Venus Wong

Venus Wong Man-yik (Chinese: 王敏奕; pinyin: wong4 man5 jik6) is Chinese actress from Hong Kong who has starred in films such as To Love or Not to Love, Camera and Lucky Boy. After beginning her career in television on the teen idols' show Y2K Series (Y2K系列) in 2006, she appeared in a number of supporting roles in television and film before being cast in the 2014 film Never Dance Alone.[1][2]

Venus Wong Man-yik
On July 27, 2018, Venus Wong
Born (1992-01-01) 1 January 1992
 People's Republic of China Huizhou, China
Nationality Hong Kong
OccupationActress, Model
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2019)​
Venus Wong
Chinese王敏奕
On July 27, 2018, at the Freer Sackler Gallery in Washington DC, a panel discussion about the Hong Kong film 今晚打喪屍 Zombiology: Enjoy Yourself Tonight (2017) featuring (l to r) Tom, Venus Wong, and Alan Lo.

Biography

Wong was born in 1992 in Huizhou, Guangdong province and moved to Hong Kong at the age of one with her mother. She attended Christ Church Ching Wan Primary School and then Rosehill School before being scouted at the age of 14 to become a Teen idol in the television show Y2K Series. Two years later in 2008, she made her film debut in the movie High Noon (烈日當空) as a supporting character. In the same year, she appeared in the TV show 性本善 and as a waitress in the film Forgive and Forget 親愛的. After appearing in a few more small roles, she studied French at the City University of Hong Kong before dropping out in 2012 to study Drama in New York.[3] Wong has appeared in many TV commercials and has promoted brands such as Olympus, Nokia and Brandy.[4]

Wong married Hong Kong actor Derek Tsang at Niki Hills, Hokkaido, Japan, in 2019.

Filmography

Films
Film[5]RoleYear
High NoonSoy Sauce's girlfriend2008
Forgive and ForgetWaitress2008
Love ConnectedVenus2009
Girl$Gucci2010
DivaGennie2012
The Midas TouchRiver2013
Streets of MacaoExample2014
Uncertain Relationship SocietyExample2014
À EsperaExample2015
King of MahjongExample2015
To love or not to loveCasey2016
Good Take, Too!"2"2016
Zombiology: Enjoy Yourself TonightExample2017
Unleashed2019

Television series
Year English title Chinese title Role Network Notes Ref.
2014 ICAC Investigators 2014 廉政行動2014 Kwok Siu-lam (郭小霖) TVB
Never Dance Alone 女人俱樂部 Julie Chow Lei (朱莉) Teenage version of the character
Supporting Role		 [6]
2018 Flying Tiger 飛虎之潛行極戰 Thye Yi-fei (戴以菲) Shaw Brothers Studio Main Role
2019 The Republic 理想国 Fiona Fong (張玉瑄) viuTV
#MeToo 假設性無罪 Lam Ji-wai (林梓慧) Main Role
2020 Hong Kong Love Stories 香港愛情故事 Shay Chan Ji-yan (陳子欣) TVB Main Role [6]
TBD Murder Diary 刑偵日記 Fong Yun-chin (方菀芊} Main Role

References
  1. "Rising Star, Venus Wong, Takes Acting Seriously". Jayne Stars. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  2. Chan, Rachel (20 October 2015). "New Singapore film starring HK actress Venus Wong in 2016". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  3. "進修無緣遇「美」男 王敏奕鬥「戲」". The Sun (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  4. "王敏奕". TVCMBASE.com. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  5. "Venus Wong Man-Yik". HKMDB. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  6. Chan, Ka-ying (11 December 2020). "【香港愛情故事】王敏奕相隔6年重返TVB拍劇　《女人俱樂部》首播：用時間證明自身努力" [Venus Wong returns to TVB after the filming of Never Dance Alone 6 years ago; Use time to prove her efforts] (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
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