Chrissie Chau
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| Chinese name | 周秀娜 |
| Pinyin | Zhōu Xiùnà (Mandarin) |
| Origin | Chaozhou, China |
| Born | 22 May 1985 Chaozhou, Guangdong |
| Years active | 2005 - Present |
Chrissie Chau (born 22 May 1985 in Chaozhou, Guangdong, China) Chrissie Chau is Chinese actress and celebrity model from Hong Kong. Spokesperson of renown beauty house prospects her reputation all over Hong Kong while the campaign was highly publicized anywhere in MTR and newsstands. Chau achieved wide fame after release portrait album in 2009 & 2010. Her film career began in earnest after leading starred in the ghost horror film Whomb Ghost (2009), Chau starred 20 productions in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and Malaysia.
Chau had won three "Most Searched Photos on Yahoo!" in 2009-2011, "Yahoo! Entertainment Spotlight Person" in 2009 and "Most Popular Actress Award" in Yahoo Asia Buzz Awards. She recived "Award of Merit: Leading Actress" from The Accolade ™ competition in 2011 for her performance in Beach Spike.
Chau became attention object to "After 90s' girls" in Hong Kong from the survey held by YMCA 2010. Report pointed out girls think Chau has high EQ 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.
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[edit] Biography
Chau emigrated from Chaozhou to Hong Kong with her family when she was 10. She says 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 a month.[1]
Chau is arguably Hong Kong's most famous lang mo,[2] started pseudo modeling after she won 1st runner-up title as the 2002 Comics Festival 'Game Girl'. She came to prominence as the poster-girl for Slim Beauty slimming boutique. During the shooting of a TV commercial for the boutique, Chau ripped off her clothes whilst crossing the road in central business district to reveal a bikini underneath.[3] In 2009 she released a limited edition life-sized poster with her likeness– dressed in lingerie– printed on the cover, at HK$560 apiece.[4]
[edit] Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Chrissie Chau was invited as a guest for a talk show at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in late 2009, as part of a seminar series entitled "Knowledge Unlimited", aimed at widening students' horizons. Chau was invited as a guest to the seminar to discuss "Unscrambling the Chrissie Chau Phenomenon".[5] Chau was interviewed by Professor Dr. Li Siu-leung of Lingnan University in front of an audience of 400 students. She was asked a number of rather straight forward philosophical and existential questions, and was criticized for not being able to answer them; The Standard described this as "an old-fashioned ambush". The university was in turn criticized by radio host Eileen Cha for choosing Chau for a seminar series entitled "Knowledge Unlimited" when she is not clearly up for it.[6]
[edit] Anthony Wong's Remarks
Veteran Hong Kong actor Anthony Wong has openly criticised and ridicule pseudo-models, specifically Chrisse Chau, calling them brainless and overall a "bimbo" during July 2010 in a few open events.[7] This has come upon a recent book fair controversy, where pseudo-models are banned from the event.
[edit] 2011 Career Moves
After being cast in her first starring role in the Hong Kong movie Beach Spike in 2011, Chau was hired by La Miu, a Beijing-based lingerie company, as a spokesperson with a reported 7-digit [US$] contract.[8]
[edit] Filmography
- Bet to Basic (2006)
- Love Undercover 3 (2006)
- Playboy Cops (2008)
- Nobody's Perfect (2008)
- Split Second Murders (2009)
- Short of Love (2009)
- Seven 2 One (2009)
- Beautyworld (2009)
- Womb Ghosts (2010)
- The Fantastic Water Babes (2010)
- City Under Siege (2010)
- Perfect Wedding (2010)
- Vampire Warriors (2010)
- Marriage with a Liar (2010)
- Men Suddenly in Love (2011)
- Beach Spike (2011)
- The Killer Who Never Kills (2011)
- Hong Kong Ghost Stories (2011)
[edit] References
- ^ "Chrissie lends voice to minimum-pay workers", The Standard, 3 August 2010
- ^ Chan, Samuel (22 July 2010). "Pretty chaotic", The Standard
- ^ "Chrissie Chau: The Bikini Girl That Melted Hong Kong", Neon Punch, 17 April 2009
- ^ "Hard line urged over Chau `sex toy'", 3 August 2009. The Standard
- ^ "Fresh lunches offer food for thought" The Standard, 28 October 2009
- ^ Lau, Nickkita (23 October 2009). "Beauty and the beasts", The Standard
- ^ Anthony Wong Scolds Chrissie Chau is Brainless
- ^ http://tumblr.com/xue3vgjrqa "Chrissie Chau", 2 August 2011. Skaught BJ
- ^ "Chrissie Chau". imdb.com. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3012172/. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- ^ "Chrissie Chau". chinesemov.com. http://chinesemov.com/actors/Chrissie%20Chow.html. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
