Eliza Sam

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::summary Canadian actress based in Hong Kong (born 1984) ::

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Field	Value
name	Eliza Sam
image	Eliza Sam 2014.jpg
birth_date
birth_place	Vancouver, Canada
education	Kwantlen Polytechnic University
occupation	Actress
years_active	2010–present
spouse
children	2 sons
awards	Miss Chinese Vancouver 2009
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2013 Inbound Troubles, Triumph in the Skies II, Sniper Standoff, The Hippocratic Crush II}}
module	{{Infobox Chinese
t	岑麗香
s	岑丽香
p	Cén Lìxiāng
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| name = Eliza Sam | image = Eliza Sam 2014.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = Vancouver, Canada | education = Kwantlen Polytechnic University | occupation = Actress | years_active = 2010–present | spouse = | children = 2 sons | awards = Miss Chinese Vancouver 2009 Miss Chinese International 2010 | module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes | t = 岑麗香 | s = 岑丽香 | p = Cén Lìxiāng | j = sam4 lai6 hoeng1

Eliza Sam Lai-Heung (; born 17 November 1984) is a Hong Kong actress, formerly under contract in TVB. She won the Miss Chinese Vancouver Pageant in 2009, and went on to win the 2010 Miss Chinese International Pageant.

After winning the Miss Chinese Vancouver title 2010, Sam was involved supporting organizations such as the Canadian Cancer Society and S.U.C.C.E.S.S. She won the World Chinese Entrepreneur Scholarship in January 2010, hosted by The 4th World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention, Canada Founding & Development Society.{{cite web |publisher=fairchild television |script-title=zh:國際華姐冠軍岑麗香 瞄準影壇 |url=http://www.fairchildtv.com/event/MCIP2010.php |language=zh |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221024814/http://fairchildtv.com/event/MCIP2010.php |archive-date=21 December 2010

Biography

Early life

Sam's family are Hoa, with parents of Chinese descent from Vietnam, and grandparents from Guangdong and Fujian. She was born and raised in Vancouver, Canada. Sam had also stated publicly that she is a Christian.

Sam graduated from Surrey's Kwantlen Polytechnic University in 2010, with a bachelor's degree in Business as well as a diploma in Marketing Management and a diploma in Fashion Design and Technology. She was an English teacher prior to participating in Miss Chinese International.

Career

After winning the Vancouver pageant, Sam represented Vancouver in the Miss Chinese International Pageant 2010 organized by TVB. During her final speech (which was to void points from the previous performance segments), Sam talked about her Cantonese being weak, and thus spending one year to practice and improve her Cantonese. She won the competition under the new voting system. Later, she signed with TVB. With her role in the 2012 drama Divas in Distress, Sam rose to popularity and got her nickname "Princess Heung Heung" (香香公主).

In 2013, Sam won the Most Improved Female Artiste award at the 2013 TVB Anniversary Awards.

In mid-June 2018, Sam announced on her social media that her eight-year contract with TVB had come to an end.

In February 2020, Sam returned to TVB to film the family drama Plan "B", which was broadcast in June 2021.

Personal life

In October 2015, Sam was revealed by the media that she was dating a 6-feet-tall and robust man. On 2 December 2016, she openly acknowledged her engagement on social media with her out of industry boyfriend Joshua Ngo. The manager company acknowledged and blessed them. The couple's wedding was held in Vancouver on 18 December 2016.

On 6 December 2018, Sam announced on social media that she was 5 months pregnant and her due date was April 2019.

On 25 March 2019, Sam posted a photo of her son Jacob on Instagram, announcing that her son was born under the name "BooBoo", but did not disclose the date of birth. Sam shared that Jacob's Chinese name is Ngo Chu-hin (吳主軒), which was given to him by her parents-in-law.

On 3 February 2021, Sam announced on social media that she was pregnant with her second child. On 13 May 2021, she announced on Instagram that her second son, Cashew (小腰果), was born under the name "JuJu", but did not disclose the date of birth.

