Gillian Chung
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Gillian Chung is a Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 based singer and actress. She is a member of Cantopop
Cantopop
Cantopop is a colloquialism for "Cantonese popular music". It is sometimes referred to as HK-pop, short for "Hong Kong popular music". It is categorized as a subgenre of Chinese popular music within C-pop...

 group Twins
Twins (group)
Twins is a Hong Kong-based female Cantopop duo which was created in the summer of 2001 by Emperor Entertainment Group . Twins is made up of two girls, Charlene Choi Cheuk-Yin and Gillian Chung Yan-Tung. They were a popular group in Hong Kong and a top band in China. Their fanbase included Japan,...

, along with Charlene Choi
Charlene Choi
Charlene Choi is a Hong Kong based actress and singer. She is a member of Cantopop group Twins, along with Gillian Chung.-Biography:...

.

Early life

Chung was born in Hong Kong as Chung Dik-saan . It was later changed since the Chinese character Dik (狄) was believed to be too strong. When she was 2, her family renamed her Chung Ka-lai . Her father died when she was one year old. She initially grew up in a single parent family until her mother remarried when Chung was in high school. Chung graduated from Kowloon True Light Middle School
Kowloon True Light Middle School
Kowloon True Light Middle School is a Protestant girls' secondary school situated in Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong...

 and briefly attended the William Angliss Institute of TAFE
William Angliss Institute of TAFE
William Angliss Institute of TAFE is a TAFE institute located in the Melbourne CBD, Victoria, Australia providing a specialist centre for training and vocational education in Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts...

 in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. She was given the English name "Gillian" while in high school.

Early years

In 2000, Chung was contacted by one of the model agencies she worked part-time with when she was in Hong Kong. She was offered a job opportunity by Emperor Entertainment Group
Emperor Entertainment Group
Emperor Entertainment Group is one of the largest entertainment groups in Hong Kong founded by Albert Yeung Sau-Shing in and established in Wan Chai in 1986, along with Music Icon Entertainment Limited and Emperor Motion Picture Group, EEG operates under the major conglomerate Emperor Multimedia...

 (EEG), which she accepted in that year. She became a contracted artist and underwent training before making her debut. She was advised by her manager Mani Fok (霍汶希) to adopt the "Chung Yan-tung" as her stage name, after consulting fortune tellers. The name was supposed to enhance her business skills. On May 18, 2001, the management company assigned her to form a singing duo, Twins
Twins (group)
Twins is a Hong Kong-based female Cantopop duo which was created in the summer of 2001 by Emperor Entertainment Group . Twins is made up of two girls, Charlene Choi Cheuk-Yin and Gillian Chung Yan-Tung. They were a popular group in Hong Kong and a top band in China. Their fanbase included Japan,...

, with Charlene Choi
Charlene Choi
Charlene Choi is a Hong Kong based actress and singer. She is a member of Cantopop group Twins, along with Gillian Chung.-Biography:...

. Chung and Choi released their first album three months later.

Solo-acting

Chung made her solo-acting film début in U Man (2002), and has since proven her acting skills in a number of films such as Beyond Our Ken
Beyond Our Ken (film)
Beyond Our Ken is a 2004 Hong Kong film directed by Pang Ho-Cheung, and starring Gillian Chung, Höng Tao and Daniel Wu.-Synopsis:...

 (2004), which earned her critical acclaim as well as a nomination for Best Actress in the Gam Zhi Ging Awards.

In Beyond Our Ken, Chung played Chan Wai-ching, a spurned girlfriend of the eponymous Ken. The film had its world premiere at the Tokyo International Film Festival
Tokyo International Film Festival
Tokyo International Film Festival is a film festival established in 1985. The event was held biannually from 1985 to 1991 and annually thereafter...

 and grossed HK$3,886,355 at the box office. In January 2006, the film 49 Days that Chung starred in had exceeded the HK$10 million (US$1.28 million) mark, earning a spot in one of Hong Kong's best box office films for that year.

2006 invasion of privacy incident

In 2006 during a concert in Genting Highlands
Genting Highlands
Genting Highlands otherwise known as Resorts World Genting is the flagship integrated resort developed by Genting Group. It is nestled on a mountain peak within the Titiwangsa Mountains on the border between the states of Pahang and Selangor of Malaysia...

