Mandy Wong

Mandy Wong Chi-man (born 21 December 1982) is a Hong Kong television actress.

Mandy Wong
Born (1982-12-21) 21 December 1982
Hong Kong
OccupationActress
Years active2007–present
AwardsMost Improved Female Artiste - TVB Anniversary Awards 2012
My Favourite TVB Actress in a Leading Role in Malaysia and Singapore (Threesome) - TVB Anniversary Awards 2018
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese黃智雯
Simplified Chinese黄智雯
WebsiteYouTube Channel

Wong began her acting career by participating in the Miss Hong Kong 2007 beauty pageant, where she was placed among the top 5 finalists.[1] She joined TVB in the same year and graduated from TVB's acting class in 2008. Wong debuted with a brief appearance in TVB's 2007 sitcom Best Selling Secrets. She later gained recognition in the 2010 romantic drama Suspects in Love, and has achieved wider fame for her performance in 2012 dramas L'Escargot and The Hippocratic Crush, winning the Most Improved Female Artiste in TVB Anniversary Awards in 2012.

In 2018, Wong earned critical acclaim for her performance in Threesome, playing Evie Fong Yee-yan, a barrister with dissociative identity disorder, along with the other two split personalities, Piña Colada and Sau Mak Mak, winning My Favourite TVB Actress in a Leading Role in both Malaysia and Singapore in 2018 TVB 51st Anniversary Gala.

Early life

Born in Hong Kong, Wong was raised in a single-parent household. Graduated from Cognitio College (Kowloon), Wong has an elder sister, Cathy, a former English language specialist at King's Glory Education Centre. Her mother is the owner of a cosmetics boutique in Wan Chai.[2]

Career

As a former graduate of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts,[3][4] Wong worked as a flight attendant for three years before participating in the Miss Hong Kong 2007 beauty pageant, in which she was placed among the top 5 finalists. Wong signed an artiste contract with TVB and her television debut came that same year with an uncredited appearance in the sitcom Best Selling Secrets. She graduated from TVB's acting class in 2008.

After two years of appearing in dramas as minor supporting roles, Wong gained broader public attention with her supporting role in the 2009 comedy drama, A Chip Off the Old Block. She played So Fung-lin, the bespectacled younger sister of Myolie Wu's character, So Fung-nei. Her performance was positively received by both critics and netizens.[1] Impressed with her character portrayal, producer Poon Ka-tak cast Wong to portray the timid younger sister of Flora Chan's character in the 2010 romantic comedy drama Suspects in Love. To prepare for her role, Wong studied Maggie Cheung's performance in Police Cadet '84.[1]

In 2012, Wong’s popularity rose and was highly praised by netizens for her role as Lau Siu-lan in the family drama L'Escargot as the overbearing wife of Oscar Leung's character. In the same year, she starred in the medical drama The Hippocratic Crush as Dr. Hung Mei-suet, which was her first second female leading role. Wong won My Favourite Promising Actress in MY AOD Favourites Awards and Most Improved Female Artiste in TVB Anniversary Awards 2012.

Wong continued playing second female leading roles in 2013. She starred in the romance drama Always and Ever as the younger sister of Esther Kwan's character. Again, her villainous role was highly praised by the netizens and producer. Through the sequel The Hippocratic Crush II, Wong reprised her role as Dr. Hung Mei-suet, gaining her first character nomination for TVB Anniversary Awards. She won Most Improved Female Artiste in Singapore StarHub TVB Awards and won one of the Top 15 Characters in TVB Star Awards Malaysia.

In 2015, Wong played her first female leading role as Lui Lui in the crime drama The Fixer, gaining positive reviews from viewers and won one of the Top 16 My Favourite TVB Characters in TVB Star Awards Malaysia. In the same year, she starred in her first ancient drama Captain of Destiny as a cunning prostitute, pairing up with Joel Chan.

