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Chinese name
  
譚凱琪 (traditional)

Pinyin
  
Tán Kǎi Qí (Mandarin)

Height
  
1.65 m

Ancestry
  
Kaiping

Genres
  
Chinese name
  
谭凯琪 (simplified)

Origin
  
Label
  
Rojam

Movies
  
Apokalips X


Jyutping
  
Taam Hoi Kei (Cantonese)

Born
  
10 October 1981 (age 35) (
1981-10-10
)

Occupation
  
Singer, Presenter, Actress

Similar
  
Rebecca Zhu, Tracy Chu, Vincent Wong, Stephanie Ho, Moon Lau

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Zoie Tam Hoi-ki (/z-i/) (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.

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Biography

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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.

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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.

Music

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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.

Acting

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Tam made her acting debut in 2002 in a minor role in the low budget film "Troublesome Night 13". She later branched out acting in Japanese, Korean and Hong Kong ATV dramas's. She also served as a variety show presenter for ATV and mainly for cable channel i-CABLE for many years before joining TVB.

In 2013 she signed with Hong Kong's largest and most popular television station Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB). She started participating in variety shows such as "All Things Girl (姊妹淘)", which teaches viewers about fashion, make-up, hair, skincare and health. Tam first acting role with TVB was minor supporting role in the 2014 micro series Shades of Life which depicts Hong Kong society. She first started gaining public recognition in 2016 for her role as "Crystal Lee" in the drama Over Run Over. She made headlines when her character who was sexily dressed had a male actor who was acting alongside her, excited.

References

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