Ali Lee Kai-sum (Chinese: 李佳芯; Jyutping: Lei5 Gaai1 Sam1; born 27 November 1982) is a Hong Kong actress and television host contracted to TVB.
Lee first received attention as a television presenter for Cable TV Hong Kong's entertainment and sports channels, having covered popular television programs such as King of Sports (體育王) and Amazing Spaces (空間大改造). In 2012, she signed an artiste contract with TVB. Lee won the Most Improved Female Artiste award at the 2016 TVB Anniversary Awards. In 2018, she won the TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress with her role in the drama Who Wants A Baby?.
Career
After receiving an associate degree in visual arts from the City University of Hong Kong, Lee briefly worked as a model for the magazine Weekend Weekly (新假期) and starred in a few television commercials. In 2008, Lee signed with Cable TV Hong Kong and began hosting numerous television programmes for the cable broadcaster, including entertainment shows, travelogues, and sports programmes. In 2011, she made her acting debut in the miniseries ICAC Investigators 2011.
Upon her contract expiration with Cable TV, Lee joined TVB in late 2012. She appeared in FIFA Confederations Cup 2013 - Kick-Off Carnival and mainly played minor supporting roles in television dramas.
Lee began to receive attention with her villainous role in the 2014 TVB anniversary drama, Overachievers. In 2015, she participated in the dramas Raising the Bar, My "Spiritual" Ex-Lover, and Rear Mirror, garnering her first nominations for Most Improved Female Artiste and Best Supporting Actress.
In the 2016 drama Fashion War, Lee played Vincy Kei, a headstrong socialite in a power struggle with Moses Chan’s character. She took on her first female leading role in the legal drama Law dis-Order, starring opposite veterans Alex Fong and Liu Kai-chi, earning her first nominations for Best Actress and Most Popular Female Character at the 2016 TVB Anniversary Awards. Lee gained recognition as an actress by winning the Most Improved Artiste awards at both the 2016 StarHub TVB Awards and TVB Anniversary Awards.
Lee was cast to replace Tavia Yeung, who did not renew her contract, in the 2017 drama The Provocateur. She played Never Wong, a flirtatious judge in the legal drama Legal Mavericks, for which she won My Favourite TVB Actress award at the 2017 StarHub TVB Awards. In the comedy drama My Ages Apart, Lee played Paris Sheung, an heiress and unpopular actress who wanted to find true love. She was placed among top 5 in both Best Actress and Most Popular Female Character at the 2017 TVB Anniversary Awards.
In 2018, Lee earned critical acclaim in the family drama Who Wants A Baby?. She played Ellen Tong, a new mother who struggled to balance her responsibilities. Lee won the Best Actress award at the 2018 TVB Anniversary Awards, becoming the first TVB artiste to have won the accolade only two years after being awarded the Most Improved Female Artiste award. She also guest starred in the drama Life on the Line as the wife of Joe Ma’s character.
In 2019, Lee played cardio-thoracic surgeon Kennis Ching in the critical acclaimed medical drama Big White Duel. In July 2019, due to her politicized social media posts, Lee was supposedly dropped from several drama series, including the sequels to Legal Mavericks, Who Wants a Baby? and Big White Duel.
In 2020, Lee made her acting comeback in the action drama Death By Zero, in which she played a single mother who became the assistant of an assassin. In July, she published a memoir titled Where The Heart Is.
In 2021, Lee played a divorced secretary in the romantic drama Beauty and the Boss, again starring opposite Moses Chan. With her role in the drama AI Romantic, she was highly praised for her portrayal as an android and became a strong contender for Best Actress. With her role as Amelia Wong in Beauty and the Boss, Lee won the Most Popular Female Character award at the 2021 TVB Anniversary Awards. In 2022, she was one of the 12 contestant's in the second season of TVB's variety show Dub of War.
