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Venus Wong
Venus Wong
Chinese	王敏奕
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Wáng Mǐnyì
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Wong4 Man5 Jik6

Venus Wong
Venus Wong
	Wong in 2024
Born	1 January 1992 (age 33); Huizhou, Guangdong, China
Nationality	Chinese (Hong Kong)
Occupations	Actress; model;
Spouse	Derek Tsang (m. 2019)

Venus Wong Man-yik (Chinese: 王敏奕; pinyin: Wáng Mǐnyì) is a Hong Kong actress currently contracted to TVB and TVB Music Group.

Biography

Early life

Venus 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 Rosehill School.

Career

In 2006, Wong participated in the television show Y2K Series (Y2K系列) at the age of 14. 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 played a waitress in the film Forgive and Forget (親愛的). Wong had appeared in a number of supporting roles in films, such as To Love or Not to Love, Camera and Lucky Boy.^[1]^[2] After playing a few more minor roles, she studied at the City University of Hong Kong before dropping out in 2012 to study Drama in New York.^[3] She had also appeared in numerous TV commercials and had promoted brands such as Olympus, Nokia and Brandy.^[4]

In 2013, Wong filmed her first TVB drama Never Dance Alone, playing the younger version of Rachel Lee’s character. The drama was broadcast in 2014. In 2020, she signed contracts with TVB and The Voice Entertainment（now known as TVB Music Group）.

Personal life

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

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Ref
2008	Forgive and Forget [zh]	Waitress	^[5]
2008	High Noon	Soy Sauce's girlfriend	^[6]
2009	Love Connected [zh]	Venus
2010	Girl$	Gucci
2012	Diva [zh]	Gennie
2013	The Midas Touch	Ho Miu-miu
2014	Streets of Macao
	À Espera		^[7]
	Uncertain Relationship Society [zh]	Lee Ning
2015	King of Mahjong	Bak Sei-hei	^[8]
2015	Knock Knock! Who's There? [zh]	Carmen
2016	Good Take Too [zh]		^[9]
2017	To Love or Not to Love	Cha Tsz-kei	^[10]
	Lucky Boy	Zhang Qingqing	^[11]
	Zombiology: Enjoy Yourself Tonight [zh]	Nip Yee-suen	^[12]
2020	The Secret Diary of a Mom to Be
	Unleashed	Elfy Lam
	Hell Bank Presents: Running Ghost [zh]	Chow Bo-yi
2021	Anita	MIWA

Television dramas

TVB

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2014	ICAC Investigators 2014	Kwok Siu-lam	Ep. 1
2014	Never Dance Alone	Young Julie Chu Li	Younger version of Rachel Lee’s character	^[13]
2020	Hong Kong Love Stories [zh]	"Shay" Chan Tsz-yan	Main Role	^[13]
2021	Murder Diary	Dr. Fong Yuen-chin		^[14]
2021	The Line Watchers [zh]	"Kay" Wan Tsz-ki		^[15]
2022	Forensic Heroes V [zh]	Fok Bo-ying		^[16]
2023	The QUEEN of News [zh]	Carrie Lau Yim	Major Supporting Role	^[17]
2024	The Spectator [zh]	Yiu Chi-yu	Main Role	^[18]
2024	Happy Ever After? [zh]	Mira Lui Ching-hoi	Main Role	^[19]
TBA	虛擬情人	Ching Ching	Main Role	^[20]

Shaw Brothers Pictures

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018	Flying Tiger [zh]	Tai Yi-fei	Major Supporting Role

ViuTV

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2019	The Republic [zh]	Fiona Fong	Main Role
2019	#MeToo [zh]	Lam Tsz-wai	Ep. 3

Awards and nominations


Year	Award	Result
2020	TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Female Character	Nominated
2021	TVB Anniversary Award for Most Improved Female Artiste	Nominated (Top 5)
	TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress	Nominated (Top 10)
	TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Female Character	Nominated
	TVB Anniversary Award for Favourite TVB Actress in Malaysia	Nominated
	People’s Choice Television Award for Most Improved Female Artiste	Nominated
	People’s Choice Television Award for Best Actress	Nominated
2022	TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress	Nominated
	TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Female Character	Nominated (Top 10)
	TVB Anniversary Award for Favourite TVB Actress in Malaysia	Nominated (Top 10)
	TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Onscreen Partnership (with Bosco Wong	Nominated
	TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular TV Soundtrack	Nominated
2023	TVB Anniversary Award for Most Improved Female Artiste	Nominated (Top 5)
2023	TVB Anniversary Award for Best Supporting Actress	Nominated (Top 5)

