Corinna Chamberlain

Corinna Chamberlain
Chinese name	陳明恩 (traditional)
Chinese name	陈明恩 (simplified)
Origin	Hong Kong
Born	(1982-04-07) April 7, 1982 British Hong Kong
Occupation	Actress, Singer, Host
Label(s)	TVB
Years active	2007 - present

Corinna Kathy Chamberlain (Chinese: 陳明恩; Jyutping: Can4 Ming4 Jan1) is a Hong Kong-based singer and actress. She is also a musical theatre performer, model, and an occasional TV host for TVB. She was a director for the dance company, "Morethandance" until December 2008.

Early life

Born to an Australian mother and a New Zealander father, Corinna Chamberlain was raised in Hong Kong and speaks fluent Cantonese.^[1] Her family arrived in Hong Kong as missionaries. Her Chinese name - "Ming Yan" means "understanding and grace". In August 2013, she became a contestant for TVB singing contest for actors: The Voice of the Stars (zh:星夢傳奇) and placed third. According to the backstage interviews, her parents and older brother can also speak Cantonese fluently. Her older brother was also born and raised in Hong Kong, but has been living in Japan with his wife since 2009.

Career

Chamberlain graduated from the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts^[2] majoring in Musical Theatre Dance. She received The Society of APA Scholarship, Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation Scholarships (Outstanding Awards) and Sir Edward Youde Memorial Scholarship. She won first place in the duet section of Olympic 2000 competition that took her on tour in HK and Australia. She has worked as vocalist, dancer, actress, instructor, choreographer, model and MC. Corinna’s musical performances include "Leaving" as Sally, "Vision Party" as B.B. Tang, "Disco Inferno" as Lady Marmalade, "The Boyfriend" as Masie, soloist for "Postcards From Broadway" with Michael Heath and Laurie Williamson, "And Then There’s You", "Annie" as Grace Farrell, and soloist in "Can’t Help It My Feet Love To Dance" and "Snowqueen". She has participated in numerous shows including "Side By Side", "On The Edge", "Yeah Show", Eternity’s 20th Anniversary Concert, APM shows, Sandy Lam’s 2007 Concert, "Q Zoo Zoo", "What’s Up The World", "R's Adventurous Drift" and many other commercial productions for companies including for Rene Martin, Hennessey, Addidas, Gucci and Miss Sixty.

Her choreographic work has included being assistant choreographer to Pewan Chau for Goodnews Communications International’s musical, "Burning My Life 201", choreographer for the musical, "Moses", produced at United Christian College Kowloon East for Media Evangelism’s musical, "An Ark Sparks in the Dark" and co-choreographer for Eternity’s concert performance at Queen Elizabeth Stadium with Morethandance, for a dance performance at the release of Gucci’s 2004 watch collection, for Millennium Centre’s ETV production, for Tsang Shui Tim Secondary School’s production of "The Sound of Music" and for Millennium Centre’s primary school musical production. She has taught musical theatre jazz, lyrical jazz, pop jazz, modern jazz, song & dance, tap, and singing at places including CCDC, 3ami and numerous highschools.

Chamberlain is a TVB artist as of May 2008. On 16 July 2008 Corinna appeared in Best Selling Secrets, a popular TVB comedy soap, demonstrating her excellent cantonese speaking ability as well as good acting and some martial arts skills.

Some viewers have likened her looks to Australian actress Nicole Kidman.

In 2008, she participated in William So's <So I Sing> concert series, and performed duets with the veteran singer.

In 2008, Corinna was the guest artist who sang both the Australian and New Zealand National Anthems at the Bledisloe Cup Rugby Game between Australia and New Zealand which was hosted by Hong Kong. As the offspring of an Australian mother and New Zealand father, and herself a Hong Kong resident, this was a fitting occasion for this multi talented artist to perform in front of a crowd of 39,000.

Filmography

Prize

References

1. ↑ Schroeder, Charlie (3 February 2014). "This blond and blue-eyed singer wows Hong Kongers with her flawless Cantopop". Public Radio International. Retrieved 24 September 2015. 
2. ↑ Lau, Chris (21 May 2013). "Non-Chinese can succeed in local entertainment industry, says actress". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 24 September 2015. 

External links

• TVB profile