Lily Liu Lai-lai

Biography

Lily Liu Lai-lai was a veteran Hong Kong actress, born in 1947 and passing away in 2017. She graduated in 1984 from the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation's artist training course. She was a contracted actress with Hong Kong's TVB. Her father was a Hakka from Guangdong, and her mother was Manchu. Her father was a military cadre who participated in the war against Japan in China. She grew up amidst wars and dangers that surrounded her from birth. She studied dance at a boarding school for six years between the ages of 18 and 19. She worked as a dancer and performed for farmers, fishermen, miners, and soldiers. She participated in model operas and the musical "The East is Red" which began performances in 1964 during the Cultural Revolution. She moved to Singapore where she worked as a dance teacher, then was appointed as artistic director of the national dance troupe. In 1983, she applied to the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation's training course with a solo dance performance, and after graduation became a contracted actress.