Gillian Chung
Chinese name 鍾欣桐 (Traditional)
Pinyin zhōng xīntóng (Mandarin)
Jyutping zung1 jan1 tung4 (Cantonese)
Birth name (traditional Chinese: 鍾嘉勵; simplified Chinese: 锺嘉励; pinyin: Zhōng Jiālì; Cantonese Yale: Jung Ga-Lai)
Origin Hong Kong
Born January 21, 1981 (1981-01-21) (age 27)
Hong Kong
Other name(s) Ah Gil (阿嬌)
Occupation Singer and actress
Genre(s) Cantopop
Label(s) Emperor Entertainment Group
Years active 2001 – present
Associated Acts Twins
Official site
www.eegmusic.com
Gillian Chung is a Hong Kong-based actress and singer. She is best known as a member of the Cantopop girl group Twins, alongside Charlene Choi.[1]
Biography
Gillian Chung is a Hong Kong pop singer and actress. She resides in the affluent Midlevels district in Hong Kong with her younger sister. Chung is a graduate of the Kowloon True Light Middle School and attended RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. While at RMIT, she also worked as a part-time model. She did not finish her studies in RMIT.
In 2001, Chung was approached by Emperor Entertainment Group to form a singing group, Twins, with Charlene Choi, to whom she is not actually related.[2]
Chung made her film debut in U Man which was released in 2002 and has since proven her acting skills in a number of films like Beyond Our Ken which has earned her critical acclaim, being nominated as 'Best Actress' in the Gam Zhi Ging Awards. Outdoing herself in every martial arts sequence, Chung has established herself as the up and coming action star.[3]
In the film Beyond Our Ken released in 2004, Chung played as Chan Wai Ching, a spurned girlfriend of the eponymous Ken. The film managed a box office taking of HK$3,886,355 and it has its World Premiere in Tokyo International Film Festival.[4] In January 2006, the film 49 Days exceeded the HK$10 million mark, earning a spot in one of Hong Kong's best box office films for the year 2006.