Personal life Lee dated former ViuTV artiste and stage actor Danny Chan from 2015 to 2020. Mingpao OL 21-06-2019
Filmography
Television dramas + Year Title Role Notes 2011ICAC Investigators 2011 Ashley Single Unit Female Lead (Ep. 4)2014 Outbound Love Sue Cameo Gilded Chopsticks Consort Yee Cameo Swipe Tap Love Couple Cameo Ghost Dragon of Cold Mountain Consort Yuen Supporting Role Come Home Love Susanna Kwan Cameo Rear Mirror Yuen Ka-poSupporting Role Overachievers Ivy Yu Sze-lam Supporting Role Tiger Cubs II Cheung To Supporting Role 2015 Raising the Bar Sum Lai-ching Supporting Role My "Spiritual" Ex-Lover Nine-tailed fox Supporting Role Under the Veil Chak-sin Supporting Role 2016 Fashion War Vincy Kei Wan-wan Major Supporting Role StarHub TVB Award for Most Improved Female ArtisteTVB Anniversary Award for Most Improved Female Artiste Brother's Keeper II Chung Wing Supporting Role StarHub TVB Award for Most Improved Female ArtisteTVB Anniversary Award for Most Improved Female Artiste Law dis-Order Hazel Cheuk Yi-chung 1st Female LeadTVB Star Award Malaysia for Top 15 Favourite TVB Drama Characters StarHub TVB Award for Most Improved Female ArtisteTVB Anniversary Award for Most Improved Female Artiste 2017 Provocateur Rachel Chan Hei-man 1st Female Lead Legal Mavericks Never Wong Lai-fan 2nd Female Lead StarHub TVB Award for My Favourite TVB Actress TVB Star Award Malaysia for Top 17 Favourite TVB Drama Characters My Ages Apart Paris Sheung Ho-yiu 2nd Female Lead 2018 Watch Out Boss Roxie Yiu Lok-sze Major Supporting Role Who Wants a Baby? Ellen Tong Tim-yi 1st Female LeadTVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress Life On The Line Cheung Wai-sum Guest Appearance 2019 Big White Duel Dr. Kennis Ching Lok-man 2nd Female Lead StarHub Night of Star for Favourite TVB Character 2020Death By Zero Cash Chin Heung-sin 1st Female Lead 2021Beauty and the Boss Amelia Wong Lai-mei 1st Female Lead TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Female CharacterAI Romantic Ah Bo 1st Female Lead People's Choice Television Awards for Best Actress 2022A Perfect Man Charlie Yau Tsz-ching 1st Female Lead 2025Heavenly Hand Cheung Tet Lead role
Films If You Care... (2002) Golden Boy (2025)
Dubbing
Dub of War's Second Season Graduation Project: Spider-Man: No Way Home (2022)- Michelle Jones Watson "MJ"
Variety shows and informative programs with Cable TV Hong Kong
《四小強繼續Look》 《體育王》 《2010有線世界盃嘉年華》 《有線1台世界盃》 《空間大改造》 《空間大改造2》 《1963》- 梳打埠的年華 《西西里的十二夜》 《普羅旺斯的十二夜》 《日本東北的十二夜》 《60/80任你UP》 《冰島·千年一嘆》 《一屋一LOOK新部屋》 《有線製造》 《香港空間大改造》 《阿拉伯．千年一嘆》 《空間大改造3》 《四個轆．德國周圍Look》 《最佳愛情．首爾攻略》 《那些回憶．似曾相識》 《遨遊天地》 《美味關係》 《潮玩潮食》 《空間大改造4》 《去吧！台灣住囉囉》 《北京狂想曲》
with TVB
Organized Dining (J2) 《中醫神探》(J2) So Hong Kong (Jade) Go! Yama Girl (J2) Girls Go Hiking (J2) 《跑出信念》(J2) Sidewalk Scientist (Jade) Anchors with Passport (Series 2) (Jade) A Chef and A Gentleman (ep. 4 & 5) Liza's On Line (ep. 15) Dub of War （好聲好戲） (Jade)
