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Charlene Choi Tsoek-jin[1] (Chinese: 蔡卓妍; born 22 November 1982) is a Hong Kong Canadian actress and singer. She is a member of Cantopop group Twins, along with Gillian Chung.[3]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Choi.
Charlene Choi
蔡卓妍
Choi at Yahoo! Awards ceremony, 13 December 2007
Born
Choi Tsoek-jin[1]

(1982-11-22) 22 November 1982 (age 39)[2]
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Nationality
Citizenship
Occupation
  • Singer
  • actress
Years active2000–present
Spouse
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(m. 2006; div. 2010)​
AwardsGolden Bauhinia Awards – Best Actress
2007 Simply Actors

Musical career
OriginHong Kong, China
Genres
  • Cantopop
  • Mandopop
Instrument(s)Vocals
LabelsEmperor Entertainment Group
Chinese name
Chinese蔡卓妍

Early life


Choi was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She moved with her family to Hong Kong a few years later. She was educated at Marymount Secondary School and Rosaryhill School (high school). She is fluent in Cantonese, English and Mandarin.[2]

After graduating from Rosaryhill School, where many other would-be pop stars had attended, she started working full-time as a model in Hong Kong. She was scouted by Emperor Entertainment Group (EEG), and was then linked with Gillian Chung to form the Cantopop group Twins.


Acting career



Early years


Aside from her musical career, Choi has become a successful actress in the Hong Kong film industry, co-starred alongside actors such as Andy Lau, Eason Chan, Jay Chou, Mike He, Wu Chun and Nicholas Tse. She wrote an article describing her acting career:

Earlier, I shared with everyone some of my acting experiences. This time, I want to talk about movies. As an artist, whenever I'm working, I have to show my best side and give my best performance. I have to show the fittest side of me and hence, I'm often in "battle mode". When free, I like to watch slow-paced movies. I can't stand movies with too much excitement. I'm the type who can be easily sucked into the world of the movie. That type of fast-paced movie will end up making me tense and nervous so comedy, romance or movies centered on issues of humanity all suit me better."

Choi's first acting gig was a starring role in the 2000 television drama Youth Y2K. Then, Choi made her first film debut in 2001 in Funeral March (filmed prior to Twins' debut), which drew rave reviews from critics and earned her a Best New Performer nomination at the 21st Hong Kong Film Awards. Choi's next big acting break was in 2003 with her earnest and pretence-free portrayal of a young girl who battles through all odds in hopes of becoming a singer in Diva – Ah Hey.


Breakthrough success


Since then, Choi has taken Jim Chim as a mentor, and portrayed a kind and comedic porn star in the comedy film Simply Actors (2007). Her breakthrough role in the Pang brothers' psychological thriller Diary (2006) earned her many film award nominations and she received the Best Actress award at the 11th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan Korean Movie Award).

Choi's acting was once again duly identified by an abundance of film critics with her portrayal of Dani Dan in Simply Actors. Only months later, she won the Best Actress and Favourite Actress awards at the 2007 Golden Bauhinia Awards for her performance in Simply Actors. Choi also played the leading role alongside the Taiwanese singer Jay Chou in 2008 comedian-action film Kung Fu Dunk.

Choi co-starred with Wu Chun and Hu Ge in The Butterfly Lovers, based on the Chinese legend of the same name, which was released on 9 October 2008. Throughout the filming, rumors of an off-set romance between Choi and Wu Chun developed. Though they have denied such rumors, Wu stated that the pair reached an agreement with director Jingle Ma to collaborate once again in the future.

In December 2008, she began filming her first Taiwanese television drama, Calling For Love, produced by Angie Chai, co-starring with Mike He. The series was first aired in May 2010.

Finally in December 2009 after over a year of post-production, positive response at the Shanghai International Film Festival, The Storm Warriors was released with Choi taking on the main female lead role as Second Dream and starring alongside Aaron Kwok, Ekin Cheng, Simon Yam and Nicholas Tse. Though it was only released on 10 December, The Storm Warriors ranked fifth in the Hong Kong Chinese-language box office of the year.


More recognitions


In 2010, after having concentrated heavily on music in the previous year, Choi started taking on more acting projects. Her first film for that year was Beauty on Duty, which she co-starred with Sandra Ng. Following that, Choi appeared in Triple Tap with Daniel Wu and Louis Koo. Choi's next film, The Jade and the Pearl, saw her co-starring with Raymond Lam and her close friends Joey Yung and Wong Cho-lam, as well as a collaboration between Choi and Lam in singing a duet theme song. Choi concluded work on God of Fortune's Inn with Nicholas Tse and Nick Cheung. She again co-starred with Nicholas Tse in Mainland Chinese television series Sword Heroes' Fate, which was aired in 2011.


