I was just wondering who actually graduated from acting school and made it big in the TVB industry? I mean not many...it seems ''graduating'' from beauty school is a better way then acting school. Does anyone know who else graduated and is working in the industry?

The last ones I know were Tavia Yeung, Raymond Lam and Chris Lai...

hmm... i now raymond and tavia went to acting school and theyre pretty successful

wow acting school for tvb? maybe i should take a look into this. it doesnt matter if you are a good actor or whatever. i believe that as long as one is good looking, then they dont need good acting skills to get into the entertainment business

Exactly. I mean I understand they do need good looking people to attract people but simply only concentrated those that are good looking and not overlooking those who work there asses off just kinda puts me down a little. There are some talented people that can do with a series or two, yet sometimes they constantly promote those new miss hk in supporting roles when they should at least promote some that can act. I'm not against them puttin the pretty ones in the industry, but they shouldnt just concentrate on those.

Raymond and Tavia are the only ones that I know that are successful. Tavia worked in quite a lot of kelefeh roles before she got better roles.

a lot of them made it big but if you're talking about at TVB I don't know about that
those that graduated from TVB acting school but left: (some I heard they did)
Andy Lau
Tony Leung
Carina Lau
a lot more...

ones that are still w/ TVB:
Raymond Lam
Tavia Leung

The only ones that I know that graduated from the TVB acting classes are Tavia Yeung, Raymond Lam, Ron Ng and Joey Leung. I think that it takes longer for stars that came out from acting classes longer to be main characters in series like Tavia =P

Alot of the top stars didn't graduate from TVB acting school....

Ron Ng went to acting school???

Thats what I mean, why do they create an acting school where they dont even help them pursue their career in acting. I mean generally most are given lots of opportunities in actually filming so it enables them to learn thats why we have such bad performances.

i think nancy wu also went to TVB acting school.. but not sure..

yea, TVB 18th acting class.

lol yeah i think the good looking part is pretty crucial especially for entertainment companies i wanna be in it! heh

i thought she won some cover girl competition for TVB

Yeah, I think that Nancy won the 2003 [not sure of the year] Cover Girl contest and got discovered by TVB like that... I believed that she didn't start from TVB acting classes but she does have good acting skills!

It's soo+ rare these days to hear actors/actresses hail from TVB Acting School. I do respect them a little more cos they do tend to start from minor roles before getting the big breakthrough roles. TVB should appreciate them more cos for me acting is the main focus, sure a pretty face is nice to look at but when the acting is bad, no appearance can fix that!

Wow, acting school? I thought all you (for the girls) needed was to be a contestant at a beauty pageant - either you win or lose as long a you have the looks you are automatically - well, not automatically but more likey to be "discovered" - in this business. The same goes for the guys. Reality is - looks can only get you so far. This is when schooling comes in to back you up. You have got to have some credentials in order for your work to be appreciated/recognized.

yeah....it seems that looks are more important than acting skills nowadays.....sucks cause it should be BOTH and not just one or the other lol! tvb acting school should train everyone better....since all the new people suck and all they're there for is for looks

It's kinda stupid sometimes...I mean here tvb makes an acting school hoping to get some talented people in the industry...yet they hire newbies with just looks and hoping they improve over time. I mean anyone could...that just stinks. Some even get leading roles before they learn to act!

I want to attend too hehe, seriously want to be an TVB actor myself if only i had the chance to.

dude Ron Ng didnt even pass tvb acting class so he cant be considered as a graduate of tvb acting class ... he failed and so Louis Koo felt sorry for him so he took Ron and introduced him to a manager or producer and told them to give ron a try because he know ron ,because he sees ron everyday backstage helping his sister(rons sister) because ron's sis is a dancer for tvb and everyday ron has to help his sis and it wasnt a high paying job so louis helped out the poor guy ..soo basically ron's got backup from a respected actor

whoa! really? i thought he passed...one lucky guy...if not he would still be a dancer until now...

Hey! this TVB acting school program sounds very interesting. I'm very interested in the acting field and I am considering acting as a profession. Does anyone know the application procedure?? like do we need a picture, or portfolio of some acting videos we've done?? Plz let me know

Nancy Wu won first place in the 2002 TVB Cover Girl Contest . She then graduated from the 18th acting class and had been signed by TVB afterwards.

