Myolie Wu
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| Myolie Wu | |
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 Myolie Wu |
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| Chinese name | 胡杏兒 (Traditional) |
| Chinese name | 胡杏儿 (Simplified) |
| Pinyin | hu2 xing4 er2 (Mandarin) |
| Jyutping | wu4 hang6 ji4 (Cantonese) |
| Origin | Hong Kong |
| Born | November 6, 1979 Hong Kong |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Genre(s) | Cantopop |
| Official site | Myolie Wu Official Page on TVB.com Myolie Wu Official Website |
Myolie Wu is a Hong Kong actress for the popular Hong Kong TVB television station.
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[edit] Career
Myolie attended Boarding School at Methodist College Belfast before returning to University in Hong Kong.
She later entered the Miss Hong Kong pageant in 1999 and won second runner-up. She joined TVB shortly afterwards and started out as minor characters in a few of her first TV dramas. Her popularity rose significantly after starring in Golden Faith as the mentally challenged little sister of Gallen Lo. As a result, she ended up winning the Most Improved Female Artist Award at the 2002 TVB Anniversary Awards.
In recent years, she has been leading in almost all of her series starring opposite many popular veterans and young stars.
Back in 2001, while on the set of Family Man, one of the directors predicted that she will never gain popularity. "No matter how I look at you, you will only be a fourth-tier actress! For people like you, if you can't come out on top from the start, you don't stand a chance to compete. It will be difficult for you to succeed!". However, as the years passed, Myolie seems to have proven the director wrong by rising to the top to become one of the "new generation" of TVB fa dans.
Despite wide criticism, Myolie decided to gain major weight for her role as an overweight woman in the 2006 TVB series, To Grow With Love, in which she also starred with Andy Hui. Audiences had mixed reactions in her decision to gain weight for the role, instead of using alternative methods (like wearing a fat suit). Many did not think it was worth it for Myolie to undergo weight gain and some were even concerned that she would not be able to successfully lose it all.
She has two older sisters with whom she had a rough childhood, but has mellowed since all three became adults. Myolie's parents divorced and she and her sisters lived with their mother until Myolie was eight and moved back with their father. Her father later married a Japanese woman, who gave "Miyori" as her Japanese name and "Myolie" as her English name. Her English name literally means "My Only" as it implies that she is "her mother's only".
In 2006, Myolie has taken another step in her career to sing the theme song for her series War and Destiny. At the "Next Magazine TV Artists Awards 2007", she was placed 3rd respectively out of the 10 most popular TV artists voted by the audience. On January 20th, 2007, she won the "Favorite Actress" Award at the Astro Award in Malaysia. Upon receiving her award for the Favourite Female Lead Role, Myolie said: "This award is not just mine. It also belongs to all the cast and crew who have given out for this show."
Myolie has been an active supporter of Oxfam Hong Kong since 2006. As an ambassador of Oxfam Myolie travelled to Guizhou and Zhengzhou China and had seen for herself the poverty affecting the rural villages of China. She was deeply moved by the sincerity of the people living there and have since put in a lot of effort to improve their lives and provide better opportunities for their children. Aside from Oxfam Myolie have also actively done various charity work in Hong Hong. Most notably her effort in helping elderly citizens.
On November 29th, 2007, Myolie won "Best Performance by An Actress In a Comedy" Award for her role in "To Grow With Love" at the 12th Asian Television Awards held in Singapore, thus gaining international recognition for her acting.
Myolie Wu also participated in the Strictly Come Dancing competition in Hunan and her performance was excellent. Myolie had the responsibility of 'opening' the show by competing first. As the music flowed, the 'boyish' Myolie we are so used to seeing started dancing elegantly and delivering a very warm performance that fully engaged the audience.Many people praised Myolie for being very feminine and were amazed at her dancing skills.
