Hong Kong
Karena Lam (Chinese language: 林嘉欣; Cantonese: Làm Gāyān; pinyin: Lín Jiāxīn; born August 17, 1978) is a Hong Kong based award-winning actress, born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Personal life
Karena Lam is 3/4 Chinese and 1/4 Japanese. Her father is from Hong Kong, while her mother is half-Japanese, half-Chinese from Taiwan.
Career
Gigi Lai Chi is a Hong Kong actress under contract to the Hong Kong TVB television channel.
Biography
She is the granddaughter of Mr. Lai Man-Wai, who was a key figure of the first generation filmmakers, and has been referred to as "Father of Hong Kong Cinema". Gigi's father was born deaf and when her family went bankrupt, she entered the entertainment industry at the age of 14 to earn money to support the whole family.
Miriam Yeung Chin-Wah, RN is a Hong Kong actress and Cantopop singer. Before entering the entertainment business, she was a registered nurse at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Hong Kong. She studied at the Holy Family Canossian College Kowloon. She entered the entertainment industry after coming in third in the TVB 14th annual New Talent Singing Awards competition in 1995, and has steadily gained popularity ever since.
Charlie Yeung Choi-Nei is a Hong Kong actress and singer. She was first noticed after appearing in a jewellery commercial with Aaron Kwok. Since then she has participated in the music videos of artists such as Hacken Lee, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Jacky Cheung.
Career
Yumiko Cheng Hei Yee is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer born in Shanghai. Born Zheng Lieqiong (鄭烈瓊), Cheng was given the Japanese name "Yumiko" by her friends in secondary school. After Cheng signed on with EEG, the name was retained.
Leila Tong Ling (Traditional Chinese: 唐寧; born Pauline Kong 江麗娜, on December 5, 1981) is an actress in Hong Kong. Her birth name is used in her works during her childhood and adolescence.
Career
At the age of 8, Tong made her first film appearance in director John Woo's action-comedy Once A Thief, which was nominated for several categories at the 11th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards. TVB then recruited Tong as a child star, and she has since then appeared in dramas such as The Greed of Man and State of Divinity.
Gigi Leung Wing Kei is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress.
Biography
Her birth name is Leung Bik Zi (梁碧芝) but at the age of 7, her name was changed to 'Wing Kei' by her mother for superstitious reasons. Leung as a child suffered from frequent asthma attacks and it was believed a change of name would bring better health. At 68.5" (176cm), Leung earned the nickname of 'Tall Girl'. She has a twin brother named Keith Leung (Leung Wing Chun, 梁詠俊).
Early Years
Cecilia Cheung is a Eurasian actress and Cantopop singer based in Hong Kong. She is wife of Nicholas Tse thus the daughter-in-law of Patrick Tse (謝賢) and Deborah Lee. She and Nicholas have a son, Lucas.
Biography
Cheung was born in Hong Kong to a Chinese father and a half Chinese-half British mother. Her parents divorced when she was just a child after which she was sent to Australia to live with her aunt at the age of fourteen. Cheung has an elder half-sister Dai Pek Chi, two younger brothers and also a younger half-brother from her father's side.
Career
Maggie Cheung (traditional Chinese: 張曼玉; simplified Chinese: 张曼玉; pinyin: Zhāng Mànyù; Cantonese Yale: Jèung Maahn Yuhk; born September 20, 1964) is a Cannes Best Actress, Berlin Best Actress, six-time Hong Kong Film Award and four-time Golden Horse winning Chinese actress from Hong Kong. Raised in England, she has over 80 films to her credit since starting her career in 1983. She is the first Asian female to win a prize at the Cannes Film Festival and is universally considered one of the greatest Asian actresses in film history.
Biography
Sammi Cheng Sau-Man is a Hong Kong actress and cantopop singer. Having enjoyed much success in the Hong Kong music industry, Sammi has been known as a diva.
Name
Sammi Cheng was previously named Twinnie Cheng. Contrary to popular belief, "Twinnie" is not her birth name. The name came about when Sammi was still schooling and her English Language teacher wanted everyone in class to have an English name. When Sammi turned to her sister for help, her sister came up with the name "Twinnie". The name was later changed to "Sammi" as "Sammi" sounds a little like "Sau Man".
Beginning
