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In 2005, Teresa Cheung made her acting debut in the award-winning feature film COLOR BLOSSOMS, set in Hong Kong and theatrically released in Hong Kong, Japan (Universal Pictures), Singapore and Brazil. Directed by maestro auteur Yon Fan (PEONY PAVILION, BOUGIE STREET and who is known for launching film careers of Chow Yun Fat, Maggie Cheung, Daniel Wu), produced by award-winning Fruit Chan (DUMPLING, HOLLYWOOD HONG KONG, DURIAN DURIAN), COLOR BLOSSOMS premiered at Berlinale. Teresa received accolades, winning Rising Star Award in Cinemanila International Film Festival in the Phillippines and Most Promising Star Award in India’s Tamil Nadu International Film Festival; Best Actress nomination at Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards; and Best Newcomer nomination at the Hong Kong Film Awards and China Media Film Awards. Following her film debut, Teresa signed with China’s national TV network CCTV’s artist management company in Beijing. In 2006, Teresa relocated to Los Angeles to study theatre. She audited 200 hours of Master Scene Studies with Larry Moss. She graduated Year 1 Intensives at The Sanford Meisner Center private coached by Martin Barter. She further studied at Stella Adler LA, Script and Character Analysis; Foundation Techniques with Ron Burrus; The Power of Words/ Shakespeare with Joanne Linville. Teresa attends regularly intensive writing workshops by Robert McKee namely The Story Seminar; The Story Genre. In 2007, with her film awards and profile in Asia, Teresa obtained her US green card ( category “extraordinary ability” ) adding to her Canadian citizenship and passport, Hong Kong and China citizenship and ID cards, allowing her to legally work in the US, Canada, Europe and Asia. Teresa travels frequently to Asia for luxury brand endorsements and appearances. Teresa’s Hollywood debut plays a double role as executive producer and Asian journalist in Oliver Stone’s W, as a BBC newscaster starring opposite Josh Brolin in the climatic ending of W. With her established connections and distinguished profile in Hong Kong, China and Taiwan, Teresa lined up W’s private equity from Asia. W also marks the first of her Hollywood film financing projects. The Hollywood Reporter titles Teresa “socialite turned actress/ producer”. |
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