Filmography

Television dramas

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Ghetto Justice II	Bobo	Ep. 7-9
Divas in Distress	Hannah Heung Nai-hing
(香乃馨)	Major Supporting Role
The Confidant	Lady in waiting (秀女)	Introduced in Ep.19
2013	Inbound Troubles	young Mung Lo (青年夢露)	Cameo
TVB Anniversary Award for Most Improved Female Artiste
TVB Star Awards Malaysia for TVB Most Promising Female Artiste
Triumph in the Skies II	Tracy Mok Man-chui
(莫文翠)	Supporting Role
TVB Anniversary Award for Most Improved Female Artiste
TVB Star Awards Malaysia for TVB Most Promising Female Artiste
Sniper Standoff	Lai Chun
(黎珍)	Major Supporting Role
TVB Anniversary Award for Most Improved Female Artiste
TVB Star Awards Malaysia for TVB Most Promising Female Artiste
The Hippocratic Crush II	Che Hiu-tung
(車曉彤)	Major Supporting Role
TVB Anniversary Award for Most Improved Female Artiste
TVB Star Awards Malaysia for TVB Most Promising Female Artiste
2013-2014	Coffee Cat Mama	Grace Bin Kwai-chi
(邊貴知)	Major Supporting Role
2014	Never Dance Alone	Carrie Tong Ka-lai
(湯嘉麗)	Supporting Role
Come On, Cousin	young Chai Chow-shui
(青年齊秋水)	Cameo
Lady Sour	San Cha
(山楂)	Major Supporting Role
2015	Limelight Years	Yanto Tong Yan
(唐欣)	Major Supporting Role
Brick Slaves	Peggy Chuk Pik-kei
(祝碧姫)	Major Supporting Role
TVB Star Awards Malaysia for Top 16 Favourite TVB Drama Characters
Under the Veil	Lau Yee / Hung Mao-Dan
(柳衣 / 洪牡丹)	Main Role
StarHub TVB Award for My Favourite TVB Female TV Characters
Angel In-the-Making	Halley Kei Lok
(祁樂)	Main Role
2016	My Dangerous Mafia Retirement Plan	Joyce Ho Fuen-sum
(何寬心)	Main Role
TVB Star Awards Malaysia for Top 15 Favourite TVB Drama Characters
Inspector Gourmet	"BabyKaka" Tong Ka-ka
(唐嘉嘉)	Main Role
2017	Oh My Grad	Lau Lau
(柳妞)	Major Supporting Role
Heart and Greed	Belle Hui Pui-yee (許貝兒)	Main Role
2018	Apple-colada	Barika Lee Lok-yee
(李樂怡)	Main Role
2021	Plan "B"	Grace Hong Nga-yau
(康雅悠)	Main Role
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Music videos

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Year	Singer	Title	Position
2011	Raymond Lam
林峯	One Person
人一個	Female lead
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Films

• The Fortune Buddies (2011)
• I Love Hong Kong 2012 (2012)
• Special Female Force (2016)
• I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change! (2019)

TVB Programs

• Big Fun Canton 《千奇百趣省港澳》 (2011)
• Kansai Banzai 《關西風雨》 (2011)
• Miss Chinese International Pageant 2012 《國際中華小姐競選》 (Appearing as the reigning Miss Chinese International winner) (2012)
• Dolce Vita 《港生活·港享受(明珠生活)》 (2012)
• The Armur River 《黑龍江》 (2012)
• TV Funny 《玩轉三周1/2》 (2012)
• Neighborhood Treasures 4 《千奇百趣高B班》 (2012)
• Big Fun SE Asia 《千奇百趣東南亞》 (2012)
• Nat Around The World 《叻哥遊世界》 (2013)
• Feastival A La Stars 《明星愛廚房》 (2014-2015)
• A Starry Homecoming 《星星探親團》 (2016)
• My Handy Man 《乜都攪掂晒》 (2016)

