Angela Tong

Angela Tong
Background information
Chinese name	湯盈盈 (traditional)
Chinese name	汤盈盈 (simplified)
Pinyin	tang1 ying2 ying2 (Mandarin)
Jyutping	tong^1 jing^4 jing^4 (Cantonese)
Origin	Hong Kong
Born	30 June 1975 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Spouse(s)	Chin Kar-lok
Children	Alyssa Chin March 10, 2013 Kassidy Chin September 23, 2015
Ancestry	Shunde, Guangdong, China
Website	Official site
Awards TVB Anniversary Awards Best Supporting Actress 2005 Life Made Simple

Angela Tong, born 30 June 1975 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada with family roots in Shunde, Guangdong, China, is a Hong Kong actress and was Miss Chinese Montreal 1995. Angela was educated in Concordia University.

Pageant life

After winning the 12th place in Miss Chinese Los Angeles Pageant in 2005, she represented Los Angeles to compete in the Miss Chinese International Pageant 2005. Although she only reached the Top 12 in the pageant, she was approached by TVB with an acting contract.^[1]

Acting career

Angela has been in numerous TVB dramas since 1995, but mostly supporting roles and is mostly cast as a showgirl or "the other woman". After waiting for 10 years, her big break finally came with the TVB series "Life Made Simple (阿旺新傳)" playing the physically unattractive girl with a heart of gold and a wonderful singing voice called "Lee Siu Ho (李笑好)".

The role won her critical acclaim, winning the Best Supporting Actress award at the TVB 37th Anniversary Awards in November 2005.

Her portrayal of Lee Siu Ho was so popular that TVB composed a primetime special called "Ho Is Beside You (好在你左右)" as well as the 12-episode variety program "Always Smiling (笑口常開)", both with Angela hosting in character as Lee Siu Ho.

Personal life

Ting married Chin Ka-lok, who she had been dating for five years, on 13 November 2012, the two becoming the first couple to marry in Ocean Park's panda enclosure. They held a wedding banquet on the 15th, an evemt attended by many co-stars and colleagues of Hong Kong's entertainment industry. Tong has two daughters, Alyssa and Kassidy.

Filmography

• Last To Surrender (1998)
• Bio Zombie (1998)
• Last Ghost Standing (1999)
• There is a Secret in my Soup (2001)
• Walking The Dead (2010)
• I Love Hong Kong (2011)
• The Sorcerer and the White Snake (2011)
• I Love Hong Kong 2012 (2012)
• Buddy Cops (2016)

TV series

• Journey to the West (1996) (cameo)
• Armed Reaction (1997)
• Healing Hands (1998)
• Full House (1998)
• A Loving Spirit (1999)
• Feminine Masculinity (1999)
• Broadcast Life (2001)
• Gods of Honour (2001)
• Square Pegs (2002–03)
• Ups and Downs in the Sea of Love (2003)
• The Driving Power (2003)
• The Legend of Love (2003)
• My Family (2005)
• The Conqueror's Story (2005)
• Fantasy Hotel (2005)
• Women on the Run (2005)
• Life Made Simple (2005)
• The Prince's Shadow (2005)
• Women on the Run (2005)
• Under the Canopy of Love (2006)
• Bar Bender (2006)
• Love Guaranteed (2006)
• The Slicing of the Demon (2007)
• Best Selling Secrets (2007-2008)
• The Drive of Life (2007)
• Marriage of Inconvenience (2007)
• The Money-Maker Recipe (2008)
• Love Exchange (2008) (Guest)
• The Entrepreneurial Beauties (2009) (Guest)
• In the Chamber of Bliss (2009)
• A Fistful of Stances (2010)
• Every Move You Make (2010)
• Home Troopers (2010-2011)
• Forensic Heroes III (2011)
• When Heaven Burns (2011-2012)
• Til Love Do Us Lie (2011-2012)
• Wish and Switch (2012)
• House of Harmony and Vengeance (2012)
• Inbound Troubles (2013)
• Triumph in the Skies II (2013) (Guest star ep. 4)
• Queen Divas (2014)
• My "Spiritual" Ex-Lover (2015)
• Come Home Love: Dinner at 8 (2016)

Awards & titles

• Miss Chinese Montréal 1994
• Top 10 semifinalist at Miss Chinese International 1995
• 2005 TVB Anniversary Awards Best Supporting Actress
• 2005 Metro Showbiz Hit Television Awards Hit Supporting Actress

External links

• Angela Tong's page at TVB
• Angela Tong at the Internet Movie Database

References

1. "Miss Chinese Montreal Official Page".