Stephy Tang

Stephy Tang (born 15 October 1983) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. She was formerly the leader of the Cantopop group Cookies. She won the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress in 2017 for her performance in The Empty Hands, and was nominated twice for the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress.

"Stephy" redirects here. It is not to be confused with Stephie or Stefy.
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Tang.
Stephy Tang
鄧麗欣
Stephy Tang in January 2007
Born (1983-10-15) 15 October 1983
British Hong Kong
OccupationSinger, actress
Years active2002–present
Partner(s)Alex Fong (2006–2016)
Prince Chiu (2018–present)
AwardsHong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
2017 The Empty Hands
Musical career
GenresCantopop
InstrumentsVocals
LabelsGold Label (2002-2011)
Neway Star (2011-2014)
Sun Entertainment Culture (2014-2016)
Supreme Art Entertainment (2017-)
Associated actsCookies
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese鄧麗欣
Simplified Chinese邓丽欣

Early life

Tang is a Hakka of Dongguan ancestry. She graduated from Buddhist Sum Heung Lam Memorial College and the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education's Department of Fashion Design.

In 2002, she joined Hong Kong music group Cookies and became the lead singer. She sang with Alex Fong in 「好心好報」, 「好好戀愛」, 「十分．愛(合唱版)」 (which won a Jade Solid Gold Award for the best duet in 2006), 「我的最愛」, 「重愛」,「七年」,「同屋主」and 「危城」. She also appeared on TVB's variety show Beautiful Cooking. Tang is able to speak Hakka, Cantonese and Mandarin.

She also represented Hong Kong in volleyball since form 1 mainly as a left wing spiker or libero, but gave up to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. In March 2015, Tang, who became a fashion label founder/owner (Loey), got sponsorship from the shop to reassemble a women's volleyball team, with herself being a left wing spiker as well as the captain and founder of the team (she cannot become a captain as a libero), and participated in an open-grade C-class qualifications, where it got a record of a win and a loss.[1] She then led Loey to play charity matches against Chinese National Volleyball team, and had trained in Taiwan against secondary school teams in late 2015.

Career

Tang started her singing career in the music group Cookie Girls. The main style of music from Cookies was teen pop. When Tang started her solo singing career, her record company, EMI, wanted a change to a more grown-up look and style. Some songs on her first album, Coloring Stephy, had a more mature and soft jazz influence than her previous music in Cookies. Generally, the album was widely heard and was popular, and it was certified Gold by IFPI Hong Kong.

Tang's second solo album was Fantasy. The album had a total of five editions. One was a deluxe edition which contains a DVD featuring her music videos from this album. The only difference between the other four was the color themes of the album covers: red, yellow, blue, and green, which were four different themes for photo shoots.

Her third album is Dating Stephy. This album also features different covers, and a special edition was released three months after the original release. The album also sold as well as her previous two. There was no official announcement of the certification, as Gold Label Entertainment Ltd and EMI Music Hong Kong did not participate in IFPI Hong Kong. However, the newspapers announced that Dating Stephy has sold over 30,000 in one month, and it was at least Gold certified.[2]

In 2007, she performed at the S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Charity Gala at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada with many other artists.

Tang performed her first headline solo concert, called "Stephy, See Thru Live 2007". It was held from December 7 to 9, 2007 at the Star Hall in Hong Kong. A live album was released featuring songs performed at this concert.

She also did a Mandarin version of "Breaking Free" from High School Musical with Anson Hu.

Tang released her new album The Red Album in November 2008. Some tracks in this album, such as "女兒紅", have led to media attention on the improvement in Tang's voice.

In July 2009, Tang published her first romance novel, Running Alongside Me (陪著我走). The book takes the form of a diary about a girl who has recently broken up with her lover. She goes on a cruise and writes about the things she sees and does. This book also includes 100+ pages of photos, making it a photo book as well.

In December 2009, Tang released her collection of "Greatest Hits" plus "New Songs" songs in a 2CD+ DVD Collection called 'Music Cafe' which includes four new songs, including Running Alongside Me, which served as the same name as her novel. The collectors edition comes with a mousepad featuring Tang's face that is available in two designs.

In 2011, Tang left her previous record company Gold Typhoon and signed to Neway Star as her new record label.

Personal life

Tang and Alex Fong, her on-screen partner in films such as L for Love L for Lies, Love Is Not All Around, Marriage with a Fool and Anniversary, were in a relationship for 10 years. Their relationship was revealed by Mark Lui at his concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum in June 2013. However, on March 15, 2016, Tang and Fong announced the end of their relationship. In 2018, she announced to be in relationship with former JPM member Prince Chiu.

