Race Wong
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| Background information | |
| Chinese name | 黃婉伶 (traditional) |
| Chinese name | 黄婉伶 (simplified) |
| Pinyin | huang2 wan3 ling2 (Mandarin) |
| Jyutping | wong4 jyun2 ling4 (Cantonese) |
| Birth name | Wong Yuen-pui 黄婉佩 |
| Origin | Malaysia |
| Born |
7 September 1982 Malaysia |
| Occupation | Singer, Actress |
| Genre(s) | Cantopop |
| Instrument(s) | Singing |
| Years active | 2002-2009 |
| Associated acts | 2R |
| Website | https://www.facebook.com/Race-Wong-191796151824/ |
Race Wong is an actress, singer and businesswoman. Born in Malaysia, raised in Singapore, she pursued her career in the entertainment industry in Hong Kong with her sister Rosanne Wong which won her various awards for her singing career as the cantopop group 2R, including Most Promising Newcomer and Most Popular Group Award in the Annual Top 10 Song of the Year Awards (2003), Metro Broadcasting Music awards (2004), TVB Top 10 Songs of the Year (2004) and Hong Kong Commercial Radio Music Awards’ (2003).
Race Wong became a spotlight when she was chosen to star alongside Stephen Chow in his famous annual San Miguel TV advertisement. Following that, she rose to fame for her leading role in a TVB youth series Hearts Of Fencing. Which jumpstarted both her singing and acting career.
Race Wong hoped to focus her acting on roles beyond her youthful and sweet appearance. Her outstanding performance in her first leading role in movie Abnormal Beauty Abnormal Beauty won her a nomination for the Best New Actor in the 24th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards (2005) and the 42nd Golden Horse Film Awards’ (2005) in Taiwan. Race Wong continued to experiment with different roles both on-screen and off-screen. In 2006, together with her sister Rosanne Wong, they took on groundbreaking leading roles in a musical adaption of The Smiling Proud Wanderer stage performance by the Hong Kong Dance Company (2006) where Rosanne famously shaved bald for the role. The musical enjoyed a success which brought them to perform in Shanghai the following year.
Later in 2008, Race Wong’s starring role as a pregnant new immigrant from China was a break away from her usual youthful image in the movie True Women For Sale which earned her a nomination for Best Supporting Actress in the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards (2009). Race is one of the very rare few Singaporeans to have been nominated in the Hong Kong Film Awards.
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