Rebecca Zhu

Rebecca Zhu (Chinese: ; born 2 December 1987) is a Chinese-born Hong Kong actress and a beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Hong Kong 2011. As a result of her pageant win, Zhu was offered a starring role in the 2012 TVB television drama Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles, which was also her acting debut.

Rebecca Zhu
Born (1987-12-02) 2 December 1987
Alma materHong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
OccupationActress
Years active2011present
AwardsTVB Anniversary AwardsBest Supporting Actress
2017 A General, a Scholar and a Eunuch

Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese

Early life

Zhu was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. Following her mother's wishes, Zhu started dancing lessons as early as the age of 3, taking Latin dance and Chinese dance courses. When she was 10, Zhu moved to Shanghai after earning the opportunity to perform for a ballet dance troupe there. At age 16, Zhu was accepted by the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and moved to Hong Kong, where she continued to study ballet. Zhu earned full scholarship to study abroad at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Upon graduation, Zhu became a member of The Hong Kong Ballet Company.[1]

Career

Pageant debut

In 2011, Zhu entered the Miss Hong Kong pageant as contestant #5, a local delegate. Zhu stayed as one of the most popular contestants throughout the competition.[2] She eventually won the title, also winning Miss Trendy Vision, Happiness Ambassador, and the Most Popular Award. Zhu then went on to compete in the Miss Chinese International Pageant the following year, and won the Greater China Elegance Award. She failed to get placed in the pageant.

Acting career

In November 2011, Zhu was cast as Kwai Siu-yau, the third female lead in the TVB blockbuster drama Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles, which also became Zhu's acting debut. The role was originally meant for Fala Chen, who turned down the offer last-minute due to health reasons. The drama's producer stated that Zhu's resemblance to Chen was one of the reasons why he decided to replace her with Zhu.[3] Zhu's first performance was not well-received, which many critics reasoned was because of the language barrier (Zhu's native tongue is Mandarin Chinese), as well as her lack of acting experience prior to taking on the role.

Zhu pursued supporting roles for the next few years. Her performances in 2013's Triumph in the Skies II and Always and Ever earned her nominations for Most Promising Actress and Favourite Supporting Actress at the 2013 TVB Star Awards Malaysia, her first acting nominations.

Filmography

Television dramas

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles Kwai Siu-yau
  • 3rd Female Lead
2013 Triumph in the Skies II Pink Wu Ping
  • Supporting Role
Always and Ever Lam Yim-fong
  • Supporting Role
2014 Officer Geomancer Tit Leung-chi
  • Major Supporting Role
2015 Smooth Talker Lily Kau
  • Guest Appearance in Episodes 67
The Fixer Chiu Dan-ching
  • Major Supporting Role
2016 Over Run Over Fung Chi-ching
  • Major Supporting Role
The Last Healer in Forbidden City Consort Tsan
  • Major Supporting Role
Dead Wrong Queenie Yip Chau
  • Major Supporting Role
2017 Recipes to Live By Tai-ng Yuen
  • Major Supporting Role
A General, a Scholar, and a Eunuch "Cat" Catherine Fong Wai-ling
  • Major Supporting Role
2018 The Forgotten Valley Ku Man-yee
  • 3rd Female Lead
Stealing Seconds Haley Mok Hei-lin
  • 2nd Female Lead
The Stunt May Sheung Mei-chu
  • 1st Female Lead
Fist Fight Yeung Ching-ching
  • 2nd Female Lead
2019 Wonder Women Ma Sze-lui
  • Major Supporting Role
2020 The Dripping Sauce Ha Siu-moon / Man Ching-man
  • 1st Female Lead
Forensic Heroes IV Ko Ching
  • 3rd Female Lead
TBA Flying Tiger 3
  • Major Supporting Role

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Turning Point 2 Miss Choi Cameo
2012 Give Me 1 Minute to Say I Love You Rebecca Cameo
2013 Laughing Every Day Lai-lai Cameo
2015 From Vegas to Macau II Siu-yu
2015 Knock Knock Who's There? NiKi
2016 Line Walker Samantha
TBA The Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre Zhou Zhiruo

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Nominated work Result
2013 TVB Star Awards Malaysia My Favourite TVB Promising Actress Triumph in the Skies II and Always and Ever Nominated
My Favourite TVB Supporting Actress Always and Ever Nominated
2015 TVB Star Awards Malaysia My Favourite TVB Drama Characters The Fixer Nominated
TVB Anniversary Awards Most Improved Female Artist Officer Geomancer, Smooth Talker, and The Fixer Nominated
2016 TVB Anniversary Awards Best Supporting Actress Dead Wrong Nominated
2017 StarHub TVB Awards My Favourite TVB Supporting Actress A General, a Scholar, and a Eunuch Nominated
My Favourite TVB Female TV Characters Nominated
My Favourite TVB On-Screen Couple (with Matthew Ho) Nominated
TVB Star Awards Malaysia My Favourite TVB Supporting Actress Nominated
My Favourite TVB Drama Characters Won
TVB Anniversary Awards Best Supporting Actress Won
Most Improved Female Artist Recipes to Live By and A General, a Scholar, and a Eunuch Nominated
2019 2019 TVB Anniversary Awards Best Actress Wonder Women Nominated
The Most Popular Female Character Nominated

References

  1. "List of Miss Hong Kong contestants". IHKTV (in Chinese). p. 1. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
  2. "Rebecca Zhu wins Miss Hong Kong". Apple Daily (in Chinese). 7 August 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  3. "'Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles' Rebecca Zhu replaces Fala Chen" (in Chinese). 30 November 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Toby Chan
Miss Hong Kong
2011
Succeeded by
Carat Cheung
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