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Elaine Yiu

Yiu in 2024

Born

Yiu Wai Ling

21 November 1980 (age 44)

British Hong Kong

Alma mater

RMIT University

Occupation(s)

Actress, television host

Years active

2002 – present

Notable work

Raising the Bar
Captain of Destiny
The Unholy Alliance

Partner

Cheng Tsz Bon (2015–2018)

Awards

TVB Anniversary Awards – Best Supporting Actress
2015 Captain of Destiny

TVB Star Awards Malaysia – Favourite Supporting Actress
2015 Raising the Bar
2017 The Unholy Alliance

Chinese name

Traditional Chinese

姚子羚

Simplified Chinese

姚子羚

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Ráo Zǐlíng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	yiu3 Zi2 Ling4

Elaine Yiu (born 21 November 1980 in British Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong actress and television host contracted to TVB.

Career

Elaine Yiu entered the entertainment industry after winning the TVB8 Presentator Contest in 2002, subsequently signing a management and filming contract with TVB. From 2002 to 2004, Yiu hosted Mandarin-language television programmes for TVB8. Yiu's acting debut was in the 2003 teen drama Hearts of Fencing, portraying the nerdy girl Man Man.

At the 2015 TVB Star Awards Malaysia, Yiu earned the Favourite TVB Supporting Actress and Favourite TVB Drama Character awards with her role as Vivian Cheung Wai-man (張慧芸) in the legal drama Raising the Bar (四個女仔三個BAR). Yiu's red-hot winning streak continued two weeks later in Hong Kong when she won the "Best Supporting Actress" award at the 2015 TVB Anniversary Awards with her role as Imperial Consort Yim (炎貴妃) in the ancient drama Captain of Destiny (張保仔).

In 2017, Yiu won the TVB Star Awards Malaysia for Favourite TVB Supporting Actress award again with her role in the 2017 action drama The Unholy Alliance (同盟) as Kate Wai Yee-yiu (韋以柔), which was her second win in the category.

In 2021, with her role as Anson Lui Kin (雷堅) in the drama The Ringmaster (拳王), Yiu was placed among the top 5 nominees for the Best Actress at the 2021 TVB Anniversary Awards.

Personal life

Elaine Yiu attended RMIT University and majored in computer science.

She has a sister, Sandy Yiu, who works in Now TV (Hong Kong) as a news presenter.^[1]

Yiu is best friends with Myolie Wu, Nancy Wu, Paisley Wu, Mandy Wong and Selena Lee. They had formed the friendship group “胡說八道會” and had filmed a travel show together.^[2]

Due to their common interest in long-distance running, Yiu along with Benjamin Yuen, Joel Chan, Brian Tse, Jack Wu, Nancy Wu, Paisley Wu, Selena Lee and Mandy Wong formed the group “Crazy Runner”.^[3]