Awards and nominations

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Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2012	TVB Anniversary Awards	Most Improved Female Artiste	Ghetto Justice II, Divas in Distress, The Confidant, The Amur River
Best Supporting Actress	Divas in Distress
Most Popular Female Character	Divas in Distress as Heung Nai-hing
2013	TVB Anniversary Awards	** Most Improved Female Artiste **	Inbound Troubles, Triumph in the Skies II, Sniper Standoff, The Hippocratic Crush II
Best Supporting Actress	Sniper Standoff
TVB Star Awards Malaysia	** Most Promising Female Artiste **	Triumph in the Skies II, Sniper Standoff, The Hippocratic Crush II
2014	TVB Anniversary Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Never Dance Alone
TVB Star Awards Malaysia	Favourite TVB Supporting Actress	Coffee Cat Mama
Top 15 Favourite TVB Drama Characters	Coffee Cat Mama as Bin Kwai-chi
Favourite TVB On-Screen Couple	Coffee Cat Mama with Bosco Wong
StarHub TVB Awards	** TVB Most Improved Artiste **
My Favourite TVB Supporting Actress	Never Dance Alone	(Top 10)
My Favourite TVB Female TV Characters	Coffee Cat Mama as Bin Kwai-chi	(Top 12)
2015	TVB Anniversary Awards	Best Actress	Under the Veil
Most Popular Female Character	Under the Veil as Lau Yee / Hung Mao-dan
TVB Star Awards Malaysia	Favourite TVB Supporting Actress	Brick Slaves
** Top 16 Favourite TVB Drama Characters **	Brick Slaves as Chuk Pik-kei
StarHub TVB Awards	My Favourite TVB Actress in a Leading Role	Under the Veil
** My Favourite TVB Female TV Characters **	Under the Veil as Lau Yee / Hung Mao-dan
TOKYO BUST EXPRESS SASSY AWARD	N/A
Favourite TVB Onscreen Couple	Lady Sour (with Him Law)	(Top 6)
2016	TVB Anniversary Awards	Best Actress	My Dangerous Mafia Retirement Plan
Most Popular Female Character	My Dangerous Mafia Retirement Plan as Ho Foon-sum
TVB Star Awards Malaysia	Favourite TVB Actress in a Leading Role	My Dangerous Mafia Retirement Plan
** Top 15 Favourite TVB Drama Characters **	My Dangerous Mafia Retirement Plan
Favourite TVB Onscreen Couple	Inspector Gourmet (with Kenneth Ma)
Favourite TVB Host	My Handy Man
StarHub TVB Awards	My Favourite TVB Actress in a Leading Role	My Dangerous Mafia Retirement Plan
My Favourite TVB Female TV Characters	My Dangerous Mafia Retirement Plan as Ho Foon-sum
My Favourite TVB Host	My Handy Man	(Top 6)
2017	TVB Anniversary Awards	Best Actress	Heart and Greed
Most Popular Female Character	Heart and Greed as Hui Pui-yee
TVB Star Awards Malaysia	Favourite TVB Supporting Actress	Oh My Grad
Top 15 Favourite TVB Drama Characters	Oh My Grad as Lau Lau
2021	TVB Anniversary Awards	Best Actress	Plan "B"
Most Popular Onscreen Partnership	Plan "B" (with Kenneth Ma)
Favourite TVB Actress in Malaysia	Plan "B"
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• 2010 World Chinese Entrepreneur Scholarship: Academic, community service and leadership award

|- ! colspan="3" style="background: #DAA520;" | Miss Chinese Vancouver |- | title = Miss Chinese Vancouver Champion | years = 2009 | before= Cici Chen 陳娜良子

after = Susan Su 蘇慧文
title = Miss Photogenic
years = 2009
before= Shu Yi Lu 陸舒怡
after = Susan Su 蘇慧文
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title = Miss Chinese International Pageant 2010 Champion
years = 2010
before= Christine Kuo 苟芸慧
after = Kelly Cheung 張曦雯

References

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