Tong Bing Yu (formerly known as Chris Tong; ; 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. She is a long-term sponsor of "Ali De Speranza", a World Vision 30-Hour Famine D.I.Y Camp.
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. She later represented Malaysia in Switzerland and China, where she received the Miss Culture Personality Award.
In 2007, she founded the Yumiao Love Charity Foundation, encouraging pageant candidates to engage in charitable activities.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Furthermore, she was also selected as one of Malaysia's Top Ten Outstanding Youth, and the winner of Outstanding Female Artiste of McMillan Woods Global Awards in 2014.
In 2017, she performed as "mistress" in the Mightiest Mother-in-Law.
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.
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, while acting in it too.
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 and was awarded Best Lead Actress in the 2020 Melbourne Indie Film Festival, which is also her first "Best Actress" win.
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.
Filmography
Television +YearTitleRoleNotesRef2009Romantic DelicaciesHoney稽查專用Annie 洛安妮Welcome Home, My LoveZhang Wanqin 张婉琴My DestinyBai Suzhen 白素真2010InjusticeZhao Yutian 赵语恬 声空感应2Glowing EmbersXuan Hui 玄蕙The Glittering DaysBo LiThe Family CourtHuang Shuya 黄舒雅2011Code of Honour Long Wanyi 龙婉怡C.L.I.F.Zhang Cenglin 张岑琳2012Justice in the CityZhuo Huiqi 卓惠棋Game PlanGuo Keli 郭可丽2013The Journey: A VoyageBai Mingzhu 白明珠96 °C Café 96 °C 咖啡Xu Ruolin 徐若琳2014The Journey: Tumultuous TimesBai Mingzhu 白明珠The CaregiversFang Yiting 方仪婷2015Good LuckLin Shihui 林世慧2016Peace & ProsperityHuang Zishan 黄子珊Beyond WordsLiang Lening 梁乐宁House of FortuneLuo Shuping 罗舒萍2017Life Less OrdinaryZhou Ke'en 周可恩Mightiest Mother-in-Law2018GiftedSu Lingli 苏伶俐2019Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying SabreBright Moon Messenger 辉月使CameoOne Boat, One World 海洋之城2021The Ferryman: Legends of Nanyang 灵魂摆渡·南洋传说Bai Xue Ying 白晓雪
Films +YearTitleRoleNotesRef2011Petaling Street WarriorsXiao Ju 小菊2012The Golden Couple 金童玉女The Wedding DiaryPatThe Golden Couple 金童玉女Miss Woo2013Kick Ass Girls 爆3俏嬌娃Zhu Ge 诸葛2014League of Legend 王者联盟LeBlanc 乐芙兰Web movie2015冷月刀Chang Qiuyan 常秋嫣2016Special Female ForceIrisThe Guest 不速之客Liu Wen 刘雯2018A Stolen Life 双生Chen Ji/Chen Mo 陈寂/陈默2019SupermumCameo2025Blood BrothersMadam RitaTBD枪口下Yi Xiao Ling 易小玲FilmingJanGoCodyPost-production
Stage play +YearTitleRoleNotesRef2011The Legends of Lai Meng 杜鹃花的黎明2015I Have a Date with SpringMusical, 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
Awards and nomination Year Ceremony Category Nominated work ResultRef 2010 <Nuyuo> Walk of Style Top 10 Fashion Icon 2011 Star AwardsFavourite Onscreen Couple (Drama)The Family Court Favourite Onscreen Partners (Variety)Dream Potters 2012Golden Awards Most Popular Actress Best Actress A Time to Embrace 2014Golden AwardsMost Popular Actress (Top 5)Best ActressMining MagnateMcMillan Woods Global AwardsOutstanding Female Artiste Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes Star Awards for Most Popular Regional Artiste (Malaysia) Best ActressThe Journey: A Voyage Junior Chamber International MalaysiaMalaysia's Top Ten Outstanding Youth 2015Asia Model AwardsAsian Model Star Awards Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes Most Popular Regional Artiste (Malaysia) 2016 Star AwardsTop 10 Most Popular Female Artistes 2017 Star AwardsTop 10 Most Popular Female Artistes 2018Chinese American Film FestivalBreakthrough Performing ActressA Stolen Life2019ASEAN Outstanding Business AwardASEAN Top Social Media Influencer Award2020Melbourne Indie Film FestivalBest Lead ActressA Stolen Life2021Malaysia Fashion, Modeling & Pageant AwardsPeople's Choice Award – Outstanding Actress of the Year
References
External links 童冰玉Chris Tong - Celebrity Bios on xinmsn Entertainment Chris Tong on IMDb 童冰玉 on HKMDb 童冰玉Chris Tong on Mtime 童冰玉Chris Tong on Douban