Irene Wan
Native name溫碧霞
Birth nameWan Bik-ha
Birth date30 July 1966 (age 60)[1]
Birth placeTiu Keng Leng, Tseung Kwan O New Town, New Territories, British Hong Kong[2]
EducationCatholic Ming Yuen Secondary School
OccupationActress, singer, producer
Agent
  • TVB (1991–2001)
  • Emperor Motion Pictures (Hong Kong) (from 2012)
  • Huayi Brothers (Chinese mainland)
    (from 2012)
Height1.64 m
SpouseKenneth Ho (m. 2000)
AwardsGolden Lotus Award at 3rd Macau International Movie Festival in 2011
(Best supporting actress)
Irene Wan
Backgroundsolo_singer
Label
  • Homerun (1991–1993)
  • Yiu Wing RECORDS LIMITED (1993)
  • Yong Sheng He Chuang Media (2008)
  • Mele Music
    北京美樂文化 (from 2012)
Irene Wan
T溫碧霞
S温碧霞
PWēn Bìxiá
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Irene Wan Bik-ha (born Wen Bik-ha on 30 July 1966)[3] is a Hong Kong actress, singer and producer. Her father was an officer of the Republic of China Army. In her early years, she was known as a "sexy beauty".[4] After her marriage, Wan faded out of the entertainment industry and occasionally participated in dramas and films. She is currently based in mainland China.[where?][citation needed]

Early life and career

She was born and lived in District 8 of Rennie's Mill squatter district in the New Territories of Hong Kong.[5] She is the youngest of four brothers and three sisters. Growing up her family was poor. Her father had been an officer of the Republic of China (Kuomintang) Army and settled in Hong Kong after fleeing Mainland of China. The artist Chen Yulian was her next door neighbor, and Wang Xiaofeng was also the neighbor below her residence. When Irene Wan was a child, she often played with boys in the same district, mainly playing table tennis and badminton with them. She once attended Mingyuan Primary School and enjoys music and fine arts. Later, in order to want her to enroll in a better secondary school, her mother arranged for her to continue her studies in a secondary school on Hong Kong Island [a].

After completing the first grade at Catholic Mingyuan Middle School, Irene Wan went to the former St. John's College for Co-Education in Tai Koo Shing. During the latter's schooling period, she was a member of the school's basketball team [a]. She moved to Shau Kei Wan to live with her sister in order to facilitate schooling when she was 12 years old.[6] She was sold by her mother because of her poverty. Because of his father's strict discipline, she developed a rebellious character. "When I was in middle school, I learned to smoke, go to the dance hall (P field) and make friends with problem teenagers". Later, when she was 15 years old (1983), she was discovered by scouts on the street to participate in the filming of the movie "Lonely Fifteen" and joined the entertainment circle.[7] She had not graduated from high school at the time [b].

She was nominated for the Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer at the 2nd Hong Kong Film Awards for her role in Lonely Fifteen.[8]

She gained notice for her beauty and remarkable performance in Everlasting Love (1984), co-starring with Andy Lau and Loletta Lee, when she was only 17 years old. Later, she also gave impressive performances in Stanley Kwan's Love Unto Waste (1986) and Rouge (1988).

However, in the 1990s, her film career sputtered when she agreed to star in All of a Sudden (1996), which would be her first and only time appearing fully nude in a film. Wan later went on to star in several TVB television series.

In 2019, at the age of 53, Wan drew controversy for her suggestive scenes with two younger actors in the thriller The Fallen (the male actor being 14-year-old younger than Wan and the female actress 27 younger). Her performance in the film would later eventually won her the Best Actress in a Leading Role award at the 8th Silk Road International Film Festival in 2020.

Personal life

Wan married Kenneth Ho (何祖光), a wealthy Hong Kong businessman, on 1 October 2000. Their wedding was held at Banyan Tree Hotel in Phuket, Thailand. Ho is the grandnephew of the Kuomintang veteran He Yingqin and worked at Solomon Brothers Hong Kong Asia Pacific Investment as the Vice President of the Banking Department. The two have never planned to have children until 2010 when Wan and her husband adopted an orphan who was abandoned in a train station in Mainland China. They also sought a doctor to cure his skin disease and cough, and renamed the child to Xavier Ho (何國倫).[9][10][11]

Filmography

[12] [13]

Discography

Studio albums

TitleTypePublisherRelease dateRepertoire
1溫碧霞Cantonese Album全壘打（Hong Kong）September 1991
2海潮Cantonese Album全壘打（Hong Kong）July 1992
3水的個性Cantonese Album全壘打（Hong Kong）December 1992
4海潮 新曲+精選New song + selection全壘打（Hong Kong）
New Century Workshop (HK)		1993
5情無後悔Cantonese Album耀榮唱片（China）November 1993
6掙扎Mandarin EP創音社（Taiwan）1999
7美麗人生Mandarin EP九洲音像（China）February 2008
8我愛的你不在身邊Mandarin EP美樂文化（China）29 August 2012
9海潮（3"CD）（限量編號版）Small dish全壘打（Hong Kong）
New Century Workshop (HK)		12 May 2015
10海潮 新曲+精選
（Reprint）		New song + selection全壘打（Hong Kong）
New Century Workshop (HK)		24 May 2019

