Tracy Chu was born 28 June 1988 in Hong Kong. She is the eldest of three girls. At the age of 8, Chu and her family immigrated to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. During the first few years, she found it difficult to adjust to the new environment since she spoke minimal English. She graduated from Simon Fraser University, majoring in Business and Communication. Chu also has an 8th grade in piano. Upon graduation, Chu returned to Hong Kong alone to look for employment, working as an administrative assistant for 2 years before deciding to join the Miss Hong Kong pageant.
Pageant career
Chu entered the 2012 Miss Hong Kong pageant as contestant #4. Despite being a fan favorites and many TVB artistes, including previous winners Samantha Ko, Suki Chui and TVB's executive Virginia Lok, Chu did not win the title, partly due to technical difficulties in the voting system. The 2012 pageant was the first Miss Hong Kong pageant to hold viewers choice online voting. The winner was to be selected based on popular online votes by audiences. Chu placed 2nd Runner-up but many netizens and fellow TVB artistes felt Chu was robbed of the winning title mainly due to Chu was leading in online votes by 65% the day before the final event was held. Over 500 Hong Kong citizens filed a complaint against TVB with the Office of the Telecommunications Authority citing fraud was committed, when the winner was eventually decided by the judging panel. TVB Deputy Director of External Affairs Tsang Sing-ming, later apologized to the press for TVB's computer servers being disrupted, resulting in a lot of viewers unable to vote for their favorite. He also commented that the winner has already been decided and that a recount will not be done.
Acting career
After winning the Miss Hong Kong 2nd Runner-up title in 2012, Chu was immediately cast in her first drama starring as third female lead inThe Hippocratic Crush II playing opposite veteran Hong Kong actor Lawrence Ng. Her next drama Tomorrow Is Another Day had her starring opposite Kenny Wong. Chu played a jail warden at a women's prison. She garnered multiple award nominations for this role and eventually won the StarHub TVB Awards 2014 Most Improved TVB Artist. Chu garnered much praises for her acting inSmooth Talker and The Fixer. Both dramas helped her nabbed the TVB Star Award for 2015 My Favourite Most Improved TVB Actress award. In 2015, with the departure of longtime TVB lead actresses Myolie Wu and Kate Tsui, Chu clinched her first female leading role in the drama Over Run Over, earning very positive reviews. She was also nominated for both best actress award as well as my favourite female character award in the TVB Awards Presentation Ceremony 2016.
