Roxanne Tong Lok Man () is a Hong Kong actress and former beauty pageant contestant contracted to

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Background

Roxanne Tong was born in Hong Kong, the older of two children. Her father, Tong Chun Chung, was an actor. She is the niece of Hong Kong actor

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. She graduated from University College London with a degree in Psychology.

Career

Roxanne Tong had signed with Primo and became a model. She competed in the Miss Hong Kong 2012 beauty pageant, receiving the Tourism Ambassador, Beauty Sublimation and Most Popular Pageant on Scene awards, and was eventually placed in Top 6. Later, she joined TVB and made her acting debut in the sitcom ''

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'' as Lee Sze-sze. She co-hosted the education program ''

Sidewalk Scientist Sidewalk Scientist () is a Hong Kong TV programme broadcast by TVB and presented by Kaki Leung, Ali Lee, Jacqueline Wong, Mayanne Mak, Sammi Cheung, Roxanne Tong, Crystal Fung, Bowie Cheung, Tiffany Lau, Judy Kwong, Regina Ho, Honey Ho, Eunice Ch ...

'' (season 2) as well. In 2014, Tong competed in the Mainland China competition The

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( 中国梦想秀).

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came as the special guest for her. She was eventually placed 4th in the competition. In 2017, Tong won the Best New TVB Artiste award at the 2017 StarHub TVB Awards. In June 2019, she was cast to replace

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in reshoot of the sequel ''

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'', which was broadcast in February 2020.

Personal life

Roxanne Tong had been in a relationship with actor Joey Law for four years. They began dating in 2014. After the media reported that the two parties had separated in March 2018, Tong confessed the breakup through Instagram and said she wanted to keep a low profile. On 12 June 2020, Tong and

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were found to be dating in Hung Hom, and they admitted their relationship on Instagram the next day. Tong is best friends with Tracy Chu, Angel Chiang, Jennifer Shum and

Kayi Cheung Kayi Cheung (; Pinyin: Zhāng Jiā'ér; Yale: Jeung1 Ga1 Yi4, born on 18 November 1983) is a Hong Kong-Canadian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Hong Kong 2007 and 1st Runner-up of the Miss Chinese International 2008. She ...

. She is also good friends with

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Sisley Choi Sisley Choi (; born 6 February 1991) is a Hong Kong actress contracted to TVB. Early life and career Born Choi Sze-pui, she was born in Hong Kong and her ancestry can be traced back to Zhongshan, Guangdong. Her father was a police officer, wh ...

, Telford Wong and Lucas Yiu.

Filmography

Television dramas

Films

* 2019: ''Line Walker 2'' * 2022: ''Love Suddenly'' Roxanne Tong at chinesemov.com
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Awards and nominations

Miss Hong Kong 2012

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References

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