Elaine Yiu

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Elaine Yiu
Yiu in 2024
Born	Yiu Wai Ling (1980-11-21) 21 November 1980 (age 44) British Hong Kong
Alma mater	RMIT University
Occupation(s)	Actress, television host
Years active	2002 – present
Notable work	Raising the Bar Captain of Destiny The Unholy Alliance
Partner	Cheng Tsz Bon (2015–2018)
Awards	TVB Anniversary Awards – Best Supporting Actress 2015 Captain of Destiny TVB Star Awards Malaysia – Favourite Supporting Actress 2015 Raising the Bar 2017 The Unholy Alliance
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	姚子羚
Simplified Chinese	姚子羚
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Ráo Zǐlíng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping yiu3 Zi2 Ling4

Elaine Yiu (born 21 November 1980 in British Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong actress and television host contracted to TVB.

Elaine Yiu entered the entertainment industry after winning the TVB8 Presentator Contest in 2002, subsequently signing a management and filming contract with TVB. From 2002 to 2004, Yiu hosted Mandarin-language television programmes for TVB8. Yiu's acting debut was in the 2003 teen drama Hearts of Fencing, portraying the nerdy girl Man Man.

At the 2015 TVB Star Awards Malaysia, Yiu earned the Favourite TVB Supporting Actress and Favourite TVB Drama Character awards with her role as Vivian Cheung Wai-man (張慧芸) in the legal drama Raising the Bar (四個女仔三個BAR). Yiu's red-hot winning streak continued two weeks later in Hong Kong when she won the "Best Supporting Actress" award at the 2015 TVB Anniversary Awards with her role as Imperial Consort Yim (炎貴妃) in the ancient drama Captain of Destiny (張保仔).

In 2017, Yiu won the TVB Star Awards Malaysia for Favourite TVB Supporting Actress award again with her role in the 2017 action drama The Unholy Alliance (同盟) as Kate Wai Yee-yiu (韋以柔), which was her second win in the category.

In 2021, with her role as Anson Lui Kin (雷堅) in the drama The Ringmaster (拳王), Yiu was placed among the top 5 nominees for the Best Actress at the 2021 TVB Anniversary Awards.

Elaine Yiu attended RMIT University and majored in computer science.

She has a sister, Sandy Yiu, who works in Now TV (Hong Kong) as a news presenter.^[1]

Yiu is best friends with Myolie Wu, Nancy Wu, Paisley Wu, Mandy Wong and Selena Lee. They had formed the friendship group “胡說八道會” and had filmed a travel show together.^[2]

Due to their common interest in long-distance running, Yiu along with Benjamin Yuen, Joel Chan, Brian Tse, Jack Wu, Nancy Wu, Paisley Wu, Selena Lee and Mandy Wong formed the group “Crazy Runner”.^[3]

• I Love Hong Kong (2011)

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• Official TVB Blog of Elaine Yiu
• Elaine Yiu on Sina Weibo
• Elaine Yiu at IMDb