Character Description
Chen Liping
陈莉萍
Liew Xiuzhu
吕秀珠

Ms Chen (陈太太), Sister Lisa (Lisa姐), Old Hen (老母鸡), Old Witch (老巫婆)
Younger Version portrayed by Caryn Cheng (庄薇霓)

  • Guan Shuhui's mother
  • Qi Hongzhe's mother-in-law
  • Chen Jian's god-mother
  • Qi Zihan and Qi Zicong's grandmother
Paige Chua
蔡琦慧
Guan Shuhui
管淑慧
See Qi (Yinghao)'s Family
Jeffrey Xu
徐鸣杰
Chen Jian
陈健
Ken, Swindler/ Conman (死骗子), Cheap (犯贱)
  • Liew Xiuzhu's god son
  • Qi Wanling's boyfriend
  • Guan Shuhui's god-younger brother

Other cast members

Cast Character Description
Cavin Soh 苏志诚Zhang Zhongming 张忠鸣

Dr Chong (张医生), Jim

  • Psychiatrist
  • Zhou Ke'en's best friend and psychologist
  • Qi Hongzhe's NS friend
  • Guan Shuhui's boss and friend
Wang Yuqing 王昱清Brother Ji鸡哥

Villain

  • John's boss
Benjamin Josiah Tan 陈俊铭John

Villain

  • Qi Wanling's online boyfriend
  • Brother Ji's subordinate
Andi Lim 林伟文Guoqiang Jim 国强
  • English name Jim
  • Zhou Ke'en ex-lover and target
  • Zhang Zhongming's patient
June Lim HZ 林惠贞Ex-Wife of Guoqiang Jim 国强
  • Revealed about Jim's past with Zhou Ke'en to Xiu Zhu & Chen Jian in Episode 22
Kenneth Chung 钟坤华Himself
  • Host of Win A Car
  • Interviewed Chen Jian

Original Sound Track (OST)

No. Title Singer(s)
1搞定 (Opening Theme Song)Koong Chen Liang (DFC) 龚振良 (大风吹)
2最后才懂Bonnie Loo 罗美仪

Awards and nominations

Star Awards 2018

Mightiest Mother-in-Law is up for 5 nominations.

The other drama serials also nominated for Best Drama Serial with My Friends from Afar, When Duty Calls, While We Are Young & Have A Little Faith.

It won 1 out of 5 nominations.

The Star Awards are presented by Mediacorp.

Star Awards – Performance Awards
AccoladesNomineesCategoryResult Ref
Star Awards 2018 Creative Achievement Award CeremonySeah Choon Guan 谢俊源 & Chan Yoke Yeng 陈鈺莹Best ScreenplayWon [1]
Star Awards – Acting Awards
AccoladesNomineesCategoryResult
Star Awards 2018 Awards Ceremony 红星大奖2018颁奖礼 Violet Raine Ong
王雍溱
Young Talent Award
青苹果奖
Nominated
Bonnie Loo
罗美仪
Best Supporting Actress
最佳女配角
Nominated
Chen Liping
陈莉萍
Best Actress
最佳女主角
Nominated
Paige Chua
蔡琦慧
Nominated
Best Drama Serial
最佳电视剧
Nominated

Development

Filming started in November 2016 and ended on 27 January 2017.

International broadcast

See also

References

  1. "Here Are The Stars Who Showed Up At The Star Awards Creative Achievement Awards 2018". 8 Days. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
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