Flora Chan

Flora Chan Wai-shan (陳慧珊, born May 30, 1968 in Hong Kong), is an American actress active primarily in Hong Kong television and film. Along with Maggie Cheung Ho-yee, Kenix Kwok, Jessica Hsuan, and Ada Choi, she is known as one of the Top 5 "Fa Dans" (term used for actresses with high popularity) of TVB from the mid-1990s to mid-2000s.

Not to be confused with Fala Chen.

Flora Chan
陳慧珊
Born (1968-05-30) May 30, 1968
Hong Kong
Alma materBoston College
OccupationActress
Spouse(s)
  • Wai-ming Chung
    ​
    (
    m. 1994; div. 2001)
  • Mike Chung Ka-hung
Children1
AwardsTVB Anniversary Awards – Best Actress
2002 Family Man
My Favourite Television Character
2002 Family Man
2003 Triumph in the Skies

Chinese name
Traditional Chinese陳慧珊
Simplified Chinese陈慧珊
Musical career
OriginHong Kong
GenresCantopop
InstrumentsSinging

Biography

Chan was born in Hong Kong and emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts at a young age. As a child, she had hoped to become a dancer, but because of an injury when she was a teenager, she was forced to abandon her dreams as a professional dancer. She attended Boston College and earned a degree in communications[1] before returning to Hong Kong in the early 1990s with her then-husband, Chung Wai Ming. She and her first husband divorced in 2001. Chan married her manager Mike Chung Ka-hung (鐘家鴻). The couple have one child.

Rather than getting her start from modelling or a beauty pageant, the Miss Hong Kong Pageant, (香港小姐競選) which provides actresses for HK's television station, TVB, Chan was a reporter for the TVB English Channel, TVB Pearl. In the mid-1990s, television director Teng Dak-Hei asked her to participate in his upcoming series, the fifth installment to the popular TVB drama series, File of Justice.

Chan's performance in this series about young, yuppie lawyers caught the attention of the HK audience, and TVB. She joined as a TVB actress and has since made other series, most notably Untraceable Evidence, playing the calm and collected forensics doctor, "Pauline Lip"; and in Healing Hands, a TVB series known for its cutting edge medical topics. In 2002, Chan won the coveted "Most Favourite TV Actress" award presented annually by TVB. Having already starred in various TVB dramas, she is no longer signed on with TVB as a full-time actress. In November 2006, Chan announced she would be returning to film a TVB serial in February 2007.[2]

Filmography

TV series
Year Title Role Awards Notes
1997File of Justice VCatherine Au Tze Keung
Untraceable EvidencePauline Nip Bo Yin
1998Healing HandsAnnie Kong Sun Yuet
1999Untraceable Evidence IIPauline Nip Bo Yin
Feminine MasculinityChristine Fong Sze ChingTVB Award for My Favourite On-Screen Partnersa.k.a. Mr. Diana
SidebeatSunnie Kong Bik Ching
At the Threshold of an EraHelen Fok Hei Yin
2000At the Threshold of an Era IIHelen Fok Hei Yin
Healing Hands IIAnnie Kong Sun Yuet
2001A Taste of LoveJoyce Kiu Fa Chi
2002A Case of MisadventureJoey Tai Foon
Burning Flame IIMichelle Ho Bo Lam
Family ManTracy Ko Pui YiTVB Award for My Favourite Actress in a Leading Role
TVB Award for My Favourite Television Character
2003Triumph in the SkiesIsabelle Lok Yi SanTVB Award for My Favourite Television Character
2004Hard FateTiffany Mok Hei Yee
To Get Unstuck in TimeNicole Ko San
2010Suspects in LoveCheng Siu-Yan
2014Never Dance AloneDiana Yung Daan Daan
2018Watch Out, BossHazel Lo Choy Lam

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1994Fatal MapleEllen
2001Love Au ZenSiu Jing
2002Dry Wood Fierce FireMichelle
2006Undying Hearta.k.a. Min Mie
2007Mad DetectiveMay Cheung (in Bun's eyes)
2008ConnectedJeannie

Discography
  • Flora Chan (2000)
  • 自在 (2001)
  • 愛得起 (2002)
gollark: And yet.
gollark: https://minoteaur-legacy.osmarks.net/view/heavgame you?!
gollark: I see.
gollark: What do you WANT me to do?!
gollark: Like the heavgame page contains.

References
  1. Profile, classmates.com; accessed July 25, 2015.
  2. "Flora Chan to Film for TVB in 2007! Ada Choi Responds to Award Loss". November 12, 2006. Retrieved January 20, 2010.
Awards and achievements
TVB Anniversary Awards
Preceded by
Liza Wang
for The Awakening Story		 Best Actress
2002
for Family Man 		Succeeded by
Maggie Cheung Ho Yee
for The King of Yesterday and Tomorrow
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.