Irene Wan

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Irene Wan
溫碧霞
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Born
Wan Bik-ha

(1966-07-30) 30 July 1966 (age 55)[1]
Tiu Keng Leng, Tseung Kwan O New Town, New Territories, British Hong Kong[2]
EducationCatholic Ming Yuen Secondary School
OccupationActress, singer, producer
Agent
  • TVB (1991–2001)
  • Emperor Motion Pictures (Hong Kong) (from 2012)
  • Huayi Brothers (Chinese mainland)
    (from 2012)
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Spouse(s)
Kenneth Ho
​
(m. 2000)​
ChildrenXavier Ho (adopted son)
AwardsGolden Lotus Award at 3rd Macau International Movie Festival in 2011
(Best supporting actress)
Musical career
Labels
  • Homerun (1991–1993)
  • Yiu Wing RECORDS LIMITED (1993)
  • Yong Sheng He Chuang Media (2008)
  • Mele Music
    北京美樂文化 (from 2012)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese溫碧霞
Simplified Chinese温碧霞

Irene Wan Bik-ha (born 30 July 1966[3]), formerly known as Wen Biyu, is a Hong Kong actress and singer and producer. Her father was an officer of the Republic of China Army. In her early years, she was known as a "sexy beauty" and was rated as loving beauty more than acting.[4] After marriage, she faded out of the entertainment circle and occasionally participated in dramas and movies. Now she is mainly developing in mainland China.

Background[]

She was born and lived in District 8 of Tiu Keng Leng Wooden House District in Hong Kong, New Territories.[5] She has four brothers and three sisters, and she ranks as the youngest. Her family is poor. His father was an officer of the Republic of China Army and settled in Hong Kong because of fleeing. The artist Chen Yulian is her neighbor next door, and Wang Xiaofeng is also the neighbor below her residence. When Wen Bixia was a child, she often played with boys in the same district, mainly playing table tennis and badminton with them. She once attended Mingyuan Primary School and enjoys music and fine arts. Later, in order to want her to enroll in a better secondary school, her mother arranged for her to continue her studies in a secondary school on Hong Kong Island [note 1].

After completing the first grade at Catholic Mingyuan Middle School, Irene Wan went to the former St. John's College for Co-Education in Tai Koo Shing. During the latter’s schooling period, she was a member of the school’s basketball team [note 1]. She moved to Shau Kei Wan to live with her sister in order to facilitate schooling when she was 12 years old.[6] She was sold by her mother because of her poverty. Because of his father's strict discipline, she developed a rebellious character. "When I was in middle school, I learned to smoke, go to the dance hall (P field) and make friends with problem teenagers". Later, when she was 15 years old (1983), she was discovered by scouts on the street to participate in the filming of the movie "Lonely Fifteen" and joined the entertainment circle.[7] She had not graduated from high school at the time [note 2].

She was nominated for the Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer at the 2nd Hong Kong Film Awards for her role in Lonely Fifteen.[8]

She gained notice for her beauty and remarkable performance in Everlasting Love (1984), co-starring with Andy Lau and Loletta Lee, when she was only 17 years old. Later, she also gave impressive performances in Stanley Kwan's (1986) and Rouge (1988).

However, in the 1990s, her film career sputtered when she agreed to star in All of a Sudden (1996), which would be her first, and only, time appearing full-body nude in movie and the hot scenes lasted more than 4 minutes (compared to Everlasting Love 1984 where she had 5 hot scenes, but she was only half nude and the scenes were less than 2 minutes. And a lot of the hot scenes of her later films are not as daring as All of a Sudden 1996). This move failed to ignite her career. But she later went on to star in various TVB dramas.

In 2019, she was 53 years old, but there was a hot scene with two younger actors (the male actor 14 years younger than her and the female actress 27 years younger than her), causing mixed comments. Especially her gay hot scene with a female actress younger than 27 years old made the press talk excitedly. However, her lead role in this film still helped her win the Best Actress in a Leading Role award at the 2020.

Personal life[]

Irene Wan was married to Hong Kong rich businessman He Zuguang - Kenneth Ho (何祖光)[9] in October 1, 2000 and held the wedding at the Bodhi Tree (Hong Kong translation Banyan Tree) Hotel in Phuket, Thailand. He Zuguang is the grandnephew of the Kuomintang veteran He Yingqin and worked in Solomon Brothers Hong Kong Co., Ltd. Asia Pacific Investment Vice President of Banking Department. The two have never planned to have children. Until 2010, she and her husband adopted an orphan who was abandoned in a train station in the Mainland, and even sought a doctor to cure his skin disease and cough, and then renamed him He Guolun - Xavier Ho (何國倫).[10][11]

Filmography[]

[12] [13]

Musical Work[]

Personal album[]

