Tong Bing Yu

Tong Bing Yu
童缤毓
Born (1983-06-14) 14 June 1983 (age 41)
Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
NationalityMalaysian
EducationUCSI University Music Programmes
Occupation(s)Actress, singer, host
Years active2008-present
Musical career
Instrument(s)Piano, drums
Websitewww.facebook.com/TongBingYu

Tong Bing Yu (formerly known as Chris Tong; simplified Chinese: 童缤毓; traditional Chinese: 童繽毓; pinyin: Tóng Bīngyù; Jyutping: Tung4 Ban1 Juk1; born on 14 June 1983) is a Malaysian actress, host, singer, and producer.

In 2014, Tong Bing Yu was awarded one of Malaysia's Top Ten Outstanding Youth.[1] She is a long-term sponsor of "Ali De Speranza", a World Vision 30-Hour Famine D.I.Y Camp.[citation needed]

Career

Early years

In 2006, Tong won title of Miss Malaysia Chinese Cosmos International, along with two subsidiary titles, Miss Personality and Miss Perfect Skin.[citation needed] She later represented Malaysia in Switzerland and China, where she received the Miss Culture Personality Award.[citation needed]

In 2007, she founded the Yumiao Love Charity Foundation, encouraging pageant candidates to engage in charitable activities.[citation needed]

She landed her first TV hosting role in a China-Malaysia Jiangsu TV Travelogue, Go Go Travel. The show introduced places of interest and food of both China and Malaysia. Her co-hosts were Taiwanese host Chen Hong, Shining Star Performing Arts Training Center student Allan Kew, and TV anchor Huang Jing of China Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation.[2]

In 2008, she participated in her first TV series, My Destiny, marking the beginning of her acting career. The following year, she secured her first leading role in The Adjusters.[citation needed]

In 2009, she began serving as an emcee for Hai-O and Sin Chew Daily’s co-organized charity event "Ai Hua Jiao". She continued in this role for 10 years until the event was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Singapore

In 2010, Tong got her first leading role in Singapore in the TV series The Family Court. The role got her nominated in the 17th Star Awards Ceremony in Singapore, along with Tay Ping Hui in the Favourite Onscreen Couple (Drama) category. Also in 2010, she co-hosted Dream Potters with Singapore artiste Lee Teng, and was nominated for Favourite Onscreen Partners (Variety) at the 17th Star Awards Ceremony in 2011.

In 2012, she was nominated for Best Actress and Most Popular Actress at the second Golden Awards in Malaysia through the TV series A Time to Embrace.[citation needed]

In 2014, she got her first Best Actress nomination through the role of Bai Mingzhu (TV Series The Journey: A Voyage,) at the 20th Star Awards Ceremony and won her first award - Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes in Singapore. The same year, she won the Top 5 Most Popular Actress at the third Golden Awards in Malaysia, making Tong the only winner of both popularity awards among female artiste in Singapore and Malaysia.[4]

Furthermore, she was also selected as one of Malaysia's Top Ten Outstanding Youth,[1] and the winner of Outstanding Female Artiste of McMillan Woods Global Awards in 2014.[5]

In 2017, she performed as "mistress" in the Mightiest Mother-in-Law.[6]

Theatre and China film industry

Tong was also involved in theatre performances in 2015 and participated in the famous stage play Malaysian version, playing the role of Feng Ping. In 2011, she also made a cameo in the stage play of The Legends of Lai Meng. In the same year, she got two movie roles. The Wedding Diary, which gave her the opportunity to act alongside local artiste Ah Niu and Hong Kong actress Elanne Kong. Also, she participated in the movie Petaling Street Warriors with Mark Lee and Yeo Yann Yann.

Later, she participated in the China web movie League of Legend, playing the role of LeBlanc, acting with Elanne Kong, Tony Ahn and Collin Chou; she then officially announced she will gradually shift her focus to China, becoming one of the artiste of Beijing Happywoods TV under Hunan Television.[4]

Involvement in production and film producing

In 2015, Tong was the administrative producer for the Hong Kong movie Undercover: Punch and Gun.

In 2016, became producer of Hunan Broadcasting System and Malaysia Mon Space Media Entertainment co-produced China web drama Utopia,[7] while acting in it too.[8]

In 2018, she starred in a China-Malaysia film, and sang the movie's theme song A Stolen Life. This won her Breakthrough Performing Actress in the 2018 14th Chinese American Film Festival[9] and was awarded Best Lead Actress in the 2020 Melbourne Indie Film Festival, which is also her first "Best Actress" win.[10]

