Joey Meng Yee Man

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name = Joey Meng Yee Man
birthdate = birth date and age|1970|10|2
location = Hong Kong
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height = 171 cm (5'7.5)
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spouse = Chan Sap Sam(13 Chan)
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notable role = Ma Siu Ling in "My Date With A Vampire" I, II, III
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Joey Meng Yee Man ( _zh. 萬綺雯, born October 2 1970) is a Chinese actress. She was born in Hong Kong. She was the first runner-up of the Miss Asian Pagent in 1989.

Acting

She is most known for her role in My Date with a Vampire ("MDWAV"). In the series, she plays the role of Ma Siu Ling, the descendant of the vampire slaying and ghost catching Ma Clan. Her character's destiny is to destroy vampires (the King Of Vampires, Cheung Sun in particular) but ultimately falls in love with a vampire named Fong Tin Yau.(Fok Sung said, "It’s worse than Romeo and Juliet. And there’s a mortal Zhen Zhen! Don’t you think it’s the worst tragedy of the millennium?" She is well-known for her mini-skirt and high-heeled attire in the series.)

She was twenty-five when she first took on the role in part one of "MDWAV". She was thirty-one when she acted in the third installment of the series.

In 1995, she participated in 我和春天有個約會 (My Date With Spring), she portrayed as 藍鳳萍, the most tragic butterfly out of the four because she falls in love with a gamble-addict brass band memeber called Johnny. Due to the fact that he was in debt, she went to Vietnam with Johnny and ended up dying in an explosion.

Currently, Joey Meng has returned to ATV to film her new series called 法網群英, Joey Meng will be a forensic scientist in this series which is a challenging role. The people that she will be collaborating with are 陳啟泰、吳啟華、陳秀雯、張文慈、呂頌賢、谷祖琳、蘇杏璇、林 雪、沈頴婷、呂晶晶、周子濠、陳嘉輝、陳少霞、何彥樺、吳亭欣、林雲中、劉錫賢、蒲進、劉綽琪、徐自賢、筱靖、曾敏 and other actors and actresses. Several actors and actresses were previously under TVB management such as Lawrence Ng. This is another grand ATV production after 'Flaming Butterly'.

Personal life

She has been happily married to the scriptwriter of the "MDWAV" since 2000. She once said in an interview that they do not intend to have children. The two only got together after the filming of MDWAV2, they bonded at the celebrating party of MDWAV2 where they got to know each other.

Trivia

- She is 171 cm tall. Eric Wan Tin Chiu (her co-star on "MDWAV") is 172 cm tall. She always looks taller than him because she wears high heels.

- Her favorite food was once chicken, however she has turned vegetarian in the recent years.

- As proven in "MDWAV", she cannot sing. She also commented in the millionare show hosted by Kenneth Chan that she sings badly and seldom sings.

- In a recent poll, she was voted as one of the "top five stars with the best bodies at the millennium”.

- Her hobbies include music, sleeping, watching movies, canoeing, and traveling.

Selected filmography

* "The Bride with White Hair 2" (1993)
* "Fist of Fury" (1995)
* "Century of the Dragon" (1999)
* "Dial D for Demon" (2000)
* "Return to Dark" (2000)
* "Romancing Bullet" (2000)
* "A Wicked Ghost 2: The Fear" (2001)
* "Vampire Controller" (2001)
* "The Troublesome Romance" (2002)

External links

* [http://joeymeng.com/ JoeyMeng.com]
* [http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=1165 Hong Kong Cinemagic]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0530949/ Joey Meng at IMBD]
* [http://www.m-dream.co.uk/asianstars-actresses-184.htm M-Dream]