Leila Tong

Template:Infobox Chinese-language singer and actor Leila Tong also known as Leila Kong (born 5 December 1981) is a Hong Kong actress. She was born into an Indonesian^[1] Cantonese family. Her birth name is used in her works during her childhood and adolescence.

Career

At the age of 8, Tong made her first film appearance in director John Woo's action-comedy Once A Thief, which was nominated for several categories at the 11th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards. TVB then recruited Tong as a child star, and she has since then appeared in dramas such as The Greed of Man and State of Divinity.

As an adult, she took a three-year break from the entertainment circle to attend a designing college. Tong has declined TVB's offer to personally manage her.

Before 2004, her popular works include the popular Aqua Heroes and Square Pegs, which also starred Roger Kwok and Jessica Hsuen.

In 2004, she was invited to film CCTV's Liao Zhai along with a host of mainland China's rising stars. The show was extremely popular and spun Liao Zhai II. She also filmed Twin of Brothers, alongside Raymond Lam, Ron Ng, Tavia Yeung and Li Qian of CCTV. Later that year, she starred in The Last Breakthrough, starring Nick Cheung, Raymond Lam and Sonija Kwok. Although The Last Breakthrough did not receive good ratings in HK, it is still remembered and favoured by many as one of the most meaningful and touching series TVB ever made.

The modern sequel to Square Pegs, Life Made Simple was filmed with the same cast and released in 2005. At the end of its run, the series became one of the highest rated of 2005, with Wars of In Laws, which also starred Bosco Wong.

Tong has been nominated for TVB's "Most Improved Actress" award consecutively. In 2004, she entered through Aqua Heroes and Square Pegs. Later in 2005, she made it to the top 10 list with both her character as Angel in Life Made Simple and as Ha Hiu Ching in The Last Breakthrough. Bar Benders was Tong's only series broadcast in 2006 but turned up on TVB's list of top five series of that year.

In 2007, two of her series — Ten Brothers and Family Link — have also made it into TVB's five top-rated dramas of 2007. Tong also came out of War and Destiny, which was received with praise and critical acclaim for her performance. She was invited by CCTV to film The Last Princess with Sammul Chan. The show was received very well in mainland China. In December, she released her first Mandarin music album named Singing with the Moon in Beijing.

The following year, in 2008, she filmed The Greatness of a Hero in TVB, starring as Shangguan Wan'er, a well-known historic figure. The drama also starred Sunny Chan, Kent Cheng, Bernice Liu and Sonija Kwok. She once again collaborated with Kenneth Ma in a new ancient drama, Man in Charge, alongside Kate Tsui. On the second time, she filmed L For Love♥ L For Lies with Stephy Tang and Alex Fong.

Personal life

Tong married Desmond Tang in 2010. The couple met during a collaboration of the stage play, Popcorn Killer (爆谷殺人狂), and dated for three years. Tong uploaded a photo of herself and Tang on Weibo on September 10, 2010 to announce their engagement, with the comment "To all my good friends, thank you all for being by my side to witness my growth. I want to tell everyone now that I am preparing to step into another phase in my life! I am announcing to everyone, I am getting married!" The couple announced that they would not hold a wedding banquet, but would celebrate with a meal with family on both sides. On March 2011, she gave birth to a baby boy, Chun Chun. In January 2015, Tong announced the birth of her second child, a baby girl delivered via caesarian section.^[2] However in 2017, they divorced.^[3]^[4]

