{"id":20016,"date":"2025-12-15T15:56:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T07:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=20016"},"modified":"2025-12-15T15:56:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T07:56:56","slug":"singer-nathan-hartono-engaged-to-actress-liz-sergeant-tan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=20016","title":{"rendered":"Singer Nathan Hartono engaged to actress Liz Sergeant Tan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013 <!-- -->Home-grown singer-songwriter and actor Nathan Hartono has announced his engagement to theatre actress and dancer Liz Sergeant Tan in an Instagram post on Dec 14. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Posted on both their accounts, it includes a video of him getting down on one knee and handing her a ring. The couple, who are seen having a night picnic with their two cats, then kissed and hugged each other.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cWe\u2019re (finally) engaged,\u201d Hartono, 34, wrote in the caption. \u201cAlso, I guess this is a hard launch as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">A \u201chard launch\u201d is a term used when couples want to make their relationship public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">He added: \u201cI never knew what to envision when I imagined my proposal. But supermarket sushi under the stars with our two cats was as perfect as it could\u2019ve been.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Tan is the daughter of the late theatre director, actress and arts educator Christina Sergeant, one of the pioneers of Singapore\u2019s theatre scene, who died in 2013.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Liz Sergeant Tan co-directed, choreographed and performed in the 2024 Singaporean short dance film I Summon You. It was screened at youth festival comma at lifestyle hub *Scape.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"responsive-iframe-base instagram instagram-embed\" title=\"instagram embed\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQBHRdFk7FI\/embed\/captioned\/?omitscript=true\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer;falseclipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share;\" loading=\"eager\" data-testid=\"responsiveIframe\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Her recent performances also include The Finger Players\u2019 Puppet Origin Stories @ One-Two-Six: Only Puppets In The Building in November and Devil\u2019s Cherry at the 2022 Singapore International Festival of Arts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Hartono had earlier hinted at their relationship in an Instagram post in October. The couple were seen enjoying a Royal Caribbean Ovation of the Seas cruise which sailed out of Los Angeles in the United States. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In an earlier interview with The Straits Times about writing the official song for the cruise, he referred to her as his partner, without naming her.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"landscape inline-media-wrapper\" data-testid=\"inline-media-test-id\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col items-start relative w-fit\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/straitstimes\/f9c25b5426d0b5b503199e428c383d1ee6a8c3b328bcf748121850f13fed5d13?w=480\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 720px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/straitstimes\/f9c25b5426d0b5b503199e428c383d1ee6a8c3b328bcf748121850f13fed5d13?w=720\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 721px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/straitstimes\/f9c25b5426d0b5b503199e428c383d1ee6a8c3b328bcf748121850f13fed5d13?w=900\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/straitstimes\/f9c25b5426d0b5b503199e428c383d1ee6a8c3b328bcf748121850f13fed5d13\" alt=\"\" class=\"aspect-landscape flex items-start shrink-0 object-cover landscape article-landscape mobile:w-auto tablet:w-auto\" data-testid=\"image-test-id\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"mobile:mx-16 tablet:mx-00 flex flex-col gap-08 py-16 desktop:pb-24\">\n<p class=\"font-eyebrow-baseline-regular text-secondary\" data-testid=\"inline-media-caption-test-id\">Singer Nathan Hartono proposed to theatre actor and dancer Liz Sergeant Tan while having a night picnic with their two cats. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-eyebrow-baseline-regular text-placeholder\" data-testid=\"inline-media-credit-test-id\">PHOTO: NATHANHARTONO\/INSTAGRAM<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Hartono, who made his debut as a teenage jazz singer in 2006, has since expanded his repertoire to include genres such as pop, electronic music and R&amp;B.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">He has also dabbled in acting, taking on roles in home-grown horror comedy film When Ghost Meets Zombie (2019), fantasy television series Halfworlds (2015) and theatre production Spring Awakening (2012). <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">He starred in Singapore Repertory Theatre\u2019s staging of American composer-lyricist Jason Robert Brown\u2019s award-winning musical, The Last Five Years, which ran from February to March. He also appeared in local mockumentary Sandbox, which premiered at the recent 2025 Singapore International Film Festival. <\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"responsive-iframe-base instagram instagram-embed\" title=\"instagram embed\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSPe2rdE-Cy\/embed\/captioned\/?omitscript=true\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer;falseclipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share;\" loading=\"eager\" data-testid=\"responsiveIframe\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"tags-test-id\">\n<p><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Celebrities\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Celebrities<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Weddings and engagements\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Weddings and engagements<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Music\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Music<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Musicians\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Musicians<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Actors\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Actors<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/life\/entertainment\/singer-nathan-hartono-engaged-to-actress-liz-sergeant-tan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 Home-grown singer-songwriter and actor Nathan Hartono has announced his engagement to theatre actress and dancer Liz Sergeant Tan in an Instagram post on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}