Winki Lai
Winki Lai | |||||||||||
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賴慰玲 | |||||||||||
 In , West Kowloon Cultural District（2019） | |||||||||||
| Born | 8 July 1986 | ||||||||||
| Nationality | Hong Konger | ||||||||||
| Occupation | Actress, Television host | ||||||||||
| Years active | 2013 – present | ||||||||||
| Agent | TVB（2014 – present） | ||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Benny Leung (m. 2017) | ||||||||||
| Children | Marat Leung (son) b. 3 December 2017 | ||||||||||
| Relatives | 2 elder brothers | ||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 賴慰玲 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 赖慰玲 | ||||||||||
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Winki Lai Wai Ling (simplified Chinese: 赖慰玲; traditional Chinese: 賴慰玲; pinyin: Lài Wèi Líng; born 8 July 1986[1]) is a Hong Kong actress and television host. She has been a TVB artiste since 2014.[2]
Lai won the Best Supporting Actress award with her role in the comedy drama Al Cappuccino at the 2020 TVB Anniversary Awards.
Early life[]
Winki Lai was born in Hong Kong. She studied at ELCHK Ma On Shan Lutheran Primary School and Chinese YMCA College. Lai joined the drama club in secondary school. Although she was admitted to the acting department of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in Form 5, she gave up the opportunity to advance to university.[3] It was not until two years later that one of her A-level scores failed and she could not enter her desired degree, Lai officially enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts with Honours in the Performing Department of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.[3][4] She won the Hong Kong Bank Foundation Hong Kong-Mainland Exchange Scholarship and the Lai Cho-tin Memorial Scholarship during her schooling.[5][6]
Career[]
After graduating in 2011, Lai became a stage actress and radio host.[7] In 2013, she was recommended by her teacher Lo Koon-lan from The Academy of Performing Arts to participate in the audition for the TVB drama Never Dance Alone and set foot in the entertainment industry.[3][4] During the audition, she played the seven characters alone and was finally selected for the role of the teen version of Hui Chun Nei in the drama. During the filming of the play, producer Eric Tsang asked her to help Rachel Lee, who had been unable to enter the play after she had quit the entertainment industry for many years, to analyze the script.[8] After the drama was broadcast, her performance began to impress viewers.[9]
In 2014, when Lai participated in the drama Lord Of Shanghai, well-known veteran actor Anthony Wong highly praised her, naming her Little Ling (Little Carol Cheng).[10][11] In 2016, she played the role of Yau Ling-mui in the drama Blue Veins, in which her performance was once again praised by netizens.[12][13] In 2017, she starred in the drama Destination Nowhere, collaborating with Kevin Cheng for the second time.
On 27 July 2018, Lai switched from the TVB basic artiste contract to the manager contract.
In 2020, Lai was highly praised for her performance and couple collaboration with Owen Cheung, in the comedy drama Al Cappuccino, which earned her first nominations for both Best Supporting Actress and Most Popular Female Character at the TVB Anniversary Awards 2020. She eventually won the former award.
As a stage actress, Lai has performed in a number of troupe works and served as the master of ceremonies for the "23rd Hong Kong Drama Awards". In addition, she has hosted Taoist TV programs broadcast by Now TV, such as Dao Tong Tian Di,[14] Road Express, Life Sweet Silk and Healthy Cooking.[15][16]
Personal life[]
Lai is good friends with Jeannie Chan, Anjaylia Chan, Cheronna Ng, Kandy Wong, Venus Wong and Annice Ng, whom of all had starred in the drama Never Dance Alone.[17]
In July 2017, Lai announced her pregnancy via Instagram. In August 2017, she married her stage actor boyfriend of 5 years, Benny Leung. On 3 December 2017, she gave birth to her son, Marat.
Filmography[]
TV Dramas (TVB)[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Never Dance Alone | Young Hui Chun Nei 許珍妮（少年） |
Supporting Role |
| 2015 | Lord Of Shanghai | Kiu Siu Lei 喬小莉（小莉） |
Supporting Role |
| 2016 | Blue Veins | Yau Ling Mui 丘玲梅 |
Major Supporting Role |
| Come Home Love: Dinner At 8 | Yiu Ka Moon 姚嘉滿 |
Ep.16 | |
| My Dangerous Mafia Retirement Plan | Young So Yau Miu 蘇佑妙（青年） |
Cameo | |
| Presumed Accidents | Mok Hei Tung (Madam Mok) 莫曦彤（彤姐） |
Supporting Role | |
| 2017 | May Fortune Smile On You | Ng Hiu Ting 吳曉婷 |
Major Supporting Role |
| Destination Nowhere | Man Tsz Yu 萬子瑜 |
Major Supporting Role | |
| Provocateur | To Chi Yan 杜志仁（忍忍） |
