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Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1957-09-09

Place of Birth

Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]

Carol Cheng

Biography

Carol Cheng Yu-Ling (Chinese: 鄭裕玲) is a Hong Kong actress. She began her career in the 1970s working on a number of Television Broadcasts Limited series. She has also hosted the Hong Kong version of the game show The Weakest Link. In 1983, she made her debut along with Chow Yun-fat, with whom she would later become romantically involved. After her film debut her output became so prolific that at one point she was working on nine films simultaneously, leading her to have the nickname "Nine films Cheng." It was also during this very prolific time in her career that she became the highest paid actress in the region, beating out Maggie Cheung, Anita Mui and Michelle Yeoh, who rounded up the top 5. In 2000, after not appearing on screen for 6 years, she returned to television with a critically acclaimed performance in the sitcom, "War of Genders". It immediately become the highest rated show for the network, TVB and garnered Cheng a Best Actress trophy at the annual awards. She is the highest-paid female employee of TVB. ... taken from Wikipedia, credits to the original author.

Known for

Golden Horse Awards

Golden Horse Awards

The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Chinese: 台北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ Yǐngzhǎn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak Kim-má iáⁿ-tián) is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. It was founded in 1962 by the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan. The awards ceremony is usually held in November or December in Taipei, although the event has also been held in other locations in Taiwan in recent times

Golden Horse Awards

Golden Horse Awards

The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Chinese: 台北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ Yǐngzhǎn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak Kim-má iáⁿ-tián) is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. It was founded in 1962 by the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan. The awards ceremony is usually held in November or December in Taipei, although the event has also been held in other locations in Taiwan in recent times

War of the Genders

War of the Genders

War of the Genders is a Hong Kong sitcom which aired on TVB Jade from 21 February to 7 July 2000. The series was produced by TVB with Tsui Chong-hong serving as the executive producer. An average of 3.1 million viewers watched the episode finale live, creating the highest rating average below the 2003 Charity Football Competition Real Madrid vs Hong Kong and tied with the 2005 Korean TV drama Dae Jang Geum and the 2008 TVB TV drama Moonlight Resonance.

Look Back at TVB Anniversary Awards Over the Years

Look Back at TVB Anniversary Awards Over the Years

Beautiful Cooking

Beautiful Cooking

Beautiful Cooking is a Hong Kong variety show broadcast on TVB. The show began broadcasting on May 28, 2006 hosted by Ronald Cheng, Alex Fong and Edmond Leung. The second season began broadcast from April 5, 2009.

Be My Guest

Be My Guest

New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre

New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre

New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber. The series was first broadcast on TVB Jade in Hong Kong in 1986.

Over the Rainbow

Over the Rainbow

Over the Rainbow is a TVB television series, premiered on 29 January 1979. Theme song "Over the Rainbow" composition and arrangement by Joseph Koo, lyricist by Wong Jim, sung by Liza Wang.

The Good The Bad The Ugly

The Good The Bad The Ugly

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is a TVB television series, premiered on 1 September 1979. Theme song "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" composition and arrangement by Joseph Koo, lyricist by Tang Wai Hung, sung by Teresa Cheung.

The Price Of Growing Up

The Price Of Growing Up

Dream of Red Chamber

Dream of Red Chamber

Jia Yucun, a scholar, is exiled to Yangzhou and becomes a guest of the salt inspector, Lin Ruhai. He teaches Lin's daughter, Lin Daiyu, and escorts her to the Jia family's Rongguo Mansion. Jia Yucun helps Daiyu's uncle, Jia Zheng, and is reinstated. Daiyu becomes close to her cousin, Jia Baoyu, but Wang Xifeng, a daughter-in-law, schemes to marry Baoyu to Xue Baochai, a relative of the family's matriarch. When Baoyu falls ill after losing a jade, the family forces him to marry Xue Baochai, pretending that she is actually Daiyu. Daiyu is heartbroken and dies shortly after. The family eventually declines, and Baoyu becomes a monk.

The Feud of Two Brothers

The Feud of Two Brothers

The series follows Fang Jinchang, who was born into a poor family. Through hard work and diligence, he becomes a police inspector and is about to marry his fiancée, Xie Yueming. However, he has a despicable and malicious biological younger brother named Zhong Weishun. Zhong Weishun was separated from Fang Jinchang in their childhood and was adopted by a wealthy stepfather. For personal gain, Zhong Weishun harms his biological father and, leveraging his family's influence, causes Fang Jinchang to be dismissed from his job and his engagement to be broken off. Later, with the help of Song Chuqiao, Fang Jinchang seeks revenge against his own brother.

The Fate

The Fate

Club Sparkle

Club Sparkle

The Brothers

The Brothers

The Brothers is a TVB television series which premiered on 21 April 1980. The show's theme song "The Brothers", was composed and arranged by Joseph Koo, with Wong Jim, writing the lyrics. It was originally sung by Cantopop singer, Roman Tam