Ivana Wong Yuen-chi (; born 18 June 1979) is a Hong Kong singer, songwriter, and actress. She made her debut in 2005 with the self-titled EP Ivana. She is a four-time winner of the Ultimate Song Chart Awards Singer-songwriter Gold Award, and a three-time Hong Kong Film Awards winner.
Music career In 2000, she won the 12th CASH Song Writers Quest competition with her song "Just a Misunderstanding" (). In 2005, she signed with Universal Music Hong Kong, and made her debut with the self-titled EP Ivana.
In 2011, Ivana wrote and performed the theme song "Missed Address" for Andrew Lau's film A Beautiful Life. It was nominated as Best Original Film Song in a Movie Picture. In 2012, her song () achieved the 2012 Golden Song JSG Award (Jade Solid Gold Awards Presentation) and was the only song awarded in all four music award ceremonies in the industry. Her debut concert held in the Hong Kong Coliseum in October 2011, “The Water Lily Concert”, led by three renowned musical directors working with an orchestra of forty-two musicians, was considered unprecedented and phenomenal, and was recognized by all as an “art Show upsurge that overpowers the HK Coliseum”. She then had her second concert held in the Hong Kong Coliseum in May 2014, and her first collaboration concert with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra held in the Concert Hall at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in October 2015, “Fragrance of Music, Ivana Wong x Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra”. Both concerts received immense praise.
Acting career In 2010, she appeared in the musical stage play Octave, which held nineteen full-house shows, and the music she wrote for this drama was nominated for The Best Original Music Score in a Drama in the 20th Hong Kong Drama Society Award. In 2011, her appearance in the Broadway Musical “I Love You Because” brought her the first nomination for Best Supporting Actress in the 21st Hong Kong Drama Award Presentation.
In 2013, she starred in the comedy television series Inbound Troubles. She made her film debut in the 2014 Lunar New Year movie Golden Chickensss, and was nominated for Best New Performer and Best Supporting Actress at the 34th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2015, going on to win both awards. She was also named Best Newcomer at the 2014 Hong Kong Film Directors’ Guild. She participated in the performance of the stage play "Little HK 4-6" from 2013 to 2017. In May 2018, she formed “Lungg” together with Michael Ning and Yeung Wai Leun (Lun) for the 21 performances of the "Laboratory". In August 2019, she translated the Broadway romantic music comedy "First Date". Ivana Wong is the initiator of this play.
In 2022, she portrayed Josephine in the comedy film Table for Six, earning critical praise. She won Best Supporting Actress for the second time at the 41st Hong Kong Film Awards.
Discography
2005 May - Ivana - Universal Music 2005 November - I Love My Name - Universal Music 2006 December - Poetry. Painting - Universal Music 2007 June - Read My Senses... New Songs + Best Selections - Universal Music 2007 December - Ivana First Mandarin Album - SeedMusic / East Asia 2008 October - Infinity Journey - East Asia 2009 October - On Wings Of Time - East Asia 2010 July - Octave EP - East Asia 2011 May - Cinema of Love - East Asia 2011 October - The Songbird Anthology - East Asia 2013 February - Atmosphere EP - East Asia 2013 June - Sunny Songs Collection - East Asia 2017 February - The Whimsical Voyage EP - Media Asia 2017 March - Much Feeling Little Thinking - Media Asia
