Isabella Leong
| Isabella Leong 梁洛施 |
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| Pinyin | Liáng Luòshī (Mandarin) | ||||
| Jyutping | Leong4 Lok3-sze1 (Cantonese) | ||||
| Birth name | Leong Lok-yau (梁乐瑶) Luisa Isabella Nolasco da Silva |
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23 June 1988 Macau |
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| Other name(s) | Isabella Leong Isabella Leung Luisa Isabella Leung Leung Lok-si |
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| Genre(s) | Cantopop | ||||
| Instrument(s) | Vocals | ||||
| Partner(s) | Richard Li (2008–2011) | ||||
| Children | 3 | ||||
| Parents | Luís Alberto Marques Nolasco da Silva | ||||
| Ancestry | Zhongshan, Guangdong | ||||
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Luísa Isabella Nolasco da Silva (born 23 June 1988), better known as Isabella Leong, is a Hong Kong-based Macanese actress and former singer.
Leong was born in Macao when she was called as Leong Lok-yau (梁乐瑶) as a natural daughter. She has an older sister by seven years.
Leong's father, Luís Alberto Marques Nolasco da Silva (Macau, Sé, 8 August 1951 - Macau, São Lourenço, 20 January 1989), was a descendant of NolascodaSilva Group (殷理基家族), one of the prominent Macanese families in Macao. Her father was born in Macao, to Frederico Joao Moreira de Sousa Teles de Menezes, a Portuguese father and Terry Marques Nolasco, a Chinese woman living in Portugal. Frederico Joao is the sixth generation of the family, former President of the Macau Football Association. Leong's father has 2 elder brothers: Henrique and Frederico, one younger brother Jose Manuel.
Leong's father concealed his family and her parents lived together. He died from drug overdoses when she was only 6 months old. Leong had never received recognition from her paternal family so she takes her mother's surname. Leong's mother worked as a croupier in Casino Lisboa, Macau. Leong's mother could not bear to be too tired and Leong forced to join the entertainment.
In 1993, she moved from Macau to Hong Kong and enrolled in Po Leung Kuk Camões Tan Siu Lin Primary School, after that she turned to several schools in Hong Kong and Macau. She attended Macau Sam Yuk Middle School in 1999 and dropped out.
At age 12, Leong left school in order to sign a contract with Emperor Entertainment Group as a teenage model. In order to help providing for her family, Isabella Leong abandoned school at age 12, to become a model for Emperor Entertainment Group.
She later began singing and released her debut album, Isabella when she was 16 years old. Isabella did not achieve the success hoped for and Leong subsequently debuted with acting. From 2005 to 2007, she made a string of films including The Eye 10, Bug Me Not!, Isabella, Diary, and Spider Lilies.
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