Tavia Yeung

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name = Tavia Yeung


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Tavia Yeung is an actress born in Hong Kong August 30, 1979. She has co-starred in numerous Hong Kong television series such as Heart of Greed, Dicey Business, Face to Fate and A Pillow Case of Mystery. In August 2006, Yeung modeled in a multi-page pictorial for the Hong Kong men's magazine HIM in which she also appeared on the cover.

Career

Yeung is a Hong Kong actress for TVB. Having graduated from the 13th TVB artists training course in 1998, Tavia had starred in numerous MTVs and after a few minor roles in series such as Street Fighters and When Dreams come True, she caught the public’s attention with her role as Ah Yan in The Awakening Story (starring Liza Wang), in which she portrayed the younger sister of Maggie Cheung Ho Yee with whom she bears a remarkable resemblance.

In 2003, Yeung was awarded the most improved actress of the year by TVB with her role as Kelly, the rebellious single-mother-to be in Vigilante Force. Since then, Tavia has been selected for many different roles, particularly for ancient series as she has that sense of serenity required for such roles. As the leading lady in Twin of Brothers, starring alongside Raymond Lam and Ron Ng, she became increasingly popular across both the mainland and overseas.

With her ‘girl-next-door’ image, Yeung recently surprised the public with her role in Dicey Business as the sexy Mimi. Followed by the much talked about series ‘Heart of Greed’, Tavia has once again assured the public with her acting skills and secure her place as of the prominent female lead in TVB. In July 2007, she received the award for Best Actress in a Drama by sina.com.

Tavia’s elder sister, Griselda Yeung, was one of the final 6 contestants of Miss Hong Kong 2001. Griselda is now also a TVB actress on both TVB Jade and TVB 8.

In 2007, four of Yeung Yi's series, "*Dicey Business", "Heart of Greed", "On The First Beat", and "Fathers And Sons", made it into TVB's five top rated dramas of 2007.

Filmography

*Detective Investigation Files IV (1999) (cameo)
*The Green Hope (2000) (cameo)
*Street Fighters (2000) (cameo)
*The Legend of Lady Yang (2000) (cameo)
*The Awakening Story (2001) With Ellesmere Choi
*Eternal Happiness (2002) With Kenneth Ma
*Golden Faith (2002) With Raymond Lam
*Good Against Evil (2002) With Chin Ka Lok
*Whatever It Takes (2002) With Benny Chan
*Find The Light (2003) With Bosco Wong
*The Vigilante In The Mask (2003) With Deric Wan
*The W Files (2003) With Matt Yeung
*Vigilante Force (2003) With Bowie Lam
*Twin of Brothers (2004) With Raymond Lam
*Shades Of Truth (2004) With Wong He
*The Prince's Shadow (2005) With Adam Cheng
*The Academy (2005) With Ron Ng
*Food for Life (2005) With Kevin Cheng
*A Pillow Case of Mystery (2006) With Benny Chan
*Face to Fate (2006) With Frankie Lam
*Land of Wealth (2006) With Steven Ma and Moses Chan
*Dicey Business (2006) With Bosco Wong
*On the First Beat (2007) (guest appearance) With Ron Ng
*Heart of Greed (2007) With Bosco Wong
*Fathers and Sons (2007) With Wong He and Chris Lai
*The Building Blocks of Life (2007) With Alex Fong
*Sweetness in the Salt (2008) With Steven Ma
*Moonlight Resonance (2008) With Moses Chan

Awards

*3 Weekly - Most Improved Artiste (2003)
*36th TVB Anniversary Award - Most Improved Actress (2003)
*TVS Awards - Most Potential Actress (2006)
*NEXT Magazine - WHY Best Fashion Style Award (2007)
*Sina’s 10th Macau/Hong Kong Entertainment Awards - Best Actress In A Drama(2007)

External links

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* [http://taviayeung.com taviayeung.com]

References

* [http://jade.tvb.com/artiste/yeung_yi_tavia/ TVB profile]