Halina Tam Siu-Wan, also known as May (born 6 September 1972) is a model, singer and actress. She is best known for her role in ''

Legend of the Demigods ''Legend of the Demigods'' () is a TVB fantasy-adventure TV series starring Linda Chung, Benny Chan and Sunny Chan as the main lead, with Halina Tam, Stephen Au, Nancy Wu and Charmaine Li as the main supporting cast. The ending theme song ''Fat ...

'' and ''

The Gentle Crackdown ''The Gentle Crackdown'' (Traditional Chinese: 秀才遇著兵) is a TVB costume comedy series broadcast in May 2005. An indirect sequel, ''The Gentle Crackdown II'' ( 秀才愛上兵) was produced and broadcast in 2008 continued with only Way ...

'' with co-star

Wayne Lai Wayne Lai Yiu-cheung (; born 4 May 1964) is a Hong Kong actor. He became one of Hong Kong's most successful television actors after starring in TVB hit drama series ''Rosy Business''. Lai won three TVB Anniversary Awards for Best Actor, maki ...

Career

Tam was the winner of the

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Pageant 1994. She went on to represent Hong Kong at the Miss Chinese International 1995 pageant where she placed in the top 5, resulting in a berth at

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where she placed 45th. She had a singing career with BMG (Hong Kong) in 1997 and worked as an actress with

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in Hong Kong. She also hosted ''Leisure and Pleasure'' from 2008 to 2010 and co-hosted ''Destiny and Beyond'' for the network. She left TVB after 18 years of working for the network, having last appeared on screen in 2012.

Personal life

Halina married her boyfriend Eric Choi on 11 September 2007. She opened her first craft supplies store in 2013 and continued with a small snack shop in

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in March 2014.

Filmography

Films

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Young and Dangerous 2 ''Young and Dangerous 2'' () is a 1996 Hong Kong triad film directed by Andrew Lau. It is the first sequel in the ''Young and Dangerous'' film series. Plot In a flashback to ''Young and Dangerous'', "Chicken" Chiu ( Jordan Chan) heads into ex ...

'' (1996) *''

Young and Dangerous 3 ''Young and Dangerous 3'' () is a 1996 Hong Kong triad film directed by Andrew Lau. It is the second sequel in the ''Young and Dangerous'' film series. Starting from this movie, it is distributed by Golden Harvest Company. Plot Weeks after ...

'' (1996) *''

Troublesome Night 8 ''Troublesome Night 8'' is a 2000 Hong Kong horror comedy film produced by Nam Yin and directed by Edmond Yuen. It is the eighth of the 20 films in the ''Troublesome Night'' film series. Plot Bud Pit and his family leave the city and move to t ...

'' (2000) *''

Troublesome Night 9 ''Troublesome Night 9'' is a 2001 Hong Kong horror comedy film produced by Nam Yin and directed by Ivan Lai. It is the ninth of the 20 films in the ''Troublesome Night'' film series. Plot Ms Liu, a compulsive gambler, meets Bud Pit on a cruis ...

'' (2001) *''

Troublesome Night 11 ''Troublesome Night 11'' is a 2001 Hong Kong horror comedy film produced by Nam Yin and directed by Yeung Wan-king. It is the 11th of the 20 films in the ''Troublesome Night'' film series. Plot A hustler tricks a restaurateur into lending him ...

'' (2001) *''

Dance of a Dream ''Dance of a Dream'' () is a 2001 Hong Kong romantic comedy film co-produced and directed by the film's cinematographer, Andrew Lau and starring Andy Lau, Anita Mui and Sandra Ng. Plot Namson Lau (Andy Lau) is a ballroom dancing instructor. On ...

'' (2001)

Albums

*自主 (1997) *被爱 (1997) *最差情人 (1998)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tam, Halina Hong Kong television actresses TVB veteran actors 1972 births Living people Miss Hong Kong winners Hong Kong female models 20th-century Hong Kong women singers Hong Kong film actresses 20th-century Hong Kong actresses 21st-century Hong Kong actresses