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Stephy Tang

Stephy Tang Lai-yan (Chinese: 鄧麗欣; born 15 October 1983) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. She was formerly the leader of the Cantopop group Cookies. She won the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress in 2017 for her performance in The Empty Hands, and was nominated twice for the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress.

Stephy Tang
鄧麗欣
Tang in 2024
Born (1983-10-15) 15 October 1983 (age 40)
British Hong Kong
Occupation(s)Singer, actress
Years active2002–present
Partner(s)Alex Fong (2006–2016)
Prince Chiu (2018–2021)
AwardsHong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
2017 The Empty Hands
Musical career
GenresCantopop
InstrumentVocals
LabelsGold Label (2002–2011)
Neway Star (2011–2014)
Sun Entertainment Culture (2014–2016)
Supreme Art Entertainment (2017–present)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese鄧麗欣
Simplified Chinese邓丽欣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDèng Lìxīn
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingDang6 Lai6-jan1

Early life

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Tang is a Hakka of Dongguan ancestry, and is able to speak Hakka, Cantonese and Mandarin. She graduated from Buddhist Sum Heung Lam Memorial College and the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education's Department of Fashion Design.

She represented Hong Kong in volleyball since Form 1 mainly as a left wing spiker or libero, but gave up to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. In March 2015, Tang, who became a fashion label founder/owner (Loey), got sponsorship from the shop to reassemble a women's volleyball team, with herself being a left wing spiker as well as the captain and founder of the team (she cannot become a captain as a libero), and participated in an open-grade C-class qualifications, where it got a record of a win and a loss.[1] She then led Loey to play charity matches against Chinese National Volleyball team, and had trained in Taiwan against secondary school teams in late 2015.

Career

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Musical career

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In 2002, she started her singing career in the Hong Kong music group Cookies and became the lead singer. The main style of music from Cookies was teen pop. When Tang started her solo singing career, her record company, EMI, wanted a change to a more grown-up look and style. Some songs on her first album, Coloring Stephy, had a more mature and soft jazz influence than her previous music in Cookies. Generally, the album was widely heard and was popular, and it was certified Gold by IFPI Hong Kong.

She sang with Alex Fong in 「好こう心しん好こう報ほう」, 「好こう好こう戀愛れんあい」, 「十分じゅうぶん．愛あい(合唱がっしょう版ばん)」 (which won a Jade Solid Gold Award for the best duet in 2006), 「我が的てき最愛さいあい」, 「重じゅう愛あい」,「七なな年ねん」,「同どう屋や主ぬし」and 「危城」. She also appeared on TVB's variety show Beautiful Cooking.

Tang's second solo album was Fantasy. The album had a total of five editions. One was a deluxe edition which contains a DVD featuring her music videos from this album. The only difference between the other four was the color themes of the album covers: red, yellow, blue, and green, which were four different themes for photo shoots.

Her third album is Dating Stephy. This album also features different covers, and a special edition was released three months after the original release. The album also sold as well as her previous two. There was no official announcement of the certification, as Gold Label Entertainment Ltd and EMI Music Hong Kong did not participate in IFPI Hong Kong. However, the newspapers announced that Dating Stephy has sold over 30,000 in one month, and it was at least Gold certified.[2]

In 2007, she performed at the S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Charity Gala at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada with many other artists.

Tang performed her first headline solo concert, called "Stephy, See Thru Live 2007". It was held from December 7 to 9, 2007 at the Star Hall in Hong Kong. A live album was released featuring songs performed at this concert.

She also did a Mandarin version of "Breaking Free" from High School Musical with Anson Hu.

Tang released her new album The Red Album in November 2008. Some tracks in this album, such as "女兒じょじ紅べに", have led to media attention on the improvement in Tang's voice.

In July 2009, Tang published her first romance novel, Running Alongside Me (陪著我わが走はし). The book takes the form of a diary about a girl who has recently broken up with her lover. She goes on a cruise and writes about the things she sees and does. This book also includes 100+ pages of photos, making it a photo book as well.

In December 2009, Tang released her collection of "Greatest Hits" plus "New Songs" songs in a 2CD+ DVD Collection called 'Music Cafe' which includes four new songs, including Running Alongside Me, which served as the same name as her novel. The collectors edition comes with a mousepad featuring Tang's face that is available in two designs.

In 2011, Tang left her previous record company Gold Typhoon and signed to Neway Star as her new record label.

Acting career

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In 2002, Stephy Tang played the role of Kaka in Nine Girls and a Ghost, which starred the full Cookies team and Edison Chen. She also sang the song 不要ふよう離はなれ我わが太ふと遠とお for the film. The next year she performed in TVB drama series Aqua Heroes, which depicted a youth swimming team, and starred alongside Ronald Cheng in comedy film Dragon Loaded 2003.

