Louise Lee
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Louise Lee | |||||||||||
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Years active | 1968–1999, 2007–present | ||||||||||
Awards | TVB Anniversary Awards – Best Actress 2007 Heart of Greed My Favourite Female Character 2008 Moonlight Resonance Lifetime Achievement Award 2010 | ||||||||||
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Also known as | Mrs Tan Ah Him | ||||||||||
Louise Lee Si-kei (Chinese: 李司棋; born 26 September 1950, Tianjin) is a Hong Kong actress and former Chinese Canadian newscaster.
Biography
[edit]Louise was crowned in 1968 when she competed in the Hong Kong Princess beauty pageant.[1] Li left Hong Kong in the mid to late 1980s and briefly was a news anchor at Toronto's Chinavision Canada station. She left Canada and returned to Hong Kong to resume her acting career with TVB.
Louise, Liza Wang, Gigi Wong, Angie Chiu were named the 4 most valued TVB actresses in the 1970s and 1980s.[2]
In 2007, she won the coveted Best Actress award in the 40th TVB Anniversary Awards for her role as "Ling Hau" in Heart of Greed.
In 2008, she won the "My Favourite Female Character" at the 41st TVB Anniversary Awards for her role as "Chung Siu-Hor" in Moonlight Resonance.[3]
At the 2010 TVB Anniversary Awards, she won the "Lifetime Acting Achievement Award", being the first to win 3 major awards.
In December 2014, Louise ended her contract with TVB with her last appearance in Romantic Repertoire as Lin Sau-Fong. She will be pursuing acting roles in Mainland China in the future.
Personal life
[edit]Louise was treated for cancer and continues to live in Hong Kong and travels to Canada to visit her family. Her daughter is Toronto radio DJ Leslie Yip[4] with A1 Chinese Radio (formerly with Toronto First Radio). She is a Christian and a member of Artistes Christian Fellowship.[citation needed]
Filmography
[edit]MediaCorp TV Channel 8 series
[edit]Year | Drama | Role | Notes |
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2005 | Portrait of Home 同心圆 |
Li Tian 李甜 |
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Portrait of Home II 同心圆 II |
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2011 | The In-Laws 麻婆斗妇 |
Lin Baozhu 林宝珠 |
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2019 | Old is Gold 老友万岁 |
Liang Shanrong 梁善蓉 |
TVB Series
[edit]Awards and nominations
[edit]TVB Anniversary Awards
[edit]- 2007: Best Actress (Heart of Greed)
- 2008: My Favourite Female Character (Moonlight Resonance)
- 2010: Lifetime Achievement Award
Others
[edit]Astro Wah Lai Toi Drama Awards 2008 – Favourite Leading Actress Award – Role as 'Ling Hau' in Heart of Greed.
Astro Wah Lai Toi Drama Awards 2008 – Most Unforgettable Moment Award – the scene in which she as the 'Dai Kei' quarrels with 'Sai Kei' regarding 'Sai Kei' and Ling Bo handling 'dirty-money' business in Episode 13.
Astro Wah Lai Toi Drama Awards 2008 – Top 12 Favourite Characters Award – one of the character won in the category, as 'Ling Hau' in Heart of Greed too.
References
[edit]- ^ "Chow Yun-fat, Louise Lee, Patrick Tse and 10 more of Hong Kong's favourite TV and movie stars: just how hot were they in their glory days – and how hot are they now?". 6 June 2020. SCMP. 2020-06-06
- ^ "七十年代香港无线四大花旦,风姿绰约,谁才是你心目中的第一?". new.qq.com. 2020-12-13
- ^ "家好月圓|盤點TVB十大餅王 荷媽月餅比唔上劉丹自家製咁受歡迎". 25 January 2021. HK01. 2021-01-25
- ^ "李司棋經歷兩段失敗婚姻 與女兒和好如初 養狗作伴". Sky Post. 2020-02-14
External links
[edit]- Louise Lee at IMDb
- 1950 births
- Living people
- Canadian film actresses
- Canadian television actresses
- Canadian television journalists
- Hong Kong emigrants to Canada
- Hong Kong film actresses
- Hong Kong television actresses
- Naturalized citizens of Canada
- TVB veteran actors
- Canadian women television journalists
- 20th-century Hong Kong actresses
- 21st-century Hong Kong actresses