Rebecca Zhu Chen-li

Biography

Rebecca Zhu Chen-li is a Hong Kong actress and programme host, born on 2 December 1987. She spent her childhood in Suzhou and Shanghai before moving to Hong Kong at age 16 to study and live. She began dancing at age 4 with Latin dance, then switched to Chinese dance at a youth palace. At age 10, she was admitted to a ballet arts school in Shanghai for five years of training. Upon graduating in 2003, she was recruited by the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts to study ballet, where she excelled academically, earned scholarships, and later received a full scholarship to study in Washington, D.C. After graduating, she joined the Hong Kong Ballet as a professional dancer. In 2011, she entered the Miss Hong Kong Pageant and won the title, becoming one of the few winners from mainland China. She began her television career in 2012 with a role in the drama "Born Rich." She made notable progress in her acting career, earning nominations for Best Supporting Actress in 2016 and Best Actress in 2017, and took on her first leading role in "The Stunt" in 2017.