, Malaysia, a reporter surreptitiously photographed Chung in the changing room. On August 22, Hong Kong tabloid magazine Easy Finder
Easy Finder
Easy Finder was a weekly Chinese tabloid magazine which was first published on September 13, 1991 in Hong Kong. Published by Next Media Limited which is owned by Jimmy Lai. It stopped publishing on May 23, 2007. Easy Finder was commonly known to participate in Yellow journalism Easy Finder...

 published the photos as a cover story. Hong Kong celebrities such as Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, comedian, director, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer. In his movies, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts...

 and Andy Lau
Andy Lau
Andy Lau MH, JP is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, actor, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time...

 staged a public protest denouncing the magazine. The Obscene Articles Tribunal classified the published photographs as "indecent". On November 1, Easy Finder lost its appeal against the obscenity ruling, with the appeal panel declaring the article as a "calculated act of selling sexuality which is corrupting and revolting". Jimmy Lai, founder of Easy Finders publisher Next Media
Next Media
Next Media Limited , founded by serial entrepreneur Jimmy Lai, has more than 3,600 employees and is the largest-listed media company in Hong Kong....

, apologized to Chung and offered to return all the negatives.

2008 photo incident

In January and February 2008, sexually explicit photos of Edison Chen
Edison Chen
Edison Koon-Hei Chen is a Hong Kong film actor, Cantopop singer, Hong Kong hip hop rapper, model, record producer, fashion designer, and a pop icon. Chen is also the founder of CLOT Inc., and the CEO of Clot Media Division Limited...

 with a number of Hong Kong female celebrities were released online. The scandal involved Chung, as well as Bobo Chan
Bobo Chan
Bobo Chan Man-Woon is a former Hong Kong singer and model. She was also an actress in several movies and TV-series.-Career:Bobo's first movie role was in 1999's Tempting Heart. In 2001, she debut her first CD, titled Shine. Between 2003-2005, she joined TVB and was featured in four of their...

 and Cecilia Cheung
Cecilia Cheung
Cecilia Cheung Pak-Chi is a Hong Kong actress and cantopop singer. She is the ex-wife of Nicholas Tse, thus being the daughter-in-law of Patrick Tse and Deborah Lee. She and Nicholas have two sons, Lucas and Quintus Tse...

, amongst others. The pictures tarnished Chung's "squeaky-clean image", and she apologized to the public for being naive and silly. Her subsequent television appearance on Jade Solid Gold
Jade Solid Gold
Jade Solid Gold is a music show on the TVB Jade television channel. It has been running since October 10, 1981.-TVB HD Jade:**Thursday at 6:00am to 6:30am**Thursday at 6:00pm to 6:30pm...

 triggered over 500 complaints to TVB
Television Broadcasts Limited
Television Broadcasts Limited, commonly known as TVB, is the second over-the-air commercial television station in Hong Kong. It commenced broadcasting on 19 November 1967...

, while the Hong Kong Broadcasting Authority
Hong Kong Broadcasting Authority
The Hong Kong Broadcasting Authority is an organization responsible for licensing and regulating the broadcasting industry in Hong Kong. It was formed in 1987...

 received over 1200. Other promotion events were cancelled.

Chung was dropped from performing in the 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
The 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony was held at the Beijing National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest. It began at 8:00 pm China Standard Time on August 8, 2008, as 8 is considered to be a lucky number. The number 8 is associated with prosperity and confidence in Chinese culture...

 by director Zhang Yimou
Zhang Yimou
Zhang Yimou is a Chinese film director, producer, writer and actor, and former cinematographer. He is counted amongst the Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers, having made his directorial debut in 1987 with Red Sorghum....

. She was originally set to appear in Chen Kaige
Chen Kaige
Chen Kaige is a Chinese film director and a leading figure of the fifth generation of Chinese cinema. His films are known for their visual flair and epic storytelling.-Early life:...

's film Forever Enthralled and Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone
William Oliver Stone is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Stone became well known in the late 1980s and the early 1990s for directing a series of films about the Vietnam War, for which he had previously participated as an infantry soldier. His work frequently focuses on...

