Chrissie Chau Biography

Chrissie Chau (born 22 May 1985) is a Hong Kong actress and model. Chau achieved widespread fame after the release of her portrait albums in 2009 and 2010. Her film career began after she starred in the horror film Womb Ghosts (2009); Chau has starred in 20 productions in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and Malaysia.

Chau won four "Most Searched Photos on Yahoo!" in 2009-2012, "Yahoo! Entertainment Spotlight Person" in 2009 and "Most Popular Actress Award" in Yahoo Asia Buzz Awards. She received "Award of Merit: Leading Actress" from The Accolade Competition in 2011 for her performance in Beach Spike

Chau first drew attention following "After 90s' Girls" in Hong Kong from the survey held by YMCA 2010. The report showed surveyed girls think that Chau has a high IQ and is optimistic and bold, whilst Chau ranked 16th in 2010 LIVAC Celebrity Roasters of Cross-Straits Media announced by HKIEd, a title for which she has received substantial media attention.

Life and career

Chau emigrated from Chaozhou to Hong Kong with her family when she was 10. She states that she worked in a fast-food restaurant when she was 15, and then as a shop assistant in Causeway Bay earning HK$3,000 (about US$380) a month.

Chau is Hong Kong's most famous pseudo-model, or lang mo, She began pseudo-modelling after she won the runner-up title in the 2002 Comics Festival 'Game Girl'. She rose to prominence as the poster girl for Slim Beauty slimming boutique. In a TV commercial for the boutique, Chau rips off her clothes, revealing a bikini underneath, to 'stop the traffic' while she crosses the road in the business district of Central. In 2009, she released a limited edition life-sized poster with her likeness- dressed in lingerie- printed on the cover, at HK$560 (about US$72) apiece.

Chrissie Chau was invited as a guest for a talk show at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in late 2009, as part of a seminar series entitled "Knowledge Unlimited", aimed at widening students' horizons. Chau was invited as a guest to the seminar to discuss "Unscrambling the Chrissie Chau Phenomenon". Chau was interviewed by Professor Li Siu-leung of Lingnan University in front of an audience of 400 students. She was asked a number of philosophical and existential questions, and was criticised for not being able to answer them; The Standard described this as "an old-fashioned ambush". The university was in turn criticised by radio host Eileen Cha for choosing Chau for a seminar series entitled Knowledge Unlimited.

In 2010, veteran Hong Kong actor Anthony Wong openly criticised and ridiculed pseudo-models, specifically Chrissie Chau, several times, calling them brainless and "bimbos". The related controversy led to pseudo-models being banned from a book-fair.

Filmography

Film

Year	English title	Original title	Role	Notes
2006	Bet to Basic	?????	Nightclub PR
	Love Undercover 3	????3	Model Ming
2008	Playboy Cops	????	Lam Lon's girlfriend
	Storm Rider - Clash of Evils	???	Bing Ying (Cantonese)
	Nobody's Perfect	????	Slurpee
2009	Short of Love	????	Lily
	Split Second Murders	????	Fangmei Fang
	Seven 2 One	??7?	Chrissie
2010	Womb Ghosts	??	Zoe Kwok
	The Fantastic Water Babes	????	Brenda
	City Under Siege	????	Youyou / YoYo
	Perfect Wedding	?????	Flora
	Vampire Warriors	?????	See / Max
	Marriage with a Liar	????	KiKi
2011	Men Suddenly in Love	?????	Tina
	Beach Spike	?????	Sharon
	The Killer Who Never Kills	??????	Nana
	Lan Kwai Fong	????	Nana
	Hong Kong Ghost Stories	??????	Bobo
2012	Any Other Side	????	Amy / Elle
	The Hunter with Blood	???		Short film
	Holding Love	HOLD??	Fang Meng
2013	Paper Moon	???	Shi Qin
	Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons	?????	Killer Four
	Together	???	Biqi / Vicki
	Lift to Hell	????	Bai Jie / Dr. Ye
	Flash Play	????	Ade's girlfriend
	Mr. and Mrs. Player	???????	Wang Jing
	Cold Pupil	??	Su Yuchen
	Kick Ass Girls	?3???	Boo
	My Beautiful Kingdom	??????	Ruo Tong
	The Love Experience	?????????	Chi Lei
2014	The Extreme Fox	????	Xian Er
	Are You Ready to Marry Me	??????????	Su Fei
	Break Up 100	??100?	Xiao Lan
2015	An Inspector Calls	???	Cindy Cheung
	12 Golden Ducks	12??	Mei
	Forever Love	????
2016	House of Wolves	???		Guest appearance
	iGirl	iGirl ???	001
2017	The Yuppie Fantasia 3	?????3?????
	[[29+1]]	29+1	Christy Lam
TBA	Concerto of the Bully	????????
	You Are the One

Television

Year	English title	Original title	Role	Notes
2006	Stephen's Diary	????	Sharon (ex-girlfriend Sam Lee)
2013	Romance of Tang"? Kongfu	??????	Tao Yaoyao
	Ip Man	??	Jenny
	X-Girl		Sun Xiaomei
2017	Deep in the Realm of Conscience	???

Awards

2011 "Award of Merit: Leading Actress"; The Accolade Competition for "Beach Spike".

2013 "Best Actress", The Los Angeles Movie Awards for "Paper Moon".

2016 1st Asian New Media Film Festival Best Actress Award