[2014.04.08] ANGEL CHIANG BREAKS THROUGH WITH A PROSTITUTE ROLE

Angel Chiang thanks director Patrick Kong for her first film opportunity
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This year the Hong Kong Film Award Best New Actor nominees had their own uniqueness. Making the jump from television to film, Angel Chiang Ka Man won audience tears with her breakthrough "prostitute" performance. As the only daughter of her family she gave herself a lot of pressure. During the interview she even could not hold back her tears. She hoped to give the nomination as a present to her parents so they could be proud of their daughter.

The 33rd Hong Kong Film Award Best New Actor competition is strong. None of the five nominees are ordinary. Mainland model Du Juan tried her luck in the film industry and immediately received director Peter Chan Ho Sun's assistance to make a big film and at the same time received a Best Supporting Actress nomination. Mainland star Lin Gengxin earlier rose with fame with a television series SCARLET HEART. Among Hong Kong representatives are stage actor Babyjohn Choi Hong Yik and Chiang Ka Man who has been on television for years. Babyjohn played a Tai Chi master that even Best Actor Chow Yun Fat praised and had quite a chance to win! The final nominee was a new comer from Malaysia Fish Liew.

Angel in her nominated film A SECRET BETWEEN US (DAI YUT CHI BUT SI NEI) sold herself as an "escort" to save her mother, fractured her relationship with her first boyfriend. The story was as old as time, but Angel dropped her innocent girl image and her sincere performance successfully moved viewers.

For her first film role she was lucky enough to star in a lead role and receive a nomination, Angel said that she was happy like she was in a dream. She said that she still had a lot of room for improvement and was not too confident about winning. "The competition is very strong. I am already very happy with the nomination. Watching my performance again I would give it 60 or 70 points. Earlier perhaps no one would feel I could play it. I am very happy that the director (Patrick Kong) gave me the chance." Speaking of the sexy and intimate scenes in the film, she stated that it was already her bottom line. "Sexy isn't right for me, I want to play characters with different personalities. I hope to continue to have movies to make!"

The 24 year old Angel has worked at TVB for seven years, until she played the "young Charmaine Sheh Si Man" in the series WHEN HEAVEN BURNS (TIN YU DEI) and the situation comedy COME HOME LOVE (OI WUI GA) her fame began to rise. As the only daughter of her family she said that she gave herself a lot of pressure. Speaking of her family, Angel could not hold back her tears. She choked up as she said, "In school my grades were the best, as a new comer I wasn't getting paid much. I didn't have much for my parents to be proud of. This time with the nomination I seemed to have given them a gift. As the solo daughter I have a sense of duty, I hope that one day I can make money to give them a better life and make my family proud of me. My family is very supportive of every character I play, for which I am very appreciative! My parents are getting old, I don't want them to suffer. I would rather suffer more myself."

The 33rd Hong Kong Film Award Best New Actor Nominees
Du Juan (AMERICAN DREAMS IN CHINA)
Fish Liew (DOOMSDAY PARTY)
Lin Gengxin (YOUNG DETECTIVE DEE AND RISE OF THE SEA DRAGON)
Babyjohn Choi Hong Yik (THE WAY WE DANCE)
Angel Chiang Ka Man (THE SECRET BETWEEN US)