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Winki Lai
賴慰玲
Lai in 2024
Born	(1986-07-08) 8 July 1986 (age 38) British Hong Kong
Nationality	Hong Konger
Occupation(s)	Actress, Television host
Years active	2013 – present
Agent	TVB（2014 – present）
Spouse	Benny Leung ​(m. 2017)​
Children	Marat Leung (son) b. 3 December 2017
Relatives	2 older brothers
Awards	TVB Anniversary Awards – Best Supporting Actress 2020 Al Cappuccino
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	賴慰玲
Simplified Chinese	赖慰玲
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lài Wèi Líng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Lai4 Wei4 Ling2

Winki Lai (Chinese: 賴慰玲; Jyutping: Lai Wai-ling; born 8 July 1986) is a Hong Kong actress and television host. She has been a TVB artiste since 2014.

Early life

Winki Lai was born in Hong Kong. She studied at ELCHK Ma On Shan Lutheran Primary School and Chinese YMCA College. Lai joined the drama club in secondary school. Although she was admitted to the acting department of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in Form 5, she gave up the opportunity to advance to university. It was not until two years later that one of her A-level scores failed and she could not enter her desired degree, Lai officially enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts with Honours in the Performing Department of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. She won the Hong Kong Bank Foundation Hong Kong-Mainland Exchange Scholarship and the Lai Cho-tin Memorial Scholarship during her schooling.

Career

After graduating in 2011, Lai became a stage actress and radio host. In 2013, she was recommended by her teacher Lo Koon-lan from The Academy of Performing Arts to participate in the audition for the TVB drama Never Dance Alone and set foot in the entertainment industry. During the audition, she played the seven characters alone and was finally selected for the role of the teen version of Hui Chun Nei in the drama. During the filming of the play, producer Eric Tsang asked her to help Rachel Lee, who had been unable to enter the play after she had quit the entertainment industry for many years, to analyze the script. After the drama was broadcast, her performance began to impress viewers.

In 2014, when Lai participated in the drama Lord Of Shanghai, well-known veteran actor Anthony Wong highly praised her, naming her Little Ling (Little Carol Cheng). In 2016, she played the role of Yau Ling-mui in the drama Blue Veins, in which her performance was once again praised by netizens. In 2017, she starred in the drama Destination Nowhere, collaborating with Kevin Cheng for the second time.

On 27 July 2018, Lai switched from the TVB basic artiste contract to the manager contract.

In 2020, Lai was highly praised for her performance and couple collaboration with Owen Cheung, in the comedy drama Al Cappuccino, which earned her first nominations for both Best Supporting Actress and Most Popular Female Character at the TVB Anniversary Awards 2020. She eventually won the former award.

As a stage actress, Lai has performed in a number of troupe works and served as the master of ceremonies for the "23rd Hong Kong Drama Awards". In addition, she has hosted Taoist TV programs broadcast by Now TV, such as Dao Tong Tian Di, Road Express, Life Sweet Silk and Healthy Cooking.

Personal life

Lai is good friends with Kandy Wong, Annice Ng, Cheronna Ng, Jeannie Chan, Anjaylia Chan and Venus Wong, whom of all had starred in the drama Never Dance Alone. In 2020, Lai, along with Sisley Choi, Jeannie Chan, Stephanie Ho, Anjaylia Chan and Cheronna Ng, formed the friendship group “SÏXTERS”.

In July 2017, Lai announced her pregnancy via Instagram. In August 2017, she married her stage actor boyfriend of 5 years, Benny Leung. On 3 December 2017, she gave birth to their son, Marat.

Filmography

TV Dramas (TVB)

TV Dramas (Shaw Brothers Pictures)

TV shows

Films

Stage Plays

Radio Programmes

TVC

Songs

TV Drama

• 2014：”Let's Dance” (Never Dance Alone Ending Theme, With Anjaylia Chan, Cheronna Ng, Kandy Wong, Venus Wong & Annice Ng)

Awards and nominations

References

1. "女人俱樂部 M Club 青春舞台－賴慰玲". 無綫電視（TVB） (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-06-14.
2. "賴慰玲 Lai Wai Ling - TVB 藝人資料 - tvb.com". 無綫電視（TVB） (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-06-14.
3. ^ "【專訪】賴慰玲兩度報演藝一擊即中 等待一個衝動與甜蜜男友結婚". 香港01（HK01） (in Chinese). 2017-03-06.
4. ^ "【機場特警】賴慰玲一人分飾七角 備受前輩讚賞 被封為小鄭裕玲！". TopBeauty HK (in Chinese). 2020-04-24.
5. "香港演藝學院年報 2009 - 2010 第124頁". 香港演藝學院（The Hong Kong Academy For Performing Arts）. 2009-06-30.
6. "香港演藝學院年報 2010 - 2011 第105頁". 香港演藝學院. 2011-06-30.
7. "香港演藝學院《戲劇藝術》第二十七期 第79頁" (PDF). 香港演藝學院 (in Chinese). 2014-06-24.
8. "揭7熟女幕後秘料 志偉爆珍妹要新人教戲". 星島日報（Sing Tao Daily） (in Chinese). 2014-04-16.
9. "賴慰玲恨嫁 Ready 生 B". 太陽報（The Sun） (in Chinese). 2014-07-06.
10. "賴慰玲獲秋生封「小鄭裕玲」｜原來教過前輩做戲" (in Chinese). 東方新地（Oriental Sunday）. 2018-05-07.
11. "【機場特警】賴慰玲演技超班被封「小鄭裕玲」教前輩做戲 入行6年被影帝力讚". 晴報（SkyPost） (in Chinese). 2020-04-16.
12. "賴慰玲恨孖秋生合作 陳嘉寶自薦𢱑撈". 東網（ON.CC） (in Chinese). 2016-04-12.
13. "大情大性賴慰玲想挑戰新角色". 東網（ON.CC） (in Chinese). 2016-03-02.
14. 道通天地 -- Winki 賴慰玲 on YouTube
15. 生活甜絲絲 燕麥忌廉包 on YouTube
16. 健康好煮意 韓式炸醬麵 on YouTube
17. "孖姊妹飯敍！陳瀅冇拖拍 網民嗌加油". 東網（ON.CC） (in Chinese). 2018-01-31.
18. "2020 TVB anniversary awards show winner list". 10 January 2021. 38jiejie. 2021-01-10

External links

• Winki Lai on Weibo (in Chinese)
• Winki Lai on Instagram
• Winki Lai on Facebook
• Winki Lai at the Hong Kong Movie Database
• Dramall - 賴慰玲

• 1986 births
• Living people
• TVB actors
• Hong Kong television actresses
• Hong Kong television presenters
• Hong Kong women television presenters
• 21st-century Hong Kong actresses
• Alumni of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts