Miriam Yeung

Miriam Yeung Chin-wah (born 3 February 1974) is a Hong Kong actress and Cantopop diva.

She began her career in entertainment after coming third in the TVB 14th annual New Talent Singing Awards competition in 1995.

She began her career as a singer and actress after coming third in the TVB 14th annual New Talent Singing Awards competition in 1995, co-organised with Capital Artists.

Yeung has released more than 40 albums in Cantonese and Mandarin.

Many of her songs have been mainstream hits and award winners, such as "Maiden's Prayer" (少女的祈禱), "Sisters" (姊妹), "Unfortunately I'm an Aquarius" (可惜我是水瓶座) and "Small City, Big Things" (小城大事).

In 1997, she made her first attempt to write her own lyrics to a song named "The Writing is on the Wall" ("字跡").

She published "Miriam experience of school entry" in 1998, which encompasses short passages about her reflections on life, travel journals, and sharing with friends.

Starting from 1999, Yeung has done a lot of work for charity.

1999 Charity: Participated in World AIDS Campaign “I Care” Party for youth

2000 Charity: Nominated by UNAIDS (the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS) to be the first UNAIDS National Goodwill Ambassador for the HKSAR

2000 Charity: Participated in the 1999 Best Project Awards of the “Youth Action on AIDS Funding Scheme cum Exhibition”; Teen AIDS Walker 2000; Appealed to youth on “Positive Response” VCD and “Positive Response” Day in 2000 World AIDS Campaign

2000–2001 Charity: World Vision 30 Famine Hours Closing Concert (HK)

2001 Anti-Drugs Ambassador for Hong Kong and Macau governments

2001 Charity: Released Charity Stamps for “Action for Smiling (HK)”

She won the Most Popular Artiste Award at Italy's Udine Far East Film Festival in 2002.

Her notable works include Sound of Colors, Drink, Drank, Drunk, Hooked on You, Perfect Wedding, Love in a Puff and Love in the Buff.

2002 Released “Finding Angels,” a book encouraging people to be angels of today’s society

2003 Ambassador for Hong Kong Correctional Services Department’s Educational Fund, Po Leung Kuk Child Sponsoring Programme, Caritas’ “Self-Motivation and Resilience in Academic Adversity” Programme, Honorary Celebrity Ambassador of the “Friends of Tung Wah Donation Programme” for underprivileged children

2003 Honorary Occupational Safety and Health Ambassador, “Dental Health Ambassador”, “Sunny Heart Ambassador” (Mental Health), “Hong Kong Breast Cancer Foundation Ambassador”, “Organ Donation Promotional Ambassador”

2003 Charity: Chinese New Year Giving Warmth and Care Concert (HK)

2003 Charity: 36 Hours Love World Peace Concert (HK)

In 2005, she was elected one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Hong Kong by the Junior Chamber International Hong Kong.

Yeung is also involved in literature and drawing.

In 2005, she was elected as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Hong Kong (TOYP Awards), an award in Hong Kong recognising outstanding societal achievement and contributions

2005 Charity: Various appointments by UNICEF such as: Ambassador of the Hong Kong Committee, Ambassador to the South-East Asia and Asia-Pacific Region and Care Ambassador to promote child development

2005 Charity: Field mission to Shanxi of China to show concern to the HIV/AIDS affected children and families with UNICEF

2005 Charity: “Love without borders Concert” (Hong Kong)

2005 Charity: “Macau Teenage No Drugs Concert” (Macau)

2005 Charity: “McDonald’s World Children’s Day Concert” (Hong Kong)

She also performed a Cantonese version of It's A Small World, at the opening of It's A Small World at the Hong Kong Disneyland theme park in 2008.

As an actress, Yeung has appeared in over 30 films with a total box office of around US$50 million worldwide, and had voice roles in three Korean and Thai movies.

In 2011, Yeung won her first Best Actress award for Perfect Wedding at the 17th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award.

In 2012, Yeung won the Award for Best Actress at the 32nd Hong Kong Film Awards for portraying Cherie Yu in Love in the Buff.

Yeung studied at the Holy Family Canossian College in Kowloon and was a registered nurse at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong.

In 2013 she won another Best Actress award for Love in the Buff at the 32nd Hong Kong Film Awards.

In 2019, Yeung starred as the female lead in TVB drama Wonder Women.

It was her first small screen appearance in 8 years.

She won the Most Popular Female Character award at the 2019 TVB Anniversary Awards along with Selena Lee.

As of 2020, she has released more than 35 albums and has starred in more than 40 films.