Flora Chan

Not to be confused with Fala Chen.

Flora Chan Wai-shan (Traditional Chinese:陳慧珊, born May 30, 1970, in Hong Kong), is an American actress active primarily in Hong Kong television and film. Along with Maggie Cheung Ho-yee, Kenix Kwok, Jessica Hsuan, and Ada Choi, she is known as one of the Top 5 "Fa Dans" (term used for actresses with high popularity) of TVB from the mid-1990s to mid-2000s.

Flora Chan
陳慧珊
Born	(1970-05-30) May 30, 1970 British Hong Kong
Alma mater	Boston College
Occupation	Actress
Height	5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Spouses	Wai-ming Chung ​ ​ (m. 1994; div. 2001)​ Mike Ka-hung Chung ​ (m. 2006)​
Children	Mira Lut-yin Chung (Born 2007 September 17)
Awards	TVB Anniversary Awards – Best Actress 2002 Family Man My Favourite Television Character 2002 Family Man 2003 Triumph in the Skies
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	陳慧珊
Simplified Chinese	陈慧珊
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin chen2 hui4 shan1 Yue: Cantonese Jyutping can4 wai3 saan1
Musical career
Origin	Hong Kong
Genres	Cantopop
Instrument	Singing

Biography

Chan was born in Hong Kong, whose father,Walter Chan, was a dance director of Rediffusion Television and mother,Cecilia Harrison, was daughter of a British merchant. Her family emigrated to Boston, United States when she was 5. As a child, she had hoped to become a dancer, but because of an injury when she was a teenager, she was forced to abandon her dreams as a professional dancer. She attended Boston College and earned a degree in communications before returning to Hong Kong in the early 1990s with her then-husband, Chung Wai Ming (鍾偉明). She and her first husband divorced in 2001. Chan married her manager Mike Chung Ka-hung (鍾家鴻) in 2006. The couple have one child.

Rather than getting her start from modelling or a beauty pageant, the Miss Hong Kong Pageant, (香港小姐競選) which provides actresses for HK's television station, TVB, Chan was a reporter for the TVB English Channel, TVB Pearl. In the mid-1990s, television director Teng Dak-Hei asked her to participate in his upcoming series, the fifth installment to the popular TVB drama series, File of Justice.

Chan's performance in this series about young, yuppie lawyers caught the attention of the HK audience, and TVB. She joined as a TVB actress and has since made other series, most notably Untraceable Evidence, playing the calm and collected forensics doctor, "Pauline Lip"; and in Healing Hands, a TVB series known for its cutting edge medical topics. In 2002, Chan won the coveted "Most Favourite TV Actress" award presented annually by TVB. Having already starred in various TVB dramas, she is no longer signed on with TVB as a full-time actress. In November 2006, Chan announced she would be returning to film a TVB serial in February 2007.

Filmography

TV series

Year	Title	Role	Awards	Notes
1997	File of Justice V	Catherine Au Tze Keung
	Untraceable Evidence	Pauline Nip Bo Yin
1998	Healing Hands	Annie Kong Sun Yuet
1999	Untraceable Evidence II	Pauline Nip Bo Yin
	Feminine Masculinity	Christine Fong Sze Ching	TVB Award for My Favourite On-Screen Partners	a.k.a. Mr. Diana
	Sidebeat	Sunnie Kong Bik Ching
	At the Threshold of an Era	Helen Fok Hei Yin
2000	At the Threshold of an Era II	Helen Fok Hei Yin
	Healing Hands II	Annie Kong Sun Yuet
2001	A Taste of Love	Joyce Kiu Fa Chi
2002	A Case of Misadventure	Joey Tai Foon
	Burning Flame II	Michelle Ho Bo Lam
	Family Man	Tracy Ko Pui Yi	TVB Award for My Favourite Actress in a Leading Role TVB Award for My Favourite Television Character
2003	Triumph in the Skies	Isabelle Lok Yi San	TVB Award for My Favourite Television Character
2004	Hard Fate	Tiffany Mok Hei Yee
	To Get Unstuck in Time	Nicole Ko San
2010	Suspects in Love	Cheng Siu-Yan
2014	Never Dance Alone	Diana Yung Daan Daan
2018	Watch Out, Boss	Hazel Lo Choy Lam
2024	Expats	Olivia Chu

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Fatal Maple	Ellen
2001	Love Au Zen	Siu Jing
2002	Dry Wood Fierce Fire	Michelle
2006	Undying Heart		a.k.a. Min Mie
2007	Mad Detective	May Cheung (in Bun's eyes)
2008	Connected	Jeannie

Discography

• Flora Chan (2000)
• 自在 (2001)
• 愛得起 (2002)

External links

• Flora Chan at IMDb
• Flora Chan Wai-Shan at the Hong Kong Movie Database