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Jessica Hsuen
Jessica Hester Hsuan (; PA: syn hyn, also known as Suen Huen, is a Hong Kong actress. Early life Hsuan's father gave her the name Jessica, while her mother gave her the middle name Hester. She was educated in Hong Kong at Maryknoll Convent School for primary education and at Pooi To Middle School. She later boarded at Roedean School in Britain. Hsuan graduated with a bachelor's degree in materials science and engineering from Imperial College London in 1992. Career Hsuan started her career in late 1992 and early 1993. Along with Maggie Cheung Ho Yee, Ada Choi, Flora Chan and Kenix Kwok, she was known as one of the top five "''Fa Dans''" (a term borrowed from Peking Opera for roles depicting young maidens, and used for actresses with high popularity) of TVB from the mid-1990s to mid-2000s. She has collaborated with many TVB leading actors including Louis Koo, Wong He, Chilam Cheung, Nick Cheung, Gallen Lo, Roger Kwok, Sunny Chan, Joe Ma and Bobby Au-yeung. She won the 1999 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xuan (surname)
Xuan () is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the rare Chinese surname written as a Chinese character. It is romanized Hsüan in Wade–Giles. It is not among the top 300 most common Chinese surnames. Notable people * Xuan Zeng ( 宣缯); fl. early 13th century), high minister of the Southern Song dynasty * Xuan Xiafu ( 宣侠父; 1899–1938), Communist agent assassinated by the KMT * Xuan Jinglin (宣景琳; 1907–1992), actress * Hsuan Ming-chih ( 宣明智; born 1952), former general manager of UMC * Jessica Hsuan or Xuan Xuan (born 1970), Hong Kong actress * Xuan Zan, fictional character in the classical novel ''Water Margin ''Water Margin'' (''Shuihu zhuan'') is one of the earliest Chinese novels written in vernacular Mandarin, and is attributed to Shi Nai'an. It is also translated as ''Outlaws of the Marsh'' and ''All Men Are Brothers''. The story, which is s ...'' References {{DEFAULTSORT:Xuan Chinese-language surnames Individual Chinese surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Matter Of Customs
A Matter of Customs (; Cantonese: ''Lui Ting Dai Yat Kwan'') is a TVB program in Hong Kong starring Liza Wang, Danny Lee, Wong Hei and Jessica Hsuan. The story is about customs agents in Hong Kong. Plot The story revolves around a customs team consisting originally of Sek (Evergreen Mak), Queenie (Fiona Leung), Heung (Jade Leung) and two others. Moon (Jessica Hsuan) is transferred to Ming's (Liza Wang) division. Kong (Wong Hei) also joins the team as captain. Ming suddenly finds herself falling for Shan (Danny Lee), a distinguished man in the publishing industry. At work, she is a role model to her most trusted subordinates Kong and Moon. Kong and Moon eventually fall in love with each other. But their fiery personalities soon clash and they end up breaking up. They both move on with different people but both end up in failure. Ming eventually gets together with Shan, but things get complicated when Shan's ex-girlfriend Kwun returns trying to get back together with him. Ming l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Koo
Louis Koo Tin-lok ( zh, t=古天樂; born 21 October 1970) is a Hong Kong actor, singer and film producer. He began his professional career as an actor in local television series, winning TVB's Best Actor award in 1999 and 2001. After 2001, he fully focused on film career and became one of the stalwarts of the Hong Kong film industry. In 2018, Koo was awarded the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor, Asian Film Award for Best Actor and the Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild Award for Best Actor for his performance in the 2017 film, ''Paradox''. Koo founded "One Cool Group Limited" in 2013. As of 2018, One Cool Group has produced 20 films. He was the ambassador of Hong Kong International Film Festival from 2014 to 2018. One Cool Group is to set up an entertainment company with Media Asia in 2021, the new company is named Cool Style. Other investors include Hong Kong model and actress Angelababy Yang Ying, Angelababy's agent Kim Chou and Hong Kong film director Stephen Fung Tak Lun' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TVB Fadans
