Cheng told the Hong Kong media she was so moved by the award that she was speechless for a while.
Hong Kong superstar Sammi Cheng has been named Best Actress by a panel of film critics for the first time in 22 years, according to a list of winners released by the Hong Kong Film Critics Society on Monday ., in which she plays a mother trying to overcome the death of her young son by becoming a foster parent.
Cheng, who declined to be paid for the project as she loved the storyline, said the win came as a surprise and that the recognition holds great significance for her. “For a long time, I have always thought about how to improve my performance and hoped to get different acting roles,” she wrote on social media on Monday.She also told the Hong Kong media she was so moved by the award that she was speechless for a while, as she once felt lost and frustrated in her acting career.
The Cantopop diva last nabbed the film critics award in 2001 for her titular role as the female outlaw Zhong Wuyan in the period comedyCheng has since been nominated for Best Actress several times at the Hong Kong Film Awards and Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards.
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