Linda Chung

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name = Linda Chung

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2006 "Always Ready" ; "The Bitter Bitten" ; "Forensic Heroes"
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Linda Chung Ka-Yan (zh-t| 鍾嘉欣) (born April 9, 1984) was the 2004 Miss Chinese International Pageant winner and is now an actress with TVB in Hong Kong. She speaks English, Cantonese and Mandarin.citeweb|title=Miss Chinese International 2004 Profile|url=http://tvcity.tvb.com/special/mcip2004/profile/12.html |publisher=TVB| accessdate=2008-06-08] . She has appeared in many successful series including Best Bet (2007), Heart of Greed (2007) along with its indirect sequel Moonlight Resonance (2008), A Journey Called Life (2008), Legends of the Demigods (2008) and the upcoming grand production The Gem of Life.

Biography

Linda was born in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. After graduating from Vancouver's Templeton Secondary School in 2002, Linda attended the University of British Columbia for a year. During that same year, Linda participated and won first place in a beauty-talent show hosted by Crystal Mall, an Asian mall located in Burnaby, British Columbia.

In 2003, Linda won the title of Miss Chinese Vancouver, along with three awards in the same event. In 2004, she joined Miss Chinese International, a beauty contest organized by TVB, and became the third Vancouverite in 4 years to win Miss Chinese International after Bernice Liu in 2001 and Shirley Zhou in 2002. The 1st and 2nd runner-up in the same year was Mandy Cho (Hong Kong) and Carlene Aguilar (Manila).

Career

Linda made her acting debut in the series Virtues of Harmony II, the modern spin-off of the highly successful sitcom, Virtues of Harmony. Her role in Always Ready earned her the Most Improved Female Actress Award in 2006's TVB Anniversary Awards. Her role in the high-rating series, Heart of Greed, has been described as her breakthrough role and was nominated for TVB's "My Most Favourite Female Character Role" Award.

In addition to acting, Linda has also sung themesongs for some of the serials that she has participated in, including the themesongs for Legends of Demigods, Best Bet, A Journey Called Life and the subtheme for Heart of Greed. In May 2008, Linda signed a deal with Star Entertainment to attempt a music career. Due to her soft-spoken voice, the company's CEO praised her diligence and youthful vigor. Her album was released on August 20th. cite news | title=Linda Chung Transforms Into Jade Girl to Enter Music Industry (鍾嘉欣變身玉女闖樂壇) | publisher= The Sun | date = 2008-05-09 | url=http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/ent/20080509/20080508233830_0000.html | language=Chinese |accessdate = 2008-05-09] cite news | title=Linda Chung Enters Music Industry as Jade Girl (鍾嘉欣玉女形象闖樂壇)| publisher= Oriental Daily | date = 2008-05-09 | url=http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cgi-bin/nsrch.cgi?seq=740919 | language=Chinese |accessdate = 2008-05-09]

Awards

*Miss Chinese Vancouver 2003
*Miss Photogenic (Miss Chinese Vancouver 2003)
*Miss Talent (Miss Chinese Vancouver 2003)
*Miss Snow Beauty (Miss Chinese Vancouver 2003)
*Miss Chinese International 2004
*TVB Anniversary Awards Most Improved Female Actress Award 2006

Filmography

Television

Movies

Discography

*Lady in Red Album (Various Artists), Legends of Demigods theme-song. - "Swear" (發誓)
*Heart of Greed sub-theme - "My Heart Understands" (心領) - Linda Chung & Raymond Lam
*Best Bet theme-song - (心心相印)
*A Journey Called Life theme-song - "Small Story" (小故事) Linda Chung & Steven Ma
*Saiunkoku Monogatari 彩雲國物語 chinese verson of the theme song
*Dinner for One, World for Two Debut Album 一人晚餐二人世界

Commercials

*PureVision
*Cosmo Slim
*New Earth's Wedding (with Ron Ng)
*Planters' Toothpaste
*Blood Donation Commercial
*Crystal Mall Commercial
*Stayfree
*Reductil
*Bio-essence

References

External links

* [http://tvcity.tvb.com/special/mcip2004/profile/12.html Miss Chinese International Profile]
* [http://blog.tvb.com/lindachung/category/general/ Linda's Official Blog]
* [http://lindachung.ca/ Linda's Cottage]
* [http://linda-chung.net/ Linda Garden]