Awards 2000 – CASH Song Writers Quest Champion 2005 – TVB JSG Seasonal (Second) "Newcomers" Award (one of the awards) 2005 – TVB Top Ten Children's Songs – "Little Happy Doctor" 2005 – Metroshowbiz Top Ten New Stars Second Round "Dazzling New Female Star" 2005 – Friday Weekly "University and College Students' Favourite New Singer-songwriters 2005 – PM Newcomers Awards "PM Powerful New Singer-songwriter" 2005 – TVB8 Hall of Fame "Best Female Newcomers" Silver Award 2005 – Guangzhou Radio/TV Hall of Fame "Best Female Newcomers of Year (Hong Kong, Taiwan and Overseas)" Gold Award 2005 – Metroshowbiz Hits New Hopes Award (one of the awarded) 2005 – Metroshowbiz "Hits Singer-songwriters of New Generation" (one of the awarded) 2005 – Metroshowbiz "i-Tech Metro Hits Kings of New Singers" (one of the awarded) 2005 – 4 Stages Association Performance Excellence Award – Bronze 2005 – Ultimate Song Chart "Singer-songwriter" Bronze Award 2005 – Ultimate Song Chart "New Female Singer" Silver Award 2005 – TVB JSG Award "Most Popular Singer-songwriter" Silver Award 2005 – TVB JSG Award "Most Popular New Female Singer" Silver Award 2005 – Hit Rank of Chinese Songs (Cantonese)"New Female Singer Praised by the whole Nation" 2005 – 28th Hong Kong Top Ten Chinese Songs "New Female Singer with Best Prospect" Silver Award 2005 – SINA MUSIC Voting Index Awards "Best Live Performance" Award – "Hopes in Hand (Care Version)" with Hins Cheung 2005 – SINA MUSIC Voting Index Awards "My Favourite New Female Singer" Gold Award 2006 – Ultimate Song Chart "Singer-songwriter" Bronze Award 2007– Metroshowbiz "Hits Original Song" 2007– Metroshowbiz "Hits Singer- Songwriters of the year" 2007– Ultimate Song Chart "Singer- Songwriter " Gold Award 2007– RoadShow Best Music Award "Best song" 2007– RoadShow Best Music Award "Most improved Singer" 2007– TVB JSG Award "Most Popular Singer-Songwriter Gold" 2007– 30th Top 10 Hong Kong Chinese Songs " CASH best singer- songwriter" 2008– Metroshowbiz "Hits Original Songwriter Album Award" 2008– Metroshowbiz "Hits Songwriter Album Award" 2008– Metroshowbiz "Hits Song Award" 2008– Ultimate Song Chart "Singer- Songwriter " Silver Award 2008– Ultimate Song Chart "Female Singer" Bronze Award 2008– 31st Top 10 Hong Kong Chinese Songs " Top 10 Elite Singers" 2008– TVB JSG Award "Most Popular Singer-Songwriter Gold" 2008 – Top 10 Selling Mandarin Albums of the Year – IFPI Hong Kong Album SalesAwardsIvana's First Mandarin Album (王菀之Ivana首張國語創作專輯) 2009 - Top 10 Selling Mandarin Albums of the Year – IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Awards 2009 - Ultimate Song Chart "Singer- Songwriter " Gold Award 2009 - TVB JSG Award "Most Popular Singer-Songwriter Gold" 2009 - 32st Top 10 Hong Kong Chinese Songs " Top 10 Elite Singers" 2009 - 32st Top 10 Hong Kong Chinese Songs 2009 - 32st Top 10 Hong Kong Chinese Songs "Composer Award" 2009 - Metroshowbiz "Hits Songwriter Album Award" 2009 - Metroshowbiz "Hits Song Award" 2009 - Top 20 Sina Music Voting Index Awards"Highest listening rate" 2009 - Sina Music Voting Index Awards "Creative concept album《On Wings Of Time》 2009 - Sina Music Voting Index Awards "My favorite creator" 2009 - Hit Rank of Chinese Songs (Cantonese)"National praise for Cantonse singer-songwriters" 2009 - Hit Rank of Chinese Songs (Cantonese)"Top 10 Cantonse songs nationwide" 2009 - TVB JSG Seasonal (Second) 2009 - TVB JSG Seasonal (Third) 2009 - Esquire“Women We Love” 2009 - TOUCH ICON 2009 - CASH Golden Sail Music Awards "Best melody" 2009 - "10th Anniversary Ceremony" Top Chinese Music Award "New power female singer" 2009 - The 10th Chinese Music Media Awards "Baijia Media"s most watched album of the year《On Wings Of Time》" 2009 - Chinese Music Awards - Top 10 Chinese Album (Cantonese)《On Wings Of Time》 2009 - Neway Karaoke Awards 2010 - Ultimate Song Chart "Singer- Songwriter " Gold Award 2010 - TVB JSG Award "Top 10 Golden Songs" 2010 - Metroshowbiz "Hits Singer- Songwriters of the year" 2010 - Metroshowbiz "Hits Song" 2010 - Sina Music Voting Index Awards "My favorite female singer" 2010 - Sina Music Voting Index Awards "Top 20 songs with highest listening rate" 2010 - CASH Golden Sail Music Awards "Best singer performance" 2010 - CASH Golden Sail Music Awards "Best Choral Interpretation" 2010 - TVB JSG Seasonal (Second) 2010 - TOUCH ICON 2010 - JET ICON 2011 - The 31st Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Original Film Song (Movie “A Beautiful Life”)(Nomination) 2011 - Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award "Top 10 selling local album"《The Songbird Anthology》 2011 - Ultimate Song Chart "Singer - Songwriter" Bronze Award 2011 - Ultimate Song Chart "Top 10 professional referrals" Sixth place 2011 - TVB JSG Award - Asia-Pacific's most popular Hong Kong female singer 2011 - TVB JSG Award "Most Popular Singer-Songwriter" Silver Award 2011 - TVB JSG Award - Top 10 Golden Songs 2011 - Metroshowbiz "Asian singer - Songwriter award" 2011 - Metroshowbiz "Best Songs" 2011 - 34th Top 10 Hong Kong Chinese Songs 2011 - 34th Top 10 Hong Kong Chinese Songs - Composer Award 2011 - Sina Music Voting Index Awards "My favorite singer-songwriter" 2011 - Sina Music Voting Index Awards "Top 20 songs with highest listening rate" 2011 - Sina Music Voting Index Awards "My favorite concert" 2011 - Yahoo! Music Award - Song Award 2011 - Yahoo! Music Award - Concert Award 2011 - TVB8 Award - Song Award 2011 - TVB8 Award - The most popular Cantonese songs 2011 - TVB8 Award - The most popular singer-songwriter Silver Award 2011 - Sprite List Award - The best singer-songwriter(Hong Kong) 2011 - Sprite List Award - Most popular female singer(Hong Kong) 2011 - TVB JSG Seasonal (Third) 2011 - TVB JSG Seasonal (Second) 2011 - TVB JSG Seasonal (First) 2012 - Ultimate Song Chart "Top 10 professional referrals" The third 2012 - TVB JSG Award - Gold Medal 2012 - TVB JSG Award - Top 10 Golden Songs 2012 - TVB JSG Award - Most popular choral songs Gold Award 2012 - 35th Top 10 Hong Kong Chinese Songs " Top 10 Elite Singers" 2012 - 35th Top 10 Hong Kong Chinese Songs 2012 - Metroshowbiz "Asian singer-Songwriter award" 2012 - Metroshowbiz "Best Songs" 2012 - TVB JSG Seasonal (Third) 2012 - TVB JSG Seasonal (First) 2012 - Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award "Top 10 selling local singers" 2013 - Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award "Top 10 selling local singers" 2013 - Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award "Top 10 selling local album" 2013 - Ultimate Song Chart "Female Singer " Bronze Award 2013 - 36th Top 10 Hong Kong Chinese Songs " Top 10 Elite Singers" 2013 - 36th Top 10 Hong Kong Chinese Songs 2013 - 36th Top 10 Hong Kong Chinese Songs - Composer Award 2013 - 36th Top 10 Hong Kong Chinese Songs - Lyricist Award 2013 - Metroshowbiz "Asian singer-Songwriter award" 2013 - Metroshowbiz "Best Songs" 2013 - TVB JSG Seasonal - Golden Melody Award 2013 - TVB JSG Award 16th 2013 - TVB JSG Award 17th 2013 - TOUCH ICON 2014 - Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award "Top 10 selling local singers" 2014 - Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award "Produced by the best-selling local live recording audiovisual" 2014 - Ultimate Song Chart "Singer - Songwriter" Gold Award 2014 - 37th Top 10 Hong Kong Chinese Songs " Top 10 Elite Singers" 2014 - 37th Top 10 Hong Kong Chinese Songs " CASH best singer- songwriter" 2014 - CASH Golden Sail Music Awards "Best singer performance" 2014 - Metroshowbiz "Best Songs" 2014 - Metroshowbiz "Digital music most appreciates female singers" 2014 - TVB JSG Seasonal 2015 – 34th Hong Kong Film Award "Best Supporting Actress and Best New Performer" 2015 - CASH Golden Sail Music Awards "Best melody" 2015 - IFPI Music Video Awards - 《小手術》 2015 - Ultimate Song Chart "Female Singer " Silver Award 2015 - Ultimate Song Chart "Singer - Songwriter" Silver Award 2015 - 38th Top 10 Hong Kong Chinese Songs " Top 10 Elite Singers" 2015 - 38th Top 10 Hong Kong Chinese Songs " CASH best singer- songwriter" 2016 - Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award "Produced by the best-selling local live recording audiovisual" 2017 - 40th Top 10 Hong Kong Chinese Songs " Top 10 Elite Singers" 2017 - Metroshowbiz "Best Songs" 2017 - Metroshowbiz "Singer - Songwriter" 2017 - Metroshowbiz "Female singer" 2017 - Ultimate Song Chart "Singer - Songwriter" Silver Award 2017 - Ultimate Song Chart "Female Singer " Bronze Award 2018 - Ultimate Song Chart "Top 10 professional referrals" Tenth place