Natalie Wong

Natalie Wong Kei-ying (Chinese name: 黃𨥈瑩, sometimes credited as 黃紀瑩 or 黃釲瑩) (born on 15 July 1976) is a Hong Kong actress affiliated with TVB.

Miss Hong Kong start

Wong entered the Miss Hong Kong Pageant in 1994 while studying business in college. From the start she was deemed a favourite by the Hong Kong media, and she nabbed the Miss Photogenic award early on in the semi-finals. However, due to her average performance in the finals, she lost her bid for the crown to winner Halina Tam (譚小環), first runner-up Annamarie Wood (活麗明), and second runner-up Theresa Lee (李綺紅), placing in the top five.

Career

Due to her popularity during the contest, TVB quickly signed with her and cast her as one of the leading female roles in the sitcom ''Happy Harmony'' (餐餐有宋家), which aired from October 1994 to March 1995. With below average acting talent, she went on to play second female leads in subsequent TVB dramas.

In 1998, Wong was sent to host the long-running infotainment show, '' K-100''. Because of the hosting duties, she was not able to take on any acting roles while she hosted. Due to the lack of exposure of TVB dramas during this time, her popularity quickly decreased. Upon completing her duties on K-100 in 2000, she filmed ''Prison on Fire - Plaintive Destiny'' 監獄風雲之夜囚 as the female lead and continued to take roles in TVB dramas. However, the roles offered to her were mostly minor ones. Only until 2006 have roles for Wong been greater in value, with her most recent being a major supporting role in ''To Grow with Love'' (肥田囍事) alongside Myolie Wu and Andy Hui. Because of the hosting exposure from ''K-100'', Wong is regularly assigned to emcee live events and galas.

In 2011, she declined to renew her contract with TVB, instead choosing to fully focus on her engagements in the beauty and cosmetics sector. Nonetheless, Wong parted with TVB on good terms and has stated that she would consider filming again if the script is good. Currently, she makes public appearances around Asia and participates in GVG HK promotional events.

Middle Chinese character

The middle character
𨥈
is an old Chinese scripture meaning royalty and is not readily available in most Chinese typing software. In fact, the character was only recently available as an add-on to the Unicode software Extension-B package. Therefore, a lot of media has just used the character "紀" (which has the same pronunciation) or incorrectly use a similar looking character "釲" (which is pronounced differently) in place of the original character.

Selected filmography

Television

*1994–1995 ''Happy Harmony 餐餐有宋家''
*1995 ''Mutual Affection 河東獅吼''
*1995 ''Money Just Can't Buy 天降財神''
*1996 '' Mystery Files 迷離檔案''
*1997 ''Old Time Buddy 難兄難弟''
*1997 ''The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils 天龍八部''
*2000 ''Love Without Boundaries 緣份無邊界''
*2000 ''Street Fighters 廟街•媽•兄弟''
*2002 ''Let's Face It 無考不成冤家''
*2002 ''Eternal Happiness 再生緣''
*2002 ''Square Pegs 戇夫成龍''
*2003 ''Not Just A Pretty Face 美麗在望''
*2004 '' Wars of In-laws 我的野蠻奶奶''
*2005 ''Just Love 老婆大人''
*2006 ''La Femme Desperado 女人唔易做''
*2006 ''To Grow with Love 肥田囍事''
*2007 '' Ten Brothers 十兄弟''
*2008 '' When a Dog Loves a Cat 當狗愛上貓''
*2009 ''The Winter Melon Tale 大冬瓜''
*2009 ''A Chip Off the Old Block 巴不得爸爸''
*2012 ''The Hippocratic Crush On Call 36小時''

Film

*1997 ''03:00AM 夜半3點鐘''
*1998 '' T.H.E. Professionals 職業大賊''
*1998 ''Troublesome Night 3 陰陽路3之升棺發財''
*2001 ''Prison on Fire - Plaintive Destiny 監獄風雲之夜囚''

Television presenting

*1998-2000 '' K-100''

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External links

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Natalie Wong's official artist profile at TVB.com

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1976 births
20th-century Hong Kong actresses
21st-century Hong Kong actresses
Living people
TVB actors