Between 2004 and 2016, Tang played the leading roles in several films directed by Patrick Kong, most notably his "Love Quadrilogy" — Marriage with a Fool (2006), Love Is Not All Around (2007), L for Love L for Lies (2008) and Anniversary (2016) — which also starred Alex Fong as the leading actor.

Tang's portrayal of a Karate athlete in The Empty Hands (2017) saw a breakthrough of her acting performance, which earned her the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress and a nomination for the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress. Her performance in My Prince Edward (2020) earned her second nominations in the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award and the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress. She also sang the titular theme song for the film.

In 2020, Tang starred alongside Zeno Koo, Mirror and Error in ViuTV drama series We are the Littles. She portrayed Chiang Ka-yu, a veteran volleyball player-turned coach who trained a novice volleyball team to advance through the top league.

Personal life

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Tang and Alex Fong, her on-screen partner in films such as L for Love L for Lies, Love Is Not All Around, Marriage with a Fool and Anniversary, were in a relationship for 10 years. Their relationship was revealed by Mark Lui at his concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum in June 2013. However, on March 15, 2016, Tang and Fong announced the end of their relationship. In 2018, she announced to be in relationship with former JPM member Prince Chiu. Tang and Chiu announced the end of their relationship in 2021.

Discography

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Cookies

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Cantonese albums/EPs

  1. Happy Birthday (2002)
  2. Merry Christmas (2002)
  3. All the Best (2003) - first album as Mini-Cookies
  4. 4 Play (2004)
  5. 4 in Love (2004)

Karaoke albums

  1. Holidays (2002)
  2. Channel Cookies (2003)

Mini-concert album

  • 903 California Red: Eleven Fires Concert (2004)

Solo

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Cantonese albums

  1. Coloring Stephy (2005 August 5, 2nd ver:2005 September 28) (Certified Gold 25,000 units shipped in September)
  2. Stephy Fantasy (2006 March 28, 2nd ver:2006 June 5) (has sold 20,000 copies)
  3. Dating Stephy (2007 February 14, 2nd ver:2007 May 10) (has sold 35,000 copies in May)
  4. Stephilosophy (2007 December 21) (Certified Gold 20,000 units shipped in December)
  5. The Red Album (2008 November 27)
  6. Music Cafe (2009 December 23)
  7. No One Knows (2010 July 15)

Other Albums

  • 17 May 2006 - All About Women (金牌きんぱい女兒じょじ紅べに) - Track 05 - Let It Flow, and Track 08 - 偏愛へんあい (with Kary Ng (吳くれ雨う霏))
  • 14 June 2007 - Another Chivas Music Experience Concert Live - Track 10. 愛あい與あずか痛つう的てき邊あたり緣えん

