Joey Meng

{{Short description|Hong Kong actress and model}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|10|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = British Hong Kong

| other_names = 蚊蚊 (Man Man), Man Yee Man (萬二蚊), Sap Sam Man (十三萬)

| occupation = Actress

| education = secondary

| spouse = {{marriage|Chan Sap-sam|2000}}

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Joey Meng Yee-man (born 2 October 1970) is a Hong Kong actress, model and beauty spokesperson. She is best known for her roles with television network ATV before moving to network TVB in 2013. Her contract with TVB ended in 2020.

Life and career

After middle-school, Meng participated in the 1989 Miss Asia Pageant{{Cite web|url=https://www.jaynestars.com/news/joey-meng-turns-down-tvb-management-contract/|title=Joey Meng Turns Down TVB Management Contract – JayneStars.com}} and emerged as first runner-up. She joined Hong Kong television station ATV on a contract that year. Meng is best known for her role as "Ma Siu-ling" in the My Date with a Vampire television series trilogy. In August 2000, she married Chan Sap-sam (the screenwriter of the My Date with a Vampire trilogy) in Las Vegas, the United States after dating for about four months.

By 2012, after over twenty years working with ATV, Meng didn't renew her contract and transferred over to ATV's competitor, TVB.

Her first television drama was Inbound Troubles, which is 2013's highest-rated television drama for the first half of the year. By February 2015, Meng completed her contract with TVB and decided not to renew for some personal time away. Due to deteriorating health, she decided to work with TVB on a per-series basis to give herself the time and freedom to choose between projects and balance personal life.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jaynestars.com/news/joey-meng-takes-hiatus-to-grieve-cats-deaths/|title=Joey Meng Takes Hiatus to Grieve Cats' Deaths – JayneStars.com}}{{Cite web | title=Joey Meng to Star in Upcoming TVB Series – JayneStars.com | url=http://www.jaynestars.com/news/joey-meng-to-star-in-upcoming-tvb-series/ | access-date=2025-07-04 | website=www.jaynestars.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.jaynestars.com/news/bobby-au-yeung-and-joey-meng-are-no-longer-at-tvb/|title=Bobby Au Yeung and Joey Meng Are No Longer at TVB – JayneStars.com}} She returned for one final series with TVB, 2021's Shadow of Justice, which was filmed in 2019. She officially left the network in 2020 and has resided in mainland China with her husband since her departure.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jaynestars.com/news/shadow-of-justice-is-too-focused-on-jeannie-chan/|title="Shadow of Justice" is Too Focused on Jeannie Chan – JayneStars.com}}

Personal life

Meng is married to Robert Chan who is the creator of My Date With A Vampire.{{Cite web |date=2022-11-29 |title='Wardrobe department wants the skirts to be even shorter': Actress playing My Date With A Vampire's Ma Xiaoling continues leggy tradition in remake |url=https://www.asiaone.com/entertainment/wardrobe-skirts-shorter-actress-playing-ma-xiaoling-my-date-with-vampire-karena-ng-bosco-wong-joey-meng |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=AsiaOne |language=en}}

Filmography

=Films=

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1990Beyond's Diary Beyond日記之莫欺少年窮Traffic police officer
1991Ching Mou Chan Ying Hung 精武真英雄Wang Feng
1991Hong Kong Criminal Archives - Female Butcher 香港奇案霧夜屠夫 ATV Movie
rowspan="2"| 1993Mai Ching Dak Keng 迷情特警Amei
The Bride with White Hair 2Yu Qin
1996Those Were The Days... 慈雲山十三太保Xiaomei
rowspan="2"| 1999Dou Meng Chin Wong 賭命千王Man Man
Century of the DragonChiu Chiu
rowspan="7"| 2000Dial D for DemonsGabriel
See Chin Seung How 屍前想後Man Man
Return to Dark 改正歸邪OK Sister
A Wicked Ghost II: The FearBlue
Romancing Bullet 浪漫鎗聲Yu Ching
Yum Fung Yi 陰風耳Fanny
Vampire ControllerKam Tin Yat
2001Leui Ngan Saat Sing Chi Bat Bak Lung Bing Tuen 淚眼殺星之八佰龍兵團Mung
2002The Troublesome Romance 麻煩三角錯Chan Wai
2010All About LoveEleanor
2010Gifts from Family
2012The Fairy Tale KillerWai

=Television dramas=

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YearTitleRoleNetworkAwards
1989Hey, Big BrotherFong Siu Yuk (Hidy)ATV
rowspan="2" |1990

|The Harvest Moon

|Yiu Wai Chi (Michelle)

|ATV

|

Happy Together

|Lee Wing Lan

|ATV

|

rowspan="2" |1991

|The Cop's Affairs

|Chu Laam Laam

|ATV

|

Who is the WinnerCheung Ka WaiATV
rowspan="4" |1992

|The Butcher Schoolmaster

|Wong Ka Ling

|ATV

|

Casanova in China

|Eighth/Yau Tak Lan

|ATV

|

Spirit Of The Dragon

|Fong Fei (Phoebe)

|ATV

|

Who is the Winner IICheung Ka Wai (cameo)ATV
rowspan="4" |1993

|Gamblers' Dream

|Lee Man

|ATV

|

Viva de Pilot

|Wong Ka Ling (cameo)

|ATV

|

Who is the Winner III

|Kwok Ching Yung

|ATV

|

Guns and GloryNgo Ming/Chan Siu MingATV
rowspan="2" |1994Legend of the Yang Family and The Great GeneralKu Siu LinATV
A Cruel Lover

|Tong Man Ming

|ATV

|

rowspan="2" |1995

|Midnight Lovers

|BoBo

|ATV

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Fist of FuryYumi (武田由美; Youmei)ATV
rowspan="2" |1996I Have a Date with SpringLam Fung PingATV
The Little Vagrant Lady

|Yip Bo Yin (teenage)

|ATV & Star TV

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1997

|The Year of Chameleon

|Ho Suk Yee

|ATV

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rowspan="2" |1998

|Thou Shalt Not Cheat

|So Fung Nei

|ATV

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My Date with a VampireMa Siu-ling and Ma Dan-naATVWinner - ATV Anniversary Award for Best Actress 1999

Winner - ATV Anniversary Most Energetic On-screen Couple 1999 (With Eric Wan Tin-chiu)

1999My Date with a Vampire IIMa Siu-ling, Ma Dan-na, Ma Ling-yiATV
2001The New Adventures of Chor Lau-heungPrincess YunluoTVB
2002Project Ji XiangDai Si HingATV
2003Light of Million HopeKo LaiATV
2004My Date with a Vampire IIIMa Siu-lingATV
2010The Men of JusticeAs medical examinerATV
rowspan="2" |2013Inbound TroublesYik Suet-feiTVBNominated - TVB Anniversary Award for My Favourite Female Character
A Change of HeartTong Sin-hangTVBNominated - TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress
rowspan="3" |2014Gilded ChopsticksKei Mo-suetTVB
Come On, CousinChai Ching-manTVB
Officer GeomancerChe Gwai FeiTVB
2015With or Without YouJeon ZhiTVB
2016Dead WrongCathy Yuen KiuTVB
2021Shadow of JusticeTsui Hei-yeeTVBNominated - TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress
Nominated - TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Female Character
Nominated - TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Onscreen Partnership (with Bobby Au Yeung)
Nominated - TVB Anniversary Award for Favourite TVB Actress in Malaysia

References

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