Filmography

Television dramas
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Hearts of Fencing	"Man Man" Lam Suet-man	Major Supporting Role
2004	Sunshine Heartbeat	"Man Man" Lam Suet-man	Guest Appearance
2004	To Catch the Uncatchable	Bebe Lai Siu-man	Ep. 3-6
2005	Revolving Doors of Vengeance	Chloe Cheng Ho-yi	Major Supporting Role
2006	Always Ready	Cally Ko Ho-oi	Major Supporting Role
	Safe Guards	Lee Cheung-fung	1st Female Lead
	Maidens' Vow	Lily Cheung Lei	Supporting Role
2007	The Ultimate Crime Fighter	Maria Keung Nga-chui	Supporting Role
2008	The Gentle Crackdown II	Tong Shui	Supporting Role
	The Seventh Day	Jade Yeung Hau-yi	Major Supporting Role
	A Journey Called Life	Hana Cheung Hoi-na	Supporting Role
	Speech of Silence	Kary Chai Ka-yi	Major Supporting Role
	Last One Standing	Mandy Tong Hoi-man	Major Supporting Role
2009	Burning Flame III	Minnie Cheuk Man	Major Supporting Role
2010	In the Eye of the Beholder	Shek Lau	Major Supporting Role
	Ghost Writer	Lau Sum-yin	Supporting Role
	When Lanes Merge	Vivian Cho Mei-wai	Major Supporting Role
	Beauty Knows No Pain	Pinky Wong	Guest Appearance (Ep. 20)
	Can't Buy Me Love	Chor Kiu	Cameo (Ep. 15)
	Some Day	Ivy Leng Mei-sze	Cameo
2011	Only You	"KaKa" Erica	Ep. 27–30
	Face To Fate	Ng Mao-dan	Supporting Role
	The Life and Times of a Sentinel	Man Kwan (Imperial Noble Consort)	Major Supporting Role
2011–12	Bottled Passion	Ko Yee-kiu	Major Supporting Role
2012	King Maker	Tung Yuk-kiu	Major Supporting Role
2012–13	Missing You	young Hui Yuk-mui	Guest Appearance
2013	Sergeant Tabloid	So Sing-pui	Ep. 19–21 Warehoused; released overseas April 2012
	Slow Boat Home	So Fung-nei / To Fung-nei	Supporting Role
	A Change of Heart	Yip Wing Yan	Supporting Role
2014	Outbound Love	Hong Yi-kiu	Major Supporting Role
	Swipe Tap Love	Emma Choi Yin	Major Supporting Role
	Shades of Life	Tung Oi-tung	1st Female Lead
	Rear Mirror	Mui Man-yi	Supporting Role
2015	Raising the Bar	Vivian Cheung	Major Supporting Role
	Come Home Love	Hoi Ning	Guest Appearance
	Every Step You Take	Yuen Yuen	Major Supporting Role
	Captain of Destiny	Imperial Consort Yim / So Fung-nei	Major Supporting Role
	Angel In-the-Making	Sylvia To Sin-fa	Major Supporting Role
2015–16	The Executioner	Yuen So-sam	Major Supporting Role
2016	ICAC Investigators 2016	Wendy Li	Supporting Role
2017	The Unholy Alliance	Kate Wai Yi-yau	Major Supporting Role
2017	The Tofu War	Celine Kei Hiu-ying	Major Supporting Role
2018	Succession War	Chang Mei	Major Supporting Role
2019	Justice Bao: The First Year	Kei Lim-lim	2nd Female Lead
2020	Of Greed and Ants	Shui Man-ching	1st Female Lead
2021	The Runner	Carrie Ho Ka-yan	1st Female Lead
	The Ringmaster	Anson Lui Kin	1st Female Lead
	Flying Tiger 3	Tao Yi-ying	Major Supporting Role
2022	The Righteous Fists	Kam Fuk-mui	Major Supporting Role
2023	Night Beauties	Michelle Shek Wai-king	2nd Female Lead
2024	Justice Sung Begins	Bak Ling-lung	1st Female Lead
2024	No Room For Crime	Lam Suet-Yee	Major Supporting Role

Films

I Love Hong Kong (2011)

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Awards

Year	Award Ceremony	Category	Drama / Role	Results
2015	TVB Star Awards Malaysia	Favourite TVB Supporting Actress	Raising the Bar as Vivian Cheung Wai-wan	Won
	TVB Star Awards Malaysia	Top 16 Favourite TVB Drama Characters	Raising the Bar as Vivian Cheung Wai-wan	Won
	TVB Anniversary Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Captain of Destiny as Imperial Consort Yim	Won
2017	StarHub TVB Awards	My Favourite TVB Female TV Character	The Unholy Alliance as Kate Wai Yee-yau	Won
2017	TVB Star Awards Malaysia	Favourite TVB Supporting Actress	The Unholy Alliance as Kate Wai Yee-yau	Won

References

^ "【多圖】姚子羚妹妹饒慧珊係新聞主播同家姐一樣有台灣優良基因". 29 July 2018.
^ "胡說八道會齊齊去旅行！胡定欣充當閨密攝影師" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2017-09-08.
^ "Crazy Runner拜年團一對對甜蜜放閃" (in Chinese). 2018-02-24.
^ Elaine Yiu at hkmdb.com
^ Elaine Yiu at chinesemov.com

External links

TVB Anniversary Award for Best Supporting Actress

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Sheren Tang (2004)
Angela Tong (2005)
Shirley Yeung (2006)
Fala Chen (2007)
Tavia Yeung (2008)
Susan Tse (2009)
Fala Chen (2010)
Sharon Chan (2011)
Nancy Wu (2012)
Elena Kong (2013)
Josie Ho (2014)
Elaine Yiu (2015)
Katy Kung (2016)
Rebecca Zhu (2017)
Mandy Lam (2018)
Candice Chiu (2019)
Winki Lai (2020)
Yoyo Chen (2021)
Angel Chiang (2022)
Samantha Ko (2023)

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