Chinese name 吳美珩 Birth name Melissa Wu Mei-hang Pinyin | Chinese name 吴美珩 (simplified) Role Television actress Chinese name 吳美珩 (traditional) Name Melissa Ng | |
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Jyutping Ng4 Mei5-hang4 (Cantonese) Education | ||
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Melissa Ng Mei-hang (born 5 May 1972) is a retired China-born Hong Kong television actress. She had been under contract to the television station TVB since 1996 after coming second in the Miss Chinese International Pageant, retiring from acting in 2007 to start a family. Ng speaks fluent English with an American accent, Cantonese, and Mandarin.
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Family
Ng was born in Guangdong, China, where both her parents were doctors. She and her family immigrated to San Francisco, California, when Ng was nine years old. Ng has two elder sisters and a younger sister. In 2007, Ng revealed that she has been married to a Taiwanese businessman since 2001. They have 2 children.
Acting career
After graduating with a major in international relations and a minor in marketing at San Francisco State University, Ng entered the Hong Kong entertainment industry in 1996, after placing 1st runner up in Miss Chinese International 1996; she was representing San Francisco after she won Miss Chinatown USA in 1992.
However, when years passed, she started playing second female lead, and eventually, she has been playing the first female lead in all her series with positive reviews. Her many series include A Kindred Spirit, The Legend of Lady Yang, Secret of the Heart, Riches and Stitches, A Herbalist Affair, Healing Hands III, Into Thin Air and most recently, La Femme Desperado and Love Guaranteed which received the best and 4th best ratings for TVB series in 2006 respectively.
Pageant career
Ng was crowned Miss Chinatown USA in 1992 after winning the pageant held in San Francisco. She subsequently represented San Francisco at the Miss Chinese International Pageant in 1996. During the finals, Ng participated in an interview segment where she notably challenged Eric Tsang and was ultimately crowned 1st runner-up. Her proficiency in Cantonese and strong communication skills led to a contract with TVB, a major television broadcasting company. Ng later served as one of the emcees for the 2002 Miss Chinese International Pageant.