Amy Fan Yik Man (born 28 May 1971) is a Hong Kong-based actress.

Amy Fan
樊奕敏
Born (1971-05-28) 28 May 1971 (age 52)
EducationHoly Angels Canossian School
St. Mary's Canossian College
Alma materTokyo International University
Occupationactress
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese樊奕敏
Simplified Chinese樊奕敏

Biography edit

Born on 28 May 1971 in Hong Kong, Fan grew up in a single-parent family after her parents divorced. Her stepfather is a Japanese engineer. Fan attend Holy Angels Canossian School and St. Mary's Canossian College. To have her able to communicate with him in Japanese, her stepfather sent her to study at the Japanese Language School of the Tokyo International University for two years.

Fan began her acting career in commercials. In 1991, she entered the Miss Hong Kong pageant and she won the Miss Photogenic award, placing 5th overall. After the pageant, Fan joined TVB and took part in numerous drama series.[1]

Fan suffered from sudden hair loss for four years from 1991 to 1994.[2] Later in 1996, she left TVB for Mainland China, where she was cast in the movie Tai Chi Master on the same year. She would often return to Hong Kong due to her frequent hospitalisation and also that the living environment in China was average. She joined ATV from 2007 to November 2009 before focusing her acting career in China again. She returned to work in TVB in March 2012. In 2022 she was one of the 12 contestants and the winner of the second season of TVB's Variety Show: Dub of War.

Personal life edit

She currently lives with her two pomeranian dogs, Kuma and Hana in Hong Kong. In 2013, she was appointed by close friend and veteran actor Gordon Liu as his new legal guardian of his assets and Fan assisted Liu with managing his affairs as he has physical limitations on his health issues.[3]

Filmography edit

Television edit

Variety Show edit

Films edit

  • All About Love (2010)
  • I Love Hong Kong 2013 (2013)
  • Office (2015)

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Dubbing edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Miss Hong Kong Now & Then". www.misshongkongpageant.com. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  2. ^ "The bald and the beautiful - a gal's spot of bother". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  3. ^ "Amy Fan Received No Financial Benefits in Being Gordon Liu's Guardian". JayneStars.com. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  4. ^ Charles, John (2009). The Hong Kong Filmography, 1977–1997: A Reference Guide to 1,100 Films Produced by British Hong Kong Studios. McFarland. p. 333.
  5. ^ Amy Fan at hkmdb.com
  6. ^ Amy Fan at chinesemov.com
  7. ^ "【娛樂熱話】 《好聲好戲》第二屆畢業作品《蜘蛛俠:不戰無歸》 畢業藝員聲演荷里活猛片". tvbweekly.com. Retrieved 2022-10-23.