Elaine Yiu (born 21 November, 1980 in British Hong Kong) is a

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...

and

television host A television presenter (or television host, some become a "television personality") is a person who introduces, hosts television programs, often serving as a mediator for the program and the audience. Nowadays, it is common for people who garner ...

contracted to

TVB Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong SAR. The Company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese language service, and TVB ...

Career

Elaine Yiu entered the entertainment industry after winning the TVB8 Presentator Contest in 2002, subsequently signing a management and filming contract with TVB. From 2002 to 2004, Yiu hosted Mandarin-language television programmes for TVB8. Yiu's acting debut was in the 2003

teen drama In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

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'', portraying the nerdy girl Man Man. At the 2015

TVB Star Awards Malaysia The TVB Star Awards Malaysia () is an annual awards ceremony honoring Cantonese programming achievements in Malaysia. It is produced by TVB Entertainment News, with Astro and MY FM as media partners. The ceremony was previously known as the My A ...

, Yiu earned the Favourite TVB Supporting Actress and Favourite TVB Drama Character awards with her role as Vivian Cheung Wai-man (張慧芸) in the legal drama '' Raising the Bar'' (四個女仔三個BAR). Yiu's red-hot winning streak continued two weeks later in Hong Kong when she won the "Best Supporting Actress" award at the 2015

TVB Anniversary Awards The TVB Anniversary Awards (), officially known as the TVB Awards Presentation, is an annual awards ceremony honoring TVB's programming achievements in Hong Kong television; despite claims that it is the region's equivalent to the American Emm ...

with her role as Imperial Consort Yim (炎貴妃) in the ancient drama ''

Captain of Destiny ''Captain of Destiny'' (; literally "Cheung Po Tsai") is a 2015 Hong Kong historical fiction sci-fi television drama created and produced by TVB. The drama is a retelling of the story of 19th century Chinese pirate Cheung Po Tsai and his conf ...

'' (張保仔). In 2017, Yiu won the

for Favourite TVB Supporting Actress award again with her role in the 2017 action drama '' The Unholy Alliance'' (同盟) as Kate Wai Yee-yiu (韋以柔), which was her second win in the category. In 2021, with her role as Anson Lui Kin (雷堅) in the drama ''The Ringmaster'' (拳王), Yiu was placed among the top 5 nominees for the Best Actress at the 2021

Personal life

Elaine Yiu attended

RMIT University RMIT University, officially the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,, section 4(b) is a public research university in Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city ...

and majored in computer science. She has a sister, Sandy Yiu, who works in

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as a news presenter. Yiu is best friends with

Myolie Wu Myolie Wu Hang-yee (born 6 November 1979) is a Hong Kong actress and singer. She is previously managed by Hong Kong TVB television station and Neway Star. In 2011, she won Best Actress for her role in ''Curse of the Royal Harem'', Most Favouri ...

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Paisley Wu Paisley Wu (; born 12 November 1971) is a Hong Kong singer and television presenter. She was first discovered by Tats Lau of Tat Ming Pair, and has released 3 albums and 1 EP since the start of her music career in the mid-90s. Since the 2000s, she ...

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and Selena Lee. They had formed the friendship group “胡說八道會” and had filmed a travel show together. Due to their common interest in long-distance running, Yiu along with

Benjamin Yuen Benjamin Yuen Wai-ho (Simplified Chinese: 袁伟豪; Traditional Chinese: 袁偉豪, born May 11, 1981) is a Hong Kong actor and singer contracted to TVB and Shaw Brothers Pictures. Yuen’s career started when he became the winner of Hong ...

, Joel Chan,

Brian Tse Brian Tse may refer to: * Brian Tse (writer), Hong Kong writer * Brian Tse (singer) (born 1985), Hong Kong singer and actor {{Hndis, Tse, Brian ...

Jack Wu Jack Wu Lok Yin (born 23 August 1977) is a television actor and host from Hong Kong, working for TVB. Jack debuted as a singer by joining singing competition and released two albums in 1997 before joining TVB as an artist. Personal life Jack ...

, Selena Lee and

formed the group “Crazy Runner”.

Filmography

Films

* ''I Love Hong Kong'' (2011) Elaine Yiu at chinesemov.com
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Awards

Reference

External links

Official TVB Blog of Elaine Yiu

Elaine Yiu
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yiu, Elaine 1980 births Living people Hong Kong television actresses TVB veteran actors RMIT University alumni 21st-century Hong Kong actresses