Amanda Strang | |
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Strang in 2011 | |
Born | (1980-01-21) January 21, 1980 (age 44) France |
Occupation(s) | Actress, Model, Baker |
Spouse |
Christian Cappelli
(m. 2011; div. 2014) |
Amanda Strang (born January 21, 1980), also known as Amanda S, is a French actress, singer, presenter and former fashion model based in Hong Kong. She appeared in 2001 movie Martial Angels and was a presenter on the food related television show Market Trotter. In 2011 she opened her own French pâtisserie petiteAmanda in Hong Kong.
Biography
Strang was born in 1980 in Tahiti, French Polynesia to a French father and a Taiwanese mother. Being raised in Hong Kong, she moved with her family to India at age nine before starting to model and subsequently entering the film industry. Over the course of eight years she appeared in five different films and became a presenter on the food lifestyle show Market Trotter with food critic Chua Lam. Here she was convinced by Lam to pursue her dream of opening her own bakery. After graduating from the Paris-based culinary school Le Cordon Bleu in 2010 she apprenticed at French bakery Ladurée and the Caprice at the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong. A year later Strang opened her own pâtisserie petiteAmanda in the IFC serving a range of French pastries and desserts.
Filmography
Films
- 2001 — Martial Angels
- 2001 — Final Romance
- 2002 — Beauty and the Breast
- 2007 — Sum seung si sing
- 2008 — A Decade of Love
- 2024 — Customs Frontline
Television shows
Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
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2020 | Beautivels [zh-yue] | Host | HOY TV | EP7-9 |
References
- Chow, Sze (23 July 2014). "ELLE 專訪:Amanda Strang 的美好人生" [Interview with ELLE: The wonderful life of Amanda Strang] (in Chinese). elle.com.hk. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- "Amanda Strang". South China Morning Post. 4 March 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- "Amanda Strang". IWISHUSUN. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- Li, Zoe (10 August 2011). "Former model's Petite Amanda patisserie pulls the crowds". CNN Money. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- "A Moment With … Amanda S of petiteAmanda". Lifestyle Asia. Retrieved 17 November 2017.