Discography

Cookies

Cantonese albums/EPs

  1. Happy Birthday (2002)
  2. Merry Christmas (2002)
  3. All the Best (2003) - first album as Mini-Cookies
  4. 4 Play (2004)
  5. 4 in Love (2004)

Karaoke albums

  1. Holidays (2002)
  2. Channel Cookies (2003)

Mini-concert album

  • 903 California Red: Eleven Fires Concert (2004)

Solo

Cantonese albums

  1. Coloring Stephy (2005 August 5, 2nd ver:2005 September 28) (Certified Gold 25,000 units shipped in September)
  2. Stephy Fantasy (2006 March 28, 2nd ver:2006 June 5) (has sold 20,000 copies)
  3. Dating Stephy (2007 February 14, 2nd ver:2007 May 10) (has sold 35,000 copies in May)
  4. Stephilosophy (2007 December 21) (Certified Gold 20,000 units shipped in December)
  5. The Red Album (2008 November 27)
  6. Music Cafe (2009 December 23)
  7. No One Knows (2010 July 15)

Other Albums

  • 17 May 2006 - All About Women (金牌女兒紅) - Track 05 - Let It Flow, and Track 08 - 偏愛 (with Kary Ng (吳雨霏))
  • 14 June 2007 - Another Chivas Music Experience Concert Live - Track 10. 愛與痛的邊緣

Filmography

Film
Year English title Original title Role Notes
2001Merry-Go-RoundHerselfCameo
2002Nine Girls and A Ghost九個女仔一隻鬼Ka Ka
2003Feel 100%百分百感覺Cherie
Dragon Loaded 2003龍咁威Man Ching
Love Under the SunHerselfCameo
2004Dating Death失驚無神Lily
My Sweetie甜絲絲Chan Tze Keung
2005Herbie: Fully LoadedN/AMaggie PeytonCantonese voice dub
2006Marriage with a Fool獨家試愛Kwong Mei Bo
Love @ First Note戀愛初歌Amy
2007Trivial Matters破事兒Cheung Ho Kei
Love in Macau濠情歲月Chu Yanhong
Love Is Not All Around十分愛Kwong Mei Bo
In Love with the Dead塚愛Luk Wai
2008L for Love L for Lies我的最愛Kwong Mei Bo
La Lingerie內衣少女Ho Kei Miu
Nobody's Perfect絕代雙嬌Lam Fung Kiu
2009Love Connected保持愛你Bo
Poker King撲克王Ho Siu Yung
2010Just Another Pandora's Box越光寶盒Painted SkinCameo
72 Tenants of ProsperityWu Lei Yuk
2011All's Well, Ends Well 2011Arnold Cheng's Niece
Mr. Zhai宅男總動員之女神歸來Wen Rou
Summer Love Love戀夏戀夏戀戀下HerselfCameo
Let's Go!NoneAnnie
East Meets West 2011NoneHerself
Hong Kong Ghost Stories猛鬼愛情故事PhoenixCameo
2012Princess's Temptation公主的诱惑
Love in Time等，我愛你Tina/Chi Ling
The Guillotines在断头台Red Devil
Bleeding Mountain在山的恶魔None
2013Badges of Fury不二神探
2014The True Love不愛不散
Hello Babies
Golden Brother男人唔可以窮
2015An Inspector Calls浮華宴
Guia in Love燈塔下的戀人
Anniversary紀念日Chung Ka Bo
Opus 1
2016Special Female Force辣警霸王花
L for Love L for Life Too失戀日
2017Paradox貪狼
Kick Ball仙球大戰
The Empty Hands空手道Mari Hirakawa Won Best Actress at HK Film Critics Awards & HK Film Awards
Husband Killers女士復仇
2017Somewhere Beyond the MistAngela
2018 A Beautiful Moment我的情敵女婿Mrs. Chan[3]
2018 Lucid Dreams八步半喜怒哀樂Tung Tung[4]
2018 L StormL風暴Eva[5]
2018 Keyboard WarriorsOr Chi-Nam
2019 Invincible Dragon九龍不敗Fong Ning[6]
2019 My Prince Edward金都[7]

Television
Year English title Original title Role Notes
2002Feel 100%百分百感觉Herself
2003Four Songs, Wonder Tales
Not Just a Pretty Face美麗在望HerselfCameo
Aqua Heroes戀愛自由式Poon Siu Fung/Stephy
Hearts of Fencing當四葉草碰上劍尖時HerselfCameo
2007Colours of Love森之愛情Yan
2011Wind and Rain in Peach Blossom Town
2012Chinese Traditional Magic大戏法Shen Xin Ping
2013Towering Cannon
To Advance Toward the VictoryCameo

Books
  • 2002 - Delicious Cookies
  • 2006 - 不要忘記 (Bat Yiu Mong Gei)
  • 2007 - Stephy & Alex 十分愛
  • 2008 - 我的最愛Stephy & Alex電影寫真
  • 2008 - 內衣少女電影小說 (La Lingerie Movie Novel)
  • 2009 - 陪著我走 Visual Diary (Pui Jeuk Ngo Zau)
  • 2009 - Heart Sweet 心甜

References
  1. 鄧麗欣組排球隊　殺入公開賽！
  2. "Lo and behold". Malaysia Star. 21 Oct 2008.
  3. "A Beautiful Moment (2018)". hkmdb.com. February 15, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  4. "Lucid Dreams (2018)". hkmdb.com. October 25, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  5. "L Storm (2018)". hkmdb.com. August 23, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  6. "The Invincible Dragon (2019)". hkmdb.com. May 16, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  7. "My Prince Edward (2019)". hkmdb.com. November 17, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
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