Following her first female leading role, Wong starred in the family drama Daddy Dearest as the first female lead again in 2016, alongside Johnson Lee and Jason Chan. In the same year, Wong starred in the legal drama Law dis-Order as an astute lawyer, opposite veterans Alex Fong and Liu Kai Chi. Her performance as Martha Fong Ning earned her positive reviews. She won My Favourite TVB Female Character in the 2016 Singapore StarHub TVB Awards and won one of the Top 15 TVB Drama Characters in the 2016 TVB Star Awards Malaysia with her role as Martha.

In 2017, Wong starred as the first female lead in the crime drama Nothing Special Force, playing Laser Lung Lai-sa, a pregnant cause-of death inspector, for which she won My Favourite TVB Female Character in the 2017 Singapore StarHub TVB Awards. In the same year, she was once again cast as the first female lead in the supernatural drama The Exorcist's Meter, playing Dr. Chong Tsz-yeuk, a kind-hearted A&E doctor and a devil named Salvia. Wong playing two characters simultaneously earned her critical acclaim.

In 2018, Wong was cast as the first female lead in the legal comedy Threesome, playing a competitive barrister with dissociative identity disorder. She earned critical acclaim from the public with her performance as Evie Fong Yee-yan, along with the other two split personalities, Piña Colada and Sau Mak Mak. Wong became the first TVB artist featured on NASDAQ MarketSite at New York Times Square and was invited as a special guest at the 17th Miss Chinese Beauty Pageant 2018 Final, which was held in August. Her portrayal of Evie earned her My Favourite TVB Actress in a Leading Role in both Malaysia and Singapore at the 2018 TVB 51st Anniversary Gala. In addition, with her role as Evie, Wong won Best Actress in a Leading Role as voted by netizens in People's Choice TV Awards 2018 and Hong Kong Television Awards 2018. She received more than 500 votes in People's Choice TV Awards 2018, which greatly outnumbered her opponents.

In 2019, Wong hosted her first reality TV show, Dancing For a Reason, which was filmed in Seoul. In the same year, she starred in the comedy drama My Life As Loan Shark as a passionate social worker, pairing up with Lai Lok-yi and collaborating with veterans Kent Cheng, Kingdom Yuen and Maggie Shiu.

In January 2020, Wong made her stage debut in the stage play Let's Hunt for a "Tiger" Tonight, playing the witty and beautiful Wong Sau-ying.

Wong starred as the first female lead in three dramas in 2020. She starred in the crime drama Brutally Young as Yuen Lai-ken (Madam Yuen), an Inspector of Police from the Regional Crime Unit who encountered calamities. In the sequel The Exorcist's 2nd Meter, Wong reprised her role as Dr. Chong Tsz-yeuk, again opposite Kenneth Ma. In the same year, she starred in the crime drama Line Walker: Bull Fight, playing Cheung Kei-gee (Madam G), a Chief Inspector of Police from the Criminal Intelligence Bureau who has Savant Syndrome and Asperger Syndrome, collaborating with Raymond Lam, Michael Miu, and pairing up with Kenneth Ma.

In May 2020, Wong was cast in the crime thriller A Nail in the Heart as a police officer from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Bureau, collaborating with Vincent Wong, Lai Lok-yi, and veterans Kara Wai and Philip Keung. During filming, she had to wear a bomb suit weighing over 70 pounds.

Filmography

Films
Year Title Role Notes
2012 I Love Hong Kong 2012 TV station worker Cameo appearance
Natural Born Lovers Second younger sister
2013 Firestorm Yin Bin's colleague Cameo appearance

