Linda Chung (鍾嘉欣)
Linda Chung
Born	April 9, 1984 (1984-04-09) (age 23) Vancouver, Canada

Linda Chung Ka Yan (Traditional Chinese: 鍾嘉欣, Simplified Chinese: 钟嘉欣, Pinyin: Zhong Jia Xin) (born April 9, 1984) is one of Hong Kong TVB's most promising actresses that has gained remarkable success after portraying the first leading actress role "Seung Joi Sum" (常在心) in the 2007 TVB drama Heart of Greed. She was signed to TVB after winning the title of Miss Chinese International in 2004. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 99th day of the year (100th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... For other uses, see Vancouver (disambiguation). ... Traditional Chinese (Traditional Chinese: 正體字/繁體字, Simplified Chinese: 正体字/繁体字) refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... is the 99th day of the year (100th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... REDIRECT Television Broadcasts Limited ... Heart of Greed (Chinese: 溏心風暴) is a high rating 40 episode drama series which aired on April 9, 2007 in Hong Kong by Television Broadcasts Limited. ... The Miss Chinese International Pageant was established by TVB the #1 Hong Kong broadcasting network in Hong Kong. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Biography

Linda was born in Vancouver, Canada as the youngest of three. She has an older brother and sister. She graduated from Templeton Secondary School, Vancouver in 2002. She then studied at University of British Columbia, Canada for a year. 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). She was also the winner of Miss Chinese Vancouver 2003, along with Dorothy Chan and Queenie Chung. However, according to her in an interview, she was not attractive or considered pretty at all during her high school days. She had no admirers because she was wearing spectacles, was very quiet and introverted all the time. For other uses, see Vancouver (disambiguation). ... Templeton Secondary Schools exteriors. ... The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a Canadian public university with its main campus located at Point Grey in the unincorporated Electoral Area A, immediately west of Vancouver, British Columbia. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Miss Chinese International Pageant was established by TVB the #1 Hong Kong broadcasting network in Hong Kong. ... Television Broadcasts Limited (SEHK: 0511), commonly known as TVB, was the first over-the-air commercial television station in Hong Kong. ... The Miss Chinese International Pageant was established by TVB the #1 Hong Kong broadcasting network in Hong Kong. ... Bernice Jan Liu, also known as Liu Bik-Yee (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) (born January 6, 1979 in Prince Rupert, BC, Canada with family root in Shunde, Guangdong, China) was the 2001 Miss Chinese International Pageant winner and is now an actress and singer with TVB in Hong Kong. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Mandy Cho Man-Lei (曹敏莉, Pinyin: Cao Minli, b. ... Carlene Ang Aguilar is a Filipino beauty queen. ... Nickname: Motto: Linisin Ikarangal Maynila Map of Metro Manila showing the location of Manila Coordinates: 14°35 N 121° E Country Region Districts 1st to 6th districts of Manila Barangays 897 Incorporated (city) June 10, 1574 Government  - Mayor Alfredo Lim (2007-2010; GO)  - Vice Mayor Isko Moreno (AM/PDP-Laban... Logo of Miss Chinese (Vancouver) Pageant. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Glasses, spectacles, or eyeglasses are frames bearing lenses worn in front of the eyes, sometimes for purely aesthetic reasons but normally for vision correction or eye protection. ...

Career

Linda's first debut in Virtues of Harmony II as "Hung Bak Lam" (Michelle) started to draw attention from the audience. At first, she has been facing the same criticism as another TVB fadan Charmaine Sheh about her squeaky voice and lousy acting skills. Later, it slowly faded as her acting has gradually improved. Virtues of Harmony 皆大歡喜 was a sitcom produced by TVB. It was starred by Nancy Sit, Yvonne Lam, Cutie Mui, Frankie Lam, Bernice Liu, Michael Tse, Joyce Chen, Johnny Tang, Bondy Chiu, Louis Yuen, etc. ... Charmaine Sheh Shi Man (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) (born May 28, 1975) is a Hong Kong actress under contract to the TVB television channel. ...

Linda is known as "Advertisement Queen" in Hong Kong because she has a lot of sponsors and advertisement deals. She is also a singer in TVB's new album "金牌女兒紅" (Lady In Red) with her first song "發誓" (Swear).

Linda made her debut performing Sandy Lam's "Honesty" at TVB Extravaganza a few months ago. Her song for this CD is supposedly the theme song to her new series, 搜神傳 (an ancient mythical series about Gods).

Rise to fame

In Linda's short year (from 2004) entering into the Hong Kong entertainment industry thus far, the success and popularity that she has achieved is phenomenal. After the airing of the critically acclaimed TVB 40 episode drama series Heart of Greed, Linda's acting skills have been improved dramatically. She has been receiving numerous positive reviews for her acting as the first leading actress "Seung Joi Sum" (常在心） in the drama. Heart of Greed (Chinese: 溏心風暴) is a high rating 40 episode drama series which aired on April 9, 2007 in Hong Kong by Television Broadcasts Limited. ...

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Trivia

• Linda is shortsighted with power of 500 degrees on both eyes.
• Linda's first kiss scene on screen was given to Ron Ng.
• Linda is the youngest actress (at the age of 22) to take home the Most Improved Female Actress Award at the annual TVB Anniversary Awards in year 2006.

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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

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Filmography

TV Series

• Virtues Of Harmony II (2004)
• Fantasy Zone(2005)
• Always Ready (2005)
• The Bitter Bitten (2006)
• Forensic Heroes (2006)
• Heavenly In-Laws (2007)
• Best Bet (2007)
• Heart of Greed (2007)

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• Love Is Not All Around (2007)

Upcoming

TV Series

• Legends of Demigods (2007) filming status: finished in 2006
• Golden Destiny (2008) filming status: finished in August 2007
• Jewel's Splendor / The Gem of Life(2008) filming status: in progress
• Forensic Heroes II (2008) filming status: starting on the 16/9/07

Movies Legend of Demigods 《搜神傳 》is an upcoming TVB production. ... The Gem of Life《珠光寶氣》is an upcoming TVB grand production in 2008. ... The Gem of Life《珠光寶氣》is an upcoming TVB grand production in 2008. ... Forensic Heroes 2 is a sequel of TVBs Forensic Heroes aired in 2006. ...

• Playboy Cops (2007) filming status: finished in August 2007

Commercials

• TVB Miss Vancouver
• TVB Miss Vancouver Special
• PureVision
• Cosmo Slim
• TVB Miss Chinese International
• TVB Miss Chinese International Special
• Cosmetic Electrics
• Always Ready Sales Presentation
• New Earth's Wedding (with Ron Ng)
• Planters' Toothpaste
• TVB Christmas 2006
• Giving Blood Commercial
• The Bitter Bitten Sales Presentation
• Forensic Heroes Sales Presentation
• Valentines Day with Bosco Wong
• Marathon Sports

External links

• Linda's Cottage - Only English Fan Site of Linda Chung
• Linda Garden

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References

• http://www.linda-chung.net/ from Linda Garden. Retrieved on 27 June 2007
• http://www.lindachung.ca/ from Linda's Cottage. Retrieved on 27 June 2007