Janis Chan
{{overly detailed|date=May 2025}}{{Infobox person
| name = Janis Chan
| native_name = 陳貝兒
| native_name_lang = zh
| image = Janis Chan's portrait.png
| caption = Chan in 2024
| birth_name = Chan Pui Yee
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|6|14}}
| birth_place = {{HKG}}
| nationality = {{CAN}}
| education = Bachelor of Arts (Majoring in Journalism Communication, minoring in Education)
| alma_mater = Simon Fraser University, Marymount Secondary School
| occupation = Host, News Anchor
| years_active = 2003–present
| employer = Wharf Cable Television（2003－2009）
TVB（2009、2013–present）
| notable_works = Scoop ,Faraway Brides,No Poverty Land
| spouse = Wong Kwok Tung (m. 2011; div. 2017)
| father = Chen Yonhhao
| relatives =
| awards = TVB Anniversary Award for Best Hos
Touching China Annual Person of the Year Award
}}
Janis Chan (Chinese: 陳貝兒; born 14 June 1979){{Cite web |title=陳貝兒慶生直播 - Kui |url=https://www.kui.name/event/2014-06-15/%E9%99%B3%E8%B2%9D%E5%85%92%E6%85%B6%E7%94%9F%E7%9B%B4%E6%92%AD+_n864148.htm |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220408192414/https://www.kui.name/event/2014-06-15/%E9%99%B3%E8%B2%9D%E5%85%92%E6%85%B6%E7%94%9F%E7%9B%B4%E6%92%AD+_n864148.htm |archive-date=2022-04-08 |access-date=2025-05-28 |website=www.kui.name |language=zh}} is a Hong Kong television presenter, actress, and business executive. She is currently the Executive Director of the social enterprise Green Monday and a contract artist under TVB. Chan is best known for hosting the No Poverty Land (《無窮之路》) documentary series, for which she won the Best Host award at the TVB Anniversary Awards in 2021, 2022, and 2024.{{Cite web |title=星島頭條｜最新最全面即時新聞平台，港聞突發，政情及專題報道 |url=https://www.stheadline.com/ |access-date=2025-05-28 |website=www.stheadline.com |language=zh-HK}} Chan is dedicated to promoting vegetarianism and environmentally friendly living. In April 2013, she formed a Hong Kong team to participate in the Arctic Marathon to encourage vegetarianism and environmental protection. The trip was widely reported by Apple Daily's "Dynamic News", and the "Arctic Run" program was produced for TVB.
Life
= Early life and education =
Janis Chan was born in British Hong Kong on 14 June 1979. She has one elder sister and one younger brother. Her father, Chan Yongho, worked as a concert production director. At the age of 12, while studying in Primary Five at Marymount Primary School, Chan and her family emigrated to Vancouver, {{Cite web |title=第一代女主播｜陳貝兒入行不靠父蔭 跟木村拓哉一勾成名 (23:21) - 20201127 - SHOWBIZ |url=https://ol.mingpao.com/ldy/showbiz/latest/20201127/1606298534151/%e7%ac%ac%e4%b8%80%e4%bb%a3%e5%a5%b3%e4%b8%bb%e6%92%ad-%e9%99%b3%e8%b2%9d%e5%85%92%e5%85%a5%e8%a1%8c%e4%b8%8d%e9%9d%a0%e7%88%b6%e8%94%ad-%e8%b7%9f%e6%9c%a8%e6%9d%91%e6%8b%93%e5%93%89%e4%b8%80%e5%8b%be%e6%88%90%e5%90%8d |access-date=2025-05-28 |website=明報 Our Lifestyle |language=zh-hant}}Canada, amid the wave of emigration from Hong Kong in the early 1990s. She later attended Simon Fraser University, where she majored in journalism and communication and minored in education.
