Vivian Chow (Chinese: 周慧敏; pinyin: Zhōu Huìmǐn) is a Hong Kong-based Cantopop singer and actress. She is well known for her ladylike stage image as well as her charity works for animal rights and breast cancer awareness.

Chow was born in Hong Kong and brought up by her mother and grandmother. Her father died the same year before she was born due to heart problems. As a child, Chow studied at St. Stephen's Church College, passing A-levels (thirteenth grade) in high school. She also gained 7th grade in piano.

After high school, Chow entered the Fourth Annual New Talent Singing Awards in 1985 with Yoshie Kashiwabara's song Saiai (最愛), a song she later covered in Cantonese. The same contest also saw the rise of William So (蘇永康) and Hacken Lee. Although Chow did not receive any prizes in the contest, this failure did not diminish her hopes of becoming a singer, instead, Chow entered the entertainment business by becoming a DJ in Radio Television Hong Kong in 1987 after coming second in an amateur DJ contest in 1986.

As a DJ for RTHK, Chow was the main character in three of the radio dramas, they are "Love in the Summer" (夏之戀) as 'Tung Tung' "The Teenage Period" (青蔥歲月) as 'Fong Ka Yiu', and "Life in Paris" (在巴黎的日子) as 'Joyce'.

In 1988, Chow made her movie debut in the smash-hit comedy "Heart to Hearts" (三人世界). She played the role of the daughter of Carol Cheng, a single mother who is quite protective of her. They then meet a man played by George Lam. For her role in the series, Chow won the 'Best New Performer' award of 1989.

In the same year that Chow won the 'Best New Performer' award, she also released her first album, titled by her Chinese name, 周慧敏. This album contained only four songs, and its main purpose was to test the response of the people of Hong Kong for the rising star. Sales did not disappoint, and Chow started to develop her own fan-base by releasing two new albums, Vivian and Qing Mi (情迷), in 1990; 5 new albums (see Discography) in 1991, and six new albums in 1992–1993. Chow had to take Mandarin lessons to perfect her pronunciation prior to the release of the Mandarin album, Liu Yan (Rumors, 流言). The most prominent of a crop of female singers with a wholesome, public persona the media dubbed her "玉女掌門人", a moniker that can be roughly glossed as "Leader of the Ingenues". Also,as her body and skin hardly aged due to her being away from water and the sun, she also became an ageless wonder.

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