Cecilia So Lai Shan

Biography

Cecilia So Lai Shan is a Hong Kong actress, model, businesswoman and singer born on 6 August 1992. She grew up as an only child in a single-parent family and lived alone in Hong Kong for years while her mother and grandmother lived abroad. She attended Tin Ka Ping Secondary School and graduated in 2014 from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University with a Bachelor of Science in Environment and Sustainable Development. She began working as a model during university and in September 2014 starred in her first film, "She Remembers, He Forgets," playing the young "Yu Fung Chi," earning recognition for her natural performance and receiving nominations for Best New Performer at both the Taipei Film Awards and Hong Kong Film Awards. In 2015, she completed a short film course at the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles. In 2019, she went to Los Angeles to study acting at the Stella Adler Academy of Acting & Theatre, but returned to Hong Kong after two months when the COVID-19 pandemic worsened. In 2020, she starred in the film "Missbehavior" and launched several business ventures including a handmade bakery, a massage spa, and a Southeast Asian restaurant. In February 2022, she signed with Warner Records to pursue a singing career and released her debut single "Not a Boy." In September 2025, she joined Shaw Brothers as an actress and appeared in the drama series "Behind the Glamour."