Zoie Tam
| Zoie Tam | |
|---|---|
| Chinese name | (traditional) |
| Chinese name | 谭凯琪 (simplified) |
| Pinyin | Tán Kǎi Qí (Mandarin) |
| Jyutping | Taam4 Hoi2 Kei4 (Cantonese) |
| Origin | Hong Kong |
| Born |
10 October 1981 British Hong Kong |
| Occupation | Singer, Presenter, Actress |
| Genre(s) | Cantopop, J-pop |
| Instrument(s) | Vocal |
| Label(s) | Rojam 2000 |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Ancestry | Kaiping, Guangdong, China |
| Website | Official TVB profile |
Zoie Tam Hoi-ki (/zoʊ-ieɪ/) (Chinese: 譚凱琪, born 10 October 1981) is a Hong Kong actress, singer and television presenter currently under Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) management. She debuted as a singer in Japan and previously acted in Japanese and now defunct Hong Kong television station Asia Television (ATV) dramas. She is able to converse in Cantonese, Mandarin, English, and Japanese.
Zoie Tam was born on 10 October 1981 in Hong Kong to a family of four children. She is the third child of a family of four daughters. Her older sister Nicole Tam (谭凯欣) was a Hong Kong model and artiste who is now married to Jason Chu (朱永棠), best remembered for his role in the original Young and Dangerous movie series. Chu also briefly served as Zoie's manager in 2006. Zoie's other sister Wendy Tam (譚凱韻) is a finances news anchor for Hong Kong cable channel Now TV.
She attended Queen Maud Secondary School and is a graduate of Hong Kong's Wellington College located in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong. After graduation she went abroad to study in Japan. While in Japan she was discovered by a talent scout from popular Japanese idol Tetsuya Komuro, talent agency Rojam Entertainment.
Tam signed with Rojam and trained for four month before debuting with her first album in 2000 "Full Of Love (全力愛)". The album was released in cantopop but arranged according to j-pop style. The album was also released in Taiwan by Rock Records. Komuro thought Tam looked Japanese and would be interesting if the public thought a Japanese singer who can sing Cantonese. That same year she released a J-pop singles album of the song "ガラパゴスのJULIET" remixed in Japanese. Not having much success in Japan, Tam moved to Taiwan to try to enter the Taiwanese music industry. But after spending a year doing mostly modeling advertisement work she decided to return to Hong Kong to break into the industry.
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