Jessica Hsuan
Jessica Hester Hsuan (Chinese: 宣萱; pinyin: Xuān Xuān; [IPA: syn hyn]; born 18 August 1972), also known as Suen Huen, is a Hong Kong actress.
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宣萱 | |||||||||||
 Hsuan in 2021 | |||||||||||
| Born | 18 August 1972 | ||||||||||
| Nationality | Hong Kong British | ||||||||||
| Other names | Suen Huen | ||||||||||
| Citizenship | Hong Kong United Kingdom | ||||||||||
| Alma mater | Imperial College London (BSc)[1] | ||||||||||
| Occupation | Actress | ||||||||||
| Years active | 1993—present | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||
| Awards | Ming Pao Anniversary Awards Best Actress in Television 2003 Square Pegs My Most Supportive Performance 2002 Burning Flame II 2003 Square Pegs 2007 The Drive of Life TVB Star Award for Favourite Leading Actress 2017 My Unfair LadyTVB Anniversary Awards – Best Actress 1999 Detective Investigation Files IV My Favourite Television Character 2000 A Matter of Customs 2001 A Step into The Past 2002 Golden Faith 2003 Square Pegs 2004 Lady Fan My Favourite On-Screen Partners (Dramas) 2003 Square Pegs | ||||||||||
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| Chinese | 宣萱 | ||||||||||
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Early life
Hsuan's father gave her the name Jessica, while her mother gave her the middle name Hester. She was educated in Hong Kong at Maryknoll Convent School for primary education and at Pooi To Middle School. She later boarded at Roedean School in Britain.
Hsuan graduated with a bachelor's degree in materials science and engineering from Imperial College London in 1992.[2]
Career
Hsuan started her career in late 1992 and early 1993. Along with Maggie Cheung Ho Yee, Ada Choi, Flora Chan and Kenix Kwok, she was known as one of the top five "Fa Dans" (a term borrowed from Peking Opera for roles depicting young maidens, and used for actresses with high popularity) of TVB from the mid-1990s to mid-2000s. She has collaborated with many TVB leading actors including Louis Koo, Wong He, Chilam Cheung, Nick Cheung, Gallen Lo, Roger Kwok, Sunny Chan, Joe Ma and Bobby Au-yeung. She won the 1999 TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress for her role in Detective Investigation Files IV.
She changed her contract to a "per-series" in late 2006, after it was disclosed that she had not renewed her current contract.
In 2017, Hsuan played a leading role in TVB series My Unfair Lady (Chinese: 不懂撒嬌的女人). She won the My Favorite TVB Actress (also known as Malaysia's TV Queen) at the TVB Star Awards in Malaysia in 2017 for her performance in this series, her first leading actress award since 1999.
Louis Koo's film production company, One Cool Film Production, was able to acquire the rights of the series A Step into the Past in 2015 and adapt to the big screen - Back to the Past. Production for the film officially wrapped on 7 July 2019. Hsuan will play a role in the movie.[3]
Frequently Acting as Hostage in TV Drama and Films
Among the TV drama and films Hsuan starred in, she was frequently "kipnapped" in the stories. This has drawn the attention of internet users in Hong Kong. Occasionally she was known as the "Queen of hostage" (人質王). Nevertheless, she always survived in the end.[4]
Filmography
Awards and nominations
References
- "Jessica Hsuan 宣萱".
- "Jessica Hsuan 宣萱".
- "《尋秦記》電影版預告曝光 古天樂林峯相隔廿年再對決". Sing Tao News. 2021-03-16
- "宣萱18年演無綫劇集被脅持24次 獲封"人質王"". Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
External links
- Jessica Hsuan on Sina Weibo
- Jessica Hester Hsuan at IMDb
- Jessica Hester at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
- Jessica Hsuan's official Instagram page