Tong is an advocate for animal welfare and environmental conservation. In order to properly reflect her position, she converted to a vegetarian diet in 2013.^[5]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
1990	Return to the Truth	Man Man
1992	The Greed of Man	Fong Fong	TVB Jade
1993	Racing Peak	Chung Oi Ling	TVB Jade
1994	Instinct		TVB Jade
1995	When a Man Loves a Woman	Apple	TVB Jade
1996	State of Divinity	Kuk Fei Yin	TVB Jade
2002	Legal Entanglement	Sales in the Candy Shop	TVB Jade
	A Case of Misadventure	Siu Tuo	TVB Jade
	Let's Face It	Ko Ka Lei	TVB Jade
	Burning Flame II	Chan Siu Lan	TVB Jade
	Golden Faith		TVB Jade	episode 18
	Take My Word For It	Yip Ho Oi	TVB Jade
	Square Pegs	Ling Choi Deep	TVB Jade
2003	Find the Light	Siu Sun Ji	TVB Jade
	Aqua Heroes	Yau Wing	TVB Jade
	Vigilante Force	Luk Lai Kun	TVB Jade
	In the Realm of Fancy	Zi Ye	TVB Jade
2004	Twin of Brothers	Si Fei Huen	TVB Jade
	The Last Breakthrough	Ha Hiu Ching	TVB Jade	Nominated - Most Improved Female Artiste (Top 5)
	The ICAC Investigations 2004	Mary	TVB Jade
2005	Liao Zhai	Xiao Xie
2005	Life Made Simple	On Kei	TVB Jade
2006	Bar Bender	Tseung Si Ting	TVB Jade	Nominated - Most Improved Female Artiste (Top 5)
2006	Good Against Evil	Lau Fei Fung
2007	The Family Link	Sue Siu Man	TVB Jade	Nominated - Best Supporting Actress (Top 5) Nominated - My Favourite Female Character (Top 24) Nominated - Most Improved Female Artiste (Top 10)
	Ten Brothers	Hung Siu Lan	TVB Jade	Nominated - Most Improved Female Artiste (Top 10)
	The Legend of Love	Po Hei Yi	TVB Jade
	War and Destiny	Cheng Yuet Fung	TVB Jade	Nominated - Most Improved Female Artiste (Top 10)
	Phoenix Rising	So Fei/Yeung Choi-Lam	TVB Jade	(warehoused)
	The Last Princess	Li Kai Xin (Lee Hoi Sum)
2009	Man in Charge	Chong Siu Han	TVB Jade
2009	Room For Rent	Doris	RTHK
2010	A Pillow Case of Mystery II	Luk Siu Dip/Ting Mei Yan	TVB Jade
2010	Rooms to Let 2010	Doris	RTHK
2011	Love and Again	Lau Fuo Mei	TVB Jade
2011	ICAC Investigators 2011	Man Ka-kei	RTHK
2012	The Greatness of a Hero	Shangguan Wan'er	TVB Jade	(warehoused)
2014	The Borderline	Ding Siu-hoi	HKTV
2015	Sexpedia	herself	HKTV	episode 8
	Karma	Michelle Fong	HKTV
	Beyond the Rainbow	Kwok ching-man / Kelly Yeung	HKTV

Films

The following is the filmography (films) for Leila Tong.^[6]

Year	Title	Role
1991	Once a Thief 縱橫四海	young Red Bean
1993	City Hunter 城市獵人	Kaori (child)
1993	The Bride with White Hair 白髮魔女傳	young Zhuo Yihang
1995	The Meaning of Life
1996	Those Were the Days 4個32A和一個香蕉少年	young Minnie Liu
1997	Lawyer Lawyer	Gat's maid
1999	Beach Girl
1999	The Boss Up There 生命楂Fit人	Kitty (Fong's deceased girl friend)
2000	An Eye for an Eye	Fan Yuk Shan
2000	990714.com	Nun
2001	Chinese Heroes	Sakura
2001	Ultimate Intelligence	Alice
2002	Love is a Butterfly	Prince Wah'sgirlfriend
2002	The Untold Story- Suddenly Vanished	Helen Chan
2003	Tragic Room	Lok Yau Nam
2003	The Trouble-Makers
2004	Cop Unbowed 誓不低頭	Siu Dip (Butterfly)
2005	Summer Breeze
2006	Marriage With a Fool 獨家試愛	Sai-Mun
2007	House of the Invisibles	Gigi
2007	Dead Air 鬼计	Tincy/Fu Wing Sze
2008	L For Love♥ L For Lies 我的最愛	Man
2009	A Very Short Life 短暫的生命	Becky Lee
2011	Big Blue Lake	Cheung Lai-yee
2015	Anniversary
2016	Cold War 2

Discography

Year	Album information	Tracklist
2007	Singing with the Moon 《邀月唱》 Release Date: December, 2007	1.邀月唱 2.1234567 3.愛情物語 4.愛若是個圓 5.不走尋常路 6.那麼重要 7.傷心代碼 8.遠方的人 9.說聲GOODBYE

References

^ "Leila Tong Speaks Out Against Child Marriages". JayneStars. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
^ Hsia, Heidi (20 January 2015). "Leila Tong announces second baby". Yahoo.com Singapore. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
^ "如常湊囝囝放學無戴婚戒唐寧驚爆7年婚姻告終". 明報 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 9 June 2017.
^ "去年與舞台劇才子分居　傳秘交新歡唐寧宣佈離婚　偕子女搬新家". 蘋果日報 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 9 June 2017.
^ "Leila Tong is a Happy and Healthy Mom". Jaynestars. 10 May 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
^ "Profile on HKMDB". Hong Kong Move Database. Retrieved 26 January 2015.

External links

[1] "Leila Tong Speaks Out Against Child Marriages". JayneStars. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.

[2] Hsia, Heidi (20 January 2015). "Leila Tong announces second baby". Yahoo.com Singapore. Retrieved 26 January 2015.

[mingpao0609-3] "如常湊囝囝放學無戴婚戒唐寧驚爆7年婚姻告終". 明報 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 9 June 2017.

[4] "去年與舞台劇才子分居　傳秘交新歡唐寧宣佈離婚　偕子女搬新家". 蘋果日報 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 9 June 2017.

[5] "Leila Tong is a Happy and Healthy Mom". Jaynestars. 10 May 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2015.

[6] "Profile on HKMDB". Hong Kong Move Database. Retrieved 26 January 2015.

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