Miriam Yeung Chin-wah (born 3 February 1974) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. As of 2020, she has released more than 35 albums and has starred in more than 40 films. In 2012, Yeung won the Award for Best Actress at the 32nd Hong Kong Film Awards for portraying Cherie Yu in Love in the Buff.
Yeung studied at the Holy Family Canossian College in Kowloon and was a registered nurse at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong. She began her career in entertainment after coming third in the TVB 14th annual New Talent Singing Awards competition in 1995.
Career Music She began her career as a singer and actress after coming third in the TVB 14th annual New Talent Singing Awards competition in 1995, co-organised with Capital Artists.Xinhua News. Interview with Miriam Yeung. 18 April 2005. Retrieved 23 July 2007.
Yeung has released more than 40 albums in Cantonese and Mandarin. Many of her songs have been mainstream hits and award winners, such as "Maiden's Prayer" (少女的祈禱), "Sisters" (姊妹), "Unfortunately I'm an Aquarius" (可惜我是水瓶座) and "Small City, Big Things" (小城大事).
She also performed a Cantonese version of "It's A Small World", at the opening of It's A Small World at the Hong Kong Disneyland theme park in 2008.
Acting As an actress, Yeung has appeared in over 30 films with a total box office of around US$50 million worldwide, and had voice roles in three Korean and Thai movies. She won the Most Popular Artiste Award at Italy's Udine Far East Film Festival in 2002.
Her notable works include Sound of Colors, Drink, Drank, Drunk, Hooked on You, Perfect Wedding, Love in a Puff and Love in the Buff.
In 2011, Yeung won her first Best Actress award for Perfect Wedding at the 17th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award. In 2013 she won another Best Actress award for Love in the Buff at the 32nd Hong Kong Film Awards.
In 2019, Yeung starred as the female lead in TVB drama Wonder Women. It was her first small screen appearance in 8 years. She won the Most Popular Female Character award at the 2019 TVB Anniversary Awards along with Selena Lee.
Other work In 2005, she was elected one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Hong Kong by the Junior Chamber International Hong Kong.
Yeung is also involved in literature and drawing. She published Miriam Experience of School Entry in 1998, which encompasses short passages about her reflections on life, travel journals, and sharing with friends. In 1997, she made her first attempt at composing, a song named "The Writing is on the Wall" ("字跡").
Personal life In 2007, Yeung began dating ex-VRF member Real Ting Chi-ko. The couple married on 11 August 2009 in Las Vegas. After returning to Hong Kong, the couple held two wedding banquets in the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Wan Chai on 20 December 2010 and in L'hotel Island South in Aberdeen on 24 December 2010, inviting over 500 guests. She gave birth to their child Torres Ting, nicknamed "RMB" which means "Real & Miriam's Baby", on 5 June 2012.
In early 2013, Yeung was admitted to hospital for .
Discography
Filmography Film Year English title Original title Role Notes1998Rumble Ages 烈火青春1998 Wing The Group全職大盜 Coco 2001 Dummy mother, Without a Baby玉女添丁 LK Fong Feel 100% II百分百感覺2 Hui Fun 2002 Love Undercover 新紮師妹 LK Fong Frugal Game 慳錢家族 Wai Chin-wah Dry Wood Fierce Fire 乾柴烈火 Alice Tsui 2003 Dragon Loaded 2003 龍咁威2003Yip Coo-hung Cameo Love Undercover 2: Love Mission 新紮師妹2 / 新紮師妹2美麗任務 LK Fong My Lucky Star行運超人 Yip Ku-hung / Scholar Yip Ku-shing Anna in Kung-Fu Land 安娜與武林 Anna Shek Sound of Colors地下鐵 Cheung Hoi-yeuk 2004 A Disguised Superstar冒牌天皇 Reporter Three... Extremes 三更2 Li Qing Segment: "Dumplings" Dumplings 餃子 Li Qing Three of a Kind 煎釀三寶Sophia My Sweetie 甜絲絲 Ms Daughter Cameo Elixir of Love花好月圓 Heung / Princess 2005Drink, Drank, Drunk 千杯不醉Fung Siu-min 2006 2 Become 1天生一對 Bingo Leung The Heavenly Kings四大天王 Herself Cameo2007 Hooked on You每當變幻時 Miu2010 Here Comes Fortune 財緣萬歲Office lady Love in a Puff志明與春嬌 Cherie Yu Perfect Wedding 抱抱俏佳人 Yan 2011 The Sorcerer and the White Snake 白蛇傳說 Rabbit Devil Cameo Summer Love Love戀夏戀夏戀戀下 / 夏日戀神馬 Cameo The Founding of a Party建黨偉業 Young Hong Kong woman Cameo2012Love in the Buff 春嬌與志明 Cherie Vulgaria低俗喜劇 Miss Leung Cameo2014 Aberdeen 香港仔 Cheng Wai-ching Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2 單身男女2Yang Yang Yang Hello Babies 六福喜事Cherry Cameo Break Up 100 分手100次 Cameo2015 Little Big Master 五個小孩的校長 Lui Wai-hung She Remembers, He Forgets 哪一天我們會飛 Yu Fung-chi (adult) 2016 Girl of the Big House 寶貝當家 / 小鬼當家 Nina 2017 Love Off the Cuff 春嬌救志明 Cherie Yu 2018 Agent Mr. Chan 棟篤特工 LK Fong Cameo2019 Missbehavior 恭喜八婆 Cameo I'm Livin' It 麥路人 Jane To
Television Year English title Original title Role Notes 1997 The Disappearance 隱形怪傑 Saan Saan 1998 A Recipe for the Heart 美味天王 Yao Ka-ka Moments of Endearment 外父唔怕做 Chung Lok-yee 1999 Man's Best Friend 寵物情緣 Dau Dau Voice 2001A Taste of Love 美味情緣 Chou Bo-time 2003Hearts of Fencing 當四葉草碰上劍尖時 Cameo2006 Stephen's Diary 老馮日記 Cameo Twist Love讓愛自由 A-chun 2007Love at First Fight 武十郎 Wu Shi-lang Colours of Love 森之愛情 Nicole 2009ICAC Investigators 2009 廉政行動2009 ICAC investigator Yeung Mei-kei The Bronze Teeth IV鐵齒銅牙紀曉嵐4 Qianqian 2019Wonder Woman多功能老婆 Lam Fei
Awards and nominations
References
External links
Miriam Yeung's official website