Jessica Hsuan

In this Chinese name, the family name is Hsuan.
Jessica Hsuan
Hsuan in 2021
Born (1970-08-18) 18 August 1970 (age 54)[1]
British Hong Kong
NationalityHong Kong
British
Other namesSuen Huen
CitizenshipHong Kong
United Kingdom
Alma materImperial College London (BSc)[2]
OccupationActress
Years active1993—present
AwardsMing Pao Anniversary Awards
Best Actress in Television
2003 Square Pegs
My Most Supportive Performance
2002 Burning Flame II
2003 Square Pegs
2007 The Drive of Life
TVB Star Award for Favourite Leading Actress
2017 My Unfair Lady
TVB Anniversary Awards – Best Actress
1999 Detective Investigation Files IV
My Favourite Television Character
2000 A Matter of Customs
2001 A Step into The Past
2002 Golden Faith
2003 Square Pegs
2004 Lady Fan
My Favourite On-Screen Partners (Dramas)
2003 Square Pegs

Chinese name
Chinese宣萱
Hanyu PinyinXuān Xuān
JyutpingSyun1 Hyun1

Jessica Hester Hsuan ([IPA: syn hyn]; born 18 August 1970), also known as Suen Huen, is a Hong Kong actress.

Early life

Hsuan's father gave her the name Jessica, while her mother gave her the middle name Hester. She was educated in Hong Kong at Maryknoll Convent School for primary education and at Pooi To Middle School. She later boarded at Roedean School in Britain.[3]

Hsuan graduated with a bachelor's degree in materials science and engineering from Imperial College London in 1992.[4]

Career

Hsuan started her career in late 1992 and early 1993. Along with Maggie Cheung Ho Yee, Ada Choi, Flora Chan and Kenix Kwok, she was known as one of the top five "Fa Dans" (a term borrowed from Peking Opera for roles depicting young maidens, and used for actresses with high popularity) of TVB from the mid-1990s to mid-2000s. She has collaborated with many TVB leading actors including Louis Koo, Wong He, Chilam Cheung, Nick Cheung, Gallen Lo, Roger Kwok, Sunny Chan, Joe Ma and Bobby Au-yeung. She won the 1999 TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress for her role in Detective Investigation Files IV.

She changed her contract to a "per-series" in late 2006, after it was disclosed that she had not renewed her current contract.

In 2017, Hsuan played a leading role in TVB series My Unfair Lady (Chinese: 不懂撒嬌的女人). She won the My Favorite TVB Actress (also known as Malaysia's TV Queen) at the TVB Star Awards in Malaysia in 2017 for her performance in this series, her first leading actress award since 1999.

Louis Koo's film production company, One Cool Film Production, was able to acquire the rights of the series A Step into the Past in 2015 and adapt to the big screen - Back to the Past. Production for the film officially wrapped on 7 July 2019. Hsuan will play a role in the movie.[5]

Frequently acting as hostage in television series and films

Among the TV drama and films Hsuan starred in, she was frequently "kidnapped" in the stories. This has drawn the attention of internet users in Hong Kong. Occasionally she was known as the "Queen of hostage" (人質王). Nevertheless, she always survived in the end.[6]

Filmography

Main article: Jessica Hsuan filmography

Awards and nominations

Hsuan is one of the most honored actresses in Hong Kong, with 13 Best Actress awards.

References

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  6. ^ "宣萱18年演無綫劇集被脅持24次 獲封"人質王"". Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Jessica Hsuan addresses fixing rumours at TVB Anniversary Awards". MSN. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  8. ^ "YESASIA: YumCha! - A Decade of Hong Kong Television, 1998-2008". www.yesasia.com. 10 December 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
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  10. ^ vincentloy (21 February 2009). "Winner List of Astro Wah Lai Toi Drama Awards 2008". Vincent Loy's Online Journal. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  11. ^ Begum, Mumtaj (2 February 2016). "Malaysia wins big at the Macau International Movie Festival". Star2.com. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  12. ^ Hsia, Heidi (28 November 2017). "Michael Miu, Jessica Hsuan win TV King & Queen in Malaysia". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  13. ^ "第2屆 觀眾在民間電視大奬2017" (in Chinese). Facebook 2018-01-01