Jacqueline Wong

Jacqueline Wong
Wong in 2017
Born	(1989-01-23) 23 January 1989 (age 32) New York City, New York, United States
Nationality	United States  Canada  Hong Kong
Alma mater	University of British Columbia
Occupation	Actress, host
Years active	2012-2020 (hiatus)
Relatives	Scarlett Wong (sister)
Awards	Miss Hong Kong 2012 – Miss Hong Kong 1st Runner-up StarHub TVB Awards 2017 – My Favourite TVB Supporting Actress
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	黃心穎
Simplified Chinese	黄心颖
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huáng Xinyǐng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Wong4 Sum1wing

Jacqueline Wong Sum-wing (Chinese: 黃心穎, born 23 January 1989) is an American-born Hong Kong Canadian actress and television host managed by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB). She won the Miss Hong Kong 2012 first runner-up title and placed in the top 12 talents at Miss World 2013.

Life and career[]

Early life[]

On 23 January 1989, Wong was born in New York City. She is the youngest sister of four, with Scarlet Wong (artiste and former host of ViuTV) as her elder sister.^[1] At the age of seven, she moved and settled in Vancouver with her family. In 2012, Wong was attending the University of British Columbia, studying her Master of Business Administration before competing for Miss Hong Kong 2012. Raised by her Cantonese family in the United States and Canada, Wong is fluent in English and Cantonese.

2012-2013: Pageant Career and joining TVB[]

Wong competed at Miss Hong Kong 2012 and won the first runner-up title. In the following year, she represented Hong Kong for Miss World 2013 and placed on the top 12 talents. Like all beauty pageant winners, she was offered a contract with TVB and received training to become an entertainer. Wong has starred in 14 TVB dramas since 2013 eventually making her way to acting in leading rolesading roles.^[2]

Controversy[]

Ads with Jacqueline Wong's likeness blotted out in the wake of the scandal

On 16 April 2019, Wong received heavy media exposure for her physical intimacies with married Hong Kong singer and actor Andy Hui; dubbing it "安心". At the time of the incident, Hui was married to singer-actress Sammi Cheng and Wong was in a steady relationship with actor Kenneth Ma. The two shared a taxi ride, where they engaged in intimate acts recorded by the taxi's in-vehicle camera. The video was later made public by various news outlets.^{[3][4][5][6][7] [8]} Since the scandal broke, Wong blocked comments from her social media accounts after her posts were flooded with negative comments and publicly apologized on social media: "I can’t face myself and do not know how to face my family, Kenneth Ma, friends, company and colleagues... I don’t dare to ask everyone for forgiveness, and only beseech everyone to give some space to all the people who have been implicated."^[9]

Wong's public image was tarnished and promotions using her image were removed or blocked. She and Ma ended their relationship and Wong returned overseas to Los Angeles for 8 months to avoid public scrutiny and tabloids.^[10] During her hiatus, Wong’s scenes in the drama Forensic Heroes IV were re-shot with Roxanne Tong, who began dating Ma in 2020.^[11][12] While Andy Hui is able to salvage his career, Wong's fate remains unknown.^[13]

After her 8-month hiatus, the dramas Finding Her Voice (牛下女高音) and Handmaiden United (丫鬟大聯盟), in which Wong played major roles, were aired to gauge the public's reaction; the series were met with low ratings. During the promotion of the dramas, she was visibly absent. When reporters asked about any comeback plans or change of careers, she replied she had no plans nor thoughts of it.^[14]

Filmography[]

Television dramas[]

Variety shows[]

Awards[]

Music[]

References[]

External links[]

• Jacqueline Wong at IMDb
• Jacqueline Wong at Sina Weibo
• Jacqueline Wong at Instagram