Filmography

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Film

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Year English title Original title Role Notes
2001 Merry-Go-Round Herself Cameo
2002 Nine Girls and A Ghost 九きゅう個こ女おんな仔こ一いち隻せき鬼おに Ka Ka
2003 Feel 100% 百ひゃく分ふん百ひゃく感覺かんかく Cherie
Dragon Loaded 2003 龍りゅう咁威 Man Ching
Love Under the Sun Herself Cameo
2004 Dating Death 失しつ驚おどろき無む神かみ Lily
My Sweetie 甜絲絲いと Chan Tze Keung
2005 Herbie: Fully Loaded — Maggie Peyton Cantonese voice dub
2006 Marriage with a Fool 獨どく家か試ためし愛あい Kwong Mei Bo
Love @ First Note 戀愛れんあい初はつ歌うた Amy
2007 Trivial Matters 破やぶ事こと兒じ Cheung Ho Kei
Love in Macau 濠ほり情じょう歲月さいげつ Chu Yanhong
Love Is Not All Around 十分じゅうぶん愛あい Kwong Mei Bo
In Love with the Dead 塚づか愛あい Luk Wai
2008 L for Love L for Lies 我が的てき最愛さいあい Kwong Mei Bo
La Lingerie 內衣少女しょうじょ Ho Kei Miu
Nobody's Perfect 絕ぜっ代だい雙そう嬌 Lam Fung Kiu
2009 Love Connected 保持ほじ愛あい你 Bo
Poker King 撲なぐ克かつ王おう Ho Siu Yung
2010 Just Another Pandora's Box 越こし光ひかり寶たから盒 Painted Skin Cameo
72 Tenants of Prosperity Wu Lei Yuk
2011 All's Well, Ends Well 2011 Arnold Cheng's Niece
Mr. Zhai 宅たく男おとこ總動員そうどういん之の女神めがみ歸來きらい Wen Rou
Summer Love Love 戀こい夏なつ戀こい夏なつ戀戀れんれん下か Herself Cameo
Let's Go! None Annie
East Meets West 2011 None Herself
Hong Kong Ghost Stories 猛もう鬼おに愛情あいじょう故事こじ Phoenix Cameo
2012 Princess's Temptation 公主こうしゅ的てき诱惑
Love in Time 等ひとし，我わが愛あい你 Tina/Chi Ling
The Guillotines 在ざい断だん头台 Red Devil
Bleeding Mountain 在ざい山やま的てき恶魔 None
2013 Badges of Fury 不ふ二に神かみ探さがせ
2014 The True Love 不ふ愛あい不ふ散ち
Hello Babies
Golden Brother 男おとこ人じん唔可以窮
2015 An Inspector Calls 浮華ふか宴えん
Guia in Love 燈ひ塔下とうのした的てき戀人こいびと
Anniversary 紀きの念ねん日び Chung Ka Bo
Opus 1
2016 Special Female Force 辣警霸王花はな
L for Love L for Life Too 失戀しつれん日び
2017 Paradox 貪むさぼ狼おおかみ
Kick Ball 仙せん球だま大戰たいせん
The Empty Hands 空手からて道どう Mari Hirakawa Won Best Actress at HK Film Critics Awards & HK Film Awards
Husband Killers 女おんな士し復仇ふっきゅう
2017 Somewhere Beyond the Mist Angela
2018 A Beautiful Moment 我が的てき情じょう敵てき女婿じょせい Mrs. Chan [3]
2018 Lucid Dreams 八はち步ほ半はん喜怒哀樂きどあいらく Tung Tung [4]
2018 L Storm L風ふう暴 Eva [5]
2018 Keyboard Warriors Or Chi-Nam
2019 The Invincible Dragon 九きゅう龍りゅう不敗ふはい Fong Ning [6]
2019 My Prince Edward 金きむ都みやこ Cheung Lei-fong [7]
2022 Table for Six 飯めし戲おどけ攻おさむ心こころ Monica
2023 Shadows 殘ざん影かげ空間くうかん Dr. Tsui Hiu-ching
Twelve Days 12日にち Jeanie

Television series

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Year English title Original title Role Notes
2002 Feel 100% 百ひゃく分ふん百ひゃく感覺かんかく Herself
2003 Four Songs, Wonder Tales 當とう四葉草碰上劍尖時
Not Just a Pretty Face 美麗びれい在ざい望もち Herself Cameo
Aqua Heroes 戀愛れんあい自由じゆう式しき Poon Siu Fung/Stephy
Hearts of Fencing 當とう四葉草碰上劍尖時 Herself Cameo
2007 Colours of Love 森もり之の愛情あいじょう Yan
2011 Wind and Rain in Peach Blossom Town 風雨ふうう桃もも花はな鎮
2012 Chinese Traditional Magic 大だい戏法 Shen Xin Ping
2013 Towering Cannon 沖天ちゅうてん炮
To Advance Toward the Victory Cameo
2019 Haters Gonna Stay 仇かたき老爺ろうや爺じい Senior student Cameo
2020 We are the Littles 男おとこ排はい女將おかみ Chiang Ka-yu Main Role

Television Shows

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Year English title Original title Network Notes
2021 Littles Volleyball Games in Summer 力ちから圖ず打だ排球はいきゅう ViuTV [8]

MV Appearance (Actress)

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Year Title
2022 Dear Jane - "What Happened"
Dear Jane - "What Happened (Music Film)"

Books

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  • 2002 - Delicious Cookies
  • 2006 - 不要ふよう忘記 (Bat Yiu Mong Gei)
  • 2007 - Stephy & Alex 十じゅう分ふん愛あい
  • 2008 - 我が的てき最愛さいあいStephy & Alex電でん影かげ寫真しゃしん
  • 2008 - 內衣少女しょうじょ電でん影かげ小說しょうせつ (La Lingerie Movie Novel)
  • 2009 - 陪著我わが走はし Visual Diary (Pui Jeuk Ngo Zau)
  • 2009 - Heart Sweet 心こころ甜

References

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  1. ^ 鄧麗欣組排球はいきゅう隊たい　殺ころせ入にゅう公開こうかい賽さい！
  2. ^ "Lo and behold". Malaysia Star. 21 Oct 2008.
  3. ^ "A Beautiful Moment (2018)". hkmdb.com. February 15, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  4. ^ "Lucid Dreams (2018)". hkmdb.com. October 25, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  5. ^ "L Storm (2018)". hkmdb.com. August 23, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  6. ^ "The Invincible Dragon (2019)". hkmdb.com. May 16, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  7. ^ "My Prince Edward (2019)". hkmdb.com. November 17, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  8. ^ "Littles Volleyball Games in Summer". ViuTV. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
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