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Pinky Cheung
張文慈
Born (1971-09-30) September 30, 1971 (age 53)[1]
British Hong Kong
Alma materBuddhist Lee Chak Po Memorial School
Carmel Alison Lam Foundation Secondary School

Pinky Cheung Man-Chi (Chinese: 張文慈, born 30 September 1971), is a Hong Kong actress, she was once an artist under Asia Television and currently has a basic artist contract with TVB and is a former Shaw Brothers artist.

Background

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Cheung attended the Buddhist Lee Chak Po Memorial School in Lei Muk Shue Estate, Tsuen Wan and Carmel Alison Lam Foundation Secondary School in Kwai Chung. She later studied in Japan. In the early 1990s, she entered the industry as an amateur model but did not make her official debut. In 1996, Cheung participated in the Miss Asia Pageant and won the "Best Body Award" in the semi-finals,[2] and successfully advanced to the finals. Although the finals she advanced to the top eight,[3] she did not make it to top three finally. After that, she signed a contract with Asia Television and participated in many TV series, including the more famous Forrest Cat, Flaming Brothers, and the My Date With a Vampire series. She was later discovered by Manfred Wong and signed a contract with Movie Dynasty Company to shoot several movies. The first movie was Young and Dangerous (1996), and other movies included Violent Cop, Healing Hearts, Love Undercover and Color of the Truth. In addition to filming movies, he also participated in acting in dramas and variety shows on Asia Television, and participated in performing on stage and in Hong Kong Radio television programs.

In March 2010, Cheung left Asia Television. In July 2010, she has baptised and become a Christian. Later, she even claimed that in order to strengthen her faith in Jesus, she had almost completely washed off the tattoo of the Guanyin pronunciation on her neck.[4] In 2012, she was awarded the "ATV55 Female Artist Award" at the 55th Anniversary of Asia Television. In 2013, she turned to the film industry and announced at an event in September 2016 that she had signed a two-year contract with TVB,[5][6] mainly participated in the filming of TV series.[7] In 2018, she played the character Wong Man / Wong Si-Sin (汪敏/ 汪司膳) in Deep in the Realm of Conscience and her acting skills were well received. In the same year, she played Mak Oi-Fa (麥愛花) in the anniversary drama Life on the Line. She is a sibling of Mak Joi-Tin (麥在田) played by Joe Ma. Her acting skills were praised by the audience and netizens again.

TV Series (ATV)

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Year Title Role
1997 Interpol
Forrest Cat Donna
The Year of Chameleon Miss Lau
Fated Love Choi Siu-fa (蔡小花)
1998 A Lawyer Can Be Good Ho Oi (何　愛)
My Date with a Vampire 山本未來
1999 Flaming Brothers Cheung Hok-wan (張學韻)
（Bibi）
2000 My Date With a Vampire II 山本未來/
金未來
Showbiz Tycoon Lau Sheung-fa (劉上花)
2001 俠骨仁心 Shek Siu Chi (石少芝)
2004 My Date With a Vampire III Yuen Mo-lui (袁無淚/
完顏無淚)
Cross Border Daddy Fong Sei-man (方泗曼)
2005 Central Affairs Yu Tsz-shan (余紫珊, Queenie/媽咪Queen)
2006 Central Affairs 2 Kong Hoi-chiu (江海潮, Jessie)
2008 Ma Jong Gathering Tina
The Men of Justice Chow Kwok-kuen（周國權, Winnie/Madam Chow）

TV Series (RTHK)

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Year Title Role
2010 SFC in Action Linda Ting Wing-lam (丁穎琳)
F.S.D. Dr. Chan Mei-nga（陳美雅）
2011 ICAC Investigators 2011 Wendy
2012 IPCC Files Series Jessica
賭海迷途2012 威哥之妻子
2016 Storage Stories Nancy 器官捐贈主任

TV Series (Mainland China)

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Year Title Role
2010 鑼鼓巷 姚碧桃
2012 A Beauty in Troubled Times 山田达子

TV Series (TVB)

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Reference materials

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  1. ^ 张文慈 Pinky Cheung - TVB艺人資料 Archived 2020-10-22 at the Wayback Machine - tvb.com
  2. ^ 1996年亞洲小姐競選 最完美體態葆露絲大獎
  3. ^ 1996年亞洲小姐競選 決賽前八名佳麗
  4. ^ 港影星張文慈受洗歸主 流泪見證重生恩典
  5. ^ "電視城太大張文慈蕩失路". 東方日報. 2 September 2016. Archived from the original on 11 January 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  6. ^ "張文慈正式加入TVB：最好的生日禮物". 星島日報.即時娛樂. 1 September 2016. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  7. ^ "張文慈唔睇錢加簽無綫". 東方日報. 7 August 2017. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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