Helen Sun Wai Lin

Biography

Helen Sun Wai Lin is a veteran Hong Kong actress born on June 27, 1938. Before retirement, she worked as a primary school teacher where she taught physical education and served as a discipline master, teaching at five government primary schools between 1959 and 1998. Among her students was actor Law Kar Ying, and she was also a colleague of Au Yeung Wai Ho at Tseung Kwan O Government Primary School. She wished to teach for over 40 years but was forced to retire at age 60. In 1996, she decided to pursue her dream of becoming an actress and auditioned, where she was asked to play a discipline master role which she easily accomplished due to her teaching background. She entered the acting world and began working as a freelance actress with Radio Television Hong Kong, continuing as a freelance actress after her official retirement in 2006. She currently mainly appears in TVB television dramas and is best known for her role as Chen Mei Zhu (nicknamed "Shi Shi Chen Nai Zhang") in the sitcom "Come Home Love: Lo and Behold."