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简介

Esther Wan Yue Hung was born on 13 November 1968 in Hong Kong and grew up in a public housing estate in Shatin as the youngest of six siblings. Her father was a hawker and her mother worked as a labourer doing jobs such as garbage collection and carrying mud. She graduated from CCC Kei Chi Secondary School in 1986, where she was active in the drama group and served as president of the school drama club. After initially taking a secretarial course, she enrolled at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 1991 on a friend's suggestion and graduated in 1996 with an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree. She was discovered by TVB executives during her graduation and joined the network as an actress and TV host. She became known for portraying married women, with her most notable role being "Lu Bing Bing" in Detective Investigation Files III in 1997. In 2005 she was diagnosed with breast cancer that had spread to the lymph nodes, underwent six rounds of chemotherapy and a major surgery in 2006, and later made a full recovery. She had breast reconstruction through a plastic surgeon introduced by actress Sheren Tang. In 2012 she was praised for playing the masculine character "Lo Yuk Fan" in the drama Mom, I Do Not Care... and again received acclaim for her role as "Lai Kai Pang's wife" in A Great Way to Care II in 2013. In September 2020 she decided to leave TVB and retire from entertainment after refusing a demand to cut her salary by more than half, choosing instead a rural farming lifestyle and hiking. In early 2023 the cancer returned and spread to her lungs and liver, with new tumours appearing in her abdomen. She passed away on 19 May 2023 in hospital at the age of 54, with her funeral held on 16 June 2023 at Kowloon Funeral Home.