向海嵐

简介

Anne Heung was born in Hong Kong in 1974 and grew up in Causeway Bay. She was raised as an only child after her parents divorced when she was very young, and was brought up by her Indonesian-Chinese mother. She was educated at St. Paul's School before moving to Vancouver, Canada at age 17, where she excelled academically and enrolled at the University of British Columbia to study economics and psychology. She returned to Hong Kong in 1998 to enter the Miss Hong Kong Pageant at a friend's encouragement, winning the title along with three other awards. She represented Hong Kong at the Miss Chinese International Pageant in 1999, achieving Hong Kong's first third-place finish. Her television career began in 1999 with Detective Investigation Files IV, and she rose to stardom in 2000 playing the legendary beauty Yang Guifei, which made her one of TVB's leading actresses. She became known for her roles in period dramas such as The Headless Palace, Golden Days, and Beyond the Realm of Conscience. She has been active in charity work through the Wai Yin Association since 1999, serving as its chairperson for two terms. She left television in 2008 after disagreements over her roles, but made a theatrical return in 2024, becoming the first Miss Hong Kong winner to perform in a musical.