20 Facts About Stephy Tang

Stephanie Tang Lai-yan is a Hong Kong singer and actress.

Stephy Tang was formerly the leader of the Cantopop group Cookies.

Stephy Tang won the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress in 2017 for her performance in The Empty Hands, and was nominated twice for the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress.

Stephy Tang is a Hakka of Dongguan ancestry, and is able to speak Hakka, Cantonese and Mandarin.

Stephy Tang graduated from Buddhist Sum Heung Lam Memorial College and the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education's Department of Fashion Design.

Stephy Tang represented Hong Kong in volleyball since Form 1 mainly as a left wing spiker or libero, but gave up to pursue a career in the entertainment industry.

Stephy Tang then led Loey to play charity matches against Chinese National Volleyball team, and had trained in Taiwan against secondary school teams in late 2015.

When Stephy Tang started her solo singing career, her record company, EMI, wanted a change to a more grown-up look and style.

Some songs on her first album, Coloring Stephy Tang, had a more mature and soft jazz influence than her previous music in Cookies.

However, the newspapers announced that Dating Stephy Tang has sold over 30,000 in one month, and it was at least Gold certified.

Stephy Tang did a Mandarin version of "Breaking Free" from High School Musical with Anson Hu.

Stephy Tang released her new album The Red Album in November 2008.

In July 2009, Stephy Tang published her first romance novel, Running Alongside Me.

Stephy Tang goes on a cruise and writes about the things she sees and does.

In December 2009, Stephy Tang released her collection of "Greatest Hits" plus "New Songs" songs in a 2CD+ DVD Collection called 'Music Cafe' which includes four new songs, including Running Alongside Me, which served as the same name as her novel.

In 2011, Stephy Tang left her previous record company Gold Typhoon and signed to Neway Star as her new record label.

In 2002, Stephy Tang played the role of Kaka in Nine Girls and a Ghost, which starred the full Cookies team and Edison Chen.

Stephy Tang sang the titular theme song for the film.

In 2020, Stephy Tang starred alongside Zeno Koo, Mirror and Error in ViuTV drama series We are the Littles.

Stephy Tang portrayed Chiang Ka-yu, a veteran volleyball player-turned coach who trained a novice volleyball team to advance through the top league.