Kate Tsui Tsz-shan

Biography

Kate Tsui was born in Hong Kong in 1979 and developed a passion for dance from an early age, starting ballet at four and later switching to hip hop and jazz at fourteen after an ankle injury. She studied at the University of California, Davis in the United States, earning a degree in language. After graduation she returned to Hong Kong and worked in marketing and project coordination before entering the Miss Hong Kong 2004 pageant, which she won along with four additional awards. She then signed with TVB and began her entertainment career. In 2007 she won the TVB Anniversary Award for Most Improved Female Artiste. She became known for diverse roles, most notably in the 2008 series Moonlight Resonance, which achieved record viewership, as well as in Lives of Omission, Forensic Heroes III, and Highs and Lows. In 2015 she left TVB to study jewellery design and later completed a master's degree in psychology from the University of Hong Kong in 2019. Kate Tsui is recognized as the first Hong Kong artiste to win best newcomer awards in singing, film, and television.