References

^ "Rising Star, Venus Wong, Takes Acting Seriously". Jayne Stars. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
^ Chan, Rachel (20 October 2015). "New Singapore film starring HK actress Venus Wong in 2016". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
^ "進修無緣遇「美」男王敏奕鬥「戲」". The Sun (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 November 2017.
^ "王敏奕". TVCMBASE.com. Retrieved 14 November 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Review: Forgive and Forget (2008)". LoveHKFilm. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ "High Noon (2008)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ "À Espera film stills". Studiotm.hk. 2014. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ Wong, Thompson (19 February 2015). "Review: King Of Mahjong". InCinemasSG. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ Lee, Edmund (26 May 2016). "Film review: Good Take Too – dreams and regrets in Hong Kong anthology sequel". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ Lee, Edmund (1 March 2017). "Film review: To Love or Not to Love – Venus Wong, Edward Ma in largely harmless Hong Kong romantic comedy". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ Neu, Weetee (4 June 2017). "Wang Weiliang: I Still Can't Get Over How Pretty Venus Wong Is". 8Days (Interview). Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ "Zombiology: Enjoy Yourself Tonight (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b 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 5 May 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
^ "Murder Diary Premieres on 28 June on TVB". TVB Anywhere Official Instagram (in Chinese). 2021-06-10.
^ "《把關者們》為香港人把關". TVB Weekly (in Chinese). 2021-01-14.
^ "黃宗澤用錯力秒派表情包　王敏奕頭耷耷死跟". on.cc (in Chinese). 2021-10-31.
^ "佘詩曼化身《新聞女王》展開辦公室權力惡鬥". TVB Weekly (in Chinese). 2023-05-23.
^ "《旁觀者》神探戀上連環殺手". TVB Weekly (in Chinese). 2021-09-03.
^ "《婚後事》相愛很難婚姻更難". TVB Weekly (in Chinese). 2022-04-27.
^ "《虛擬情人》尋回戀愛初心". TVB Weekly (in Chinese). 2022-11-15.

External links

Venus Wong Man-Yik at the Hong Kong Movie Database

[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.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[5] "Review: Forgive and Forget (2008)". LoveHKFilm. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.

[6] "High Noon (2008)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.

[7] "À Espera film stills". Studiotm.hk. 2014. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.

[8] Wong, Thompson (19 February 2015). "Review: King Of Mahjong". InCinemasSG. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.

[9] Lee, Edmund (26 May 2016). "Film review: Good Take Too – dreams and regrets in Hong Kong anthology sequel". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.

[10] Lee, Edmund (1 March 2017). "Film review: To Love or Not to Love – Venus Wong, Edward Ma in largely harmless Hong Kong romantic comedy". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.

[11] Neu, Weetee (4 June 2017). "Wang Weiliang: I Still Can't Get Over How Pretty Venus Wong Is". 8Days (Interview). Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.

[12] "Zombiology: Enjoy Yourself Tonight (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.

[dramas-13] 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 5 May 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

[14] "Murder Diary Premieres on 28 June on TVB". TVB Anywhere Official Instagram (in Chinese). 2021-06-10.

[15] "《把關者們》為香港人把關". TVB Weekly (in Chinese). 2021-01-14.

[16] "黃宗澤用錯力秒派表情包　王敏奕頭耷耷死跟". on.cc (in Chinese). 2021-10-31.

[17] "佘詩曼化身《新聞女王》展開辦公室權力惡鬥". TVB Weekly (in Chinese). 2023-05-23.

[18] "《旁觀者》神探戀上連環殺手". TVB Weekly (in Chinese). 2021-09-03.

[19] "《婚後事》相愛很難婚姻更難". TVB Weekly (in Chinese). 2022-04-27.

[20] "《虛擬情人》尋回戀愛初心". TVB Weekly (in Chinese). 2022-11-15.

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