Jinny Ng

Jinny Ng Yeuk Hei (Chinese: 吳若希; born 23 May 1992) is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, hostess and actress. She is currently a singer with Voice Entertainment and an actress with TVB.[3] She was born in Mainland China and emigrated to Hong Kong along with her family at the age of nine. She has risen to prominence since 2014 as she performed several theme songs and hosted TV programs for TVB.

Jinny Ng
Jinny in February 2014
Born
Ng Ka Nei (吳嘉妮)[1]

(1992-05-23) 23 May 1992
Fuzhou, Fujian, China
OccupationSinger, musician, actress, hostess
Years active2010–2016
2017-2020[2]
Spouse(s)
Alex Ho
​
(m. 2017)​
ChildrenGiselle Ho (daughter)
b. 23 April 2017
Kylian Ho (son)
b. 3 November 2020
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese吳若希
Simplified Chinese吴若希
Musical career
GenresCantopop, Mandopop
InstrumentsPiano, ukulele
LabelsCraze Music (2010)
Stars Shine International (2010–2013)
Voice Entertainment (2014–present)

Career

2008: Discovery

In 2008, 16-year-old Jinny Ng was discovered by an agent while singing in karaoke with her friends. She had been secretly trained to sing and play instruments for two years before her start in music career, which was a tough time she had undergone.[4]

2010: Start of music career and debut album

Early in 2010, Jinny Ng and Enzo Siu chorused the song "Love@Earth", which marked the start of her music career. On 8 November 2010, she released her debut EP Love Diary , which has received positive criticisms.

2011: Chorus single and several awards

In 2011, Jinny Ng released the single "Intimate" (《知己》), which was chorused with Alfred Hui. It became a hit single as it reached to the peak of TVB Chart of pop songs and was awarded several times.

2012: Second album and illnesses

On 28 May 2012, Jinny Ng released her second album Blue Sky, which contained eight new Cantonese songs. In early July, she had a stomachache and went to the hospital for emergency. Later while participating in a public activity, she felt dizzy and visited a private doctor. After a careful inspection, it was found that she had a tumor in her stomach. She followed the doctor's advice and underwent surgery to remove the tumor.[5] Subsequently she found there was a callus in her throat.[6]

2013: Third album

On 26 June 2013, Jinny Ng released her third album I Learned.

2014–present: Retrospective album and rise to fame

From the start of 2014, Jinny Ng joined Voice Entertainment from Stars Shine International and contracted with TVB. She sang several theme songs for TVB dramas, including A Time of Love, Storm in a Cocoon, Swipe Tap Love and Line Walker. Her song Love Is Not Easy is used as an insert theme for the drama series Line Walker, which only made the song and show more popular with audiences. On 27 November 2014, Jinny Ng released her fourth album, a Retrospective album called Love Collection: Love Is Not Easy, which includes her theme songs and classics in her previous albums.

Jinny Ng is also a hostess in TVB programs such as All Things Girl and Jade Solid Gold. Additionally, she has begun to act in some TVB dramas such as Come On, Cousin, My "Spiritual" Ex-Lover, Young Charioteers and Angel In-the-Making.

On 18 January 2015, in the 2014 Jade Solid Gold Awards Presentation, Ng's "Love Is Not Easy" won the award of Golden Song, which denotes it as the best song among the other awarded songs. The song has been known by one and all and widely named the "brainwash song". It also has a Vietnamese version.[7]

While continuing with her rise to fame and success, Ng also have birth to her first child, a daughter; Giselle with her boyfriend, Alex Ho in late April 2017.

Discography
Further information: Jinny Ng discography

Filmography

Television dramas
TV Dramas (TVB)
YearNameRoleNote
2014Come On, CousinMa Lai Gou's wife
林碧嬌
2015My "Spiritual" Ex-LoverYing Chun Kiu
迎春嬌		Supporting Character
Young CharioteersWu Sum Lam
胡芯藍		One of the four heroines
Angel In-the-MakingAlison Yu
俞玥愛

Films
  • Natural Born Lovers (2012)
  • The Best Plan Is No Plan (2013)
  • A Secret Between Us (2013)
  • Return of the Cuckoo (2015)

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Awards and nominations
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Jinny Ng

References
  1. 眾星相
  2. Went on hiatus twice due to foucing her marriage and family life.
  3. "TVB artistes". TVB.
  4. "十八歲的日記 吳若希". 新浪香港. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  5. "吳若希借10萬 割拳頭瘤". 東方日報. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  6. "吳若希拳頭瘤後喉嚨生繭". 太阳报. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  7. 越南歌手唱 《越難越愛》驚變《越南越愛》
  8. Jinny Ng at hkmdb.com
  9. Jinny Ng at chinesemov.com
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