Ivana Wong

Biography

Ivana Wong Yuen-chi (Chinese: 王菀之; born 18 June 1979) is a Hong Kong singer, songwriter, and actress. She made her debut in 2005 with the self-titled EP Ivana×Ivana19 May 2005 · EPSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracks1把戏2想飞3一秒感动4心挂挂5我会记得你6原来如此7我真的受伤了8雷电. She is a four-time winner of the Ultimate Song Chart Awards Singer-songwriter Gold Award, and a three-time Hong Kong Film Awards winner.

Music career

In 2000, she won the 12th CASH Song Writers Quest competition with her song "Just a Misunderstanding" (是個誤會沒甚可悲). In 2005, she signed with Universal Music Hong Kong, and made her debut with the self-titled EP Ivana×Ivana19 May 2005 · EPSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracks1把戏2想飞3一秒感动4心挂挂5我会记得你6原来如此7我真的受伤了8雷电.
In 2011, Ivana wrote and performed the theme song "Missed Address" for Andrew Lau's film A Beautiful Life. It was nominated as Best Original Film Song in a Movie Picture. In 2012, her song (Chinese: 留白; Jyutping: lau4 baak6) achieved the 2012 Golden Song JSG Award (Jade Solid Gold Awards Presentation) and was the only song awarded in all four music award ceremonies in the industry. Her debut concert held in the Hong Kong Coliseum in October 2011, “The Water Lily Concert”, led by three renowned musical directors working with an orchestra of forty-two musicians, was considered unprecedented and phenomenal, and was recognized by all as an “art Show upsurge that overpowers the HK Coliseum”. She then had her second concert held in the Hong Kong Coliseum in May 2014, and her first collaboration concert with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra held in the Concert Hall at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in October 2015, “Fragrance of Music, Ivana Wong x Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra”. Both concerts received immense praise.

Acting career

In 2010, she appeared in the musical stage play Octave, which held nineteen full-house shows, and the music she wrote for this drama was nominated for The Best Original Music Score in a Drama in the 20th Hong Kong Drama Society Award. In 2011, her appearance in the Broadway Musical “I Love You Because” brought her the first nomination for Best Supporting Actress in the 21st Hong Kong Drama Award Presentation.
In 2013, she starred in the comedy television series Inbound Troubles. She made her film debut in the 2014 Lunar New Year movie Golden Chickensss, and was nominated for Best New Performer and Best Supporting Actress at the 34th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2015, going on to win both awards. She was also named Best Newcomer at the 2014 Hong Kong Film Directors’ Guild. She participated in the performance of the stage play "Little HK 4-6" from 2013 to 2017. In May 2018, she formed “Lungg” together with Michael Ning and Yeung Wai Leun (Lun) for the 21 performances of the "Laboratory". In August 2019, she translated the Broadway romantic music comedy "First Date". Ivana Wong is the initiator of this play.
In 2022, she portrayed Josephine in the comedy film Table for Six, earning critical praise. She won Best Supporting Actress for the second time at the 41st Hong Kong Film Awards.

Acting awards & nominations

2011 -The 20th Hong Kong Drama Awards – Best Original Music (Drama “Octave”) (Nomination)
2012 -The 21st Hong Kong Drama Awards – Best Supporting Actress (Drama “I Love You Because”)(Nomination)
2012 -The 31st Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Original Film Song (Movie “A Beautiful Life”)(Nomination)
2015 -The 9th Asian Film Awards – Best Newcomer (Movie “Golden Chicken SSS”) (Nomination)
2015 -The 34th Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Supporting Actress (Movie “Golden Chicken SSS”)
2015 -The 34th Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Newcomer (Movie “Golden Chicken SSS”)
2015 -Hong Kong Film Directors’ Guild – Best Newcomer (Movie “Golden Chicken SSS”)
2015 -The 15th Chinese Film Media Awards – Most Outstanding Performance Award (Movie “Golden Chicken SSS”)
2015 -Singapore Asian Television Award – Best Actress in Comedy (TVB Drama “Come On Cousin”)
2015 -The 34th Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Newcomer (Movie “Delete My Love”) (Nomination)
2015 -The 34th Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Newcomer (Movie “Break Up 100”) (Nomination)
2015 -The 34th Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Original Film Song (Movie “Break Up 100”)(Nomination)
2019 -The 29th Hong Kong Drama Awards – Best Actress (Drama “First Date”) (Nomination)
2023 -The 41st Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Supporting Actress (Movie “Table for Six”)
2023 -The 41st Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Original Film Song (Movie “Table for Six”) (Nomination)

