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Gloria Tang Pui-yee

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Gloria Tang Pui-yee
鄧佩儀
Tang in 2019
Born (1992-11-10) 10 November 1992 (age 31)
CitizenshipCanada
Occupation(s)Actress, television host
Years active2013–present
Title
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese鄧佩儀
Simplified Chinese邓佩仪
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDèng Pèiyí
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingDang6 Pui3 Ji4

Gloria Tang Pui-yee (Chinese: 鄧佩儀; born 10 November 1992) is a Hong Kong Canadian actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She is the winner of Miss Chinese (Vancouver) Pageant 2012 and Miss Chinese International Pageant 2013.[1]

Early

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Gloria Tang, born in Hong Kong, moved to Richmond, British Columbia with her parents in 2000 and pursued a specialization in Marketing at the University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business and specialised in Marketing in the Business.

Career

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Pageant career

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At the age of 19, Tang competed in and won Miss Chinese Vancouver 2012. She went on to represent Vancouver at Miss Chinese International 2013 held at TVB City, Hong Kong. She won the title, becoming the sixth representative from Vancouver to win the Miss Chinese International title.[1][2]

Acting career

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Tang joined Hong Kong broadcasting giant TVB after crowning her Miss Chinese International successor. She made her acting debut in the 2014 drama The Ultimate Addiction. Tang played ‘Ginnie Cheuk’, the younger sister of Bosco Wong’s character. She also co-hosted the television show Organized Dining until 2019.

Tang continued to play supporting roles in the next few years. In 2016, she played ‘Maple Chin’ in the drama Two Steps From Heaven, starring opposite Louis Cheung. Tang played the undercover agent ‘Kay Kwong’ in the 2019 crime drama The Defected, starring opposite veteran actor Philip Keung. With this role, Tang was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress at the 2019 TVB Anniversary Awards, eventually being placed among top 5.

In 2020, Tang had notable performance in the dramas Airport Strikers as the Airport Security Unit member ‘Silver Ho’ and The Exorcist’s 2nd Meter as the rich exorcist ‘Liz Sze’. With her performance in 2020, Tang was placed among the top 5 nominees for the Most Improved Female Artiste at the 2020 TVB Anniversary Awards.

In July 2020, Tang was cast in her first female leading role for the time-travelling drama Take Two.[3][4] The drama was broadcast in October 2021. With her role as ‘Hailey Cheung’, Tang gained her first Best Actress nomination at the 2021 TVB Anniversary Awards.

Filmography

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Television dramas (TVB)

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Year Title Role Notes
2014 The Ultimate Addiction Ginnie Cheuk Chi-yin Major Supporting Role
2015 Young Charioteers Tiffany Tam Sin-nga Supporting Role
With or Without You Mok Yum Ep. 7
2016 Speed of Life Choi Soo-hye / Chiu Wing-hor Ep. 10-12
Short End of the Stick Mung Lui Supporting Role
Law dis-Order Shirley Tam Suet-yee Ep. 11-14
Two Steps from Heaven Maple Chin Ka-yan Major Supporting Role
2017 My Unfair Lady Miki Lee Mei-kei Supporting Role
A General, a Scholar and a Eunuch Chu Ka-yiu Supporting Role
2018 The Taxorcist Sidequel Lo Tai Web miniseries
Another Era Chu Siu-wai Major Supporting Role
2019 The Defected Kay Kwong Wing-sa Major Supporting Role
Barrack O'Karma Wan Ching Ep. 5–6, 20
2020 Airport Strikers Silver Ho Sze-wah Major Supporting Role
The Exorcist's 2nd Meter Liz Sze Loi-sze Major Supporting Role
Legal Mavericks 2020 Joanne Ting Ning Ep. 20-22
2021 Armed Reaction 2021 Nicki Hui Chin-ying Major Supporting Role
Take Two Hailey Cheung Man Main Role

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Result
2012 Miss Chinese Vancouver Pageant & Best Posture Won
2013 Miss Chinese International Pageant Won
2017 TVB Star Awards Malaysia for Favourite TVB Most Improved Female Artiste Nominated
2018 TVB Anniversary Award for Most Improved Female Artiste Nominated
TVB Anniversary Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated
TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Female Character Nominated
TVB Anniversary Award for Favourite TVB Actress in Malaysia Nominated
TVB Anniversary Award for Favourite TVB Actress in Singapore Nominated
TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Onscreen Partnership (shared with Benjamin Yuen and Pakho Chau) Nominated
2019 TVB Anniversary Award for Most Improved Female Artiste Nominated
TVB Anniversary Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated (Top 5)
2020 TVB Anniversary Award for Most Improved Female Artiste Nominated (Top 5)
TVB Anniversary Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated
TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Female Character Nominated
2021 TVB Anniversary Award for Most Improved Female Artiste Nominated
TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress Nominated (Top 10)
TVB Anniversary Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated
TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Female Character Nominated
TVB Anniversary Award for Favourite TVB Actress in Malaysia Nominated
TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Onscreen Partnership (shared with Him Law, Tony Hung and Leo Kwan) Nominated

References

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  1. ^ a b "加拿大中文電台 AM1470 FM96.1". 2016-01-29. Archived from the original on 2016-01-29. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  2. ^ "Gloria Tang Wins Miss Chinese International 2013". JayneStars.com. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  3. ^ "【逆襲人生】鄧佩儀捱七年終成女一:感覺似中咗六合彩|香港01|即時娛樂". 2020-09-28. Archived from the original on 2020-09-28. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  4. ^ "Gloria Tang Takes on First Leading Role in New Drama with Shaun Tam". JayneStars.com. Retrieved 2020-09-29.