Charmaine Sheh is an award-winning Hong Kong actress and singer. Born on May 28, 1975, she was initially preparing for a very different career after graduating in 1994 from studying hotel management at the International Management Institute Switzerland. But after winning second runner-up in the 1997 Miss Hong Kong Pageant, Charmaine Sheh launched her career in entertainment. She made her acting debut in the 1998 television series “Time Off.” She has since starred in many popular films and television dramas, including the recent “Line Walker” (2014), “Bet Her” (2017) and “Story of Yanxi Palace” (2018).

Charmaine Sheh

Lu Zhen Zhen (Song Yi) has been career-oriented for her entire adult life, but that all changes when she falls in love. She abruptly leaves her Beijing-based job plans in the dust to be with her romantic partner in the city of Chengdu. Her best friend Gu Man Ting (Li Chun) is also in the city after escaping from a disastrous marriage. The two women decide to work together at a local restaurant. However, when a Chengdu-based female restaurant entrepreneur named Liang Qing Ran (Charmaine Sheh) arrives on the scene, the friends’ relationship is put to the test. Can the trio work together to make the restaurant – and their personal lives – a success? This 2024 Chinese drama series was directed by Du Xiao Yu.

Fry Me to the Moon

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Liang Qing Ran

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It is the late 10th century, and the Liao dynasty is at the zenith of its power. The powerful Liao rule much of what is now Northeast China, Mongolia, and Russia, as well as much of the Korean peninsula.

Prime Minister Xiao Si Wen and Princess Yan of the Liao have three daughters, but their favorite is the youngest – the hard-working and diligent Xiao Chao (Tiffany Tang).

Xiao Chao’s heart belongs to aspiring military commander Han De Rang (Shawn Dou), whose family have loyally served the Liao for decades. But her parents have other plans for her – and succeed in arranging for her to marry the Liao Emperor, Jin Zhong (Jing Chao).

She obeys and goes on to become the Emperor’s queen, as well as a fierce defender of the Liao – helping to mobilize the army, heading a 10,000-strong cavalry regiment and providing support for the civil administration. Eventually, she is named Empress.

In the meantime, however, Han De Rang has continued his own rise through the ranks of both the military and the government, becoming a powerful general and a minister.

Xiao Chao is prepared to do anything to help the realm…but can she contain her feelings for Han De Rang? And can he, in turn, control his heart, which still beats for his childhood sweetheart, now the Empress?

“The Legend of Legend of Xiao Chuo” is a 2020 Chinese drama series that was directed by Jiang Jia Jun.

The Legend of Xiao Chuo

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Branded as an outsider and shunned as such, Shang Xirui (Yin Zheng) has faced a lifetime of trials but that has never once stopped him from reaching for his dream. An exceptional talent in the world of Peking opera, Xirui has but one dream, to share his love and knowledge of this beautiful, traditional art form with the world.&nbsp;

When wealthy businessman, Cheng Fengtai (Huang Xiao Ming) attends one of Xirui’s performances, he’s captivated by both the art and the artist. Sharing a passion for Peking opera, Fengtai and Xirui soon become the best of friends. An avid supporter of Xirui’s work, Fengtai helps his Xirui rebuild a local theater and train a new troupe of aspiring actors, to carry on the art and its traditions.

As the two work closely together, their friendship blossoms, both finding something in each other that neither has had before: a true friend. But in the summer of 1937, everything they love and have worked so hard for is threatened, when the Japanese army invades Beijing. Knowing they must fight to protect that which they love most, the two take up arms in defiance of those who threaten to destroy everything they hold dear.

Based on the novel of the same name by Shui Ru Tian Er, “Winter Begonia” is a 2020 period drama directed by Hui Kai Dong.

Winter Begonia

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A young woman who enters the royal palace with an agenda encounters kindness and opportunity.

Wei Ying Luo (Wu Jin Yan) enters the royal court of Hong Li, Qianlong Emperor (Nie Yuan), to uncover the truth behind her sister’s tragic death. She suspects the imperial guard Fucha Fu Heng (Xu Kai) and tries to get close to his sister, Empress Fucha Rong Yin (Qin Lan). Ying Luo manages to transfer to Changchun Palace to work as a maid. There, Ying Luo is mentored by the kind Rong Yin, who teaches Ying Luo to read and write, and she also falls in love with Fu Heng.

Through a series of events, Ying Luo becomes the Emperor’s concubine, Consort Ling. Alongside other concubines like Consort Xian (Charmaine Sheh), can Ying Luo put her personal agenda aside to serve the Emperor?

“Story of Yanxi Palace” is a 2018 Chinese drama series directed by Hui Kai Dong and Wen De Guang. Based on the novel Yan Xi Gong Lüe by Zhou Mo, the drama won Best Television Series at the 5th Hengdian Film and TV Festival of China.

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