[edit] Filmography
- At Point Blank (2001)
- A Colourful Life (2001)
- Legal Entanglement (2001)
- The Awakening Story (2001)
- Eternal Happiness (2002)
- Doomed To Oblivion (2002)
- Family Man (2002)
- Golden Faith (2002)
- Survivor's Law (2003)
- Virtues of Harmony II (2003)
- Triumph in the Skies (2003)
- Net Deception (2004)
- Dream of Colours (2004)
- Lost in the Chamber of Love (2004)
- Scavenger's Paradise (2005)
- The Gateau Affairs (2005)
- Wars of In-Laws (2005)
- When Rules Turn Loose (2005)
- War and Destiny (2006)
- To Grow With Love (2006)
- The Drive of Life (2007)
- Wars of In-Laws II (2008)
- The Master of Tai Chi (2008)
- When A Dog Loves A Cat (2008)
- Burning Flames III (2008) (pre-production)
[edit] Variety Shows
- Beautiful Cooking
- King of Games
- Strictly Come Dancing 《舞动奇迹》 - Season II
[edit] Discography & Songs
- When A Dog Loves A Cat Theme Song - Gallen Lo & Myolie Wu
- 《最難過今天》"The Most Difficult Day" - Vincent Wong & Myolie Wu
- Wars of In-Laws II Sub-Theme Song - Bosco Wong & Myolie Wu
- To Grow With Love Sub-Theme Song "Miss Pig"
- To Grow With Love Theme Song - Myolie Wu & Andy Hui
- Lady in Red Album (Various Artists) - "Fortunately" (War & Destiny Themesong)
- "1+1" (Radio Drama Theme Song)
- Lost in the Chamber of Love Themesong - Ron Ng & Myolie Wu
- Scavenger's Paradise Themesong - Myolie Wu, Roger Kwok, Kenneth Ma & Cherrie Kong
- War of In Laws Themesong - Myolie Wu, Liza Wang & Bosco Wong
- EEG TVB Kids Songs Selection Album - "Chocolate and Vanilla" - Myolie Wu & Bernice Liu
[edit] Awards
- 2008 Jessica Code Magazine Most Stylish Cover Award
- 2008 3D-Gold Charismatic Actress Award
- 2008 Next Magazine TV Artists Awards: 4th
- 2008 Astro Wah Lai Toi Drama Awards: Top 12 character award
- 2007 Yahoo Buzz! Award: Most Searched Upcoming Rising Artist
- 2007 Asian Television Awards: Best Comedy Performance by an Actress
- 2007 TVB Children's Songs Award: Top 10 (with Bernice Liu)
- 2007 Next Magazine TV Artists Awards: 3rd
- 2006 Astro Wah Lai Toi Drama Awards: Favourite Actress - Tin Lik in "War of In-Laws"
- 2006 Astro Wah Lai Toi Drama Awards: Favourite character from "War of In-Laws"
- 2006 Annual Artiste Award: Best Music Newcomer - Silver
- 2006 Annual Artiste Award: Best TV Actress Award - Bronze
- 2006 Yahoo Buzz! Award: Yahoo most searched TV Actress Award
- 2006 Metro Showbiz Television Awards: Top 12 Popular TV Series Actor/Actress Award
- 2006 TVB Popularity Awards: Most Popular On-Screen Couple - Bosco Wong and Myolie Wu
- 2006 TVB Popularity Awards: Top 10 Favourite Characters - Myolie Wu for "Tin Lik" in WOIL
- 2006 Next Magazine TV Artists Awards: 7th
- 2005 Astro Wah Lai Toi Drama Awards: Favorite character from "Dream of Colours"
- 2005 Golden TVS Awards from South China: Most Popular Cantonese Speaking Actress
- 2005 Yahoo Buzz! Award: Yahoo most searched TV Actress Award
- 2005 TVB Weekly: Most Popular Female Idol Award
- 2005 Next TV Magazine: Ferti "Style & Chic" Award
- 2005 Smiling Together & Lifting our Spirits Function: Brightest Smile Award
- 2004 Entertainment Weekly: Future Galore Star
- 2003 3rd Weekly: Popular Actress Award
- 2003 Next TV Magazine: Best "Personal Style" Smile
- 2002 TVB 35th Anniversary: Most Improved Actress Award
- 1999 Miss Hong Kong: 2nd runner up & "Most Energetic" Award
[edit] External links
- TVB Artist Page
- Myolie Wu's Official International Fanclub
- Myolie's China BBS
- Our one & only Myolie Wu forum (English Forum)
- Yahoo Blog Myolie
[edit] References
- http://jade.tvb.com/artiste/wu_hang_yee_myolie/ TVB Artist Page. Retrieved on 27 June 2007