Singles

Concerts

  • 19 June 2018：《Irene Wan Haichao Concert2018》[14]

Song scores

Top position of the four songs on the chart
RecordSong903RTHK997TVBRemarks
1991
溫碧霞希盼得好夢–––The theme song of the movie "Prison on Fire II"
Repertoire of the same song: Chen Baiqiang (陳百強) ~ 今宵多珍重
溫碧霞Stranger in the Nite–––
溫碧霞美女與野獸–––
溫碧霞Baby Don't Go30––TVB TV series "Heartbreak Blues" episode
1992
海潮海潮––6TVB TV series "Vengeance" theme song
海潮月亮代表我的心25––
海潮森巴嘉年華6––
水的個性水的個性15––
水的個性飛花–––TVB TV movie "The Knight and the Concubine" theme song
1993
情無後悔情無後悔–––
情無後悔心裡有夢想26––
情無後悔單身咖啡座21––OT：Donna De Lory ~ Think It Over
2012
我愛的你不在身邊我真的受傷了––––翻唱張學友作品
2020
Make You Smile––156
Total number of champion songs in each station
903RTHK997TVBRemarks
0000Total number of four champion songs: 0

Awards and nominations

Hong Kong Film Awards

YearAwards ceremonyAwardsFilmResult
1983The 2nd Hong Kong Film AwardsBest new actress[15]Lonely Fifteen

Macau International Film Festival

YearAwards ceremonyAwardsFilmResult
2011The 3rd Macau International Film FestivalGolden Lotus Award for Best Supporting Actress[16]72 Heroes
2013The 5th Macau International Film FestivalBest Supporting Actress AwardTriad
2015The 7th Macau International Film FestivalBest Actress AwardLove in Late Autumn

Silk Road International Film Festival

YearAwards ceremonyAwardsFilmResult
2020The 8th Silk Road International Film FestivalBest Actress in a Leading Role[17]The Fallen

References

  1. ^ "IMDb – Irene Wan". Archived 5 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  2. ^ "【旅遊籽】活化等於毀滅? 佛院哀歌（速寫郊野系列2）". Archived 14 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Ôn Bích Hà hạnh phúc trong vòng tay của chồng". Archived 2 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  4. ^ "美麗不是原罪！美貌所累被忽視演技評為花瓶的10大女星". 鉅亨新聞. 2015-02-23. Archived 4 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  5. ^ "童年被母親背叛 溫碧霞海潮人生". 香港蘋果日報. 2019-06-29. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  6. ^ "活化等於毀滅？ 佛院哀歌". 壹週刊. 2015-05-01. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
  7. ^ "15歲就入行 溫碧霞因《靚妹仔》愛上演戲". 東網. 2017-02-17. Archived 17 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  8. ^ "zh:第二屆香港電影金像獎得獎名單" (in Chinese). Hong Kong Film Awards Association. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
  9. ^ "陳松伶計劃領養孤兒 細數娛圈中的女神媽媽". 香港經濟日報. 2017-04-25. Archived from the original on 2018-12-27. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
  10. ^ "Irene Wan reconciles with her husband". Toggle. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  11. ^ "【二人世界】溫碧霞與老公遊北海道 慶祝結婚19周年". 明報周刊. 2019-10-07. Archived 2019-10-16 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
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  13. ^ "Irene Wan at chinesemov.com". Archived 2 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  14. ^ "溫碧霞開騷群星拱照 阿嬌上台合唱獲全場祝福". 星島日報. 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  15. ^ "【溫碧霞專訪】溫碧霞愛爾蘭封后 拍戲失足滾落樓梯險受傷". 明報周刊. 2020-02-20. Archived 24 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  16. ^ "凍齡女神逛百貨公司「全程不戴口罩」 網酸：妝不能白化啊！". 時報周刊. 2020-03-08. Archived 17 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  17. ^ "奪絲綢之路國際電影節影后 溫碧霞多謝老公一直支持". 明報OL網. 2020-01-29. Archived 6 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  1. ^ The information about Irene Wan's childhood and schooling comes from the interview of the Hong Kong Radio No. 2 radio program "Shou Xia Liu Qing" broadcast on 5 June 2018.
  2. ^ The information about Irene Wan's family background and her middle school period comes from the 1008th issue "Single Interview·Forever Haichao Irene Wan" published on 21 November 2014.