Musical career



Solo music released with Twins


Choi's first solo song, Diva, Ah Hey!, was released in Twins' 2003 album Touch of Love. The song received a nomination for Best Song at the 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards and won a place in the Top 10 Songs at the Jade Solid Gold Songs Awards Ceremony. Choi's second solo song, Watching Movie Alone, was released in Twins' 2006 Mandarin album Around the World with 80 Dollars. Choi's third solo song, You are Not a Good Lover, was released in Twins' 2006 Cantonese album Ho Hoo Tan. This was Choi's first recorded personal composition and Twins' recorded version earned the place of Hit Song at the Metro Showbiz Hit Awards and one of the Top 10 Songs at the Jade Solid Gold Songs Awards Ceremony.

Choi's remaining two solo songs, Little Sister and 60 Percent, were released before the Edison Chen photo scandal in their 2008 Mandarin album Tong Hua Yan Yu. Both solo songs were extremely personal, Little Sister, in particular, recounts Choi's relationship with her mother throughout the years despite her parents' divorce at a young age and won Choi several music awards at the Metro Showbiz Hit Awards and TVB8 Music Awards.

Choi's first solo single was released in 2008 with the award-winning Make a Wish, which sold 5000 copies within a span of 30 minutes with all proceeds going to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Meanwhile, her two hit songs, Little Sister and Make a Wish ranked first in music charts and remained in the top 10 for four music charts over 11 weeks. With Twins placed on hiatus, Choi went on to be awarded with a variety of solo singer awards in 2008: Favorite Idol and Most Voted Singer at the Metro Showbiz Hit Awards, Most Popular Female Singer at the Vanguard Music Awards and Most Popular Hong Kong Female Artist at the Sprite Music Awards.


Music career as a solo female singer


Choi promoting Kung Fu Dunk in 2008
Choi promoting Kung Fu Dunk in 2008

Towards the end of 2008, Choi further expanded her career, entering new fields of the entertainment industry. As an entertainer, not only is she an actress and singer, but she is now a theater star. In the musical, Knight Star, she stars as the female lead Rose. Acting as her lover, she has finally reunited with Jimmy Lin after seven years. Lin first collaborated with Choi in her first series The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra when she first entered the industry. Other stars in the musical include Julian Cheung, and Alice Liu. The musical served as a promotional event for the Chivas company to expand in China with their "Live with Chivalry" campaign.

Choi's first musical collaboration as a solo singer with another artist was the duet Little Dimples, released in late September 2008, which she performed with JJ Lin. The song received six awards in the remaining three months of 2008.

Choi released her debut solo album Two Without One on 9 April 2009. In less than one week, the album sold 10,000 copies in Hong Kong and has been certified "Gold" in Hong Kong. In less than a month, the album sold a total of 30,000 copies in Hong Kong and was certified "Platinum". Due to high sales and demand, a second version of the album is slated to be released on 6 May as a limited edition with 5,000 copies available.

Following the success of Two Without One, Choi released her next EP, titled Another Me, on 15 October 2009. Consisting of five tracks and three music videos, the overall theme of the EP is an evolving process as an individual. The release of Another Me marked new territory for Choi with a black-and-white cover and a largescale photo exhibition open to the public. As with Two Without One, Another Me was also certified "Platinum", selling nearly 60,000 copies in Hong Kong, in addition to high sales in Asia and overseas. Choi's success as a solo female singer in 2009 was best displayed at the 2009 IFPI HK Top Sales Music Awards, where she was awarded "Top 10 Best Selling Hong Kong Singers of 2009". In addition, Two Without One and Another Me were each awarded "Top 10 Best Selling Cantonese Albums of 2009."

Following her success in 2009 as a solo singer, Choi released her debut Mandarin album As A Sa in 2010. With more than HK$1 million spent on producing the album, As A Sa was released across China on 15 June. Consequently, Choi launched her country-wide promotional tour with a multitude of mini-concerts, autograph sessions, performances, recorded television programs, national radio interviews, and talk shows.

Choi has released her third Cantonese album Beauty Remains on 15 October 2010.


Personal life


Charlene Choi and Ronald Cheng knew each other through the film "The Pursuit of August 15", scandals are spread that they are dating in the set of this film. At the beginning of 2010, a news broke out on the internet that they got married. On March 17, 2010, at the promotion of the film "The Secret Order of Beauty", she said that she had broken up with Ronald Cheng for some time, and the two were separated because of mutual understanding. On the other side, Ronald Cheng also admitted that he had been separated from Charlene Choi during the promotion of the movie "The Treasure Box of Yue Guang". On March 27, 2010, the "Apple Daily" in Hong Kong published the marriage certificate that the two married in the Vannes District of Los Angeles, USA as early as January 31, 2006.[4] In the evening of the same day, the two attended a press conference and admitted that they were married as early as 2006 and had completed the divorce procedures for several months.

