Yoyo Tse

Tse was born on 4 March 2002.^[1] She had aspirations of becoming a painter or singer from a young age and had never considered pursuing a career as an actress.^[2] In 2018, at the age of sixteen, she was approached by director Sasha Chuk while shopping at Argyle Centre and was invited to star as the protagonist in Chuk's short film The Dropout Of Her.^[3] Tse later attended the Academy of Film of Hong Kong Baptist University and graduated with a higher diploma in creative film production.^[4] In 2020, Chuk invited Tse to audition for her feature film Fly Me to the Moon, and Tse successfully secured the role after multiple rounds of auditions.^[1] In the film, Tse portrays Lam Tsz Yuen, a young Hunanese girl who has migrated to Hong Kong, alongside Wu Kang-ren, who plays her drug-addict father.^[5][6] The film marked Tse's feature film debut, and her performance was well received.^[7] She won Best New Performer in the 60th Golden Horse Awards and Best New Performer in the 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards,^[8][9] and received a nomination for Best Newcomer in the 17th Asian Film Awards.^[10] In an interview with Public Television Service, Tse expressed her desire to continue pursuing acting, and winning the Golden Horse Award further solidified her determination to do so.^[2]