Liza Wang

This article is about the Hong Kong entertainer. Not to be confused with the American gymnast Lisa Wang.

Liza Wang
GBS SBS
Chinese: 汪明荃
Wang attending an exhibition on her Cantonese Opera career at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in April 2021.
Wang attending an exhibition on her Cantonese Opera career at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in April 2021.
Born
Wang Ming-chun

(1947-08-28) 28 August 1947 (age 77)
Chongming County, Jiangsu
(now Chongming District, Shanghai City),
Republic of China
Other names
  • Liza Wong
  • Lisa Wang
Occupations
  • Actress
  • Singer
  • MC
Years active1967–present
Spouses
Lau Cheong Wah
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(m. 1971; div. 1983)​
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(m. 2009)​
AwardsMing Pao Anniversary Awards
Outstanding Actress in Television
2005 Wars of In-Laws
2005 Honorary AwardRTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards – Golden Needle Award
2004

TVB Anniversary Awards – All-Time Most Memorable Female Leading Roles
1999 A House Is Not A Home

My Favourite Television Character
2000 At the Threshold of an Era
2001 The Awakening Story
Best Actress
2001 The Awakening Story
2005 Wars of In-Laws
Best Host
2010 Fun with Liza and Gods
2015 Sunday Songbird

Lifetime Achievement Award
2012
2017

Musical career
Also known asThe Big Sister[1]
OriginHong Kong
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Formerly ofFour Golden Flowers
Chinese name
Chinese汪明荃
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWāng Míngquán
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingwong1 ming4 cyun4
Hong Kong RomanisationWong Ming-chuen
WebsiteOfficial website

Elizabeth "Liza" Wang Ming-chun GBS SBS[2][3][4][5] (born 28 August 1947), is a Hong Kong diva, actress and MC. She is a personality in Chinese-speaking communities. She has been nicknamed "The Big Sister" in the Hong Kong entertainment circle.[6] Wang was a delegate in the National People's Congress from 1988 to 1997, and she is a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[7]

  1. ^ The standard HK "The standard HK Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine". Wang in Big step on home permits. Retrieved 7 March 2008.
  2. ^ "Honorary Doctorate Elizabeth Wang Ming-Chun".
  3. ^ Loh, Christine (2010). Underground Front: The Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press. p. 154. ISBN 9789888028948. Retrieved 11 December 2014 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Wang still singing a flat tune". The Standard. 30 June 2014. Archived from the original on 11 December 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Bauhinia honours for city's Sars heroes". July 2004.
  6. ^ Xinhuanet. "Xinhuanet Archived 2008-02-19 at the Wayback Machine". Fans jam-pack Liza Wang's free concert. Retrieved on 10 March 2008.
  7. ^ Cityu.edu.hk "Cityu.edu.hk Archived 2008-01-12 at the Wayback Machine". 城大將頒授榮譽博士學位予四位領袖. Retrieved on 10 March 2008.