Afterwards, Charlene Choi and William Chan publicly kissed each other after their collaboration in the film "The Secret Order of Beauty", and they publicly admitted their relationship on October 10, 2010;[5] on September 20, 2015, they both issued a statement on Weibo announcing their breakup[6]

In the fall of 2017, Charlene Choi was rumoured to be dating Shi Hengcong, and later confirmed her new relationship in person during the event.[7] In 2019, Charlene Choi completed her second egg freezing procedure.[8]


Charity


As a donor to the Make-A-Wish Foundation since 2001 and a Make a Wish ambassador in 2008, Choi released the hit single and award-winning Make a Wish, which sold 5000 copies within a span of 30 minutes with all proceeds going to the foundation. Choi also sold clothing from her own "SAL" clothing line to fans to raise more money for the foundation.

Choi also wrote an autobiographical book about her teenage years as a child of divorced parents. Although she remains close to both her parents, Choi lived with her father after her parents' divorce. However, following her decision to become a singer-actress, the time she spent at home and with her parents rapidly diminished. As a result, the means of communicating with her father became all the more special. In her book Single Family's Love, many little notes exchanged between her and her father over the years can be seen. Through the autobiography, readers are encouraged to find happiness in single parent families. The money raised from the 5000 Limited 1st Edition copies sold were all donated to the Make a Wish Foundation. Choi thanked her friends and fans for the good sales of her autobiography. Her friends such as Jay Chou (who wrote her book's introduction), bandmate Gillian Chung (who also put her thoughts into Choi's introduction), Niki Chow, Mani, and Wu Chun were big supporters as well, buying copies for their friends and families. As of now, a new edition of her book is being printed and will be distributed overseas.

Choi became an ambassador for the 30 Hours Famine charity in the beginning of February 2009. She went to Nepal for a week to help the locals by bringing supplies to schools. In return, she was taught the local gardening technique. In April 2009, Choi performed at the 30-Hour Famine Concert, opening the concert and performing an assortment of new Chinese and English songs, as well as old Twins songs for nearly an hour.


Discography


For Choi's work with Twins, see Twins discography.
YearTitleNotes
2008Make a WishCantonese single
2009Lonely MeCantonese album
Another MeCantonese EP
2010As A SaMandarin album
Beauty RemainsCantonese EP
2011Sweetest DayCantonese CD + Cantonese & Mandarin DVD Collection
2012MontageCantonese CD + Cantonese Bonus DVD
2013BloomingCantonese CD + Cantonese Bonus DVD

