Kimmy Tong Fei (Chinese: 童菲; pinyin: Tóng Feī; born 8 March 1990) is a Chinese actress best known in film for portraying A Cai in From Vegas to Macau film series.[1][2]

Tong Fei
童菲
Born (1990-03-08) March 8, 1990 (age 34)
Other namesKimmy Tong
Alma materBeijing Union University
OccupationActress
Years active2011-present
AgentHua Shui Mu Studio
Notable workFrom Vegas to Macau
Musical career
GenresMandopop

Early life and education

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Tong was born in Weifang, Shandong on March 8, 1990. She graduated from Beijing Union University.

Career

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Tong was picked by a star agent in 2010 when she was a sophomore at university, and signed with the agency Mega-Vision Pictures Limited.[3]

Her first major film credit was Treasure Hunt (2011), a comedy film directed by Wong Jing and stars Cecilia Cheung and Ronald Cheng. That same year, Tong had a minor role as Dong Dong in Hong Kong Ghost Stories, a horror film starring Jennifer Tse, Chrissie Chau, Stephy Tang, and Pakho Chau.

In February 2012, Tong was cast in the martial arts comedy film Princess and the Seven Kung Fu Masters, playing the daughter of Sammo Hung's character. In October, she co-starred with Hsu Chi and Huang Yali in the micro film Beautiful University.[4] In December, she appeared as young A Bao, a beautiful girl who loves Huang Xiaoming's character, in the drama film The Last Tycoon.[5]

In October 2013, Tong starred opposite Liza Wang, Angie Chiu, Hawick Lau, Tiffany Tang, Monica Mok, Wayne Lai, Selena Li, Kenny Wong, and Edwin Siu in Master of Destiny.[6] She also sang the ending song Haven't changed in the drama.[7]

In January 2014, Kimmy Tong had key supporting role in the comedy film From Vegas to Macau, alongside Chow Yun-fat, Nicholas Tse, Chapman To and Jing Tian. In March that year, she co-starred with Chapman To and Wong Cho-lam in Wilson Chin's fantasy comedy film Black Comedy.

In February 2015, Kimmy Tong reprised her role as A Cai in the From Vegas to Macau sequel, From Vegas to Macau II.[8] In March, she played Li Li, the lover of Jiang Chao's character in the romance comedy film For Love to Let Go.[9] In the following month, she played the female lead role in the comedy film The Rise of a Tomboy, alongside Zanilia Zhao, Hans Zhang and Jung Il-woo. In August of that year, she said she would reprise her role in From Vegas to Macau III.[10] In December, she joined the main cast of Kungfu Boys as An Ran, a school teacher.

In May 2016, Tong portrayed an overseas student Lin Peixin in the French-Chinese romance thriller Lumiere Amoureuse.[11] In June, she starred in a youth film called Our Graduation with Gao Taiyu, Ma Ding, and Xie Yingfei.[12] In December, she co-starred with Hu Xia in the comedy film Youran Jian Nanshan.[13]

Filmography

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Film

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Year English title Chinese title Role Notes
2011 Treasure Hunt 无价之宝 Guest
Hong Kong Ghost Stories 猛鬼爱情故事 Dong Dong
2012 The Last Tycoon 大上海 young A Bao
Young and Dangerous: Reloaded 古惑仔:江湖新秩序 Little stammerer [14]
2013 Princess and the Seven Kung Fu Masters 笑功震武林 Lin Xue'er
2014 Black Comedy 黑色喜剧 An Qi
From Vegas to Macau 澳门风云 A Cai
2015 For Love to Let Go 为爱放手 Li Li
From Vegas to Macau II 澳门风云2 A Cai
2016 The Rise of a Tomboy 女汉子真爱公式 Sun Qiaoqiao
Kungfu Boys 龙拳小子 An Ran
From Vegas to Macau III 澳门风云3 A Cai
Our Graduation 我们毕业啦 Luo Xiaoqi
TBA You Ran Jian Nanshan 悠然见南山 Shen Youran
TBA 济公之人皇鼎 Ru Xue
TBA Lumiere Amoureuse 暮光·巴黎 Lin Peixin

TV series

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Year English title Chinese title Role Notes
2015 Master of Destiny 风云天地 Cao Qiao'er
Two Idiots 3 废柴兄弟3 Du Xiaola
2016 Two Idiots 4 废柴兄弟4 Du Xiaola

Micro film

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Year English title Chinese title Role Notes
2012 Beautiful University 美丽大学 Qu Ting'er
Year English title Chinese title Singer Notes
2015 Bad Girl No Chinese name Kris Wu

Music

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Year English title Chinese title Role Notes
2015 Haven't changed 未曾改变 Ending song of Master of Destiny

Photo album

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Year English title Chinese title Notes
2012 Kimmy Tong: Cruel Fairytales 童菲:残酷童话

References

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  1. ^ Heidi Hsia (8 September 2015). "Kimmy Tong cuts ties with Wong Jing". Yahoo. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  2. ^ Addy (28 October 2012). "Him Law Avoids Kimmy Tong on "Young and Dangerous: Reloaded" Set". jaynestars.com. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  3. ^ 童菲,她读大二被星探推荐 受王晶力捧 票房过亿 星途一路看涨. Chinadaily (in Chinese). 2017-06-01.
  4. ^ 童菲现身微电影 搭档舒淇共赴《美丽大学》. Tencent (in Chinese). 2012-11-02.
  5. ^ 《大上海》 莫小棋童菲争做“大哥女人”. 163.com (in Chinese). 2012-11-08.
  6. ^ 童菲挑梁出演《风云天地》 饰乖巧养女俏皮可人. Sohu (in Chinese). 2013-12-06.
  7. ^ 童菲首支单曲《未曾改变》唱出爱情伤口. sina (in Chinese). 2015-08-13.
  8. ^ 《澳门风云2》票房夺冠 童菲被赞颜值高. Chinadaily (in Chinese). 2015-03-03.
  9. ^ 《为爱放手》搭档快乐男声 童菲演绎积极爱情观. iFeng (in Chinese). 2015-03-01.
  10. ^ 《澳门风云3》热拍 周润发童菲再续父女情. Sohu (in Chinese). 2015-09-08.
  11. ^ 《暮光巴黎》杀青 童菲最新剧照曝光. Sohu (in Chinese). 2016-06-28.
  12. ^ 《我们毕业啦》发人物版海报 童菲牵手男神. 163.com (in Chinese). 2016-06-06.
  13. ^ 《悠然见南山》首曝剧照 童菲造型甜美撩人. 163.com (in Chinese). 2017-02-21.
  14. ^ Lance (22 October 2012). "Kimmy Tong is the Hot New Babe in "Young and Dangerous: Reloaded"". jaynestars.com. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
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