Grace Quek, professionally known as Annabel Chong, is a Singaporean former pornographic actress who transitioned into a successful tech career as a senior front-end developer. Born and raised in Singapore, she was an academically gifted student who studied overseas. In 1995, at age 22, she gained worldwide notoriety for starring in the adult film 'World's Biggest Gang Bang,' where she performed 251 sex acts with 70 men over 10 hours, setting a record. She continued in the industry as a performer, director, and offered private fetish sessions until around 2000, when burnout, parental harassment, and safety concerns led her to exit.
Self-taught in programming during her porn career downtime, she enrolled in an engineering crash course in 2001, earning an associate's degree. Starting as a consultant and web developer in Los Angeles, she worked 10 years at a digital agency, refactoring code. In 2015, she joined a major media company as a senior front-end engineer, overcoming sexism in tech, bolstered by the #MeToo movement. Laid off in 2020 due to COVID-19, she now works at a prominent entertainment firm. Now in her early 50s, single, and on good terms with exes, Chong considers teaching and reflects on her remarkable reinvention.
