Anita Chui
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Anita Chui | |
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崔碧珈 | |
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| Born | May 27, 1988 Hong Kong |
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| Years active | 2014–present |
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| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
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| Instruments | Piano |
| Website | www.instagram.com/AnitaChui |
Anita Chui (Chinese: 崔碧珈) is a Hong Kong-born actress and singer. Chui has acted in both local and international films, and is the author of two books. Her debut single, Get it Right, was released in 2022.
Early life
[edit]Chui was born into a middle-class family in Hong Kong.[1] She began study using the Kumon Method at the age of five, focusing on English and mathematics.[citation needed] Chui started piano lessons at the age of three, passing her Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) Grade 8 exam when she was 13.[citation needed] Her parents divorced when she was around 18.[citation needed]
Education
[edit]Chui completed her primary education at the York International Kindergarten and York English Primary School in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.[2] For her secondary education, she was assigned to the Pentecostal School in Ho Man Tin, Hong Kong.[citation needed]
Chui was active in various sports and performing arts at school. During her time at secondary school, she represented the Pentecostal School in the English poetry competition at the Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival.[citation needed] Chui was a soprano in the school's choir and a member of the school volleyball team.[citation needed]
Chui's parents sent her to the United Kingdom for further study after her secondary schooling. While in the United Kingdom, she received a bachelor's degree in accounting and marketing from the University of Central Lancashire.[citation needed] Chui started a master's degree course in business administration at the University of Sheffield but dropped out after her first year.[citation needed] During her time at the University of Sheffield, Chui represented the university as part of their cheerleading team.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]Acting
[edit]During the second year of her master's degree, Chui met Paco re Wong, the manager of Sun Entertainment Culture, during her term-break in Hong Kong.[citation needed] After the meeting, she decided to abandon her master's degree and stay in Hong Kong to sign a five-year acting contract with Sun Entertainment Culture.[citation needed] In the same year, Sun Entertainment Culture arranged for Chui to receive acting tuition; some of her tutors included Jim Chim Sui-man and Kearen Pang.[citation needed]
Chui began her acting career in Hong Kong: from 2012 to 2017, she participated in over 20 local Hong Kong films.[citation needed] In February 2014, Chui was cast in Special Female Force by the director Wilson Chin Kwok-Wai.[citation needed] This was her first lead role in a film. Special Female Force was filmed in Malaysia from April 2014 to July 2014 and was released in the summer of 2016.[citation needed]
In 2016, Chui published a photo book: Sweat Anita.[citation needed] The photo book was shot in Hong Kong and Macau by Ronald Lam and took seven days to complete.[citation needed]
After a discussion with Paco re Wong in 2017, Chui left Sun Entertainment Culture to study acting and film production at the Met Film School, London.[citation needed] At the same time, she recruited her own team to manage her artistic career, forming the Golden Shadow Entertainment company.[citation needed]
On 9 May 2018, Chui was invited by Sasha Waseem, a Fashion TV journalist, to attend the red carpet for a screening of Sorry Angel at the 71st Cannes Film Festival.[citation needed] She attended with the actress Patricia Gloria Contreras, wearing a gown from the designer Christophe Guillarmé.[citation needed] At Cannes, Chui met Charles Guérin Surville, a French director. Chui and Surville decided to produce a film together called Follia.[citation needed] Filming took place in Italy and France until May 2019.[citation needed] Following the film's completion, Chui was invited by Caroline Scheufele, co-president of Chopard, to attend the red carpet at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival closing ceremony.[citation needed]
During her time in Europe, Chui worked on writing her second book, Anita's Keto Diet, which is about the ketogenic diet.[citation needed] Writing the book took her three months; a seven-day photo shoot for the book was then taken in Tokyo, Japan.[citation needed] The book was launched in July 2019 in Hong Kong and was published in several Asian countries.[citation needed]
From December 2019 to March 2020, Chui went to Los Angeles, United States, to audition for a Hollywood action movie.[ambiguous] She received a supporting role.[citation needed] For the film, Chui began to receive movie stunt training from Tim Storms.[citation needed] At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, production was postponed due to lockdown.[citation needed] During the pandemic, Chui went back to Hong Kong.
In 2021, the British-Chinese producer and director Bizhan Tong cast Chui in the film Lockdown. The entire film was filmed separately in United States, United Kingdom, Italy and Hong Kong. Chui filmed her part at an indoor ATV studio in Hong Kong.
In 2022, Chui became a star and director for Follia, a French movie which stemmed from the projected that started in 2018.
Music
[edit]During the COVID-19 pandemic, Chui took vocal tutoring in Hong Kong with Christine Samson, Clayton Cheung and Jessica Lam.[citation needed] She also took pop piano lessons with John Weiffenbach at the New Wave Music, and dance classes at the Ones To Watch Dance Company.[citation needed] Chui also received training on her British and American accents over Zoom with Tara Chiusano.[citation needed]
In January 2022, Chui signed a ten-year contract with Honger Music Venture during the company's 15th anniversary. Her debut song, Get It Right, was officially released on 14 June 2022 during press conference at the Kowloon Shangri-La hotel ballroom.[3]
Filmography
[edit]TV programmes
[edit]- I Love HK (2016) – variety show on TVB
- Chest of Tricks (2017) – ViuTV variety show
- 我的家庭醫生3之等價交換 (2018) – on RTHK
Films
[edit]- Lan Kwai Fong 2 (2012)
- Hotel Deluxe (2013)
- SDU: Sex Duties Unit (2013)
- The Best Plan Is No Plan (2013)
- Delete My Love (2014)
- Imprisoned: Survival Guide for Rich and Prodigal (2015)
- Lost in Hong Kong (2015)
- Love Detective (2015)
- From Vegas to Macau III (2016)
- PG Love (2016)
- Robbery (2016)
- Special Female Force (2016)
- L for Love L for Lies (2017)
- Zombiology: Enjoy Yourself Tonight (2017)
- The Cursed (2018)
- Lion Rock (2019)
- Islamophobia (2022)
- 我的前世情人 (2022)
- LOCKDOWN (2022)[4]
- Follia (2022)
Web drama
[edit]- OCTB (2017)
- The Trading Floor (2018)
Adversitements
[edit]- Prince Cake Shop (2013)
- Perfection Wedding Dress (2013)
- Miai Jewelry (2013)
- Reface Clinic (2018)
- The Walnut Shop (2020)[5]
- Durex (2020)
- Biggerfit (2020)
- re:HEALTH (2021)
Discography
[edit]Singles
[edit]- Get it Right (2022)
Publications
[edit]- Sweat Anita (2016)
- Anita Chui Keto Diet (2019)[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Anita Chui (崔碧珈) - Hong Kong-born Actress and Singer". Anita Chui (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "Anita Chui". Hashtag Legend. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "Anita Chui Experienced Racism While in the United States – JayneStars.com". Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ 陳栢宇. "崔碧珈榮升「亞視一姐」 拍ATV製作世界級驚悚片：會多國拍攝！". 香港01. 香港01. Archived from the original on 13 April 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ Beatrice Lau. "紹香園X Biggerfit 首推燕窩柚子月餅". 新假期. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ 繽FUN星網. "【健達人】消脂兼抗衰老！崔碧珈3款減肥飲食法". On.cc. 東網. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2021.