1. Charmaine Sheh Sze-man is a Hong Kong actress and beauty pageant titleholder who placed second runner-up at Miss Hong Kong pageant 1997 and represented her country at Miss International 1997.
15 Facts About Charmaine Sheh
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Charmaine Sheh is best known for her roles in Return of the Cuckoo, War and Beauty, Maidens' Vow, Forensic Heroes II, Beyond the Realm of Conscience, Can't Buy Me Love, When Heaven Burns, Line Walker, Story of Yanxi Palace and The QUEEN of News.
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However, Charmaine Sheh overcame these shortcomings and made her breakthrough in Return of the Cuckoo in 2000, co-starring with Nancy Sit, Julian Cheung and Steven Ma.
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In 2006, Charmaine Sheh became the first TVB actress to win two major awards at the same TVB Anniversary Awards ceremony, clinching the Best Actress Award and My Favourite Female TV Character for her performance in Maidens' Vow.
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Charmaine Sheh became the first to win the Best Actress award three times, in 2006,2014, and 2023.
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Charmaine Sheh was the first Hong Kong television actress to be shortlisted for the semi-finals of the Best Actress category at the 35th International Emmy Awards in 2007.
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Charmaine Sheh returned to the small screen in 2014, playing the undercover cop Ting Siu Ka in Line Walker, earning critical acclaim.
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Charmaine Sheh received eleven awards with her role in Line Walker, including Best Actress and Favourite TV Character at TVB 48th Anniversary Awards, TVB Star Awards Malaysia 2014 and Singapore StarHub TVB Awards 2014, which broke the record of receiving the most awards with a single role in TVB.
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In 2018, Charmaine Sheh was highly praise for her profound portrayal of Hoifa-Nara Shushen in the Chinese period drama Story of Yanxi Palace.
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Charmaine Sheh gained some controversy in 2019 when she was seen liking a post on Instagram related to the support of the 2019 Hong Kong protests.
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In 2020, Charmaine Sheh starred in Winter Begonia as the wife of Cheng Fengtai.
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Charmaine Sheh portrayed Xiao Hunian in the 2020 drama series The Legend of Xiao Chuo.
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In 2023, Charmaine Sheh portrayed the ambitious and scheming anchorwoman Man Wai-sum in The Queen of News, again earning critical acclaim.
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Charmaine Sheh won the TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress, Malaysia's Favourite Actress and Greater Bay Area's Favourite Actress.