Filmography



Film


YearEnglish titleOriginal titleRoleNotes
2000What Is a Good Teacher自從他來了StudentCameo
2001Funeral March常在我心Wong Kwan-yee
2001Heroes in Love戀愛起義之不得了Charlene
2002Just One Look一碌蔗Nam
2002My Wife Is 18我老婆唔夠秤Yoyo Ma Suk-ling
2002Summer Breeze of Love這個夏天有異性Choi Kei
2003The Twins Effect千機變Helen
2003The Death Curse古宅心慌慌Nancy Ting
2003Diva... Ah Hey下一站…天后Kam Dai-hei
2003Good Times, Bed Times戀上你的床TabbySpecial appearance
2004Protege de la Rose Noire見習黑玫瑰Sandy
2004Fantasia鬼馬狂想曲Chopsticks SisterSpecial appearance
2004Hidden Heroes追擊八月十五Chan Mei-ling
2004Leave Me Alone阿孖有難Jane
2004Love on the Rocks戀情告急Crystal Au-yeung Sum-kitSpecial appearance
2004New Police Story新警察故事Sa Sa
2004Papa Loves You這個阿爸真爆炸Ellen Yam Yin-jai
2004The Attractive One身驕肉貴Love Cab's taxi driverCameo
2004The Twins Effect II千機變II之花都大戰Spring
20046 A.M.大無謂Herself
2005Bug Me Not!蟲不知Sasako (Sasha)Cameo
2005A Chinese Tall Story情癲大聖Yue Meiyan
2005All About Love再說一次我愛你Leung Tze-ching
2005House of Fury精武家庭EllaSpecial appearance
2006Chicken Little—Abby MallardCantonese voice-over
2006Rob-B-Hood寶貝計劃Pak Yin
2006Diary妄想Winnie Leung Wing-na
2007Twins Mission雙子神偷Jade
2007Super Fans甜心粉絲王Sussie
2007Simply Actors戲王之王Dani Dan
2007Naraka 19地獄第19層WendySpecial appearance
2008Kung Fu Dunk功夫灌籃Lily
2008The Butterfly Lovers武俠梁祝Zhu Yanzhi
2009All's Well, Ends Well 2009家有囍事2009Insurance agentCameo
2009The Storm Warriors風雲IISecond Dream
2010Hot Summer Days全城熱戀熱辣辣Bikini girlCameo
2010Beauty on Duty美麗密令Zhong Aifang
2010Triple Tap鎗王之王Ting
2010The Jade and the Pearl翡翠明珠Princess Yin
2011Treasure Inn財神客棧Fire Dragon Girl
2011The Sorcerer and the White Snake白蛇傳說Green Snake
2012My Sassy Hubby我老婆唔夠秤II：我老公唔生性Yoyo Ma Suk-ling
2013Bring Happiness Home快樂到家
2013The Midas Touch超級經理人Suen Mei Mei
2014Naked Ambition 2豪情3DMaisora AoiCameo
2014Streets of MacaoShort film
2014Let Go for Love放手愛
2014Gangster Payday大茶飯Mei
2015Sara雛妓Sara
2016Good Take!
201777 Heartbreaks原諒他77次Eva
2017Soccer Killer仙球大戰Ling'er
2017Always Be With You常在你左右Yu-yan
2017Growing Pains會痛的十七歲
2018Mad Ebriety斷片之險途奪寶
2019The Lady Improper非分熟女Yuen Siu Man
2019Goodbye UFO再見UFO
2020Fatal Visit聖荷西謀殺案
202177 Heartwarmings 感動她77次
2021Cold Detective
2022Detective vs Sleuths神探大戰
TBAJust 1 Day給我1天
TBAOnce Upon a Time in Hong Kong金手指

Television


YearEnglish titleMandarin titleRoleNetworkNotes
2000Youth Y2K青春@Y2KCheng ShashaRTHK
2001The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra齊天大聖孫悟空Purple OrchidTVB
2003Triumph in the Skies衝上雲霄CharleneTVBCameo
2003All About Boy'z一起喝采Langlang Princessnow.com.hkAppearance in episode 2
20032半3更之困𨋢Ah Sanow.com.hk
2004Kung Fu Soccer功夫足球TVBGuest star
2004Sunshine Heartbeat赤沙印記@四葉草.2Ah SaTVBGuest star
2004家有寶貝Ah SaGuest star
2007Colours of Love森之愛情Wai-fong / Ching-lanTVB
2007Life Off Stage
2010Calling for Love!呼叫大明星Chen DexinCTS
2011The Legend of Swordman劍俠情緣Tang Xiaowan / Ning Xin
2012Happy Marshal歡樂元帥Little Dragon Girl (Xiao Long Nu)
2018Police Tactical Unit机动部队Ho Wai-Ling

Awards and nominations


2002

2004

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2019


Notes


  1. Choi family moved to the British Hong Kong in the 1980s. After the handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997, all Hong Kong people of Chinese descent, regardless of whether they have foreign nationality or not, automatically became Hong Kong residents of Chinese nationality.
  2. Hong Kong permanent residents, regardless of whether they have Chinese nationality or not, have the right to vote or register as voters.

References


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  2. EEGmusic. "EEGmusic Archived 2012-10-26 at the Wayback Machine." Other information. Retrieved on 9 March 2008.
  3. Charlene Choi at IMDb IMDb. Biography for Charlene Choi
  4. "《蘋果》獨家越洋追擊 真的假不了 阿Sa、鄭中基洛杉磯婚書曝光 ｜ 蘋果日報". Apple Daily 蘋果日報 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  5. "阿Sa、陳偉霆攬住返港 「我好幸福」 ｜ 蘋果日報". Apple Daily 蘋果日報 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Archived from the original on 4 September 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  6. "蔡卓妍陳偉霆宣布五年情玩完". on.cc東網 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  7. "【Twins都有着落】同鄭中基秘婚四年 蔡卓妍情歸「百億麻雀館太子爺」 ｜ 蘋果日報". Apple Daily 蘋果日報 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  8. "與卓韻芝臨急改演繹方法 阿Sa再度雪卵收穫豐". 明周娛樂. 15 August 2019. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
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Charlene Choi Tsoek-Jin,[1] conocida como Charlene Choi (Vancouver, 22 de noviembre de 1982), es una cantante y actriz hongkonesa, es principalmente conocido por haber formado parte del dúo cantopop Twins.[2]


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