Amy Cheung Yuen Mei

Biography

Amy Cheung Yuen Mei was born on 11 September 1973 and grew up in the Kwun Tong district of Hong Kong. She is the granddaughter of the artist Leung Ming. She began her artistic career at age ten by performing in a play with her grandfather, then worked as a model for youth magazines at age fourteen. In 1990, she signed with Ling Leung Entertainment, a company founded by Lee Si Yan, but discovered accounting irregularities and terminated the contract after only one year. She joined TVB television in 1991, where she hosted the children's programme "Flash Fax" and became known for playing the character "吱吱鼠". She later hosted programmes such as "Jade Music Express" and "Sunday New Zone", then transitioned to acting in series like "The Family Creates Trouble" and "Detective Investigation Files II". She decided to leave TVB in 1997 to try her luck in film but was unsuccessful, so she chose to step away from the entertainment industry. She married someone outside the entertainment world in 1999 and gave birth to her first son, dedicating herself to family care. After ending her first marriage in 2007, she worked as a secretary and customer service manager at several companies, then returned to working at a wallpaper company. In 2016, she moved to work as a receptionist at a restaurant in the Sai Wan area. She returned to the spotlight in September 2021 when she appeared as a guest on the programme "We Grew Up Together" and stated that she still had a passion for acting and received her husband's support, and she signed a contract with Tai Entertainment Culture at the end of that year.