Sammi Cheng

Biography

Singer above all, Sammi Cheng thwarted all waitings while becoming one of the most popular actresses of Hong Kong, accumulating successes with the box office with an impressive regularity. Born on August 19, 1972 with HK, Sammi (in the past Twinnie!) in 1988 thanks to its victory in the contest of new talents organized by the T.V.B.. It is made known appears thereafter in a few series TV but concentrates primarily on its career of singer. A paying choice since it quickly becomes one of the stars major of Cantopop. She launches out in the cinema in 1992, appearing with with dimensions of Jacky Cheung for film of action/drame Best Of The Best. Its service is completely correct but the experiment did not have to allure it more than that considering which it will not return on the large screen during 4 years. It is thus into 1996 that Sammi makes its come back movies with Feel 100%. The choice is paying on all the levels: The film is a paperboard and especially, Sau Man defines in it what will become its standard character, that of the romantic young woman, impassioned with a charm very "girl next door". Following this success, Sammi continues in this register but continuous to turn at very weak intervals for a local actress. Its final dedication near the public comes in 2000, with the romantic comedy of Johnnie To, Needing You. Sammi is there however as usual but the freshness of the realization of To, the effective script of Wai Ka Fai and the presence of another super star (Andy Lau) make film an enormous success. The fashion of the romantic comedies is definitively launched and Sammi will continue with surfer above. One can thus see it in honest Summer Holiday, basic Fighting for Love or very local Marry has Rich Man. always Playing the same character, it starts to poke the anger of criticisms and the Western fans which reproach him its lack of talent of actress. Its participations in the other comedies of To, in spite of the few light variations of this standard character, will not improve its coast on this level. But considering each time, its films are commercial successes, the young woman hardly occupies herself any... Still today, Sammi continues its cinematographic career in this vein, making only one light exception with its small role in Infernal Affairs. When the fashion is blown, it is not sure that it manages to be reconverted, or then it will turn over to its speciality: The Song. Many people wish it in all the cases.