Concerts / musical dramas / dramas

2006 July -Ivana Wong x Hins Cheung 903 Music is Live Concert – HK
2006 December -Ivana Wong x Khalil Fong Moov Live Concert – HK
2007 January -TVB Live House Concert – HK
2007 March -Ivana Wong x Hins Cheung Charity Concert – Macau
2007 December -“You're My True Love” Concert – Taipei, Taiwan
2008 July -903 Music is Live Concert – EMAX Rotunda 2, HK
2008 September -“I Am From Mars” Concert – Star Hall HITEC, HK (2 shows)
2008 October -Moov Live Music Concert – Fringe Club, HK
2009 February -Caring For Children Foundation 15th Anniversary Music Concert – City Hall, HK
2009 November -Asianwave Concert – Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, CAN
2009 December -Moov Ivana Wong Little Reunion Live Concert – Y Theatre, Youth Square, HK
2010 July -W Creation x East Asia Musical Drama “Octave” – Lyric Theatre, HKAPA, HK (19 shows)
2010 November -Ivana Wong x Khalil Fong x SodaGreen 903 Music is Live Concert – Hall 5BC, HKCEC, HK
2011 May -Windmill Grass Theatre Musical Drama “I Love You Because” – Shouson Theatre, Arts Centre, HK (14 shows)
2011 October -Ivana Wong “Water．Lily” Concert 2011 – HK Coliseum, HK (2 shows)
2012 March -Windmill Grass Theatre Musical Drama “I Love You Because” – Lyric Theatre, HKAPA, HK (11 shows)
2012 May -Strawberry Festival, Love Stage, Beijing, China
2012 May -Strawberry Festival, Love Stage, Shanghai, China
2012 October -Strawberry Festival, Main Stage, ZhenJiang, Shanghai, China
2012 November -Moov Idol Café Mini Live Concert – HK
2012 December -Ivana Wong x McDull x Hong Kong Sinfonietta “A Sentimental Little Christmas” – Concert Hall, City Hall, HK (4 shows)
2013 April -Strawberry Festival, Main Stage, Shanghai, China
2013 May -Strawberry Festival, Main Stage, Beijing, China
2013 May -Ivana Wong x Fiona Sit x Kary Ng x Eman Lam 903 Music is Live Concert – Hall 5BC, HKCEC, HK
2013 June -W Creation x Windmill Grass Theatre Drama “Little HK 4” – Kwai Tsing Theatre, HK (14 shows)
2013 September -Inbound Troubles in Genting Concert – Arena of Stars, Resorts World Genting, MY
2014 January -Brand's mini concert – Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, Guangzhou, China
2014 May -Ivana Wong Concert 2014 – HK Coliseum, HK
2015 Jan -Ivana Wong Music Live Concert – Xinghai Concert Hall, Guangzhou, China
2015 July -W Creation x Windmill Grass Theatre Drama “Little HK 5” – Lyric Theatre, HKAPA, HK (21 shows)
2015 August -Ivana Wong Music Live Concert – Shenzhen Gymnasium, Shenzhen, China
2015 October -Ivana Wong Fragrance of Music with Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra – Concert Hall, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, HK (3 shows)
2015 November -Ivana Wong x Hins Cheung 903 Music is Live Concert – Hall 5BC, HKCEC, HK
2015 December -Ivana Wong x Louis Cheung Live Concert – Reno Ballroom, Reno Casino, Nevada, USA
2016 June -Kearen Pang Production x Media Asia Drama “45 mins Soulmate” – Lyric Theatre, HKAPA, HK (10 shows)
2017 February -Ivana Wong x Hins Cheung “The Magical Teeter Totter” Concert 2017 – HK Coliseum, HK (4 shows)
2017 July -W Creation x Windmill Grass Theatre x Media Asia Drama “Little HK 6” – Lyric Theatre, HKAPA, HK (21 shows)
2017 October - Ivana Wong x Hins Cheung “The Magical Teeter Totter” Concert 2017 – Macau
2018 January -Ivana Wong X MOOV 《Happiness is...》Concert – Macpherson Stadium
2018 May -Lungg “Laboratory” – HK Arts Centre (21 shows)
2018 August -Ivana Wong “Northern Lights in Shimokitazawa” Concert - Macpherson Stadium ( 2 shows)
2018 September -Dave Wang X Ivana Wong Live Concert – Thunder Vallery Casino Resort, California
2018 November -Ivana Wong Concert – Casino Rama, Canada Toronto
2019 May -Ivana Music Limited “First Date” - LyricTheatre, HKAPA, HK (13 shows)

