Winki Lai
Winki Lai Wai Ling (simplified Chinese: 赖慰玲; traditional Chinese: 賴慰玲; pinyin: Lài Wèi Líng; born 8 July 1986[1]) is a Hong Kong actress and television host. She has been a TVB artiste since 2014.[2] Lai gained recognition with her role as Chiang Chin-ha in Al Cappuccino in 2020 and won Best Supporting Actress in TVB Anniversary Awards 2020.
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賴慰玲 | |||||||||||
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| Born | 8 July 1986 | ||||||||||
| Nationality | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Occupation | Actress, Television host | ||||||||||
| Years active | 2013 – present | ||||||||||
| Agent | TVB（2014 – present） | ||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Benny Leung (m. 2017) | ||||||||||
| Children | Marat Leung (son) b. 3 December 2017 | ||||||||||
| Relatives | 1 older brother | ||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 賴慰玲 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 赖慰玲 | ||||||||||
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Background
Winki Lai Wai-ling was born in Hong Kong, there is an older brother who lived in Heng On Estate, Ma On Shan, New Territories,[3] and studied at ELCHK Ma On Shan Lutheran Primary School and Chinese YMCA College. She joined the drama club in middle school. Although she was admitted to the acting department of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in Form 5, she gave up the opportunity to advance to university.[3] It was not until two years later that one of her college entrance examination scores failed and she could not enter her desired degree, she officially enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts with Honours in the Performing Department of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.[3][4] She won the Hong Kong Bank Foundation Hong Kong-Mainland Exchange Scholarship and the Lai Cho-tin Memorial Scholarship during her schooling.[5][6]
After graduating in 2011, Lai Wai-ling became a stage actor and radio host.[7] In 2013, she was recommended by her teacher Lo Koon-lan from The Academy of Performing Arts to participate in the audition for the TVB series Never Dance Alone and set foot in the entertainment industry.[3][4] During the audition, she played the seven characters alone, and was finally selected for the role of Young Hui Chun Nei in the show. During the filming of the play, producer Eric Tsang asked her to help Rachel Lee, who had been unable to enter the play after she had quit the entertainment industry for many years, to analyze the script.[8] She also became good friends with fellow actresses Jeannie Chan, Anjaylia Chan, Cheronna Ng, Kandy Wong, Venus Wong and Annice Ng.[9] After the show was broadcast, her acting skills began to impress the audience.[10]
In 2014, when Lai Wai-ling participated in Lord Of Shanghai, well-known actor Anthony Wong highly praised her, leading her to be named Little Ling (Little Carol Cheng).[11][12] In 2016, she played the role of Yau Ling-mui in the drama Blue Veins, where superb acting skills once again attracted attention. Most netizens said that her acting skills were high class and her roles were all successfully portrayed in both dramas and live performances.[13][14] In 2017, she served as the second female lead for the first time in drama Destination Nowhere, collaborating with Kevin Cheng for the second time. As a stage actor, she has performed in a number of troupe works and served as the master of ceremonies for the "23rd Hong Kong Drama Awards". In addition, she has hosted Taoist TV programs broadcast by Now TV, such as Dao Tong Tian Di,[15] Road Express, Life Sweet Silk and Healthy Cooking.[16][17]
In 2020, Lai Wai-ling was highly praised for her performance and couple collaboration with Owen Cheung, in Al Cappuccino, which earned her nominations for both Best Supporting Actress and Most Popular Female Character at the TVB Anniversary Awards 2020.
On July 27, 2018, Lai Wai-ling switched from the TVB basic artist contract to the manager contract.
Personal life
In July 2017, Lai Wing-ling announced her pregnancy via Instagram. In August 2017, she married her stage actor boyfriend of 5 years, Benny Leung. On 3 December 2017, she gave birth to her son, Marat.
