Liu Tianlan

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Tina Liu, originally from Chengdu, Sichuan, is a well-known Hong Kong image consultant, praised as a talented woman and image master.

Background

Tina Liu has one elder brother and one elder sister. She grew up in a newspaper staff dormitory on Morrison Hill Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, during British rule, with neighbors including Louis Cha and Liang Yusheng. Her father was Liu Pengru,^[1] and her mother was the supplement editor at *Evening Post*.^[2] Her father tragically died in a plane crash in Thailand when she was four.^[3]

She attended Warner School and Kindergarten on Paterson Street, Causeway Bay (now Warner Building), St. Paul's Co-educational Primary School, and St. Paul's Co-educational College.^[4] At age 16 in 1974, she immigrated to Vancouver, Canada, and completed high school at Eric Hamber Secondary School.

In 1978, she won the Miss Chinatown Vancouver title and returned to Hong Kong for summer vacation. She signed with TVB as a contract artist, working both on-screen and as a film production assistant and assistant director. She returned to Canada in 1981 for further studies and came back to Hong Kong a year later.

Her multifaceted career includes makeup artist, model, actress, singer, assistant film director, writer and executive editor at *City Magazine*, image director at Esprit, record label owner, radio station head and host. She also served as vice president and secretary-general of the Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild and is currently vice president of the Hong Kong Film Arts Association. She worked at Asia Television in 1988 and Metro Broadcast Corporation in 1998.

Her ex-husband is filmmaker Samson Chiu; they married in 1984, divorced in 1988, and had one daughter, Yoyo Sham. In 1994, she founded Hong Kong’s first image consulting store, “Image Institute”.^[5]

Now retired from public appearances, she continues to work in image consulting and training. She has written numerous essays and articles on image and published seven books, including her 2013 autobiography *Originally Tina*. In November 2013, she opened her first accessories boutique “Tina's Choice” at Lee Gardens One, Causeway Bay.^[6]

In 2018, during the “Sam & Tam Happy Together Concert Part II Golden Hit Express”, she worked backstage at each show at the Hong Kong Coliseum to alter costumes for Sam Hui and Alan Tam.^[7]

Filmography

TV Dramas

1978: Loner as Tina
1978: Strive as Agnes
1979: Man in the Net
1980: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly as Mrs. Hung
1981: Twilight Zone (Ep 6: Ghost in the Film) as Female Ghost
2019: Ideal Nation as Liv Chang

Films

1980: Right Place, Wrong Time
1980: Cheers
1981: Love Massacre as Joy
1985: Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
1985: Silent Night
1988: Spooky Family as Miss Wong
1991: The Banquet
1992: I Love Maria
1997: First Love Unlimited as Tina
2000: Hold You Tight (guest: Eleanor)
2010: Crossing Hennessy as Aunt’s Girlfriend
2010: Echoes of the Rainbow as Flora’s mother
2012: 37
2013: A Complicated Story
2016: Cold War II
2017: In the Name of Youth
2017: White Girl
2019: Eight Women, One Stage

Music

1981: Trio
1985: Two Women
1986: Walking With You
1987-07-08: City Girl

References

↑ In 1950, the Evening Post was founded. Huang Zhaojun served as director of the news department and wrote short commentaries under the pen name Tang Xian. Colleagues included Luo Fu, Yan Qingshu (father of director Yonfan), Liu Pengru (father of Tina Liu), Louis Cha, and Liang Yusheng. In the 1960s, the English magazine *Oriental Monthly* was published, with Liu Pengru as editor-in-chief. Liu died in a plane crash on a national day visit to Egypt. [1]
↑ RTHK Radio 1, *Talk East Talk West*, May 11, 2023, 22:30–22:59.
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[1] In 1950, the Evening Post was founded. Huang Zhaojun served as director of the news department and wrote short commentaries under the pen name Tang Xian. Colleagues included Luo Fu, Yan Qingshu (father of director Yonfan), Liu Pengru (father of Tina Liu), Louis Cha, and Liang Yusheng. In the 1960s, the English magazine *Oriental Monthly* was published, with Liu Pengru as editor-in-chief. Liu died in a plane crash on a national day visit to Egypt. [1]

[2] RTHK Radio 1, *Talk East Talk West*, May 11, 2023, 22:30–22:59.

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