Niki Chow

Niki Chow
Niki Chow in 2007
Background information
Chinese name	周麗淇 (traditional)
Chinese name	周丽淇 (simplified)
Pinyin	Zhōu Lì Qí (Mandarin)
Jyutping	chow1 lai6 kei4 (Cantonese)
Origin	Shanghai, China
Born	(1979-08-30) August 30, 1979 British Hong Kong
Occupation	Actress, Singer
Genre(s)	Cantopop
Label(s)	BMA (2005-2011)
Years active	1999–present
Ancestry	Shanghai, China
Website	chowlaiki.net
Awards TVB Anniversary Awards Most Improved Actress 2005 The Gentle Crackdown

Niki Chow (周麗淇) is a Hong Kong actress and Cantopop singer of Shanghainese descent. She terminated her contract with management company BMA and label BMA Records in January 2011 and currently has an artist contract with TVB which began on February 1, 2011.

Early life

Niki was born and raised in Hong Kong. She is fluent in Mandarin. However, netizens have pointed that her Cantonese pronunciation is less than perfect. This is because she grew up speaking Shanghainese in her family. She is the younger sister of the Hong Kong model Kathy Chow Man Kei. Niki's school life ended when she was spotted by an agent who offered her a modeling opportunity. This was the beginning of her life as an artist. She was just about 17 years old at that time.

Acting career

Several years later, she began her acting career in movies and television series, working mostly with TVB. Cast by Amy Wong, her first TVB series was Hard Fate (翡翠戀曲). She is well known for her role and performance in Producer Lau Ka Ho's 2005 series The Gentle Crackdown (秀才遇著兵), which stars Moses Chan and her. She won the Most Improved Actress award at the TVB Anniversary Awards (2005) for her performance in The Gentle Crackdown. Amy Wong's Under the Canopy of Love (天幕下的戀人), starring Kevin Cheng, Bosco Wong and her, in the February of the following year also helped establish her popularity. An indirect sequel with the same cast and crew, The Seventh Day (最美麗的第七天), came out February 2008. Her on-screen partnership with Kevin Cheng was well received by the audience in the years 2004-2008, along with rumours of the two dating in real life (until 2008). Niki's most recent series The King of Snooker (桌球天王) of 2009, with Adam Cheng and Patrick Tang, did not do well, resulting in low ratings and negative reviews. She filmed Sakura Memories (櫻紅醉了) – a TVB travel documentary programme about Japan – in the spring of 2009 and it aired on TVB in August 2009.

Music career

Niki signed with BMA Records in 2005 and released her debut EP Pure Niki in the August of that year. In 2006, she released Child-Woman and a single Nikikaka. In January 2009, she released Redefine. In August 2010, she released a charity single Make a Wish with proceeds donated to an organization called Make-A-Wish Hong Kong. As well, in November 2010, she released her last EP under BMA Records: F.L.Y. (which stands for Freedom, Love, and Youth).

Writing career

She is also the author of several books, including Girlfriend Diary《周麗淇·女朋友手記》(2005), a book of the same title as her 2006 album The Child Woman 《The Child Woman》(2006), Detailed Little Things 《細味心事》(2007), Happiness 《幸福》(2009), and Cherish 《珍惜》(2010). Her books are published under BMA Publications.

Discography

Music for TVB:

• 明知不知傻痴痴 (theme song for The Gentle Crackdown (2005), a duet with co-star Moses Chan)
• 請講 (theme song for Under the Canopy of Love (2006), a duet with co-star Kevin Cheng)
• 抱著空氣 (sub theme for The Seventh Day (2008), a duet with co-star Kevin Cheng)
• 相信童話 (sub theme for The King of Snooker (2009), a duet with co-star Patrick Tang)
• 身在福中 (theme song for her TVB travel programme Sakura Memories (2009))
• 心變 (theme song for A Change Of Heart 2013)

Filmography

Television series

Movies

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References

External links

• Weibo
• Karazen: Niki Chow Album Reviews & Chinese Lyrics
• Niki Chow 's pinkwork creation (p1 ~4.htm, sound & video)
• Niki Chow old interview (p1 ~2.htm, sound & video)