Elaine Chow Sau Lan

Biography

Elaine Chow Sau Lan was born on April 1, 1961 in Hong Kong and grew up in a stone house in Tsuen Wan's Shek Wai Kok Village before it became a modern housing estate. Her father ran a rice shop on Hei Pai Street, and she has one sister and one brother. She attended Tsuen Wan Catholic Primary School and Choi Jin Chau Secondary School in Kwai Chung. After graduating from secondary school in 1978, she enrolled in the 8th TVB Artiste Training Course, graduating in 1979. She rose to prominence in the early 1980s with leading roles in period dramas such as The Duke of Mount Deer, The Other Side of the Horizon, and The Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain, becoming one of the important second-tier actresses. In 1982, she was nominated for Best New Performer at the 2nd Hong Kong Film Awards for the film Teenage Dreamers. In 1987, she moved to ATV and performed there until 1991, also appearing in the series The Legend of the Condor Heroes in 1997. After retiring from Hong Kong's entertainment industry, she immigrated to Vancouver, Canada, where she hosted Chinese-language radio and television programs, then devoted herself to Buddhist studies and running a vegetarian restaurant, becoming a Buddhist.