Amanda Strang (born January 21, 1980), also known as Amanda S, is a French actress, singer, presenter and former fashion model based in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

. She appeared in 2001 movie '' Martial Angels'' and was a presenter on the food related television show ''Market Trotter''. In 2011 she opened her own French

pâtisserie A (), patisserie in French or pastry shop in English, is a type of bakery that specializes in pastries and sweets. In French language, French, the word ''pâtisserie'' also denotes a pastry as well as pastry-making. While the making and selli ...

''petiteAmanda'' in Hong Kong.

Biography

Strang was born in 1980 in

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to a

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father and a Taiwanese mother. Being raised in Hong Kong, she moved with her family to

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at age nine before starting to model and subsequently entering the film industry. Over the course of eight years she appeared in five different films and became a presenter on the food lifestyle show ''Market Trotter'' with food critic Chua Lam. Here she was convinced by Lam to pursue her dream of opening her own bakery. After graduating from the Paris-based culinary school

Le Cordon Bleu Le Cordon Bleu (; French: " The Blue Ribbon"; LCB) is a French hospitality and culinary education institution, teaching haute cuisine. Its educational focuses are hospitality management, culinary arts, and gastronomy. The institution consists ...

in 2010 she apprenticed at French bakery

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and the ''Caprice'' at the

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in Hong Kong. A year later Strang opened her own

''petiteAmanda'' in the IFC serving a range of French pastries and desserts.

Filmography

Films

* 2001 — '' Martial Angels'' * 2001 — '' Final Romance'' * 2002 — '' Beauty and the Breast'' * 2007 — ''Sum seung si sing'' * 2008 — ''A Decade of Love'' * 2024 —

Customs Frontline ''Customs Frontline'' (), previously known as ''War Customised'', is a 2024 Hong Kong action film directed and co-written by Herman Yau and starring Jacky Cheung, Nicholas Tse, Karena Lam, Cya Liu, with Francis Ng making a special appearance. ...

Television shows

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Strang, Amanda 1980 births People from Tahiti French actresses French female models French Polynesian people of Taiwanese descent Hong Kong actresses Hong Kong female models 21st-century Hong Kong women singers Living people 21st-century French women singers