= Career =
In 2003, Chan was discovered by TVB executive Yu Wing-shan and joined Hong Kong Cable Television's newly launched Entertainment News Channel. She returned to Hong Kong to work as a news anchor and reporter,{{Cite news |date=2017-08-26 |title=拍節目多次爆喊 陳貝兒離婚 |url=http://bka.mpweekly.com:80/focus/local/%E5%B0%81%E9%9D%A2%E6%95%85%E4%BA%8B/%E9%99%B3%E8%B2%9D%E5%85%92-%E9%9B%A2%E5%A9%9A-%E6%98%8E%E5%91%A8%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82-%E5%B0%88%E8%A8%AA |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20170906053745/http://bka.mpweekly.com:80/focus/local/%E5%B0%81%E9%9D%A2%E6%95%85%E4%BA%8B/%E9%99%B3%E8%B2%9D%E5%85%92-%E9%9B%A2%E5%A9%9A-%E6%98%8E%E5%91%A8%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82-%E5%B0%88%E8%A8%AA |archive-date=2017-09-06 |access-date=2025-05-30 |work=明周娛樂 |language=en-US}} becoming one of the city’s first generation of entertainment news presenters. Her early assignments included covering Michael Joseph Jackson events, {{Cite web |date=2006-04-23 |title=陳貝兒主播光芒 |url=http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/fea/20060423/20060422231732_0000.html |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=The Sun (Hong Kong)}} the Academy Awards, Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, and fashion weeks in Milan and New York. She interviewed celebrities such as Takuya Kimura, Lee Byung-hun, and Ang Lee, earning her the nickname "Queen of Cable Entertainment News."{{Cite web |title=形象強勢「放工後是普通女人」 陳貝兒等緣分出現 不排除領養孩子 - 20201128 - SHOWBIZ |url=https://ol.mingpao.com/ldy/showbiz/news/20201128/1606502617738/%e5%bd%a2%e8%b1%a1%e5%bc%b7%e5%8b%a2%e3%80%8c%e6%94%be%e5%b7%a5%e5%be%8c%e6%98%af%e6%99%ae%e9%80%9a%e5%a5%b3%e4%ba%ba%e3%80%8d-%e9%99%b3%e8%b2%9d%e5%85%92%e7%ad%89%e7%b7%a3%e5%88%86%e5%87%ba%e7%8f%be-%e4%b8%8d%e6%8e%92%e9%99%a4%e9%a0%98%e9%a4%8a%e5%ad%a9%e5%ad%90 |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=明報 Our Lifestyle |language=zh-hant}} In 2009, she joined BMA Entertainment as an artist and a sports marketing executive, managing Hong Kong First Division League football clubs. South China and TSW Pegasus, as well as managing the company's publishing business, promoting both sports and culture. During this time, Due to BMA affiliation with the Hong Kong Recording Industry Alliance (HKRIA) amid an ongoing copyright dispute, she stopped hosting on TVB. Subsequently, she became a guest host on the NOW 101 Channel program 'Action to Money' until she was appointed as the channel head of NOW Star Channel upon its launch. In 2013, she returned to TVB, focusing on hosting and emceeing duties. Outside of her media career, Chan is also a devout Buddhist and a disciple of Venerable Hsing Yun of Fo Guang Shan. She has been actively involved in social and charitable causes. In September 2012, she was appointed Executive Director of the Nonprofit organization social enterprise Green Monday, promoting sustainable living and vegetarianism. She published two books: Entertainments and Insights (2007) and A Life of Freedom (2009), and wrote columns for Cosmopolitan (Hong Kong edition), Headline Daily, East Week, and Ming Pao.{{Cite web |date=2022-09-05 |title=陳貝兒與木村勾手指成名 歷失婚後振作蛻變感動全中國 {{!