Christie To Wing Sum

Biography

Christie To Wing Sum is a Cantonese opera actress specializing in sheng jiao (male) roles, born in the 1990s in Canada with Chaozhou ancestry. She began her artistic career at just four years old, appearing in Cantonese opera performances during her childhood spare time, and studied under the renowned performer Lee Lung. She attended international schools and later studied at the Chinese University of Hong Kong's Chinese Medicine program, becoming a registered Chinese medicine practitioner in Hong Kong. She also completed a master's degree in Arts and Cultural Management from an Italian institution via distance learning. She participated in performances with Lee Lung's troupes such as the Long Jia Feng Troupe and Long Ting Yan Troupe, then became active in the Hong Kong Ching Miu Cantonese Opera Troupe founded by her mother, a non-profit funded troupe, as well as the Yung Chu Shing Troupe. In 2019, she joined the Teahouse New Talent Troupe at the Xiqu Centre in the West Kowloon Cultural District. In addition to acting, To Wing Sum works as a screenwriter for new Cantonese operas and plays about Cantonese opera, and also serves as a stage supervisor. She has collaborated on cross-genre projects, including working with the band Dear Jane on a Cantonese opera version MV of the pop song "Galaxy Repairman" and collaborating with the a cappella theatre troupe "Yip Po Ching Cheung" on "An Cang Bu Lou". In July 2023, she was elected for the first time as a board member of the Chinese Artists Association of Hong Kong in its 40th term.