In 2019, Tong founded Marvelous Culture & Film, based in Malaysia. She started collaborations with China as the producer of Beyond Life and Death. In the past six years, she led her company's strategic transformation to achieve growth through cooperation with China.[11]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref
2009 Romantic Delicacies Honey
The Adjusters [zh]稽查專用 Annie 洛安妮 [12][13]
Welcome Home, My Love Zhang Wanqin 张婉琴 [12]
My Destiny Bai Suzhen 白素真 [12]
2010 Injustice Zhao Yutian 赵语恬 [12]
Goodnight DJ 2 [zh] 声空感应2 [12]
Glowing Embers Xuan Hui 玄蕙 [12]
The Glittering Days Bo Li [12]
The Family Court Huang Shuya 黄舒雅 [12]
2011 Code of Honour Long Wanyi 龙婉怡 [14]
C.L.I.F. Zhang Cenglin 张岑琳 [12]
2012 Justice in the City Zhuo Huiqi 卓惠棋
Game Plan Guo Keli 郭可丽
2013 The Journey: A Voyage Bai Mingzhu 白明珠 [15]
96 °C Café 96 °C 咖啡 Xu Ruolin 徐若琳 [16]
2014 The Journey: Tumultuous Times Bai Mingzhu 白明珠 [17]
The Caregivers Fang Yiting 方仪婷
2015 Good Luck Lin Shihui 林世慧
2016 Peace & Prosperity Huang Zishan 黄子珊
Beyond Words Liang Lening 梁乐宁 [15]
House of Fortune Luo Shuping 罗舒萍 [18]
2017 Life Less Ordinary Zhou Ke'en 周可恩
Mightiest Mother-in-Law
2018 Gifted Su Lingli 苏伶俐 [19]
2019 Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Sabre Bright Moon Messenger 辉月使 Cameo [20]
One Boat, One World 海洋之城
2021 The Ferryman: Legends of Nanyang 灵魂摆渡·南洋传说 Bai Xue Ying 白晓雪 [21]

Films

Year Title Role Notes Ref
2011 Petaling Street Warriors Xiao Ju 小菊 [22]
2012 The Golden Couple 金童玉女 [23][24]
The Wedding Diary Pat
The Golden Couple 金童玉女 Miss Woo
2013 Kick Ass Girls 爆3俏嬌娃 Zhu Ge 诸葛 [25]
2014 League of Legend 王者联盟 LeBlanc 乐芙兰 Web movie [4]
2015 冷月刀 Chang Qiuyan 常秋嫣 [26]
2016 Special Female Force Iris [27]
The Guest 不速之客 Liu Wen 刘雯 [28]
2018 A Stolen Life 双生 Chen Ji/Chen Mo 陈寂/陈默
2019 Supermum Cameo [29]
TBD 枪口下 Yi Xiao Ling 易小玲 Filming
JanGo Cody Post-production [30]

Stage play

Year Title Role Notes Ref
2011 The Legends of Lai Meng 杜鹃花的黎明 [31]
2015 I Have a Date with Spring Musical, Malaysia leg of tour

Hosting

  • 988 DJ (乐活星期天)
  • Jiangsu TV Go Go Travel (Travel Program) 2006
  • Pink World (Informative Program)
  • Jia Yu Channel (Model Contest)
  • Mid-Autumn Festival Special
  • Hit Hot Song 2
  • Dream Potters
  • Ai Hua Jiao Charity Concert 2009

Discography

  • 《不要骗小孩》EP Single Duet with A Di
  • 《筑梦》 TV Series A Time to Embrace Original Soundtrack Duet with Henley Hii
  • 《我们都一样》TV Series A Time to Embrace Original Soundtrack Duet with Lawrence Wong and Henley Hii
  • The Legend of Lai Meng Musical Theme Song Duet with Lenny Ooi
  • A Stolen Life Theme Song

Accolades

Year Ceremony Category Nominated work Result Ref
2010 <Nuyuo> Walk of Style Top 10 Fashion Icon — Won
2011 Star Awards Favourite Onscreen Couple (Drama) The Family Court Nominated
Favourite Onscreen Partners (Variety) Dream Potters Nominated
2012 Golden Awards Most Popular Actress — Nominated [32]
Best Actress A Time to Embrace Nominated
2014 Golden Awards Most Popular Actress (Top 5) — Won
Best Actress Mining Magnate Nominated
McMillan Woods Global Awards Outstanding Female Artiste — Won [5]
Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes — Won [33]
Star Awards for Most Popular Regional Artiste (Malaysia) — Nominated
Best Actress The Journey: A Voyage Nominated
Junior Chamber International Malaysia Malaysia's Top Ten Outstanding Youth — Won [1]
2015 Asia Model Awards Asian Model Star Awards — Won [34]
Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes — Nominated
Most Popular Regional Artiste (Malaysia) — Nominated
2016 Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes — Nominated
2017 Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes — Won
2018 Chinese American Film Festival Breakthrough Performing Actress A Stolen Life Won [9]
2019 ASEAN Outstanding Business Award ASEAN Top Social Media Influencer Award — Won
2020 Melbourne Indie Film Festival Best Lead Actress A Stolen Life Won [10]
2021 Malaysia Fashion, Modeling & Pageant Awards People's Choice Award – Outstanding Actress of the Year — Won [35]

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