Television dramas
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Best Selling Secrets Neighbor Cameo
2008 Moonlight Resonance Donna Chan Doh-dan Cameo
When Easterly Showers Fall on the Sunny West Chong Suk-woon Supporting Role
Off Pedder Store manager Cameo
Speech of Silence Piano player Cameo
2009 E.U. Cheung Shu-san Supporting Role
The King of Snooker Amy Cameo
Just Love II Iris Ng Hoi-tung Supporting Role
In the Chamber of Bliss Ng Sheung-mui Supporting Role
A Chip Off the Old Block So Fung-lin Supporting Role
2010 Suspects in Love Cheng Siu-man Major Supporting Role
2010-2011 Home Troopers Karen Chukot Yung Major Supporting Role
2011 Ghetto Justice Silvia Cheung Tsz-sum Supporting Role
Lives of Omission Constable Vicky Mung Sum-ling Supporting Role
Men with No Shadows Tai Yan Supporting Role
2012 L'Escargot Lau Siu-lan Major Supporting Role
The Hippocratic Crush Dr. Hung Mei-suet Major Supporting Role
Tiger Cubs P. Inspector So Man-keung Major Supporting Role
Divas in Distress Kwai Yi-hei Major Supporting Role
2012-2013 Friendly Fire Wong Fei-fei Special Guest
2013 Sergeant Tabloid Inspector Szeto Kiu (Madam Kiu) 2nd Female Lead
A Change of Heart Ha Sze-ka Major Supporting Role
Always and Ever Tin Chau-ngan Major Supporting Role
The Hippocratic Crush II Dr. Hung Mei-suet Major Supporting Role
2014-2015 Tiger Cubs II P. Inspector So Man-keung Major Supporting Role
2015 Madam Cutie on Duty Angel Hung Dan-dan Major Supporting Role
The Fixer Lui Lui 1st Female Lead
Captain of Destiny Chu Shuk-kwan Major Supporting Role
2016 Daddy Dearest Ophelia Chu Lai-fa 1st Female Lead
Law dis-Order Martha Fong Ning 1st Female Lead
2016-2017 Rogue Emperor Ng Dor-yu / Shui Yik-suen Major Supporting Role
2017 Nothing Special Force Laser Lung Lai-sa 1st Female Lead
The Exorcist's Meter Dr. Felicity Chong Tsz-yeuk / Salvia 1st Female Lead
2018 Threesome Evie Fong Yee-yan / Piña Colada / Sau Mak Mak 1st Female Lead
Flying Tiger Dr. Cheung Wai-shan Supporting Role
2019 My Life as Loan Shark Mary Chu Ma-li 2nd Female Lead
2020 Brutally Young Inspector Yuen Lai-ken (Madam Yuen) 1st Female Lead
The Exorcist’s 2nd Meter Dr. Chong Tsz-yeuk / Salvia 1st Female Lead
Line Waker: Bull Fight C. Inspector Cheung Kei-gee (Madam G) 1st Female Lead
TBA A Nail in the Heart Yau Ngan-sing (Madam Sing) 2nd Female Lead
把關者們 Kwan Pui-yan (Madam Kwan) 1st Female Lead

Stage play
Year Title Role Notes
2020 Let's Hunt for a "Tiger" Tonight Wong Sau-ying 1st Female Lead

Awards

2012

2013
  • Next Magazine TV Awards: Best Scene-Stealing Supporting Actress
  • 2013 Singapore StarHub TVB Awards: Most Improved Female Artiste
  • 2013 TVB Star Awards Malaysia: Top 15 My Favourite TVB Character as Hung Mei-suet in The Hippocratic Crush II

2015

2016
  • 2016 Singapore StarHub TVB Awards: My Favourite TVB Female Character as Fong Ning (Martha) in Law Dis-Order
  • 2016 TVB Star Awards Malaysia: My Favourite Top 15 TVB Drama Characters as Fong Ning (Martha) in Law Dis-Order

2017
  • 2017 Singapore StarHub TVB Awards: My Favourite TVB Female Character as Lung Lai-sa (Laser) in Nothing Special Force

2018

References
  1. "Apple Daily Interview". tvb.com (in Chinese). 1 May 2010. p. 1. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
  2. "Quail Girl admits that she has a teacher sister; likes to refer to her friends as baby". Apple Daily (in Chinese). 7 May 2010. p. 1. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  3. "Graduates - Dance - HKAPA". www.hkapa.edu. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  4. "Graduates - Drama - HKAPA". www.hkapa.edu. Retrieved 12 December 2020.

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