Awards and nominations TVB Anniversary Awards + Year Category Work Result2015Best Show Host Sidewalk Scientist (with Leung Ka-ki, Jacqueline Wong, Mayanne Mak, Sammi Cheung, Roxanne Tong) Best Supporting Actress My "Spiritual" Ex-Lover — Nine-tailed fox Most Improved Female Artiste Raising the Bar, My "Spiritual" Ex-Lover, Rear Mirror, Organized Dining, Sidewalk Scientist, So Hong Kong2016 Fashion War, Brother's Keeper II, Law dis-Order, Organized Dining, Sidewalk Scientist, Anchors With Passport (Sr. 2) Best Actress Law dis-Order — Cheuk Yi-chung (Hazel) Most Popular Female Character 2017 Best Actress My Ages Apart — Sheung Ho-yiu (Paris) Top 5 Most Popular Female Character Top 52018 Best Actress Who Wants A Baby? — Tong Tim-yi (Ellen) Most Popular Female Character Top 5Favourite TVB Actress in Malaysia Top 3Favourite TVB Actress in Singapore Top 32019 Best Actress Big White Duel — Ching Lok-man (Kennis) Top 5 Most Popular Female Character 2020 Best Actress Death By Zero — Chin Heung-sin (Cash) Top 5 Most Popular Female Character Top 5Favourite TVB Actress in Malaysia2021 Best Actress Beauty And The Boss — Wong Lai-mei (Amelia) AI Romantic — Ah Bo Top 5 Most Popular Female Character Beauty And The Boss — Wong Lai-mei (Amelia) AI Romantic — Ah Bo Favourite TVB Actress in MalaysiaBeauty And The Boss — Wong Lai-mei (Amelia) Top 5 AI Romantic — Ah BoMost Popular Onscreen Partnership AI Romantic (with Luk Wing) Top 102023Best Actress The Perfect Man — Yau Tsz-ching (Charlie) Top 10 Favourite TVB Actress in Malaysia Best Female Host Listen To Your Body, 18 Ways Of Living In Japan Top 10
TVB Star Awards Malaysia + Year Category Work Result2016 Top 15 Favourite TVB Characters Law dis-Order — Cheuk Yi-chung (Hazel) Favourite TVB Actress (Top 5)2017 Top 17 Favourite TVB Characters Legal Mavericks — Wong Lai-fan (Never) Favourite TVB Actress (Top 3)
StarHub TVB Awards + Year Category Work Result2016 Most Improved TVB Artiste 2017 My Favourite TVB Actress Legal Mavericks — Wong Lai-fan (Never)
StarHub Night of Star + Year Category Work Result2019 Favourite TVB Character Big White Duel — Ching Lok-man (Kennis)
Yahoo Asia Buzz Awards + Year Category Result2018 Television Female Artiste 2020
People's Choice Television Awards + Year Category Work Result2018 People's Choice Best Actress Who Wants A Baby? — Tong Tim-yi (Ellen) (Ranked 4th)2019Big White Duel — Ching Lok-man (Kennis) (Ranked 2nd) 2021Beauty And The Boss — Wong Lai-mei (Amelia) (Ranked 7th) AI Romantic — Ah Bo People's Choice Best TV Drama PartnershipAI Romantic — Ah Bo (shared with Luk Wing) (Ranked 5th)
Other nominations + Year Award Category Work Result2018Asian Television AwardsBest ActressMy Ages Apart — Sheung Ho-yiu (Paris)Hong Kong Television AwardsBest Leading Actress in Drama SeriesWho Wants A Baby? — Tong Tim-yi (Ellen) (Ranked 2nd)2020hk01 Television Drama AwardsBest ActressDeath By Zero — Chin Heung-sin (Cash) (Ranked 2nd)
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