Filmography
TV Dramas
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014年 | Never Dance Alone | Young Hui Chun Nei 許珍妮（少年） | |
| 2015年 | Lord Of Shanghai | Kiu Siu Lei (Siu Lei) 喬小莉（小莉） | |
| 2016 | Blue Veins | Yau Ling Mui (Ghost) 丘玲梅 | |
| Come Home Love: Dinner At 8 | Yiu Ka Moon 姚嘉滿 | Ep.16 | |
| My Dangerous Mafia Retirement Plan | Young So Yau Miu 蘇佑妙（青年） | ||
| Presumed Accidents | Mok Hei Tung / Madam Mok 莫曦彤（彤姐） | ||
| 2017 | May Fortune Smile On You | Ng Hiu Ting 吳曉婷（曉婷） | |
| Destination Nowhere | Man Tsz Yu 萬子瑜 | ||
| Provocateur | To Chi Yan 杜志仁（忍忍） | ||
| The Exorcist's Meter | Young Leung Ching Ching 梁晶晶（青年） | ||
| 2018 | My Ages Apart | Audience | Ep. 50 |
| Stealing Seconds | Yau Yan Yan (Yan) 丘茵茵（阿Yan） | ||
| Deep in the Realm of Conscience | Yiu Sze Yuen 姚思源 | ||
| 2019 | ICAC Investigators 2019 | Lam Sui Yi 林瑞兒 | Ep.4 |
| 2020 | Airport Strikers | Tsang Hiu Sun 曾曉晨 | |
| The Exorcist's 2nd Meter | Young Leung Ching Ching 梁晶晶（青年） | ||
| Death By Zero | Leng Po 靚寶 | ||
| Al Cappuccino | Chiang Chin Ha 蔣千霞 | ||
| TBA | Shadow of Justice | Wu Mut Lan 胡茉蘭 | |
| Fighting |
TV Shows
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Super Trio Maximus | Ep.26 guest |
| 2014 | Never Dance - Alone Happy Together | Guest |
| Community Chest Charity Show | Performer | |
| Easy Living | Ep.16 guest | |
| TVB Most Popular TV Commercial Awards | Performer | |
| Walk The Walk, Talk The Talk | Ep.6 - 8 guest | |
| Neighborhood Treasures（Sr. 6） | Ep.16 guest | |
| TVB Anniversary Gala Show 2014 | Performer | |
| Tung Wah Charity Gala 2014 | Performer | |
| TVB Awards Presentation 2014 | Guest | |
| 2015 | Own Sweet Home | 18 / 1 guest |
| All Things Girl | Series 5 Ep.75 guest | |
| Sidewalk Scientist | Series Ep.4 guest | |
| 2016年 | Buzz Stop | Ep.29 guest（With Blue Veins cast） |
| The Green Room | 25 / 4 guest（With Wong You Nam） | |
| EatLaMen | Ep.9 guest（With Blue Veins cast） | |
| Buzz Stop | Ep.47 guest（With Destination Nowhere cast） | |
| Midnight Munchies | Series 3 Ep.30 guest | |
| Big Boys Club | Ep.1737, 1738 guest（With Spring Fever Hotel cast） | |
| I Heart HK | Ep.17 guest（With Spring Fever Hotel cast） | |
| TVB Sales Presentation 2017 | Guest（With Destination Nowhere cast） | |
| 2017 | Scoop | Performer（2 - 6 / 1 big big channel KOL recruitment & promotion, with Derek Wong） |
| Po Leung Kuk CNY Special | Performer（With May Fortune Smile On You cast） | |
| Pleasure & Leisure | 10 / 5 guest | |
| 2018 | The Fantastic Trio Is Back | Guest |
| Do Did Eat | Series 2 Ep.15 guest（With Kelly Cheung, Sisley Choi & Anjaylia Chan） | |
| big big channel Gaming: Mahjong (big big channel) | Performer（3/ 5, With Arnold Kwok & Emily Wong） | |
| Once Upon A Time In Tiny Hong Kong | Host（With Gilbert Lam, Agnes Lam & Anthony Chow） | |
| The Green Room | 13 / 6 guest（With Gilbert Lam, Agnes Lam & Anthony Chow） | |
| Cooking Beauties | Contestant (Ep.8) | |
| TVB Awards Presentation 2018 | Performer | |
| 2020 | Do Did Eat | Series 4 Ep.22 guest（With Cheronna Ng, Snow Suen & Kelly Fu） |
Films
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | （Chinese: 猜謎） | Alice |
| Break Up 100 | Big eater 大胃女 | |
| 2015 | S for Sex, S for Secret | May 美芬 |
| Wonder Mama | Kei 琪 | |
