Esther Kwan Wing-ho (), born 16 July 1964 is a

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a List of cities in China, city and Special administrative regions of China, special ...

retired

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

formerly contracted to

TVB Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong SAR. The Company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese language service, and ...

and ATV.

Career

Kwan began her acting career after high school at ATV from 1988 to 1993. She moved over to

in 1993 and has been at the broadcaster on and off. Kwan met Hong Kong actor

Nick Cheung Nick Cheung Ka-fai (; born 2 December 1964) is a Hong Kong actor, singer and director. Background He was formerly a Royal Hong Kong Police officer for four years, but he left the job after his request to be transferred to the criminal investigat ...

while she was still working for ATV. The couple married on 8 November 2004 in

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. Their daughter, Brittany Cheung (張童) was born on 24 January 2006. In 2008, Kwan left acting to spend more time with her daughter, only returning to film two

dramas ''

The Season of Fate ''The Season of Fate'' (Traditional Chinese: :zh:五味人生, 五味人生, literally ''The Five Flavors of Life'') is a List of TVB series (2010), 2010 Television Broadcasts Limited, TVB television drama from Hong Kong produced by Nelson Cheung ...

'' (2010) and ''

Always and Ever ''Always and Ever'' () is a 2013 Hong Kong TVB television romance drama serial starring Bobby Au-yeung and Esther Kwan and produced by Chong Wai-kin. The drama follows a love story which spans three lifetimes, from Song dynasty in the 13th Cen ...

'' (2013). She is fluent in

Cantonese Cantonese ( zh, t=廣東話, s=广东话, first=t, cy=Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding a ...

, Mandarin and

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Filmography

Television

Awards

* 1999 Nextmedia Awards ~ Top Ten TV Celebrities th place* 1999 Nextmedia Awards ~ Top Ten TV Programs Burning Flame" in 4th place; "Armed Reaction" in 6th place* 1998 Top Ten Couples / real-life partner, Nick Cheung~ hailed as showbiz's "Golden Couple" * 1999 RTHK Radio 2 Awards ~ 1998 Best TV Couple / Bobby Au Yeung* 1998 RTHK's Number One Celebrity Awards ~ No.1 Best Performing Artist oted by Public* 1998 NextMedia Awards ~ Top Ten TV Celebrities st Runner Up* 1997 RTHK Awards ~ Best Performing Actress old* 1997 TVB Best Actress Award * 1997 TVB Best Couple Award (along w/ Bobby Au Yeung)

References

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TVB Anniversary Awards The TVB Anniversary Awards (), officially known as the TVB Awards Presentation, is an annual awards ceremony honoring TVB's programming achievements in Hong Kong television; despite claims that it is the region's equivalent to the American E ...

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