Flora Chan Wai-shan (Traditional Chinese:陳慧珊, born May 30, 1970, in Hong Kong), is an American actress active primarily in Hong Kong television and film. Along with Maggie Cheung Ho-yee, Kenix Kwok, Jessica Hsuan, and Ada Choi, she is known as one of the Top 5 "Fa Dans" (term used for actresses with high popularity) of TVB from the mid-1990s to mid-2000s.

Flora Chan
陳慧珊
Born (1970-05-30) May 30, 1970 (age 54)
Alma materBoston College
OccupationActress
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Spouses
  • Wai-ming Chung
    (m. 1994; div. 2001)
  • Mike Ka-hung Chung
    (m. 2006)
ChildrenMira Lut-yin Chung (Born 2007 September 17)
AwardsTVB Anniversary AwardsBest Actress
2002 Family Man
My Favourite Television Character
2002 Family Man
2003 Triumph in the Skies

Chinese name
Traditional Chinese陳慧珊
Simplified Chinese陈慧珊
Musical career
OriginHong Kong
GenresCantopop
Instrument(s)Singing

Biography

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Chan was born in Hong Kong, whose father,Walter Chan, was a dance director of Rediffusion Television and mother,Cecilia Harrison, was daughter of a British merchant. Her family emigrated to Boston,United States when she was 5. As a child, she had hoped to become a dancer, but because of an injury when she was a teenager, she was forced to abandon her dreams as a professional dancer. She attended Boston College and earned a degree in communications[1] before returning to Hong Kong in the early 1990s with her then-husband, Chung Wai Ming (鍾偉明). She and her first husband divorced in 2001. Chan married her manager Mike Chung Ka-hung (鍾家鴻) in 2006. The couple have one child.

Rather than getting her start from modelling or a beauty pageant, the Miss Hong Kong Pageant, (香港小姐競選) which provides actresses for HK's television station, TVB, Chan was a reporter for the TVB English Channel, TVB Pearl. In the mid-1990s, television director Teng Dak-Hei asked her to participate in his upcoming series, the fifth installment to the popular TVB drama series, File of Justice.

Chan's performance in this series about young, yuppie lawyers caught the attention of the HK audience, and TVB. She joined as a TVB actress and has since made other series, most notably Untraceable Evidence, playing the calm and collected forensics doctor, "Pauline Lip"; and in Healing Hands, a TVB series known for its cutting edge medical topics. In 2002, Chan won the coveted "Most Favourite TV Actress" award presented annually by TVB. Having already starred in various TVB dramas, she is no longer signed on with TVB as a full-time actress. In November 2006, Chan announced she would be returning to film a TVB serial in February 2007.[2]

Filmography

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TV series

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YearTitleRoleAwardsNotes
1997File of Justice VCatherine Au Tze Keung
Untraceable EvidencePauline Nip Bo Yin
1998Healing HandsAnnie Kong Sun Yuet
1999Untraceable Evidence IIPauline Nip Bo Yin
Feminine MasculinityChristine Fong Sze ChingTVB Award for My Favourite On-Screen Partnersa.k.a. Mr. Diana
SidebeatSunnie Kong Bik Ching
At the Threshold of an EraHelen Fok Hei Yin
2000At the Threshold of an Era IIHelen Fok Hei Yin
Healing Hands IIAnnie Kong Sun Yuet
2001A Taste of LoveJoyce Kiu Fa Chi
2002A Case of MisadventureJoey Tai Foon
Burning Flame IIMichelle Ho Bo Lam
Family ManTracy Ko Pui YiTVB Award for My Favourite Actress in a Leading Role
TVB Award for My Favourite Television Character
2003Triumph in the SkiesIsabelle Lok Yi SanTVB Award for My Favourite Television Character
2004Hard FateTiffany Mok Hei Yee
To Get Unstuck in TimeNicole Ko San
2010Suspects in LoveCheng Siu-Yan
2014Never Dance AloneDiana Yung Daan Daan
2018Watch Out, BossHazel Lo Choy Lam
2024ExpatsOlivia Chu

Film

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YearTitleRoleNotes
1994Fatal MapleEllen
2001Love Au ZenSiu Jing
2002Dry Wood Fierce FireMichelle
2006Undying Hearta.k.a. Min Mie
2007Mad DetectiveMay Cheung (in Bun's eyes)
2008ConnectedJeannie

Discography

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  • Flora Chan (2000)
  • 自在 (2001)
  • 愛得起 (2002)

References

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  1. ^ Profile, classmates.com; accessed July 25, 2015.
  2. ^ "Flora Chan to Film for TVB in 2007! Ada Choi Responds to Award Loss". November 12, 2006. Retrieved January 20, 2010.
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Awards and achievements
TVB Anniversary Awards
Preceded by Best Actress
2002
for Family Man
Succeeded by
Maggie Cheung Ho Yee
for The King of Yesterday and Tomorrow