's W.
W. (film)
W. is a 2008 American film based on the life and presidency of George W. Bush. It was produced and directed by Oliver Stone, written by Stanley Weiser, and stars Josh Brolin as Bush, with a cast that includes Ellen Burstyn, Elizabeth Banks, James Cromwell, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, Scott...

, but her scenes were left on the cutting room floor.

Return to the industry

After withdrawing from public for more than a year following the incident and later confessed to having contemplated suicide, Chung apologised for hurting those around her, especially her long-time band mate Charlene Choi
Charlene Choi
Charlene Choi is a Hong Kong based actress and singer. She is a member of Cantopop group Twins, along with Gillian Chung.-Biography:...

. During the hiatus, she took classes in many areas, such as kung-fu gymnastics, singing, dancing and acting, which she hoped would serve her professionally. In March 2009 she discussed the scandal on an episode of Be My Guest, which garnered 679 public complaints for the show. Afterwards she returned to work as spokesperson for TOUGH Jeansmith in the Asia region with a seven-figure pay-check. She flew to Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

, Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...

, and other places for promotion. In July 2009, it was disclosed that she would get a 7-figure sum for the endorsement of botox
Botulinum toxin
Botulinum toxin is a protein produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, and is considered the most powerful neurotoxin ever discovered. Botulinum toxin causes Botulism poisoning, a serious and life-threatening illness in humans and animals...

 treatment clinic Dr. Pro. Chung also appeared on stage in an adaptation of Neil Simon
Neil Simon
Neil Simon is an American playwright and screenwriter. He has written numerous Broadway plays, including Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues, and The Odd Couple. He won the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Lost In Yonkers. He has written the screenplays for several of his plays that...

's I Ought to Be in Pictures
I Ought to Be in Pictures
I Ought to Be in Pictures is a play by Neil Simon.The three-character comedy-drama focuses on Herbert Tucker, a struggling, writer's-blocked screenwriter who abandoned his New York family 16 years earlier...

, produced by Emperor Concerts, part of EEG, for a budget of HK$2 million.

Silent expression art

On September 13, 2009, Chung showcased an emotional performance art video at the Harbin
Harbin
Harbin ; Manchu language: , Harbin; Russian: Харби́н Kharbin ), is the capital and largest city of Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China, lying on the southern bank of the Songhua River...

 Ice Snow World carnival singing competition. The silent video, previously filmed in Hong Kong, was shown at the fair lasting 8 minutes and 43 seconds. The video showed Chung switching from laughing to crying. This attraction drew hundreds of visitors each day. Many audiences thought that Chung used the art expression to reveal her apologetic attitude. However the video was only meant to show how attitudes are expressed through art, according to artist and video creator Jiang Zhi.

Début solo album

On 27 March 2010, Chung released her début solo EP, which was sold as part of the package of Twins' fourth compilation album Everyone Bounce (人人彈起). The EP includes six songs, including début solo single More Hearts (心多) that was released a year prior to the album release.

Films

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|rowspan=4| 2002 || U Man
怪獸學園 || Candy Tong So-sum / Piggy ||
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|Summer Breeze of Love
這個夏天有異性 || Kammy Chung Lai-san ||
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|If U Care..
賤精先生 || Gillian / Kiu ||
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|Just One Look
Just One Look
Just One Look is a 2002 Hong Kong film written and directed by Yip Kam-Hung, and starring Shawn Yue, Anthony Wong and Gillian Chung.-Plot:A young man contemplates revenge on the gangster he believes responsible for his father's death...


一碌蔗 || Decimator / Ghost girl ||
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|rowspan=5| 2003 || Happy Go Lucky
低一點的天空 || Snow White / Snowie ||
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|Colour of the Truth
黑白森林 || Katie Wong ||
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|The Twins Effect
The Twins Effect
The Twins Effect, also known as Vampire Effect in the United States, is a 2003 Hong Kong film directed by Dante Lam and Donnie Yen. The film was derived from Cantopop group Twins, starring both members Charlene Choi and Gillian Chung in the leading roles. Co-stars include Edison Chen and Ekin Cheng...