}} 娛聞 |url=https://www.orientalsunday.hk/%e5%a8%9b%e8%81%9e/%e9%99%b3%e8%b2%9d%e5%85%92-%e7%84%a1%e7%aa%ae%e4%b9%8b%e8%b7%af-tvb-plt8-537364/ |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=東方新地 |language=zh-Hant-HK}} In 2017, she hosted the TVB program 'Faraway Brides', traveling to countries such as Germany, Denmark, Thailand, and Abu Dhabi. That year, she finalized her divorce. In 2019, she earned the 4th Disciples Escoffier Professional Diploma in pastry arts and received the Level 5 French Culinary Training Certificate from the French Ministry of Education (France).{{Cite web |last=香港經濟日報HKET |title=星級學員陳貝兒即場大顯身手 炮製正宗法國菜式 盡顯大師級功架 城中女神苟芸慧報讀專業糕餅文憑 拜法國星級名廚為師 為夢想啟航 |url=https://inews.hket.com/article/2367948/%E6%98%9F%E7%B4%9A%E5%AD%B8%E5%93%A1%E9%99%B3%E8%B2%9D%E5%85%92%E5%8D%B3%E5%A0%B4%E5%A4%A7%E9%A1%AF%E8%BA%AB%E6%89%8B%20%E7%82%AE%E8%A3%BD%E6%AD%A3%E5%AE%97%E6%B3%95%E5%9C%8B%E8%8F%9C%E5%BC%8F%20%E7%9B%A1%E9%A1%AF%E5%A4%A7%E5%B8%AB%E7%B4%9A%E5%8A%9F%E6%9E%B6 |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=香港經濟日報HKET |language=zh-Hant}}
In 2022, Chan won the "Best Female Host" award at the TVB Anniversary Awards 2021 and was selected as one of the "2021 Touching China " {{Cite web |last=董欣琪 |date=2022-01-02 |title=萬千星輝2021｜陳貝兒缺席奪最佳女主持 上央視介紹《無窮之路》 |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/719323/%E8%90%AC%E5%8D%83%E6%98%9F%E8%BC%9D2021-%E9%99%B3%E8%B2%9D%E5%85%92%E7%BC%BA%E5%B8%AD%E5%A5%AA%E6%9C%80%E4%BD%B3%E5%A5%B3%E4%B8%BB%E6%8C%81-%E4%B8%8A%E5%A4%AE%E8%A6%96%E4%BB%8B%E7%B4%B9-%E7%84%A1%E7%AA%AE%E4%B9%8B%E8%B7%AF |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=香港01 |language=zh-HK}}{{Cite web |title=《無窮之路》主持陳貝兒 獲頒「感動中國2021年度人物」 (22:53) - 20220303 - SHOWBIZ |url=https://ol.mingpao.com/ldy/showbiz/latest/20220303/1646319192591/%e3%80%8a%e7%84%a1%e7%aa%ae%e4%b9%8b%e8%b7%af%e3%80%8b%e4%b8%bb%e6%8c%81%e9%99%b3%e8%b2%9d%e5%85%92-%e7%8d%b2%e9%a0%92%e3%80%8c%e6%84%9f%e5%8b%95%e4%b8%ad%e5%9c%8b2021%e5%b9%b4%e5%ba%a6%e4%ba%ba%e7%89%a9%e3%80%8d |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=明報 Our Lifestyle |language=zh-hant}}for her TVB program " Infinite Road ".{{Cite news |date=2022-03-03 |title=感動中國2021丨陳貝兒憑《無窮之路》獲獎 未來會用心説好中國故事 |url=https://www.singtao.ca/5609591/2022-03-03/news-%E6%84%9F%E5%8B%95%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B2021%E4%B8%A8%E9%99%B3%E8%B2%9D%E5%85%92%E6%86%91%E3%80%8A%E7%84%A1%E7%AA%AE%E4%B9%8B%E8%B7%AF%E3%80%8B%E7%8D%B2%E7%8D%8E++%E6%9C%AA%E4%BE%86%E6%9C%83%E7%94%A8%E5%BF%83%E8%AA%AC%E5%A5%BD%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E6%95%85%E4%BA%8B/?variant=zh-hk |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241203035003/https://www.singtao.ca/5609591/2022-03-03/news-%E6%84%9F%E5%8B%95%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B2021%E4%B8%A8%E9%99%B3%E8%B2%9D%E5%85%92%E6%86%91%E3%80%8A%E7%84%A1%E7%AA%AE%E4%B9%8B%E8%B7%AF%E3%80%8B%E7%8D%B2%E7%8D%8E++%E6%9C%AA%E4%BE%86%E6%9C%83%E7%94%A8%E5%BF%83%E8%AA%AC%E5%A5%BD%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E6%95%85%E4%BA%8B/?variant=zh-hk |archive-date=2024-12-03 |access-date=2025-05-30 |work=Sing Tao Canada 星島加拿大 |language=en-CA}} The program was also selected by the expert review team of the General National Radio and Television Administration as one of the 20 "Outstanding Overseas Communication Works" of 2021. {{Cite web |title=陳貝兒《無窮之路》獲國家廣播電視總局評為優秀海外傳播作品 (00:13) - 20220103 - SHOWBIZ |url=https://ol.mingpao.com/ldy/showbiz/latest/20220103/1641140108254/%e9%99%b3%e8%b2%9d%e5%85%92%e3%80%8a%e7%84%a1%e7%aa%ae%e4%b9%8b%e8%b7%af%e3%80%8b%e7%8d%b2%e5%9c%8b%e5%ae%b6%e5%bb%a3%e6%92%ad%e9%9b%bb%e8%a6%96%e7%b8%bd%e5%b1%80%e8%a9%95%e7%82%ba%e5%84%aa%e7%a7%80%e6%b5%b7%e5%a4%96%e5%82%b3%e6%92%ad%e4%bd%9c%e5%93%81 |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=明報 Our Lifestyle |language=zh-hant}} In 2024, Chen Bei'er won the "Best Female Host" award at the TVB Anniversary Awards 2024 for the third time. {{Cite web |last=邱愛霖 |date=2025-01-19 |title=萬千星輝2024｜陳貝兒三奪「最佳女主持」 正式榮升TVB主持一姐 |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/1095558/%E8%90%AC%E5%8D%83%E6%98%9F%E8%BC%9D2024-%E9%99%B3%E8%B2%9D%E5%85%92%E4%B8%89%E5%A5%AA-%E6%9C%80%E4%BD%B3%E5%A5%B3%E4%B8%BB%E6%8C%81-%E6%AD%A3%E5%BC%8F%E6%A6%AE%E5%8D%87tvb%E4%B8%BB%E6%8C%81%E4%B8%80%E5%A7%90 |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=香港01 |language=zh-HK}}
File:灣區青年說_·_對話香港_TVB_主持人陳貝兒.ogg on the program Bay Area Youth Talk.]]
Filmography
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Television Dramas
- 2018: Another Era – as Tsang Yi-ning{{Cite web |title=再創世紀 - tvb.com |url=https://programme.tvb.com/drama/anothererahongkongversion/castmap/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918181158/https://programme.tvb.com/drama/anothererahongkongversion/castmap/ |archive-date=2020-09-18 |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=programme.tvb.com |language=en}}
- 2020: Hong Kong Love Stories – as Lee Ting-kwan{{Cite web |title=【娛樂熱話】 《香港愛情故事》 不同世代的愛情故事 |url=http://tvbweekly.com/c/details.asp?page=entertainment&subid=30942 |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=tvbweekly.com}}
Films
= Television Hosting =
== '''[[TVB]]''' ==
{{columns-list|2009-2012
- Mr. Hong Kong 2009
- Yan Oi Tong Charity Show
- The People's Republic of China National Day Celebration (61st Anniversary)
;2013-2015
- Tung Wah Charity Show
- Pok Oi Hospital Charity Show
- Community Chest Gala
- Miss Chinese International Pageant 2015
- Academy Award
;2016-2018
- 2016 Summer Olympics
- National Day Celebration Gala (67th Anniversary)
- TVB Anniversary Gala
- Tung Wah Charity Show
- 6th Hong Kong Games Opening Ceremony
;2019-2021
;2022-2025
- The Endless Journey (Seasons 2–4)
- National Day Celebration (74th Anniversary)
|colwidth=2}}
= Radio Programs (as Guest) =
- Commercial Radio 903
- 25 October 2008: RTHK Radio 2 – Leave it for Later
= Magazine Appearance =
- 2009: Choice Monthly, Issue No. 397
= Music Works =
= Song =
- 2022: Together Under the Lion Rock Against the Pandemic, performed with various artists
= Books =
- "Entertainment is my news - Chen Bei'er" (January 7, 2007, Jia Publishing Co., Ltd., ISBN 9789628955275 )
- "Free Life" (December 2009, Bomei Publishing House, ISBN 9789881874832 )
Awards and nominations
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! width="10%" |years ! width="30%" |Awarding Unit ! width="25%" |Awards ! width="15%" |work ! width="15%" |result | |
| 2017-2019
|Best TV Host |Faraway Brides1-3 | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" |2021
|Touching China Award 2021 |Touching China Awards 2021 | rowspan="2" |No Poverty Land | {{won}} |
| TVB Anniversary Awards 2021
| rowspan="2" |Best Female Host | {{won}} |
| 2022 | {{won}} |
| 2023
|Best Female Host Community Chest Charity Show, "Infinite Road III - Boundless Territory"Show, TVB Anniversary Gala Show |{{nom}} | |
| 2024
|Best Female Host |Miss Hong Kong Pageant 2024, Olympic Athletes Gala , No Poverty Land IV, Hong Kong compatriots celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China , TVB Anniversary Gala Show | {{won}} |