Chung Suet Ying

Summary

Chung Suet Ying (Chinese: 鍾雪瑩; born 17 December 1994) is a Hong Kong actress and lyricist best known for her role in 2021 black comedy film Time, which earned her nominations for Best New Performer and Best Supporting Actress in the 40th Hong Kong Film Awards. She also appeared in the 2024 drama film The Lyricist Wannabe and received nominations for Best Leading Actress and Best Actress in the 60th Golden Horse Awards and 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards respectively.

Chung Suet Ying
鍾雪瑩
Chung in July 2022
Born
Chung Suet Ying

(1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 (age 29)
Education
Occupations
  • Actress
  • Lyricist
Years active2019–present

Biography edit

Chung was born on December 17, 1994, in Hong Kong.[1] She became interested in films and comics when she was young, especially Pixar animated movies and Hong Kong comics.[2] She was motivated to become an actress after watching Japanese actress Fumi Nikaido's films.[3] Chung joined Asian Millionstar 3 [zh], a talent show program hosted by Asia Television, in 2010 when she was 15 years old. She was eliminated in the round of 16.[4] She later attended Hong Kong Baptist University in 2014 and featured as a background actor in Heiward Mak's 2014 romance film Uncertain Relationship Society [zh].[2] However, as her grades in freshman year did not meet the requirements for a film major, she chose to pursue a financial journalism major instead. Nevertheless, her passion for films persisted and she even set her graduation thesis topic related to the development of creative media.[2] She had also attended lyrics writing classes taught by Chow Yiu-fai [zh] during her university years.[1] After graduating with a Bachelor of Communication, she joined Commercial Radio Hong Kong as a production assistant of ILUB [zh]'s program.[2] In 2019, she began to host her own late night program.[4] However, she quitted the job in early 2020 to pursue a longed-for acting career.[2][4] Besides, Chung also started her lyricist career under the pen name "Chung Said" (鍾說) in late 2019 and wrote Jace Chan's "Born to Be Different [zh]", Janice Vidal's "Little Miss Janice" and Joey Hung [zh]'s "Dirty".[5]

Chung landed her first onscreen role in 2019 ViuTV drama series Limited Education [zh] and received public attention.[2][6] Wong Chi-yeung, the director and writer of the series, offered her the role without casting as Chung left him with a deep impression while auditioning for the 2016 drama film Weeds on Fire.[6] In 2021, Chung was cast in lead role in the black comedy film Time [zh]. She portrayed an orphaned schoolgirl who forms an uncanny bonding with a retired assassin.[7] She received nominations for Best New Performer and Best Supporting Actress in the 40th Hong Kong Film Awards with her performance.[8] From 2021 to 2022, she also featured in lead roles in the biographical film Zero to Hero, sports film Life Must Go On [zh] and horror thriller Let It Ghost [zh].[9] In 2024, Chung was cast in the lead and titular role in the drama film The Lyricist Wannabe.[10] She received nominations for Best Leading Actress and Best Actress in the 60th Golden Horse Awards and 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards respectively.[11][12]

Filmography edit

Film edit

Year Title Role Notes
2021 The Way We Keep Dancing [zh] Alan's girlfriend [4]
Time [zh] Wat Tsi Ying (屈紫瑩) [7]
Zero to Hero Giu (嬌) [13]
Anita Anita's fan [14]
2022 The Sparring Partner Cheng Ka-Man (鄭家雯) [15]
Tales from the Occult [zh] Mai Mai (米米) [16]
Life Must Go On [zh] Tsang Nok Fan (曾諾凡) [17]
Let It Ghost [zh] Si Si (思思) [18]
2024 The Lyricist Wannabe Law Wing Sze (羅穎詩) [10]

Television edit

Year Title Role Notes
2019 Limited Education [zh] Bonix Recurring role[6]
2020 Hong Kong Love Stories [zh] Cecili (西西利) Guest role[19]
2021 Generation Slash [zh] Lam Yuen Yuen (林婉婉) Recurring role[20]

