Angela Tong

Biography

Angela Tong Ying Ying is a Hong Kong actress and television host. She was born on June 30, 1975, in Montreal, Canada, where she grew up. Her ancestral home is in Foshan Shunde, Guangdong Province, China. After high school, she attended Concordia University. In 1994, she won the Miss Montreal Canada pageant and subsequently participated in the Miss Chinese International Pageant in Hong Kong in 1995. Although she did not win any awards, she signed a contract with TVB and became an actress. She joined the 8th TVB Artiste Training Course the same year. She has participated in numerous television dramas, often cast in seductive roles. In 2005, she gained recognition for her role as "Lee Hao Hao" in "Shine On You", winning the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2005 TVB Anniversary Awards and being voted the number one television artiste in a 2006 public poll. In 2007, she starred as the lead actress in "Marriage of Inconvenience". In 2012, she married Hong Kong actor Chin Ka Lok. They have two daughters. In 2017, she appeared in the sitcom "Come Home Love: Lo and Behold".