Miriam Yeung - Rotten Tomatoes Celebrity Profile

Biography

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Miriam Yeung (born February 3, 1974) is a Hong Kong actress and Cantopop singer.

Before entering the entertainment business, she was a registered nurse at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Hong Kong. She studied at the Kowloon Holy Family Canossian College. She entered the entertainment industry after coming in third in the TVB 14th annual New Talent Singing Awards competition in 1995, and has steadily gained popularity ever since.

Miriam is now managed by Gold Label after previously being contracted with Capitol Artists and Cinepoly Records. Her manager is the revered Paco Wong.

Singing Career

As a singer, Miriam has had many songs that have been mainstream hits and award winners, such as "Pity I'm an Aquarius", "Maiden's prayer", "Sisters" and "Big City, Small Matter". "Big City, Small Matter" and "Maiden's Prayer" have won "Best Song of the Year Award" in 2004 and 2000. She has also been awarded with "Most Popular Female Singer", "My Favourite Female Singer", "Female Singer Golden Award", and "HK'S TOP 10 OUTSTANDING YOUTH 2005" which further attest to her huge popularity.

Miriam's latest album is "UNLIMITED", which will be released on December 15, 2006. Her music contract with Gold Label also ends on that day, and there's been speculation whether or not Miriam will renew with Gold Label, or sign with another one instead.

Film Career

As an actress, Miriam is known for performing in comedy films often as a silly, naive, and clumsy girl. For example, in one of her very popular earlier films, "Love Undercover", she played a newly graduated police officer who failed every test as a cadet and had entertaining and nonsensical ways of completing her assignments. She tried different roles to good reviews both in 2003 and 2004. In "Sound Of Colors" co-starring Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Miriam played a blind woman who found love in a unexpected way through a series of fate twisting events. The following year, she tried a more darker role, in "Three...Extremes: Dumplings." Miriam played Ching, a former TV actress, who fears of growing old and losing her looks, while trying to keep her cheating husband from abandoning her. She seeks out Mei (Bai Ling), who tells Ching her dark secret to staying young, which is revealed to be eating stillborn fetuses prepared in dumplings. Miriam's greatest critical achievement of her acting career to date came in 2005 when she was nominated for 'Best Actress in Leading Role' at the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards for her character, Fung Siu-Man, in the comedy "Drink, Drank, Drunk".

Miriam's latest film is "2 Become 1", a "dramedy" which opened in early 2006. She co-starred with Taiwanese actor/singer Richie Jen for a second time. Miriam played Bingo, who is an advertising executive that lives a somewhat carefree lifestyle. She meets a clinical psychologist, V (Richie Jen), one day, and discovers a lump on her breast. The movie chronicles her fight against breast cancer.

Filmography

2 Become 1 (天生一對) (2006)
Drink, Drank, Drunk (千杯不醉) (2005)
My Sweetie (甜絲絲) (2004)
Three... Extremes (三更2) (2004) - Dumplings (2004)
Three of a Kind (煎釀三寶)(2004)
Elixir of Love (花好月圓) (2004)
Anna in Kung-Fu Land (安娜與武林) (2003)
Sound of Colors (地下鐵) (2003)
Dragon Loaded 2003 (龍咁威 2003) (2003)
Love Undercover 2: Love Mission (新紮師妹2 美麗任務) (2003)
My Lucky Star (行運超人) (2003)
Frugal Game (慳錢家族) (2002)
Love Undercover (新紮師妹) (2002)
Dry Wood, Fierce Fire (乾柴烈火) (2002)
Feel 100% II (百份百感覺2) (2001)
Dummy Mommy, Without a Baby (玉女添丁) (2001)
The Group (烈火青春) (1998)

Discography

Cantonese Albums

UNLIMITED (2006)
10x10 Top (2006)
Single (2005)
Miriam 2004 傻仔 (2004)
Electric Girl 電光幻影第二版 (2004)
Electric Girl 電光幻影 (2004)
Miriam 2004 Grand Opening 2004開大 (2004)
Miriam's Melodies (2003)
Make Up (2003)
Miriam's Music Box (2002)
M vs M - Part II (2002)
M vs M - Part I (2002)
Miriam (2001)
My Favourite Hits (2001)
Kiss Me Soft, Play It Loud (2000)
A Winter's Tale 冬天的故事 (1999)
Summer Story 夏天的故事 (1999)
1 to 100 EP (1998)
Yeung Chin Wa Experiencing Collection 楊千嬅體驗入學
Visit This Place 到此一遊
My Private Diary 私日記 (1997)
Feeling 直覺
The Wolf Is Coming 狼來了 (1996)

Mandarin Albums

Yang Mei 揚眉 (2003)
Smile 微笑 (1999)

Concert VCD/DVD

Miriam Yeung + Chet Lam Music is Live 楊千嬅+林一峰拉闊音樂會 (2005)
Yeung Chin Wah Kungheifatchoi V3 In Cheung Wui (2004)
Anthony Wong + Miriam Yeung 903 Music is Live Karaoke (2004)
Million Purple Thousand Red M Yeung Live 楊千嬅萬紫千紅演唱會 (2002)
Miriam Music Is Live 拉闊音樂會 (2001)
903 California Red Miriam Yeung Live In Concert 903狂熱份子音樂會 (2000)

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