In September 2020, Chu officially became a barrister at Denis Chang's Chambers.[1][2]
Background
Tracy Chu was born on 28 June 1988 in Hong Kong. She is the eldest of three girls.[3] At the age of 8, Chu and her family immigrated to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. During the first few years, she found it difficult to adjust to the new environment since she spoke minimal English.
Chu graduated from Simon Fraser University, majoring in Business and Communication. She also has an 8th grade in piano.[4] Upon graduation, Chu returned to Hong Kong alone and worked as an administrative assistant for 2 years before deciding to join the Miss Hong Kong pageant.
Career
Pageant career (2012)
Chu entered the 2012 Miss Hong Kong pageant as contestant #4. Despite being a fan favorites and many TVB artistes, including previous winners Samantha Ko, Suki Chui and TVB's executive officer Virginia Lok, Chu did not win the title, partly due to technical difficulties in the voting system.
The 2012 pageant was the first Miss Hong Kong pageant to hold viewers choice online voting. The winner was to be selected based on popular online votes by audiences.[5] Chu placed 2nd Runner-up but many netizens and fellow TVB artistes felt Chu was robbed of the winning title mainly due to Chu was leading in online votes by 65% the day before the final event was held.[6] Over 500 Hong Kong citizens filed a complaint against TVB with the Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) citing fraud was committed, when the winner was eventually decided by the judging panel.[7]
TVB Deputy Director of External Affairs Tsang Sing-ming, later apologized to the press for TVB's computer servers being disrupted, resulting in a lot of viewers unable to vote for their favorite. He also commented that the winner had already been decided and that a recount would not be done.[8]
Acting career (2013-2017)
After winning the Miss Hong Kong 2nd Runner-up title in 2012, Chu was cast for her first role in the medical drama The Hippocratic Crush II, acting opposite veteran Hong Kong actor Lawrence Ng. Her next drama, Tomorrow Is Another Day, had her starring opposite veteran actor Kenny Wong. Chu garnered multiple award nominations with this drama. In 2015, she earned positive reviews for her performance in the dramas Smooth Talker and The Fixer, both of which garnered her the Favourite Most Improved TVB Artiste awards at both the TVB Star Awards Malaysia and the StarHub TVB Awards.
In 2015, with the departure of longtime TVB lead actresses Myolie Wu and Kate Tsui, Chu got her first female leading role in the 2016 drama Over Run Over,[9] again earning positive comments. Her onscreen partnership with Vincent Wong was well received, for which they won the Most Popular Onscreen Partnership award at the 2016 TVB Anniversary Awards. In addition, Chu earned her first nominations for both the Best Actress award and Most Popular Female Character award, eventually being placed among top 5 in both categories.
In 2017, Chu starred in the drama Legal Mavericks. With her role in this drama, she was placed among top 5 for the Best Supporting Actress at the 2017 TVB Anniversary Awards.
By a media report on 28 June 2019, Chu confirmed that she was engaged and had lodged a Notice of Intention to marry her 5-year boyfriend, Justin Ng.[12] Their wedding party was held in Bali in August 2019.[13] On 18 May 2024, Chu announced via Instagram that she had given birth to a son.[citation needed]