Commercial

2005 -Trend Coffee and Food Limited
2005 -Symantec Norton Save & Restore Software
2006 -Vita “Tsing Sum Zhan” Fruity Range
2006 -Motorola A732
2007 -Estee Lauder
2007 -Vita “Tsing Sum Zhan”
2007 -Mirinda (China)
2007-2008 -Parsons Music
2008 -Reenex
2010 -Parsons Music
2011 -Reenex
2011 -Lactacyd Feminine Hygiene Products
2011 -Converse Jack Purcell Smile Campaign
2012-2014 -Carrera Polygon Homes (Vancouver, Canada)
2013 -Giordano x Hong Kong Designers “Pass the Torch, Play it Forward” Series
2013 -The Body Shop “Tea Tree Generation” Campaign
2013-2014 -Reenex
2013-2015 -Hung Fook Tong
2014 -Longchamp 20th Anniversary Iconic Bag
2014-2015 -Cadbury GLOW
2015-2016 -TSL Jewellery Finger Language Campaign
2015-2016 -Pricerite
2015-2016 -Guerlain Makeup and Fragrance
2015-2016 -Brand's Essence of Chicken with TangKwei
2015-2016 -L’OCCITANE en Provence Reine Blanche Whitening promotion campaign
2016 -IITTALA “Bird and the City 2016” Campaign
2016 -Swarovski Christmas Campaign
2016 -Vidal Sassoon Academy
2016 -nextjourney.com.hk
2016 -Ngong Ping 360 Summer Campaign
2016 -Pizza Hut American Chunky BBQ Pizza
2016-2017 -Lion Top Laundry Powder
2016-2018 -AIA Vitality Campaign
2016-2018 -Nutriworks Flexi-Patch
2017 -Citibank Citi Jetco Pay App
2017-2018 -Fuze Tea
2018 -OLAY Online
2018 -Onitsuka Tiger Flagship store opening
2018 -Maltesers online
2018 -Mcdonalds online
2020 -AZ Severe Asthma Education Campaign
2020 -MPF- Direct your retirement Life

Charity ambassador

2008-2010 -Orbis Student Ambassador
2010 -Oxfam Ambassador
2011 -Organic Day Ambassador
2012 -World Vision 30-Hour Famine Ambassador
2012 -Kiehl's Gives Event Ambassador
2012-2013 -Hong Kong Government Notifications Mobile Apps Ambassador
2012-2014 -Oxfam Unwrapped Ambassador
2013 -Concert in the Dark
2013 -Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service Ambassador
2013-2014 -Grand Parents Day Ambassador
2014 -Pink Dessert Ambassador
2014-2016 -Green Power 5-Min Shower Campaign Ambassador
2015 -Breast Cancer Foundation Promotion Ambassador
2015 -Staunton ”Play Me, I'm Yours” Street Piano Campaign
2016 -Tiffany & Co. Holiday Charity Campaign
2017 -Hong Kong Tourism Board “Old Town Central” Campaign
2018 -JCI Hong Kong Ambassador
2018 -Staunton Smart Fashion Runway
2018-2023 -World Vision (China) “End Violence Against Children” Campaign