The term TVB "fadan" (花旦) is used to describe the most popular and highest paid actresses at Hong Kong television station, TVB. This term was first coined in the 1970s with the first group of fadans, Louise Lee, Liza Wang, Gigi Wong, and Angie Chiu 1970s to 1980s The first four were the most popular and highest paid actresses at TVB during the 1970s and the 1980s. * Louise Lee * Liza Wang * Gigi Wong * Angie Chiu 1980s to 1990s * Maggie Cheung * Dodo Cheng * Margie Tsang * Carina Lau * Yammie Nam * Kitty Lai Mid-1990s to Mid-2000s * Jessica Hsuan * Maggie Cheung Ho-yee * Ada Choi * Flora Chan * Kenix Kwok Other Fadans: * Gigi Lai * Charmaine Sheh * Sheren Tang * Esther Kwan * Sonija Kwok * Yoyo Mung * Bernice Liu Mid-2000s to Mid-2010s * Tavia Yeung * Myolie Wu * Linda Chung * Kate Tsui * Fala Chen Other Fadans: * Nancy Wu * Selena Lee * Aimee Chan * Sharon Chan * Natalie Tong Next-Gen Fadans In 2013, the Hong Kong media chose Rebecca Zhu and Kelly Fu as the first two ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenix Kwok
Kenix Kwok Ho-ying (born 27 November 1970) is a Hong Kong actress with family roots in Zhongshan, Guangdong, China. Along with Maggie Cheung Ho-yee, Ada Choi, Flora Chan and Jessica Hsuan, Kenix is known as one of the Top 5 "Fa Dans" (花旦) (term used for actresses with high popularity) of TVB from the mid-1990s to mid-2000s. Career Kwok got her start as a finalist in the Top 5 of the 1993 Miss Hong Kong Pageant. Though considered a favourite to win, having won two side awards including Media's Favourite and Potential Artist, she lost to Mok Hoi Yan. Consequently, Kwok did not even make it to the Top 3. Kenix went on to star in several high-rated drama series including '' A Kindred Spirit'', '' Detective Investigation Files I-III'', '' At the Threshold of An Era I-II'', and recently ''Shine on You'', ''Love Bond'', ''Revolving Doors of Vengeance'' and '' Ten Brothers''. In late 2006, Kenix began filming "Red Powder," a series for mainland China with Julian Cheung. The seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora Chan
Flora Chan Wai-shan (Traditional Chinese:陳慧珊, born May 30, 1970 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. Biography Chan was born in Hong Kong, whose father,Walter Chan, was a dance director of Rediffusion Television and mother,Cecilia Harrison, was daughter of a British merchant. Her family emigrated to Boston，United States when she was 5. 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 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ada Choi
Ada Choi Siu-fan (; born 17 September 1973) is a Hong Kong actress best known for her work for TVB television, as an evil empress in the Chinese television series '' Empresses in the Palace'' (甄嬛傳), and to a lesser extent, for her film work. Career Choi was born in 1973 in Hong Kong to a Chaozhou family. Her parents divorced when she was five years old. She speaks Cantonese, Mandarin, Teochow and English. In 1989, at the persuasion of her family, Choi participated in a modeling contest held by TVB at age 15. Two years later, she was a contestant in the 1991 Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant. During the semi-finals she placed first with an overall score of 483. She eventually finished as the second runner-up during the finals. As a result, she signed a contract with TVB and starting taking on acting jobs. She won the TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress for her performance in ''Secret of the Heart'' (1998). Along with Maggie Cheung Ho-yee, Kenix Kwok, Flora Chan and Jessica Hsu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Cheung Ho Yee
Maggie Cheung Ho-yee (; born 20 March 1969) is a Hong Kong actress. Career Maggie Cheung Ho-yee competed in TVB's 1994 Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant, reaching the final five but not placing. However she did gain a special award for best "potential artist" (最具演藝潛質獎) and was signed to the channel soon afterwards. Her career spun off to a whirlwind of a start, as she was offered a leading role. However, she wanted to start from the bottom up and hence declined the role, only to accept a subsidiary role in another series. Many will say that her career kicked off with the well accepted ''Old Time Buddy'', but some others say it is with her primary leading role in "One Good Turn Deserves Another". The popularity of artists in the Hong Kong television market depends as much on the popularity of the characters in a series as to the ability of the actors and it was not until 1998 that she achieved mainstream popularity with the series "Old Time Buddy", in which she play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Britain
Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is dominated by a maritime climate with narrow temperature differences between seasons. The 60% smaller island of Ireland is to the west—these islands, along with over 1,000 smaller surrounding islands and named substantial rocks, form the British Isles archipelago. Connected to mainland Europe until 9,000 years ago by a landbridge now known as Doggerland, Great Britain has been inhabited by modern humans for around 30,000 years. In 2011, it had a population of about , making it the world's third-most-populous island after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan. The term "Great Britain" is often used to refer to England, Scotland and Wales, including their component adjoining islands. Great Britain and Northern Ireland now constitute the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roedean School
Roedean School is an independent day and boarding school founded in 1885 in Roedean Village on the outskirts of Brighton, East Sussex, England, and governed by Royal Charter. It is for girls aged 11 to 18. The campus is situated near the Sussex Downs, on a cliff overlooking Brighton Marina and the English Channel. The school incorporates dance studios, music classrooms, a 320-seat theatre, a heated indoor swimming pool, a golf course, a private tunnel to the beach, a farm and a chapel, as well as a range of workshops, studios, laboratories and sports pitches. It is also well-provisioned with a variety of classrooms. Roedean School is a member of the Girls' Schools Association and the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC). The ''Good Schools Guide'' stated that the "School has a healthy spirit and much to offer." The Independent Schools Inspectorate rated Roedean as Excellent in all areas (highest category) in its most recent inspection (March 2016). History Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pooi To Middle School
Pooi To Middle School was founded in 1888 by the Southern Baptist Convention. As one of the few Hong Kong schools with over a hundred years of history, it aims at nurturing young women to "speak confidently and think critically in bilingual learning environment". Pooi To Middle School is located at 2 Inverness Road, Kowloon City, Hong Kong. In 2006, it was temporarily relocated to 101 Castle Peak Road, Sham Shui Po. The school has moved back to the current location on 18 March 2009, after the new campus was constructed. History Missionary Emma Young, sent by Southern Baptist Convention based in USA, set up ‘Pooi To Academy’ in Guangzhou. Most women in Hong Kong at that time didn’t have the chance to learn about Christianity. Also, they didn’t have the opportunity to receive education, as the society was dominated by the ancient Chinese thinking that women should not be educated. Only five people enrolled in the first lesson on 3 March 1888. In 1907, the school wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryknoll Convent School
Maryknoll Convent School (MCS, ) is a Roman Catholic girls' school with primary and secondary sections at Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong. It was founded by the American Maryknoll Sisters in Hong Kong in 1925 at Kowloon Tsai, Hong Kong. MCS is a prestigious school well known for its distinguished academic results and school traditions. MCS counts a total of 15 winners of the Hong Kong Outstanding Students Awards, ranking fifth among all secondary schools in Hong Kong. History In 1921, an organisation called Maryknoll Sisters went from the US to Hong Kong after its founder Mary Joseph Rogers said, "Let's see what God has in store for us." On 11 February 1925, Mary Paul began teaching 12 students various subjects in the Convent Parlour at 103 Austin Road. In 1931, due to the growing number of students and teachers, the school moved to 248 Prince Edward Road. The school moved again in 1936 to the current campus at 130 Waterloo Road. In 1941, the Maryknoll Sisters left Hong Kong and clo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
