HK actress Sandra Ng’s daughter makes showbiz debut

Sandra Ng said her daughter Jillian Chan has to improve her acting skills if she wants to be in the industry. – Photo: Instagram/SandraNgKY

Hong Kong celebrity couple Sandra Ng and Peter Chan’s daughter Jillian Chan has made her official show-business debut with a bank advertisement.

It was the first time the family of three had filmed a commercial together.

Jillian, 17, had recently walked the red carpet with her film-maker father, 60, at the Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony on Sunday.

In the advertisement, Jillian dances and interacts with her mother, a Best Actress winner at the Golden Horse Awards and Hong Kong Film Awards.

Both mother and daughter appeared at a press event on Thursday as Ng, 57, talked about her daughter’s acting prospects.

She said Jillian had acted only in plays before, and that her daughter spent lots of time memorising lines for her first speaking role before the camera.

“Her Cantonese is passable, and she worked hard after I reminded her to speak it properly,” Ng said.

While Jillian had minor walk-on roles in two of her previous movies, Ng said her daughter has to improve her acting skills if she wants to be in the industry.

Ng also said she will be accompanying Jillian when she furthers her studies in Britain in September.

Should Jillian be interested in pursuing a career in the entertainment industry, the actress will allow her daughter to study drama in the United States.

“Times are different. Peter and I treat her like a friend and like a queen and do not force her,” Ng said. – The Straits Times/Asia News Network