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Chinese name 黎姿 (Traditional)
Chinese name 黎姿 (Simplified)
Pinyin Li2 Zi1 (Mandarin)
Jyutping Lai4 Zi1 (Cantonese)
Ancestry Xinhui, Guangdong
Born 1 October 1971 (1971-10-01) (age 38)
Hong Kong
Occupation Actress, singer
Genre(s) Cantopop
Voice type(s) Soprano

Years active 1985-2009

Biography

She is the granddaughter of Mr. Lai Man-Wai, who was a key figure of the first generation filmmakers, and has been referred to as “Father of Hong Kong Cinema”. Gigi’s father was born deaf and when her family went bankrupt, she entered the entertainment industry at the age of 14 to earn money to support the whole family.

Gigi is very well known for her beautiful image and her love of beauty, the Hong Kong media has given her the nickname “Goddess of Beauty” (愛美神). In the past, Gigi would turn down roles if they affected her appearance on screen. However, later in her career, Gigi had overcome her self-claimed “superficial and childish image” and began to embrace many critically acclaimed roles. She has since won a Best Actress award.

After entering the entertainment industry, Gigi first started out as a singer, she released many albums during the 1990s, in both Cantonese and Mandarin. Gigi has made several box office hits, especially for her role as the innocent and stuttering “Smartie” in the popular Young and Dangerous movie series.

She won the TVB’s Most Popular Actress Award in 2004 defeating the hot favourite Sheren Tang. She portrayed a scheming and conniving concubine in the hit series “War and Beauty”. Gigi has since become very popular with fans from Hong Kong and mainland China and many overseas countries.

At the premiere event of The Gem of Life, Gigi made a surprise announcement that she will be retiring from showbiz so that she can concentrate on looking after her brother’s business after he was seriously injured in a car accident in 2007
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