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

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 ...

retired

actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

formerly contracted to

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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 Nicholas Cheung Ka-fai (; born 2 December 1964) is a Hong Kong actor, singer and director. He first gained recognition for his roles in '' The Conman'' (1998) and '' The Tricky Master'' (1999). He went on to star in the films '' Beast Stalker'' (20 ...

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

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

. 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'' (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 ce ...

'' (2013). She is fluent in

Cantonese Cantonese is the traditional prestige variety of Yue Chinese, a Sinitic language belonging to the Sino-Tibetan language family. It originated in the city of Guangzhou (formerly known as Canton) and its surrounding Pearl River Delta. While th ...

Mandarin Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to: Language * Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country ** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China ** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...

and English.

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

External links

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Esther's Biography
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