Amy Wu

Biography

Amy Wu (Wu Mei Yi) is a Hong Kong actress, singer, and renowned Cantonese opera singer, born on June 12, 1956 in Hong Kong. She was abandoned by her parents at three months old and raised in various foster families. She loved Cantonese opera from primary school and won singing competitions during her studies. Due to poverty, she dropped out of school in Form 2 and worked in various factories. In 1977, she won the singing and drama competition "聲寶片場" on Hong Kong's TVB and entered the television industry. She recorded over thirty types of albums between 1987 and 2006, including traditional Cantonese opera, Cantonese songs, Cantonese poetry, and Christian gospel Cantonese opera. In 1992, she won Best Actress in a Drama/Tragedy at the Hong Kong Drama Awards for 《壹籠風月》, becoming the first TV actress to win this award. In 2003, she starred as 康乃馨 in the ATV drama 《萬家燈火》 and regained audience attention. She earned the title "New-Style Cantonese Opera Queen" for her active promotion of Cantonese opera culture. In 2004, she joined 環星娛樂 to expand her Cantonese opera career. In 2013, encouraged by her husband, she enrolled in a Bachelor's program in psychological counseling and graduated in 2018.