Gloria Tang Pui-yee (; born 10 November 1992) is a Hong Kong Canadian actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She is the winner of Miss Chinese (Vancouver) Pageant 2012 and Miss Chinese International Pageant 2013.
Early Gloria Tang, born in Hong Kong, moved to Richmond, British Columbia with her parents in 2000 and pursued a specialization in Marketing at the University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business and specialised in Marketing in the Business. Career Pageant career At the age of 19, Tang competed in and won Miss Chinese Vancouver 2012. She went on to represent Vancouver at Miss Chinese International 2013 held at TVB City, Hong Kong. She won the title, becoming the sixth representative from Vancouver to win the Miss Chinese International title.
Acting career Tang joined Hong Kong broadcaster TVB after crowning her Miss Chinese International successor. She made her acting debut in the 2014 drama The Ultimate Addiction, playing 'Ginnie Cheuk'.
Tang continued to play supporting roles in the next few years. In 2016, she played 'Maple Chin' in the drama Two Steps From Heaven,. Tang played the undercover agent 'Kay Kwong' in the 2019 crime drama The Defected, and was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress at the 2019 TVB Anniversary Awards, placing among the top 5.
In 2020, Tang had notable performance in the dramas Airport Strikers as the Airport Security Unit member 'Silver Ho' and The Exorcist's 2nd Meter as the rich exorcist 'Liz Sze'. With her performance in 2020, Tang was placed among the top 5 nominees for the Most Improved Female Artiste at the 2020 TVB Anniversary Awards.
In July 2020, Tang was cast in her first female leading role for the time-travelling drama Take Two. The drama was broadcast in October 2021. With her role as 'Hailey Cheung', Tang gained her first Best Actress nomination at the 2021 TVB Anniversary Awards.
Filmography
Television dramas (TVB) +YearTitleRoleNotes2014The Ultimate Addiction Ginnie Cheuk Chi-yin Major Supporting Role2015Young CharioteersTiffany Tam Sin-ngaSupporting RoleWith or Without YouMok YumEp. 72016Speed of LifeChoi Soo-hye / Chiu Wing-horEp. 10-12Short End of the StickMung LuiSupporting RoleLaw dis-OrderShirley Tam Suet-yee Ep. 11-14 Two Steps from Heaven Maple Chin Ka-yan Major Supporting Role 2017My Unfair LadyMiki Lee Mei-keiSupporting RoleA General, a Scholar and a EunuchChu Ka-yiuSupporting Role 2018The Taxorcist SidequelLo TaiWeb miniseriesAnother Era Chu Siu-wai Major Supporting Role 2019 The Defected Kay Kwong Wing-sa Major Supporting Role Barrack O'KarmaWan ChingEp. 5–6, 202020Airport Strikers Silver Ho Sze-wah Major Supporting RoleThe Exorcist's 2nd Meter Liz Sze Loi-sze Major Supporting Role Legal Mavericks 2020Joanne Ting NingEp. 20-22 2021Armed Reaction 2021 Nicki Hui Chin-ying Major Supporting Role Take Two Hailey Cheung Man Main Role
Awards and nominations + Year Award Result2012 Miss Chinese Vancouver Pageant & Best Posture 2013 Miss Chinese International Pageant 2017TVB Star Awards Malaysia for Favourite TVB Most Improved Female Artiste2018TVB Anniversary Award for Most Improved Female ArtisteTVB Anniversary Award for Best Supporting ActressTVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Female Character TVB Anniversary Award for Favourite TVB Actress in Malaysia TVB Anniversary Award for Favourite TVB Actress in Singapore TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Onscreen Partnership (shared with Benjamin Yuen and Pakho Chau) 2019TVB Anniversary Award for Most Improved Female ArtisteTVB Anniversary Award for Best Supporting Actress (Top 5)2020TVB Anniversary Award for Most Improved Female Artiste (Top 5)TVB Anniversary Award for Best Supporting ActressTVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Female Character2021TVB Anniversary Award for Most Improved Female ArtisteTVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress (Top 10)TVB Anniversary Award for Best Supporting ActressTVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Female Character TVB Anniversary Award for Favourite TVB Actress in Malaysia TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Onscreen Partnership (shared with Him Law, Tony Hung and Leo Kwan)
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