Venus Wong

Venus Wong Man-yik (Chinese: 王敏奕; pinyin: Wáng Mǐnyì) is a Hong Kong actress currently contracted to TVB and TVB Music Group.

Venus Wong
Wong in 2024
Born	(1992-01-01) 1 January 1992 (age 33) Huizhou, Guangdong, China
Nationality	Chinese (Hong Kong)
Occupations	Actress model
Spouse	Derek Tsang ​ (m. 2019)​

Venus Wong
Chinese	王敏奕
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wáng Mǐnyì Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Wong4 Man5 Jik6

Panel discussion of Zombiology: Enjoy Yourself Tonight (2017) at the Freer Sackler Gallery. (2018) (Left to right: Tom, Venus Wong, and Alan Lo.)

Biography

Early life

Venus Wong was born in 1992 in Huizhou, Guangdong province and moved to Hong Kong at the age of one with her mother. She attended Christ Church Ching Wan Primary School and Rosehill School.

Career

In 2006, Wong participated in the television show Y2K Series (Y2K系列) at the age of 14. In 2008, she made her film debut in the movie High Noon (烈日當空) as a supporting character. In the same year, she appeared in the TV show “性本善” and played a waitress in the film Forgive and Forget (親愛的). Wong had appeared in a number of supporting roles in films, such as To Love or Not to Love, Camera and Lucky Boy.^[1][2] After playing a few more minor roles, she studied at the City University of Hong Kong before dropping out in 2012 to study Drama in New York.^[3] She had also appeared in numerous TV commercials and had promoted brands such as Olympus, Nokia and Brandy.^[4]

In 2013, Wong filmed her first TVB drama Never Dance Alone, playing the younger version of Rachel Lee’s character. The drama was broadcast in 2014. In 2020, she signed contracts with TVB and The Voice Entertainment（now known as TVB Music Group）.

Personal life

In 2019, Wong married Hong Kong actor Derek Tsang at Niki Hills, Hokkaido, Japan.

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Ref
2008	Forgive and Forget [zh]	Waitress	[5]
	High Noon	Soy Sauce's girlfriend	[6]
2009	Love Connected [zh]	Venus
2010	Girl$	Gucci
2012	Diva [zh]	Gennie
2013	The Midas Touch	Ho Miu-miu
2014	Streets of Macao
	À Espera		[7]
	Uncertain Relationship Society [zh]	Lee Ning
2015	King of Mahjong	Bak Sei-hei	[8]
	Knock Knock! Who's There? [zh]	Carmen
2016	Good Take Too [zh]		[9]
2017	To Love or Not to Love	Cha Tsz-kei	[10]
	Lucky Boy	Zhang Qingqing	[11]
	Zombiology: Enjoy Yourself Tonight [zh]	Nip Yee-suen	[12]
2020	The Secret Diary of a Mom to Be
	Unleashed	Elfy Lam
	Hell Bank Presents: Running Ghost [zh]	Chow Bo-yi
2021	Anita	MIWA

Television dramas

TVB

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2014	ICAC Investigators 2014	Kwok Siu-lam	Ep. 1
	Never Dance Alone	Young Julie Chu Li	Younger version of Rachel Lee’s character	[13]
2020	Hong Kong Love Stories [zh]	"Shay" Chan Tsz-yan	Main Role	[13]
2021	Murder Diary	Dr. Fong Yuen-chin		[14]
	The Line Watchers [zh]	"Kay" Wan Tsz-ki		[15]
2022	Forensic Heroes V [zh]	Fok Bo-ying		[16]
2023	The QUEEN of News [zh]	Carrie Lau Yim	Major Supporting Role	[17]
2024	The Spectator [zh]	Yiu Chi-yu	Main Role	[18]
2024	Happy Ever After? [zh]	Mira Lui Ching-hoi	Main Role	[19]
TBA	虛擬情人	Ching Ching		[20]

Shaw Brothers Pictures

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018	Flying Tiger [zh]	Tai Yi-fei	Major Supporting Role

ViuTV

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2019	The Republic [zh]	Fiona Fong	Main Role
	#MeToo [zh]	Lam Tsz-wai	Ep. 3

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Result
2020	TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Female Character	Nominated
2021	TVB Anniversary Award for Most Improved Female Artiste	Nominated (Top 5)
	TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress	Nominated (Top 10)
	TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Female Character	Nominated
	TVB Anniversary Award for Favourite TVB Actress in Malaysia	Nominated
	People’s Choice Television Award for Most Improved Female Artiste	Nominated
	People’s Choice Television Award for Best Actress	Nominated
2022	TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress	Nominated
	TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Female Character	Nominated (Top 10)
	TVB Anniversary Award for Favourite TVB Actress in Malaysia	Nominated (Top 10)
	TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Onscreen Partnership (with Bosco Wong	Nominated
	TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular TV Soundtrack	Nominated
2023	TVB Anniversary Award for Most Improved Female Artiste	Nominated (Top 5)
	TVB Anniversary Award for Best Supporting Actress	Nominated (Top 5)