Jennifer Yu (actress)

Jennifer Yu was born on 5 July 1993 in Hong Kong. She has a younger sister, Zoe Yu, who is also a model. Yu attended Po Leung Kuk Dr. Jimmy Wong Chi-Ho (Tin Sum Valley) Primary School and Immaculate Heart of Mary College.

Yu became a model in 2011, signed under One Cool JamCast, appearing in a number of advertisements.

In 2016, she played the role of Ling in drama film Sisterhood, which earned her a Best New Performer nomination in the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards.

In 2017, she debuted as a singer, releasing her first single.

In 2024, she won Best Actress at the 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards for her role as Kay in In Broad Daylight.^[2]

Yu began dating actor Carlos Chan after their collaboration in the 2014 television series A Dream Comes True 2014. Although Chan mentioned plans of marriage in an interview with Ming Pao in March 2018, their breakup was announced in June 2018.^[3]

Yu announced in October 2020 that she would be marrying her boyfriend, Tim Luk, who is not from the entertainment industry, in November.^{[citation needed]} The following month, Yu announced that she was pregnant.^[4] Their daughter, Clare, was born in May 2021.^[5] Their second child, a son, was born in September 2023.^{[citation needed]}

Yu became best friends with Fish Liew after collaborating in Sisterhood.^[6]

• Sisterhood (2016)
• Tracey (2018)
• Distinction (2018)
• Men on the Dragon (2018)
• Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2020)
• Single Papa (暖男爸爸) drama (2020)
• Far Far Away (2021)
• Over My Dead Body (2023)
• In Broad Daylight (2023)
• Table for Six 2 (2024)
• Papa (2024)
• Girlfriends (2025 Premiere at the Busan in September^[7])