千機變 || Gypsy ||
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|The Spy Dad
絕種鐵金剛 || Cream ||
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|The Death Curse
The Death Curse
The Death Curse is a comedy/horror movie. It was directed by Soi Cheang Pou-Soi and produced by Amy Tsui. Its popularity was due primarily to its cast which contained several members of Hong Kong bands.- Cast :...


古宅心慌慌 || Linda Ting ||
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|rowspan=7| 2004 || Fantasia
鬼馬狂想曲 || Chopstick Sister ||
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|Protege de la Rose Noire
見習黑玫瑰 || Gillian Lu ||
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|Love on the Rocks
Love on the Rocks (film)
Love on the Rocks is a 2004 Hong Kong romantic comedy film directed by Dante Lam and Chan Hing-Kai. The film stars Louis Koo, Gigi Leung, Charlene Choi and Donnie Yen.-Cast:* Louis Koo as Wong Kai-Ming* Gigi Leung as Annie* Charlene Choi as Crystal...


戀情告急 || Mandy ||
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|Moving Targets
新紮師兄2004 || Wing ||
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|The Twins Effect II
The Twins Effect II
The Twins Effect II is a 2004 Hong Kong film directed by Corey Yuen and Patrick Leung. The film is a sequel to The Twins Effect , but has a completely different story from the first film. It starred Charlene Choi and Gillian Chung of Cantopop duo Twins in the leading roles...


千機變II之花都大戰 || Blue Bird ||
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|Beyond Our Ken
Beyond Our Ken (film)
Beyond Our Ken is a 2004 Hong Kong film directed by Pang Ho-Cheung, and starring Gillian Chung, Höng Tao and Daniel Wu.-Synopsis:...


公主復仇記 || Chan Wai-ching ||
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|6 AM
大無謂 || (herself) ||
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|rowspan=2| 2005 || House of Fury
House of Fury
House of Fury is a 2005 Hong Kong martial arts-action film directed by the film's co-star Stephen Fung. Jackie Chan was one of the executive producers .-Plot:...


精武家庭 || Natalie Yue ||
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|Bug Me Not!
Bug Me Not!
But Me Not! is a 2005 Hong Kong film directed by Law Chi-Leung. Isabella Leong, portraying Moon in Bug Me Not!, was nominated for Best New Performer for the 25th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2006.-Plot:...


蟲不知 || Auntie ||
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|2006 || 49 Days
犀照 || Lam Siu-chin ||
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|rowspan=3| 2007 || Twins Mission
Twins Mission
Twins Mission is a 2007 Hong Kong martial arts-action-comedy film directed by action choreographer Kong Tao-Hoi and starring Sammo Hung, Gillian Chung, Charlene Choi and Wu Jing among others...


雙子神偷 || Pearl || Alternate title Let's Steal Together
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|Naraka 19
地獄第19層 || Rain ||
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|Trivial Matters
破事兒 || Cheng Sze-wai ||
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|rowspan=2| 2008 || Forever Enthralled
梅蘭芳 || Fu Zhifang || Cut from the film due to the Edison Chen photo scandal
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|W.
W. (film)
W. is a 2008 American film based on the life and presidency of George W. Bush. It was produced and directed by Oliver Stone, written by Stanley Weiser, and stars Josh Brolin as Bush, with a cast that includes Ellen Burstyn, Elizabeth Banks, James Cromwell, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, Scott...


小布希傳 || Belly dancer || Cut from the film due to the Edison Chen photo scandal
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|rowspan=4| 2010 || Just Another Pandora's Box
Just Another Pandora's Box
Just Another Pandora's Box, also known as Once Upon a Chinese Classic, is a 2010 Hong Kong parody film directed by Jeffrey Lau and starring Ronald Cheng, Gigi Leung, Betty Sun, Eric Tsang, Huang Bo, Guo Degang, Gillian Chung, and Patrick Tam. It is a spiritual successor to Lau's two-part 1994 film...


越光寶盒 || Sun Shangxiang
Lady Sun
Lady Sun, known as Sun Shangxiang in Chinese opera and contemporary culture, was a noble lady in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history. She was a daughter of Sun Jian and younger sister of the warlords Sun Ce and Sun Quan, who laid the foundation for the state of...

