{{Short description|American actress}} {{Distinguish|Fala Chen}} {{Use Hong Kong English|date=July 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{infobox person | name = Flora Chan Wai-shan | image = | alt = | height = 5ft4in | caption = | native_name = 陳慧珊 | birth_date = <!-- Valid citation required for date of birth for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) --> | birth_place = [[British Hong Kong]] | occupation = Actress | alma_mater = [[Boston College]] | spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|Chung Wai-ming|1994|2001|end=div.}}|{{marriage|Mike Chung Ka-hung|2006}}}} | children = Mira Chung Lut-yin (Born 2007 September 17) | awards = {{awards|award=[[TVB Anniversary Awards]]|name='''[[TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]'''<br>2002 ''[[Family Man (HK TV series)|Family Man]]'' <br> '''My Favourite Television Character'''<br>2002 ''[[Family Man (HK TV series)|Family Man]]''<br>2003 ''[[Triumph in the Skies]]''}} | module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes | t = 陳慧珊 | s = 陈慧珊 | p = chen2 hui4 shan1 | j = can4 wai3 saan1 }} | module2 = {{infobox musical artist | embed=yes | background = temporary | origin = [[Hong Kong]] | genre = [[Cantopop]] | instrument = [[Singing]] }} }}
'''Flora Chan Wai-shan''' ([[Traditional Chinese]]:陳慧珊, in [[Hong Kong]]), is an American actress active primarily in Hong Kong television and film. Along with [[Maggie Cheung Ho-yee]], [[Kenix Kwok]], [[Jessica Hsuan]], and [[Ada Choi]], she is known as one of the Top 5 "[[Fa Dans]]" (term used for actresses with high popularity) of TVB from the mid-1990s to mid-2000s.
==Biography== <!-- Chan was born in [[Hong Kong]], where her father, Walter Chan, was a dance director of [[Rediffusion Television]]. Her mother, Cecilia Harrison, was daughter of a British merchant. Her family emigrated to [[Boston, Massachusetts |Boston, United States]] when she was 5. As a child, she had hoped to become a [[dancer]], but because of an injury when she was a teenager, she was forced to abandon her dreams as a professional dancer. She attended [[Boston College]] and earned a [[academic degree |degree]] in [[communications]].<ref>[http://www.classmates.com/directory/public/memberprofile/list.htm?regId=480744341 Profile], classmates.com; accessed July 25, 2015.</ref> -->
Rather than getting her start from [[model (person)|modelling]], a beauty pageant, or the [[Miss Hong Kong Pageant]], (香港小姐競選) which provides actresses for HK's television station, [[TVB]], Chan was a reporter for the [[Television Broadcasts Limited|TVB]] English Channel, [[TVB Pearl]]. In the mid-1990s, television director Teng Dak-Hei asked her to participate in his upcoming series, the fifth installment of the popular TVB drama series, ''[[File of Justice]]''.
Chan's performance in this series about young, yuppie lawyers caught the attention of the HK audience, and TVB. She joined as a TVB actress and has since made other series, most notably ''[[Untraceable Evidence]]'', playing the calm and collected forensics doctor, "Pauline Lip"; and in ''[[Healing Hands (TV series)|Healing Hands]]'', a TVB series known for its cutting edge [[medical]] topics. In 2002, Chan won the coveted "Most Favourite TV Actress" award presented annually by TVB. Having already starred in various TVB dramas, she is no longer signed on with TVB as a full-time [[actress]]. In November 2006, Chan announced she would be returning to film a TVB serial in February 2007.<ref name="Feb 2007 return">{{cite news|title=Flora Chan to Film for TVB in 2007! Ada Choi Responds to Award Loss|date=November 12, 2006|url=http://asianuniverse.net/forums/Flora_Chan_to_Film_for_TVB_in_2007_Ada_Choi_Responds_to_Awa_t1410.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080817135335/http://asianuniverse.net/forums/Flora_Chan_to_Film_for_TVB_in_2007_Ada_Choi_Responds_to_Awa_t1410.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=August 17, 2008|access-date=January 20, 2010}}</ref>
==Filmography==
===TV series=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" |- !Year !Title !Role !Awards !Notes |- |rowspan="2"|1997 || ''[[File of Justice|File of Justice V]]''|| Catherine Au Tze-Keung || || |- | ''[[Untraceable Evidence]]'' || Pauline Nip Bo-Yin || || |- | 1998 || ''[[Healing Hands (TV series)|Healing Hands]]'' || Annie Kong Sun-Yuet || || |- |rowspan="4"|1999 || ''Untraceable Evidence II'' ||Pauline Nip Bo-Yin || || |- | ''[[Feminine Masculinity]]'' || Christine Fong Sze-Ching || [[TVB Anniversary Awards|TVB Award for My Favourite On-Screen Partners]] || a.k.a. ''Mr. Diana'' |- | ''Sidebeat'' || Sunnie Kong Bik Ching || || |- | ''[[At the Threshold of an Era]]'' || Helen Fok Hei Yin || || |- |rowspan="2"|2000 || ''[[At the Threshold of an Era II]]'' || Helen Fok Hei Yin || || |- | ''[[Healing Hands II]]'' || Annie Kong Sun Yuet || || |- | 2001 || ''A Taste of Love'' || Joyce Kiu Fa Chi || || |- |rowspan="3"|2002 || ''A Case of Misadventure'' || Joey Tai Foon || || |- | ''[[Burning Flame II]]'' || Michelle Ho Bo Lam || || |- | ''[[Family Man (HK TV series)|Family Man]]'' || Tracy Ko Pui Yi || [[TVB Anniversary Awards|TVB Award for My Favourite Actress in a Leading Role]] <br> TVB Award for My Favourite Television Character || |- | 2003 || ''[[Triumph in the Skies]]'' || Isabelle Lok Yi San || [[TVB Anniversary Awards|TVB Award for My Favourite Television Character]] || |- |rowspan="2"|2004 || ''[[Hard Fate]]'' || Tiffany Mok Hei Yee || ||| |- | ''[[To Get Unstuck in Time]]'' || Nicole Ko San || || |- | 2010 || ''[[Suspects in Love]]'' || Cheng Siu-Yan || || |- | 2014 || ''[[Never Dance Alone]]'' || Diana Yung Daan-Daan || || |- | 2018 || ''[[:zh:波士早晨|Watch Out, Boss]]'' || Hazel Lo Choy-Lam || || |- | 2024 || ''[[Expats (miniseries)|Expats]]'' || Olivia Chu || || |}
===Film=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" |- !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- | 1994 || ''Fatal Maple'' || Ellen || |- | 2001 || ''Love Au Zen'' || Siu Jing || |- | 2002 || ''Dry Wood Fierce Fire'' || Michelle || |- | 2006 || ''Undying Heart'' || || a.k.a. ''Min Mie'' |- | 2007 || ''[[Mad Detective]]'' || May Cheung (in Bun's eyes) || |- | 2008 || ''[[Connected (2008 film)|Connected]]'' || Jeannie || |}
==Discography== *Flora Chan (2000) *自在 (2001) *愛得起 (2002)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0999177}} * {{hkmdb name|13865|Flora Chan Wai-Shan}}
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