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Queen of Chinese dramas Sheren Tang on real love and why she won’t take on any more roles like the one that made her famous
January 01, 2021
Sheren Tang says her role in Rosy Business, in which she plays a businessman’s concubine who takes charge of his affairs after he died, is one of the acting jobs she has enjoyed the most.
Her role as a scheming consort in the 2004 imperial palace TVB drama
War and Beauty one she reprised in its 2013 sequel
Beauty at War made Sheren Tang Shui-man the queen of Chinese-language television drama.
Critics lauded the Hong Kong actress, now 54, for her portrayal of a complex character who was neither a heroine nor a villain. Her performance as Consort Yu, one of Jiaqing Emperor’s concubines, was loved by viewers in the city and in China.
Queen of Chinese TV dramas Sheren Tang on real love, getting respect in China, and why she won’t take on any more roles like the one that made her famous
The actress was lauded for her performance as Consort Yu in the palace intrigue drama War and Beauty, but Tang says she has sworn off the genre for good
She says she only wants roles that will positively affect people’s lives – and that she is taken more seriously as an actress in China than in Hong Kong