Meg Lam Kin-ming (born 1956) is a Hong Kong actress and television host of Xinhui ancestry. A trainee of Shaw Brothers' first acting class, she entered show business in 1973 after winning an RTV beach beauty contest, and came to notice in 1975 playing Betty in the film Shi Nü. She hosted many television programmes, admired for her quick wit and hailed as one of Hong Kong's leading comperes, and later returned to ATV, where she devised and fronted its information hit programme. In 1989 she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Hong Kong Film Awards. In 2001 she suffered a head injury when struck by a stage flat during a shoot and subsequently developed depression; she spoke publicly about it, raising awareness of mood disorders. In 2004 she founded the Joyful (Mental Health) Foundation to promote mental health. She married Tsang Chin-cheung in 1993.
Achievements
- 1973 · Won the RTV beach beauty contest.
- 2004 · Founded the Joyful (Mental Health) Foundation to promote mental health.