| The Crossing: Part 2 | Miss Kau 九姑娘 | |
| 2016 | 29+1 | Tina |
| TBA | Anti-fraud Hero | |
Stage Shows
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | （Chinese: 我們明白了） | Hong Kong student 香港學生 |
| 2011 | （Chinese: 在那遙遠的星球，一粒沙） | |
| The Bald Soprano | Martin's wife 馬田太太 | |
| The Notebook | Twin（Younger） 細孖 | |
| 2012 | Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore | |
| Nitehawk | Myra | |
| Drama Gallery: The Legardary of Ji Gong | ||
| 2013 | Drama Gallery: The Legardary of Che Kung | |
| （Chinese: 一切原本井井有條） | Sze 阿詩 | |
| 2014 | Drama Gallery: Drama Gallery: The Legardary of Lai Bu Yi | |
| Harold Pinter - The Birthday Party | ||
| 2016 | Spring Fever Hotel | Wai Chun 懷春 |
Radio Programmes
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | New Cultural Campaign | RTHK Radio 5, Ep.8 & 33 guest |
| Your 18 districts | RTHK Radio 5, Host | |
| Essence Of Plays | RTHK Radio 5, Host（until 23 / 3 / 2015） | |
TVC
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2014 | Watsons「M Club - 脂肪當錢駛」 |
| 2017 | Shiseido「White Lucent 櫻花美透白照相體驗」 |
| Banila Co「Clean it Zero之特卸！」 | |
| Master Finance Company Ltd.「義氣姐」 | |
| Nestlé（Hong Kong）「NESTLÉ MOM 鎖養膠囊 - 鎖養故事：盡在掌握『營』」 | |
| Nestlé（Hong Kong）「NESTLÉ MOM 鎖養膠囊 - 想幫自己同 BB 做好鎖養準備？」 | |
| 2018年 | Merz Pharma「Contractubex」 |
| Jurlique「草本亮肌精華 - 做我最強後盾 保持肌膚嫩滑透亮」 | |
Songs
Drama
- 2014：《Let's Dance》（Never Dance Alone Ending Theme, With Anjaylia Chan, Cheronna Ng, Kandy Wong, Venus Wong & Annice Ng）
Awards
Nominations
| Year | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | The 6th Hong Kong Theatre Libre「Excellent Actresses - ie Studio《一切原本井井有條》」 | Nominated |
| 2018 | Hong Kong TV Award 2018「節目主持人獎」 | Nominated |
| 2020 | TVB Anniversary Awards 2020「Best Supporting Actress」[18] | Won |
| TVB Anniversary Awards 2020「Most Popular Female Character」 | Nominated | |
References
- "女人俱樂部 M Club 青春舞台－賴慰玲". 無綫電視（TVB） (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-06-14.
- "賴慰玲 Lai Wai Ling - TVB 藝人資料 - tvb.com". 無綫電視（TVB） (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-06-14.
- "【專訪】賴慰玲兩度報演藝一擊即中 等待一個衝動與甜蜜男友結婚". 香港01（HK01） (in Chinese). 2017-03-06.
- "【機場特警】賴慰玲一人分飾七角 備受前輩讚賞 被封為小鄭裕玲！". TopBeauty HK (in Chinese). 2020-04-24.
- "香港演藝學院年報 2009 - 2010 第124頁". 香港演藝學院（The Hong Kong Academy For Performing Arts）. 2009-06-30.
- "香港演藝學院年報 2010 - 2011 第105頁". 香港演藝學院. 2011-06-30.
- "香港演藝學院《戲劇藝術》第二十七期 第79頁" (PDF). 香港演藝學院 (in Chinese). 2014-06-24.
- "揭7熟女幕後秘料 志偉爆珍妹要新人教戲". 星島日報（Sing Tao Daily） (in Chinese). 2014-04-16.
- "孖姊妹飯敍！陳瀅冇拖拍 網民嗌加油". 東網（ON.CC） (in Chinese). 2018-01-31.
- "賴慰玲恨嫁 Ready 生 B". 太陽報（The Sun） (in Chinese). 2014-07-06.
- "賴慰玲獲秋生封「小鄭裕玲」｜原來教過前輩做戲" (in Chinese). 東方新地（Oriental Sunday）. 2018-05-07.
- "【機場特警】賴慰玲演技超班被封「小鄭裕玲」教前輩做戲 入行6年被影帝力讚". 晴報（SkyPost） (in Chinese). 2020-04-16.
- "賴慰玲恨孖秋生合作 陳嘉寶自薦𢱑撈". 東網（ON.CC） (in Chinese). 2016-04-12.
- "大情大性賴慰玲想挑戰新角色". 東網（ON.CC） (in Chinese). 2016-03-02.
- 道通天地 -- Winki 賴慰玲 on YouTube
- 生活甜絲絲 燕麥忌廉包 on YouTube
- 健康好煮意 韓式炸醬麵 on YouTube
- "2020 TVB anniversary awards show winner list". 38jiejie. 2021-01-10
External links
- Winki Lai on Sina Weibo (in Chinese)
- Winki Lai on Instagram
- Winki Lai on Facebook
- Winki Lai at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
- Dramall - 賴慰玲