Mandy Lieu (born March 20, 1985) is a Malaysian-American model, actress, and TV show host based in

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and currently residing in the United Kingdom. She has appeared in Hong Kong television shows and movies such as ''

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Early life

Mandy Lieu's father is a white American and he disappeared before she was born. Her mother is Malaysian-Chinese and unemployed at that time. Lieu and her younger brother grew up in a single parent household in Malaysia and moved to

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with her family when she was 8. She worked as a part-time model during her free time. In 2003, she went to

to develop her modelling career after dropping out of school and she had appeared in television advertisements.

Career

She rose to fame in a shampoo commercial in Malaysia, which led a new chapter in her life. She then moved to

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at age 17, one year later she arrived in Hong Kong. She repeatedly and frequently featured on the cover of many magazines, including ''More'', ''Me'', ''HIM'', '' Marie Claire'', ''Fashion & Beauty'', ''Wedding Deluxe'', ''Ketchup'', ''Darizi'', '' Elle Wedding''. Lieu face has been used as the face of many campaigns, like ''

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'', '' TAG Heuer Watch, Max & Co.,

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, Mulberry, Shiseido'', and '' Swarovski''. In 2012, Mandy broke into film by playing a supporting role in '' Tai Chi 0''. Her career path keep expanding with box-office successes like ''Black & White: The Dawn of Justice'' (2014) and ''To the Fore'' (2015). In 2020, she bought Ewhurst Park estate, near Basingstoke, with the intent to change the 925-acre estate to produce food for her restaurant and rewild parts of it.

Personal life

Growing up in multicultural country Lieu is multilingual and can speak Malay,

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, English, and Japanese. Mandy Lieu stated that she does not officially have a Chinese name despite the rumour that her Chinese name is 劉碧麗. She said that 劉碧麗 is a name created by netizens, and she later accepted this name as it became too widespread.

Relationship

Mandy Lieu had dated

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for three years before they broke up in 2011. She gave birth to a daughter on 20 May 2015 fathered by the already married Macau casino tycoon Alvin Chau (Chau Cheok Wa's). Mandy Lieu had dated Alvin Chau for over five years but it ended when he refused to divorce his wife Heidi Chan. Subsequently, Alvin Chau had generously paid her HK$300 million (RM158 million) as a “breakup fee” in November 2019.

Filmography

Television

*2008: ''Dressage to Win''

Master of Ceremonies

*2010: Mr. Hong Kong *2013:

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Game Shows

*2013: ''Super Trio Maximus'' *2014: ''The Conquerors'' (episode 10) *2014: ''Summer Splash'' (episodes 6–10)

Hostess

*2009: ''Lifetival'' *2010: ''老虎都要 party'' *2010: ''日本‧不盡的享樂''

Films

*2012: '' Taichi 0'' *2012: ''

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'' *2014: ''The Splash Muses'' *2014: ''

'' *2014: '' Black & White: The Dawn of Justice'' *2015: ''

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References

External links

* *
mandylieu's blog
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Mandy Lieu forum:)
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