Jeannie Chan is a Canadian-bornHong Kong actress and model based in Hong Kong. She is currently signed to Shaw Brothers management and has an artiste contract with TVB.
She is best friends with Stephanie Ho and Moon Lau as they became close when filming 'Raising The Bar' in 2014. She was roommates with Stephanie Ho for a year. She is also close friends with Venus Wong, Kandy Wong, Cheronna Ng, Winki Lai and Anjaylia Chan from filming 'Never Dance Alone', they are known as 'M Club'. She also owns two dogs, Diesel and Baymax.
Relationship
In December 2015, she admitted to dating Arnaldo Ho, the son of Macau casino tycoon, but announced their break up in July 2016.
Career
Modelling
She became a model when she was an exchange student in Hong Kong and later joined the modeling agency Starzpeople. Since then, Jeannie has been in many Hong Kong ads and commercials, usually working with skin care, makeup and fashion brands. She released her own photo book 'Half-Transparent Dancer ' on 21 August 2015. In 2018, she concluded her contract with Starzpeople as she wanted to focus on acting.
Acting
In 2013, she signed a preliminary contract with TVB and began to act in dramas. In 2014, she acted in her first TVB drama 'Never Dance Alone' as teen version of Yung Dan Dan. In 2015, she acted as one of the main characters in legal drama 'Raising The Bar', attracting lots of attention from netizens and received a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the TVB Anniversary Awards 2015. In 2016, she continued to take on supporting roles and acting in dramas. In 2017, she was the second female lead in drama, "The No No Girl', which rose her to popularity and she is often referred to as goddess. For that role, she received multiple nominations including Best Supporting Actress and Most Improved Actress. She also filmed a short comedy for the drama named 'Bad Hotel Guest', that achieved 1.3M+ views and received a Finalist Certificate from the New York Film Festival. In early 2018, she had a brief guest appearance in drama 'The Forgotten Valley', despite her short screen time, audiences praised her acting skills as she had to experience uncomfortable times during filming. On 21 March 2018, she signed a 5 year artiste management contract with Shaw Brothers.In October 2018, she starred as the second female lead in drama, "Life on the Line", which later won the Best Drama award at the TVB Anniversary Awards 2018. In that drama, Jeannie was praised by many people that she had improvement in acting and did multiple crying scenes well. In February 2019, Jeannie starred in drama, "The Ghetto-Fabulous Lady", receiving many positive comments on her improvement in acting. In April 2019, Jeannie's first drama as the first female lead, "ICAC Investigators 2019" aired. In January 2020, Jeannie starred as the second female lead in drama, "Of Greed and Ants" where she received good feedback.
Business
In March 2017, Jeannie and her best friend, Anna, established an online jewellery brand called, Onliest & Co. She advertised her jewellery through Instagram posts, attracting worldwide customers. In December, they launched a HMV flagship store in Causeway Bay.