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|Ex
前度 || Yee ||
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|The Fantastic Water Babes
出水芙蓉 || Gillian Law Kiu ||
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|Super Player
大玩家 || ||
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|rowspan=2| 2011 || Nightmare || ||
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|East Meets West 2011
East Meets West 2011
East Meets West 2011 is a 2011 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Jeffrey Lau and Susie Au.-Cast:* Karen Mok* Eason Chan* Alex Fong* Stephy Tang* Ekin Cheng* Jaycee Chan...

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Television

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|2001 || The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra
The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra
The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra is a 2002 Hong Kong/Taiwanese TV series based on the classic Chinese novel: Journey to the West. It is also a remake of the 90's TVB version....


齊天大聖孫悟空 || Purple Rose || TVB
Television Broadcasts Limited
Television Broadcasts Limited, commonly known as TVB, is the second over-the-air commercial television station in Hong Kong. It commenced broadcasting on 19 November 1967...

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|2002 || 一Twins零一夜 || Gill || TVB || Music video
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|rowspan=4| 2003 || All About Boy'z
All About Boy'z
- Details :*Hong Kong title: 一起喝采 / All About Boy'z*Episodes: 10*Year: 2003*Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama, Teenage life, Fantasy*Introduction Theme: 一起喝采*End Theme: 一起喝采- Main characters :...


一起喝采 || Tina || now.com.hk || Appearance in episode 2
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|Triumph in the Skies
Triumph in the Skies
Triumph in the Skies is a Hong Kong drama television series. It premiered on TVB in 2003. The show tells the story of several people who work at Solar Airways as well as the Hong Kong International Airport...


衝上雲霄 || Gillian || TVB || Appearance in episode 6
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|2半3更之困車立 || Kiu || now.com.hk ||
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|愛在陽光下 || (Guest star) || || Music video produced to support the global anti-AIDS campaign
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|rowspan=4| 2004 || Kung Fu Soccer
Kung Fu Soccer
Kung Fu Soccer is a Hong Kong television drama series that aired on TVB from December 6, 2004 to January 9, 2005.- Synopsis :Kung Fu Soccer is about the soccer world intwined with talented people. Each character has a special Kung Fu talent that they use to play soccer.Lam Chung Fu was once a...


功夫足球 || Kiu || TVB || Guest star
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|Sunshine Heartbeat
Sunshine Heartbeat
Sunshine Heartbeat is a Hong Kong television series. The story centres on volleyball and high school.Title: 赤沙印記@四葉草2 / Sunshine HeartbeatEpisodes: 13Broadcast year: 2004Themesong: Find Your Love - F1, Roxane Lo, Peggy Lee...


赤沙印記@四葉草.2 || || || Guest star
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|家有寶貝 || Kiu || || ||
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|上海灘之俠醫傳奇 || Female assassin || ||
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|rowspan=2| 2006 || Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain
Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain (2006 TV series)
Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain is a 2006 Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novels Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain and Other Tales of the Flying Fox...


雪山飛狐 || Cheng Lingsu || ATV
Asia Television Limited
Asia Television Limited is one of the two free-to-air television broadcasters in Hong Kong, the other being rival Television Broadcasts Limited . It launched in 1957 under the name Rediffusion Television as the first television station in Hong Kong...

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|Project A
A計劃 / 盜海奇兵 || Mandy || ATV ||
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|2007 || The Spirit of the Sword
浣花洗劍錄 || Zhu'er || ATV ||
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|2011 || Holy Pearl
女媧傳說之靈珠 || Baixi Xianyue / Ding Yao || ||
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|rowspan=3| TBA || Datang Nü Xun'an
大唐女巡按 || Xie Yaohuan || || ||
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|Journey of the Fortune God
財神有道 || Eighth Princess || || ||
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|Secret History of Wu Zetian
武則天秘史 || Shangguan Wan'er
Shangguan Wan'er
Shangguan Wan'er , imperial consort rank Zhaorong , posthumous name Wenhui , was the granddaughter of Shangguan Yi and was one of the women most famous in Chinese history for her talent...

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