# The album name Album type Publisher Issue date Repertoire
1 Cantonese Album 全壘打（Hong Kong） September 1991
Repertoire
2 Cantonese Album 全壘打（Hong Kong） July 1992
Repertoire
3 Cantonese Album 全壘打（Hong Kong） December 1992
Repertoire
4 New song + selection 全壘打（Hong Kong）
 1993
Repertoire
5 Cantonese Album November 1993
Repertoire
6 Mandarin EP 1999
Repertoire
7 Mandarin EP February 2008
Repertoire
8 Mandarin EP 美樂文化（China） August 29, 2012
Repertoire
9 海潮（3"CD）（限量編號版） Small dish 全壘打（Hong Kong）
 May 12, 2015
Repertoire
10
（Reprint） 		New song + selection 全壘打（Hong Kong）
 May 24, 2019
Repertoire

Single[]

  • 1994：《一醉化千愁》(Theme song of TVB TV series "")
  • 2020：《Make You Smile》

Concert[]

  • June 19, 2018：《Irene Wan Haichao Concert2018》[15]

Song scores[]

Top position of the four songs on the chart
Record Song 903 RTHK 997 TVB Remarks
1991
希盼得好夢 - -   - The theme song of the movie "Prison on Fire II"
Repertoire of the same song: Chen Baiqiang () ~ 今宵多珍重
溫碧霞 Stranger In The Nite - -   -
溫碧霞 美女與野獸 - -   -
溫碧霞 Baby Don't Go 30 -   - TVB TV series "" episode
1992
海潮 - -   6 TVB TV series "" theme song
海潮 月亮代表我的心 25 -   -
海潮 森巴嘉年華 6 -   -
水的個性 15 -   -
水的個性 飛花 - -   - TVB TV movie "" theme song
1993
情無後悔 - -   -
情無後悔 心裡有夢想 26 -   -
情無後悔 單身咖啡座 21 -   - OT：Donna De Lory ~ Think It Over
2012
我真的受傷了 - - - - 翻唱張學友作品
2020
Make You Smile - - 15 6
Total number of champion songs in each station
903 RTHK 997 TVB Remarks
0 0 0 0 Total number of four champion songs: 0

Awards[]

Hong Kong Film Awards[]

Year Awards ceremony Awards Film Result
1983 Best new actress[16] Lonely Fifteen Nominated

Macau International Film Festival[]

Year Awards ceremony Awards Film Result
2011 The 3rd Macau International Film Festival Golden Lotus Award for Best Supporting Actress[17] 72 Heroes Won
2013 The 5th Macau International Film Festival Best Supporting Actress Award Triad Nominated
2015 The 7th Macau International Film Festival Best Actress Award Love in Late Autumn Nominated

Silk Road International Film Festival[]

Year Awards ceremony Awards Film Result
2020 The 8th Silk Road International Film Festival Best Actress in a Leading Role[18] The Fallen Won

Annotation[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b The information about Irene Wan’s childhood and schooling comes from the interview of the radio program "Shou Xia Liu Qing" broadcast on June 5, 2018.
  2. ^ The information about Irene Wan’s family background and her middle school period comes from the 1008th issue "Single Interview·Forever Haichao Irene Wan" published on November 21, 2014.

References[]

  1. ^ IMDb - Irene Wan
  2. ^ "【旅遊籽】活化等於毀滅? 佛院哀歌（速寫郊野系列2）".
  3. ^ Ôn Bích Hà hạnh phúc trong vòng tay của chồng
  4. ^ "美麗不是原罪！美貌所累被忽視演技評為花瓶的10大女星". . 23 February 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  5. ^ "童年被母親背叛 溫碧霞海潮人生". 香港蘋果日報. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  6. ^ "活化等於毀滅？ 佛院哀歌". 壹週刊. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  7. ^ "15歲就入行 溫碧霞因《靚妹仔》愛上演戲". . 17 February 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  8. ^ 第二屆香港電影金像獎得獎名單 (in Chinese). Hong Kong Film Awards Association. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
  9. ^ "【二人世界】溫碧霞與老公遊北海道 慶祝結婚19周年". 明報周刊. 7 October 2019. Archived from the original on 16 October 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  10. ^ "陳松伶計劃領養孤兒 細數娛圈中的女神媽媽". 香港經濟日報. 25 April 2017. Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  11. ^ "Irene Wan reconciles with her husband". Toggle. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  12. ^ Irene Wan at hkmdb.com
  13. ^ Irene Wan at chinesemov.com
  14. ^ 45 歲溫碧霞　教花仔床技
  15. ^ "溫碧霞開騷群星拱照 阿嬌上台合唱獲全場祝福". 星島日報. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  16. ^ "【溫碧霞專訪】溫碧霞愛爾蘭封后 拍戲失足滾落樓梯險受傷". 明報周刊. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  17. ^ "凍齡女神逛百貨公司「全程不戴口罩」 網酸：妝不能白化啊！". . 8 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  18. ^ "奪絲綢之路國際電影節影后 溫碧霞多謝老公一直支持". 明報OL網. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.

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