# Joyce Tang

Joyce Tang Lai-ming (simplified Chinese: 滕丽名; traditional Chinese: 滕麗名; born 20 January 1976, in Hong Kong) is an actress of Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB). She entered the show business via the New Talent Singing Awards in 1995. She is better known to viewers as a tough woman mostly due to her characters in dramas, particularly her role as “Chan Sam Yuen” in Armed Reaction
In 2017, she starred in Come Home Love: Lo and Behold, the longest-running drama show in Hong Kong television history, as Hung Sheung Sin.

## Filmography
### TV series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1995 | A Kindred Spirit | Sharon Leung Ping Suet | |
| 1996 | Mutual Affection | A Hung | Guest star |
| 1996 | Money Just Can't Buy | Carmen Sum Ka Man | |
| 1997 | Old Time Buddy | Chan Yuk Chun | |
| 1997 | Triumph Over Evil | Lung Ching Ching | |
| 1998 | Armed Reaction | Chan Sam Yuen | |
| 1998 | Old Time Buddy: To Catch a Thief | Lina Yiu Lai Na | |
| 1998 | As Sure As Fate | Moyung Fei | |
| 1999 | Detective Investigation Files IV | Wan Chau Yuet | |
| 1999 | The Flying Fox of the Snowy Mountain 1999 | Nip Song Ching | |
| 2000 | A Matter of Customs | Elsa Wan Pui Ling | |
| 2000 | Armed Reaction II | Chan Sam Yuen | Nominated - TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress |
| 2001 | The Heaven Sword & the Dragon Sabre 2000 | Yeung Bat Fui / Gei Hiu Fu | |
| 2001 | A Taste of Love | Sue So Mei | |
| 2001 | A Step into the Past | Sin Yau | Nominated - TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress |
| 2001 | Armed Reaction III | Chan Sam Yuen | Nominated - TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress |
| 2002 | Invisible Journey | Tina Ching Sze Man | Nominated - TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress |
| 2003 | Witness to a Prosecution II | Yong Tan Fong | Nominated - TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress |
| 2003 | The Driving Power | Hung Min | Nominated - TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress |
| 2003 | Ups and Downs in the Sea of Love | Christine Ting Ka Ka | Nominated - TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress |
| 2004 | Summer Heat | Celine Sui Ning | Warehoused and broadcast in 2006 |
| 2004 | Armed Reaction IV | Chan Sam Yuen | Nominated - TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress |
| 2005 | The Prince's Shadow | Empress Gai | Nominated - TVB Anniversary Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2005 | Women on the Run | Bobo Ma Siu Bo | Nominated - TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress |
| 2006 | Below the Lion Rock 2006 | | |
| 2006 | Placebo Cure | Ying Ling San | |
| 2008 | Wars of In-Laws II | Coco Ko Ka Bo | Nominated - TVB Anniversary Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2008 | Wasabi Mon Amour | Bobo Tam Po Po | |
| 2008 | The Money-Maker Recipe | Janet Ku Ka Chun | |
| 2009 | The King of Snooker | Toni Chin To To | |
| 2009 | Just Love II | Cally Ho Sau Sau | Nominated - TVB Anniversary Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2010 | Sisters of Pearl | So Lai-Sheung | |
| 2010 | Beauty Knows No Pain | Bibi Yu Man-yau | Nominated - TVB Anniversary Award for My Favourite Female Character |
| 2011 | Ghetto Justice | Tai Ng-ting | Nominated - TVB Anniversary Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2011-2012 | Til Love Do Us Lie | Mabel Kan Yik Dan | |
| 2012 | L'Escargot | Mandy Lee Man-wah | |
| 2013 | Awfully Lawful | Tina Ku Ka-ting | |
| 2014 | Queen Divas | Kwok Fei-fei | Nominated - TVB Anniversary Award for Best Theme Song |
| 2014 | ICAC Investigators 2014 | Cheung Man Fung | |
| 2015 | My "Spiritual" Ex-Lover | Ying Chun-Fa | |
| 2016 | Presumed Accidents | Jessie Hui Kit-ying | |
| 2016 | House of Spirits | Po Yan | Nominated - TVB Anniversary Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated - TVB Anniversary Award for My Favourite Female Character Nominated - TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Onscreen Partnership |
| 2017-now | Come Home Love: Lo and Behold | Hung Seung Sin | Nominated - TVB Anniversary Award for Best Supporting Actress (2017) Nominated - TVB Anniversary Award for Best Supporting Actress (2018) Nominated - TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress (2020) |
| 2019 | ICAC Investigators 2019 | Flora | |
| 2021 | Armed Reaction 2021 | Sammy Chan Sam Yuen | |

### Films

* Back to the Past (2019)
* 72 Tenants of Prosperity (2010)
* The Untold Story - The Lost World (2002)
* Prison on Fire - Preacher (2002)
* Those Were the Days (1996)
* Lost and Found (1996)

### Host

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2016 | Spirits On Vacation 一屋老友去旅行 | |
| 2017 | Bazaar Carnivals 街市遊樂團 | Nominated - TVB Anniversary Award for Best Host (2017) Nominated - TVB Anniversary Award for Best Host (2018) |

## Personal life

After working together in the series Armed Reaction in 1998, Joyce and Marco Ngai started dating and had a 9-year relationship. At that time, Hong Kong fans and entertainment were waiting for a wedding of the century from a beautiful love story, she suddenly announced her breakup. The reason was that Marco betrayed her and came to a young actress Zhang Lihua. He was turned away by everyone and even affected his career.
Later, Joyce - after the cooperation in the movie Wars of In-Laws II - also dated the talented actor Derek Kok in 2007. But it wasn't long before the media exposed his private life, from which she knew the fact that he had a wife and children that had been hidden for so long. Immediately, Joyce ended her relationship with Derek.
On December 7, 2013, Joyce married businessman Matthew Chu in Thailand after a period of learning and dating through the recommendation of friends. She and her husband decided that they will not have children and lived happily together until later. She also spends more time enjoying life with her husband and friends, so now Joyce only participates in sitcom Come Home Love: Lo and Behold. But unexpectedly, the fame of her character Hung Sheung Sin in the show is welcomed and loved so much. After many ups and downs, Joyce finally had a happy family and a stable career.

## Awards

* Astro Wah Lai Toi Drama Award 2004 (Malaysia)
* Favourite character (1 of 10): Chan Sam Yun (Armed Reaction IV)
* Favourite children's song awards