Rebecca Zhu

Rebecca Zhu (Chinese: 朱晨麗; born 2 December 1987) is a Hong Kong actress and a beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Hong Kong 2011. As a result of her pageant win, Zhu was offered a starring role in the 2012 TVB television drama Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles, which was also her acting debut.

Rebecca Zhu
Zhu in 2024
Born	(1987-12-02) 2 December 1987 (age 36) Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Alma mater	Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2011–present
Awards	Miss Hong Kong 2011 – Miss Hong Kong TVB Anniversary Awards – Best Supporting Actress 2017 A General, a Scholar and a Eunuch
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	朱晨麗
Simplified Chinese	朱晨丽
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhū Chénlì Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Zyu1 San4 Lai6

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhu (朱).

Early life

Zhu was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. Following her mother's wishes, Zhu started dancing lessons as early as the age of 3, taking Latin dance and Chinese dance courses. When she was 10, Zhu moved to Shanghai after earning the opportunity to perform for a ballet dance troupe there. At age 16, Zhu was accepted by the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and moved to Hong Kong, where she continued to study ballet. Zhu earned full scholarship to study abroad at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Upon graduation, Zhu became a member of The Hong Kong Ballet Company.^[1]

Career

Pageant debut

In 2011, Rebecca Zhu entered the Miss Hong Kong pageant as contestant #5, a local delegate. Zhu stayed as one of the most popular contestants throughout the competition.^[2] She eventually won the title, also winning Miss Trendy Vision, Happiness Ambassador, and the Most Popular Award. Zhu then went on to compete in the Miss Chinese International Pageant the following year. Although she failed to get placed in the pageant, she won the Greater China Elegance Award.

Acting career

In November 2011, Zhu was cast in the TVB blockbuster drama Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles, which also became Zhu's acting debut. The role was originally meant for Fala Chen, who turned down the offer last-minute for health reasons. The drama's producer stated that Zhu's resemblance to Chen was one of the reasons why he decided to replace her with Zhu.^[3] The drama aired in 2012. Zhu's first performance was not well-received, which many critics reasoned was because of the language barrier (Zhu's native tongue is Mandarin Chinese), as well as her lack of acting experience prior to taking on the role.

Zhu pursued supporting roles for the next few years. Her performances in 2013 dramas Triumph in the Skies II and Always and Ever earned her nominations for Most Promising Female Artiste and Favourite Supporting Actress at the 2013 TVB Star Awards Malaysia, which were her first acting nominations.

In 2017, Zhu won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2017 TVB Anniversary Awards with her role in the drama A General, a Scholar, and a Eunuch. However, this stirred up controversies among audience and netizens.^[4] In 2018, she played her first female leading role in the drama The Stunt. With her role in the drama Fist Fight, Zhu garnered her first Best Actress nomination at the 2018 TVB Anniversary Awards.

Zhu is good friends with Wonder Women co-actresses Miriam Yeung and Alice Chan.

Filmography

Television dramas (TVB)

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles	Kwai Siu-yau	Major Supporting Role
2013	Triumph in the Skies II	"Pink Pink" Wu Pink / King Lok-to	Supporting Role
	Always and Ever	Lam Yim-fong	Supporting Role
2014	Officer Geomancer	Tit Leung-chi	Major Supporting Role
2015	Smooth Talker	Lily Kau	Ep. 7
	The Fixer	Chiu Dan-ching (Madam Chiu)	Major Supporting Role
2016	Over Run Over	Fung Tsz-ching	Major Supporting Role
	The Last Healer in Forbidden City	Consort Zhen	Major Supporting Role
	Dead Wrong	Queenie Yip Chau	Major Supporting Role
2017	Recipes to Live By	Tai-ng Yuen	Major Supporting Role
	A General, a Scholar, and a Eunuch	"Cat" Catherine Fong Wai-ling	Major Supporting Role TVB Star Awards Malaysia for Top 17 Favourite TVB Drama Characters TVB Anniversary Award for Best Supporting Actress
2018	The Forgotten Valley	Ku Man-yi	Main Role
	Stealing Seconds	Haley Mok Hei-lin	Main Role
	The Stunt	May Sheung Mei-chu	Main Role
	Fist Fight	Young Ching-ching (Madam Young)	Main Role
2019	Wonder Women	Ma Sze-lui	Main Role
2020	The Dripping Sauce	Ha Siu-moon / Man Ching-man	Main Role
	Forensic Heroes IV	Ko Ching	Main Role
2022	The War of Beauties	Tong Yan	Major Supporting Role
	Go With The Float	Yuki Lee Yim-yu	Major Supporting Role

Television dramas (Shaw Brothers Studio)

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2021	Flying Tiger 3	Natalie Chin Man-li	Guest Appearance

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Turning Point 2	Choi Mei-suet (Miss Choi)	Cameo
2012	Give Me 1 Minute to Say I Love You	Rebecca	Cameo
2013	Laughing Every Day	Lai-lai	Cameo
2015	From Vegas to Macau II	Siu-yu
	Knock Knock Who's There?	NiKi
2016	Line Walker	Samantha
2022	New Kung Fu Cult Master 1	Yin Susu
	New Kung Fu Cult Master 2	Yin Susu
	焚情	Lau Ching	Main Role

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
2013	TVB Star Awards Malaysia	Favourite TVB Promising Female Artiste	Triumph in the Skies II and Always and Ever	Nominated
		Favourite TVB Supporting Actress	Always and Ever	Nominated
2015	TVB Star Awards Malaysia	Top 16 Favourite TVB Drama Characters	The Fixer	Nominated
	TVB Anniversary Awards	Most Improved Female Artiste	Officer Geomancer, Smooth Talker, and The Fixer	Nominated
2016	TVB Anniversary Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Dead Wrong	Nominated
2017	StarHub TVB Awards	My Favourite TVB Supporting Actress	A General, a Scholar, and a Eunuch	Nominated
		My Favourite TVB Female TV Characters		Nominated
		My Favourite TVB On-Screen Couple (with Matthew Ho)		Nominated
	TVB Star Awards Malaysia	Favourite TVB Supporting Actress		Nominated
		Top 17 Favourite TVB Drama Characters		Won
	TVB Anniversary Awards	Best Supporting Actress		Won
		Most Improved Female Artiste	Recipes to Live By and A General, a Scholar, and a Eunuch	Nominated
2019	TVB Anniversary Awards	Best Actress	Wonder Women	Nominated
		The Most Popular Female Character		Nominated
2020	TVB Anniversary Awards	Best Actress	The Dripping Sauce	Nominated
		The Most Popular Female Character		Nominated
2022	TVB Anniversary Awards	Best Actress	The War of Beauties	Nominated
		The Most Popular Female Character		Nominated
			Go With The Float	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress		Nominated
		Favourite TVB Actress in Malaysia	The War of Beauties	Nominated

References

1. "List of Miss Hong Kong contestants". IHKTV (in Chinese). p. 1. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
2. "Rebecca Zhu wins Miss Hong Kong". Apple Daily (in Chinese). 7 August 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
3. "'Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles' Rebecca Zhu replaces Fala Chen" (in Chinese). 30 November 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
4. "蔡思貝朱晨麗獲獎被轟未夠班 王浩信稱帝回家惜老婆" (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-09-29.

External links

• Rebecca Zhu at Official TVB Blog
• Rebecca Zhu at Official Miss Hong Kong 2011 website
• Rebecca Zhu at Sina Weibo

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Toby Chan	Miss Hong Kong 2011	Succeeded by Carat Cheung