Awards and nominations edit

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2022 40th Hong Kong Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Time [zh] Nominated [8]
Best New Performer Nominated
2023 60th Golden Horse Awards Best Leading Actress The Lyricist Wannabe Nominated [11]
2024 30th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award Best Actress Nominated [21]
2023 Hong Kong Screenwriters' Guild Awards Best Movie Character of the Year Nominated [22]
42nd Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actress Nominated [12]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Kong, Cherie (October 21, 2021). "【專訪】由商台 DJ 再潛入電影 萬能少女鍾雪瑩(鍾說):「我想對每一件事負全責,我實在是不想當 SLASH。」" (in Chinese). Ming's. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f 丁喬 (December 11, 2022). "專訪|老是常出現的年輕演員 鍾雪瑩:做個值得留在電影裡的人" (in Chinese). Wavezine. Archived from the original on December 4, 2023. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  3. ^ Tang, Kyle (November 20, 2022). "堅信「不吸引力法則」!專訪本地新生代女演員鍾雪瑩:「就算有一天無人找我拍戲,我在現場做茶水也可以。」" (in Chinese). Vogue. Archived from the original on February 3, 2023. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d "金馬獎2023丨鍾雪瑩首爭影后雖敗猶榮!曾與謝賢合作仲有一猛料身份 15歲參加《亞洲星光大道3》" (in Chinese). Sing Tao Daily. November 25, 2023. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  5. ^ Cheng, Ally (January 20, 2023). "金像獎入圍演員鍾雪瑩aka跳脫填詞人鍾說 施展「分身術」雙棲發展:「有感覺就去做就對了!」" (in Chinese). Cosmopolitan. Archived from the original on March 20, 2023. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
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  7. ^ a b Lee, Edmund (July 14, 2021). "Time movie review: 1960s stars Patrick Tse, Petrina Fung reunite in bittersweet drama on Hong Kong's neglected elderly population". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on December 5, 2023. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  8. ^ a b Lee, Edmund (July 14, 2021). "Time movie review: 1960s stars Patrick Tse, Petrina Fung reunite in bittersweet drama on Hong Kong's neglected elderly population". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on June 4, 2023. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  9. ^ Chow, Jay (December 1, 2022). "「在對世界有所要求之前,先讓自己的生命變豐碩吧。」── 鍾雪瑩" (in Chinese). Imperfect Magazine. Archived from the original on February 14, 2024. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  10. ^ a b "填詞L|首做女一鍾雪瑩融入填詞經歷 成導演黃錡琳不二之選" (in Chinese). am730. January 21, 2024. Archived from the original on February 14, 2024. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  11. ^ a b Lee, Edmund (October 4, 2023). "Golden Horse Awards 2023 nominations: Time Still Turns The Pages, In Broad Daylight lead Hong Kong contenders at Taiwan film event once again shunned by Beijing". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on February 11, 2024. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  12. ^ a b Lee, Edmund (February 7, 2024). "Hong Kong Film Awards 2024 nominations in full: In Broad Daylight leads the race with 16 nods, followed by Time Still Turns the Pages and The Goldfinger". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on February 9, 2024. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  13. ^ "媽媽的神奇小子|胡子彤膠袋笠頭練跑 鍾雪瑩增肥狂隊奶昔甜筒" (in Chinese). Ming Pao. August 10, 2021. Archived from the original on September 23, 2021. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  14. ^ "【金像獎2022】王丹妮+梁仲恆入圍兩大演員獎 與鍾雪瑩+柯煒林+馮皓揚爭最佳新演員" (in Chinese). TOPick. February 16, 2022. Archived from the original on July 10, 2022. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  15. ^ 莫匡堯 (November 16, 2022). "正義迴廊︱九人陪審團來頭大 有新晉導演仲有位三奪劇場最佳女配" (in Chinese). HK01. Archived from the original on March 26, 2023. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  16. ^ "失衡凶間|鍾雪瑩毁容過程大公開 見到自己妝容嚇一跳" (in Chinese). am730. September 13, 2022. Archived from the original on February 14, 2024. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  17. ^ 莫匡堯 (October 6, 2022). "深宵閃避球︱全員齊集無分年代 鄭伊健被追問大爆:洪興冇咗喇!" (in Chinese). HK01. Archived from the original on February 14, 2024. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  18. ^ 許育民 (October 23, 2022). "猛鬼3寶專訪|岑珈其鍾情驚嚇喜劇 鍾雪瑩首選《殭屍先生》" (in Chinese). HK01. Archived from the original on October 31, 2022. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  19. ^ "《香港愛情故事》鍾雪瑩盞鬼演出獲關注 演戲填詞做DJ冇嘢難到佢" (in Chinese). Yahoo! News. December 24, 2020. Archived from the original on April 19, 2022. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  20. ^ 沈洛嘉 (June 18, 2021). "調教你MIRROR|鍾雪瑩被姜濤捉實手兼揉手指 「拍完都驚俾人話」" (in Chinese). HK01. Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  21. ^ "香港電影評論學會丨《但願人長久》吳慷仁奪影帝 《白日之下》余香凝力壓梁雍婷鍾雪瑩封后" (in Chinese). TOPick. January 15, 2024. Archived from the original on February 8, 2024. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  22. ^ "香港電影編劇家協會2023年度最佳電影角色獎入圍名單公布 你最睇好邊個得獎?" (in Chinese). Ming Pao. February 3, 2024. Archived from the original on February 14, 2024. Retrieved February 14, 2024.

External links edit

  • Chung Suet Ying at IMDb