Major Supporting Role | |
| The Exorcist's Meter | Young Leung Ching Ching 梁晶晶（青年） |
Cameo | |
| 2017-2018 | My Ages Apart | Audience | Ep. 50 |
| 2018 | Stealing Seconds | "Yan" Yau Yan Yan 丘茵茵（阿Yan） |
Major Supporting Role |
| Deep in the Realm of Conscience | Yiu Sze Yuen 姚思源 |
Supporting Role | |
| 2019 | ICAC Investigators 2019 | Nancy Lam Sui Yee 林瑞兒 |
Ep.4 |
| 2020 | Airport Strikers | Tsang Hiu Sun 曾曉晨 |
Supporting Role |
| The Exorcist's 2nd Meter | Young Leung Ching Ching 梁晶晶（青年） |
Cameo | |
| Death By Zero | Leng Po 靚寶 |
Supporting Role | |
| Al Cappuccino | Chiang Chin Ha 蔣千霞 |
Major Supporting Role TVB Anniversary Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
| 2021 | Shadow of Justice | Kau Sing 裘勝（Win姐） |
Major Supporting Role |
| The Ringmaster | Hazel Man Sin Yin 文善言 |
Major Supporting Role | |
| TBA | 雙生陌生人 | Ha Chik Chik 夏織織 |
Major Supporting Role |
TV Shows[]
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Ep.26 guest | |
| 2014 | Never Dance - Alone Happy Together | Guest |
| Performer | ||
| Ep.16 guest | ||
| Performer | ||
| Ep.6 - 8 guest | ||
| Ep.16 guest | ||
| 2014 | Performer | |
| 2014 | Performer | |
| Guest | ||
| 2015 | 18 / 1 guest | |
| Series 5 Ep.75 guest | ||
| Sidewalk Scientist | Series Ep.4 guest | |
| 2016年 | Ep.29 guest（With Blue Veins cast） | |
| 25 / 4 guest（With Wong You Nam） | ||
| Ep.9 guest（With Blue Veins cast） | ||
| Buzz Stop | Ep.47 guest（With Destination Nowhere cast） | |
| Series 3 Ep.30 guest | ||
| Ep.1737, 1738 guest（With Spring Fever Hotel cast） | ||
| Ep.17 guest（With Spring Fever Hotel cast） | ||
| Guest（With Destination Nowhere cast） | ||
| 2017 | Performer（2 - 6 / 1 KOL recruitment & promotion, with Derek Wong） | |
| Performer（With cast） | ||
| 10 / 5 guest | ||
| 2018 | Guest | |
| Series 2 Ep.15 guest（With Kelly Cheung, Sisley Choi & ） | ||
| big big channel Gaming: Mahjong () | Performer（3/ 5, With Arnold Kwok & Emily Wong） | |
| Host（With Gilbert Lam, & ） | ||
| The Green Room | 13 / 6 guest（With Gilbert Lam, Agnes Lam & Anthony Chow） | |
| Contestant (Ep.8) | ||
| Performer | ||
| 2020 | Do Did Eat | Series 4 Ep.22 guest（With , & Kelly Fu） |
Films[]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | （Chinese: 猜謎） | Alice |
| Break Up 100 | Big eater 大胃女 | |
| 2015 | S for Sex, S for Secret | May 美芬 |
| Kei 琪 | ||
| Miss Kau 九姑娘 | ||
| 2016 | 29+1 | Tina |
| TBA |
Stage Plays[]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | （Chinese: 我們明白了） | Hong Kong student 香港學生 |
| 2011 | （Chinese: 在那遙遠的星球，一粒沙） | |
| The Bald Soprano | Martin's wife 馬田太太 | |
| The Notebook | Twin（Younger） 細孖 | |
| 2012 | ||
| Nitehawk | Myra | |
| Drama Gallery: The Legardary of Ji Gong | ||
| 2013 | Drama Gallery: The Legardary of Che Kung | |
| （Chinese: 一切原本井井有條） | Sze 阿詩 | |
| 2014 | Drama Gallery: Drama Gallery: The Legardary of | |
| Harold Pinter - The Birthday Party | ||
| 2016 | Spring Fever Hotel | Wai Chun 懷春 |
Radio Programmes[]
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | New Cultural Campaign | , Ep.8 & 33 guest |
| Your 18 districts | RTHK Radio 5, Host | |
| Essence Of Plays | RTHK Radio 5, Host（until 23 / 3 / 2015） |
TVC[]
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2014 | Watsons「M Club - 脂肪當錢駛」 |
| 2017 | Shiseido「White Lucent 櫻花美透白照相體驗」 |
| Banila Co「Clean it Zero之特卸！」 | |
| 「義氣姐」 | |
| Nestlé（Hong Kong）「NESTLÉ MOM 鎖養膠囊 - 鎖養故事：盡在掌握『營』」 | |
| Nestlé（Hong Kong）「NESTLÉ MOM 鎖養膠囊 - 想幫自己同 BB 做好鎖養準備？」 | |
| 2018年 | Merz Pharma「Contractubex」 |
| Jurlique「草本亮肌精華 - 做我最強後盾 保持肌膚嫩滑透亮」 |
Songs[]
Drama[]
- 2014：《Let's Dance》（Never Dance Alone Ending Theme, With Anjaylia Chan, Cheronna Ng, Kandy Wong, Venus Wong & ）
Awards[]
Nominations[]
| Year | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 「Excellent Actresses - ie Studio《一切原本井井有條》」 | Nominated |
| 2018 | 「節目主持人獎」[1] | Nominated |
| 2020 | TVB Anniversary Awards 2020「Best Supporting Actress」[18] | Won |
| TVB Anniversary Awards 2020「Most Popular Female Character」 | Nominated |
References[]
- ^ "女人俱樂部 M Club 青春舞台－賴慰玲". 無綫電視（TVB） (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-06-14.
- ^ "賴慰玲 Lai Wai Ling - TVB 藝人資料 - tvb.com". 無綫電視（TVB） (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-06-14.
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- ^ "香港演藝學院年報 2009 - 2010 第124頁". 香港演藝學院（The Hong Kong Academy For Performing Arts）. 2009-06-30.
- ^ "香港演藝學院年報 2010 - 2011 第105頁". 香港演藝學院. 2011-06-30.
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- ^ "賴慰玲恨嫁 Ready 生 B". 太陽報（The Sun） (in Chinese). 2014-07-06.
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- ^ "【機場特警】賴慰玲演技超班被封「小鄭裕玲」教前輩做戲 入行6年被影帝力讚". 晴報（） (in Chinese). 2020-04-16.
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