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简介

Cecilia So Yan Chee, originally named So Wai Yue, is a Hong Kong veteran "character actress" (甘草演員) currently under a basic artist contract with TVB. She grew up around Kennedy Road in Hong Kong's Central and Western District to merchant parents. She attended St. Paul's Co-educational Primary School and St. Paul's Co-educational College, studying in the Chinese section where she excelled in humanities. During her third and fourth years of secondary school, she met veteran horse racing commentator Ho Man Kwong and participated in his drama club activities, performing publicly at Hong Kong City Hall. After completing secondary school, she spent a year studying bookkeeping and taught herself Japanese. In 1973, she graduated from TVB's second Artist Training Course alongside classmates Ng Wai Kwok, Sung Hou Fai, Lo Yuen Yan, and Wu Woon Yee. Despite family opposition to her entertainment career, she made her debut in the drama "The Wanderer" as a tea customer. After earning recognition from Leung Fong Gong, she was cast as the female lead in "Crystal World." In 1975, she left TVB and moved to CTV and RTV. Following a stint as a receptionist at a travel agency, she studied singing under renowned teacher Dai Si Chung. She traveled to Canada in 1989 to perform, then returned to TVB in 1990 after meeting a drama director. She changed her stage name to "So Yan Chee" in 1991. Throughout her career since the early 1970s, she has specialized in roles as wealthy ladies, colleagues, and neighborhood women.