Flora King Toi Yam

Biography

Flora King Toi Yam is a Hong Kong singer and actress born on September 5, 1961, into a wealthy family as an only child. She began her artistic career in 1976 at age fifteen by participating in a television series casually. She enrolled in the eighth TVB acting training course in 1979 alongside classmates such as Tong Ching Yee and Lee Chang Chang. After graduation, she hosted programs on "Enjoy Tonight" and was known with two colleagues as the "Three EYT Flowers." She excelled at portraying charming, mischievous young women in period dramas. In 1982, she caught the attention of record company executives and signed a contract to release solo albums. She was counted among TVB's "Seven Fairies" in the 1980s alongside Wong Mei Ling and others. Despite her successful career, she faced difficulties including being frozen out by the station in 1983 and suffering from acute hepatitis. She left TVB in 1986 due to feeling bored by repetitive historical roles. She withdrew from the entertainment world in the 1990s to care for her family and wrote a newspaper column. She returned to acting in 2019 after an absence of over thirty years in the series "The Retired Empress."