Sheren Tang | |||||||||||
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 Tang at children's charity event "Music Stand By Me" in Hong Kong, September 2019 | |||||||||||
| Born | Tang Shui Man 2 March 1966 | ||||||||||
| Years active | 1985-present | ||||||||||
| Awards | Ming Pao Anniversary Awards Best Actress in Television 2004 War and Beauty 2009 Rosy Business 2011 No Regrets TVB Anniversary Awards Best Actress 2009 Rosy Business 2010 No Regrets My Favourite Powerhouse Actress 2003 The Threat of Love II 2004 War and Beauty Huading Awards Best Supporting Actress 2011 New My Fair Princess | ||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 鄧萃雯 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 邓萃雯 | ||||||||||
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| Also known as | Man Girl (雯女) | ||||||||||
Sheren Tang Shui-man (Chinese: 鄧萃雯) (born 2 March 1966) is a Hong Kong actress.[1] She is best known for her roles in the mega-hit Hong Kong TVB drama series War and Beauty, as well as La Femme Desperado, The Family Link, Rosy Business and No Regrets being the first Hong Kong actress to win the Best Actress Award in two consecutive years for the latter two.
She joined TVB in 1985, beginning her acting career as the female lead in the series Legend of the General Who Never Was (1985). Throughout the late 1980s, she rose to fame for her roles in many popular Hong Kong television series including wuxia dramas, New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre (1986) and Ode to Gallantry (1989). She joined the television network ATV in 1996, filming several series including The Good Old Days (1996) and I Have A Date With Spring (1996).[2]
Tang returned to TVB in 2000 and gained massive popularity for her role in War and Beauty (2004). She became the first actress to win TVB's My Favourite Powerhouse Actress Award two years in a row for this role and for The Threat of Love 2 (2003). Tang continued to outdo herself with her roles in Rosy Business (2009) and No Regrets (2010), which won her multiple awards in various countries.[3] She has since appeared in Chinese series including New My Fair Princess (2011) and Star April (2017) before returning to Hong Kong television in 2018, filming a series for ViuTV released as Till Death Do Us Part (2019).[4]
- ^ "Sheren Tang says no to "life" contract". Takungpao. 2009-11-16. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2010-07-11. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
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:2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Sheren Tang: the undisputed queen of Chinese TV dramas". South China Morning Post. 2021-01-01. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
- ^ "Sunny Chan, Sheren Tang, and Bernice Liu Promote ViuTV Drama "Till Death Do Us Part"". JayneStars.com. Retrieved 2019-10-22.