Charmaine Sheh Sze-man (; born 28 May 1975) is a Hong Kong actress. After winning second runner-up in the 1997

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, Sheh signed a contract with

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in 1998. She is best known for her roles in '' Return of the Cuckoo'' (2000), ''

War and Beauty ''War and Beauty'' () is a Hong Kong television period drama serial that originally aired on TVB Jade from 23 August to 2 October 2004, consisting of 30 episodes. It stars TVB Best Actress winners Sheren Tang (2009/2010), Maggie Cheung (2003), ...

'' (2004), '' Maidens' Vow'' (2006), ''

Forensic Heroes II ''Forensic Heroes II'' (Traditional Chinese: 法證先鋒II) is a TVB modern suspense series broadcast in May 2008 and it stars Bobby Au-Yeung, Frankie Lam, Kevin Cheng, Charmaine Sheh, Yoyo Mung, Linda Chung, Raymond Cho & Florence Kwok in the s ...

'' (2008), '' Beyond the Realm of Conscience'' (2009), ''Can't Buy Me Love'' (2010), '' When Heaven Burns'' (2011), ''

Line Walker ''Line Walker'' ( literally "Apostle Walker") is a 2014 Hong Kong crime thriller drama produced by TVB, starring Michael Miu, Charmaine Sheh and Raymond Lam as the main leads, with Sharon Chan, Benz Hui, Elena Kong, Sammy Sum, Oscar Leung an ...

'' (2014), and '' Story of Yanxi Palace'' (2018).

Career

Sheh graduated in 1994 from the

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, with a diploma in hotel management. In October 1997, she signed with Hong Kong television network

after emerging as second runner-up in the 1997

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. The early stage of her career was often characterised by her coy, squeaky voice and criticisms of her acting skills. However, Sheh overcame these problems and made her breakthrough in '' Return of the Cuckoo'' in 2000, co-starring with

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and

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. In 2006, Sheh became the first

actress to win two major awards at the same

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ceremony, clinching the Best Actress Award and My Favourite Female TV Character for her performance in '' Maidens' Vow''. Sheh also won the Top Four Actresses Award with

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and

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. Sheh was the first Hong Kong television actress to be shortlisted for the semi-finals of the Best Actress category at the 35th International Emmy Awards in 2007. In 2011 she was awarded Best Actress at the Asian Television Awards for her performance in

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. After 14 years, Sheh left

to develop her acting career in China and returned in 2014 for a two-year contract with TVBC, a joint venture between

and China Media Capital (CMC) and Shanghai Media Group (SMG). Sheh returned to the small screen in 2014, playing the undercover cop Ting Siu Ka (丁小嘉) in ''

'', earning critical acclaim. Her on-screen partnership with

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was also favoured by viewers. She received eleven awards with her role in ''

'', including Best Actress and Favourite TV Character at TVB 48th Anniversary Awards, TVB Star Awards Malaysia 2014 and Singapore StarHub TVB Awards 2014, which broke the record of receiving the most awards with a single role in TVB. Sheh is the third actress to win Best Actress twice (tied with Liza Wang and

Sheren Tang Sheren Tang Shui-man (born 2 March 1966) is a Hong Kong actress. She is best known for her roles in the mega-hit Hong Kong TVB drama series '' War and Beauty'', as well as '' La Femme Desperado'', '' The Family Link'', '' Rosy Business'' and '' ...

) and her third time to win "My Favourite Female Character" at the

Anniversary Awards. In 2018, Sheh was highly praise for her profound portrayal of Hoifa-Nara Shushen (嫻妃) in the Chinese period drama '' Story of Yanxi Palace''. For this role, she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 24th

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and garnered international fame. She gained some controversy in 2019 when she was seen liking a post on

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related to the support of the 2019 Hong Kong protests. This garnered extreme backlash from Chinese citizens calling for her to be banned from the Chinese entertainment industry but she was quick to retract the like and publicly stated that she did not know the context of the photo thinking it was just a nice photograph taken by a known photographer and was extremely shocked when she found out. The statement in turn angered some Hong Kong citizens. In 2020, Sheh starred in ''

Winter Begonia ''Winter Begonia'' () is a 2020 Chinese television series starring Huang Xiaoming, Yin Zheng, and Charmaine Sheh, based on Shui Ru Tian Er's BL web novel of the same name. It aired exclusively on iQiyi and tells the story of the close relations ...

'' as the wife of Cheng Fengtai. Sheh portrays

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in the 2020 drama series ''

The Legend of Xiao Chuo ''The Legend of Xiao Chuo'' () is a 2020 Chinese television series based on the novel Yan Yun Tai by Jiang Shengnan. It stars Tiffany Tang in the title role, along with Shawn Dou, Charmaine Sheh and Jing Chao. The series chronicles the life of leg ...

.''

Filmography

Television series

Film

Variety and game show

Music video

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Discography

Awards

References

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