I know that Raymond and Tavia went to acting school aswel....

The fact that TVB has an acting school is really ironic to me. Most of the new generation of actors don't act very well in my opinion which is pretty much turns me away from a lot of the TVB dramas with all these new actors. I don't think TVB acting school would be the best for someone who wants to be a serious actor o-o

ii thought there was no TVB acting achool anymore???? oh well !!!! hahaha

I believe Ron Ng only went to TVB dancing school!

Raymond Lam and Tavia Yeung are recent examples. Maybe because of this common acting school graduation are they given so many opportunities together in series

another person famous with quality acting BOBBY

...is it really true abt Ron??? ...arh..i can tell...
..aniwayz...Raymond and Tavia graduated from acting school...that'y i find their acting skill pretty gud and proud to be their fan...lol...i luv people who go to acting school than those who go for a beauty pageant [like MissHK]...well...it's jux i admire those who choose a tougher way to be famed than an easier way while they have no talent at all...jux count at their beauties and promotions isnt a gud idea to be a skilled actor/actress tho...

i think all tvb celebs go to acting school thats y they're so successful...but a few ppls dat i kno who went to acting school isnt well promoted which are fred cheng, lai lok yi, oscar chan, oscar leung and stephen wong...they're acting is pretty good

Stephen chow was also from TVB's acting school.

Francis Ng failed 3 TIMES before he graduated, but look where he is now, a well known veteran actor who has taken home the best actor award.

Heard that Chow Yun Fatt and Tony Leung Chi Wai also comes out of TVB acting school.

But yeah Raymond Lam and Tavia Yeung are among the promoted ones from this acting school. Ron Ng got promoted by Louis Koo's help. While some other people got other ways such as:

-beauty pageants
-discovered by scouts, did commercials first
-singing first
-family/friends connections
-etc

I guess it doesnt really matters as long as they produce good results now.But they are really potential people from tvb's acting shool.

yep ray and tavia graduated in the same class. ron was just recommended by louis koo. the only other person that i know that you guys already mentioned is nancy.

wow francis failed 3 times. surprising, hes like a veteran now.

I guess TVB don't need talented actors or actresses.They have proven to be so successful even losing their big names. TVB has the ability to make anyone popular.They don't need to be handsome or talented. All is luck and relationship!
Come to think of a few actors like Bobby Au,Michael Tao and Cheung Tat Ming. They are not handsome but they are very popular!

I know Sean Lau, Margie Tsang, Eddie Cheung, Yammy Nam. Artists that attended training schools might become superstars later!!!!!!!!!!

Matt Yeung graduated with Raymond and Tavia.

Kenneth Ma graduated from the TVB acting class as well forgot which year though. Even if one finishes the acting class TVB might not sign them.

Is TVB still holding acting classes? In the old days (late 70's and early 80's onwards), the graduates of the acting classes dominated the TVB series. Felix Wong, Andy Lau, Michael Miu, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Carina Lau and of course Chow Yun Fat, and tons more. I also think that may be back in those days the beauty pageants were not producing as many actress-wannabes. Of course there were a lot who became successful even then who came form Miss Hong Kong, e.g. Cherie Chung, Maggie Cheung, Cora Miu etc.

me too, i wanna become a TVB actress tooo, if i could haf da chance to....hummmm... i wonder where is the acting skool in hk ?

Elaine Yiu
Sharon Chan ( I think or from a singing contest)
Tavia Yeung
Myolie Wu ( she took an acting class after the paegant)
Nancy Wu ( after she won a beauty contest from the TVB cover girl)

Chris Lai
Raymond Lam
Ron Ng
Bosco wong ( after he was spotted by a talent agent and put into an ad with Cecilia Cheung before she got famous)

Kenneth Ma

if you noti e- there are al ot of ppl in small roles but never go up- they may have ok acting but they are not tall or good looking enough btu also perhaps becuse they dont do what the execs want them to and its not esy to live a celbrities life

hah? raymond lam , ron ng , bosco wong, tavia yeung and myolie took the acting class ???? i don think so cos the tvb acting skool only exist between 60's to 80's only..... after the 90's no more acting skool at all.......

Well does anyone actually know where it is? I'm in HK right now and I really want to make some enquiries. I can't find anything on the net about it - no phone numbers nothing!

Help us out,yeah?!

Maybe you should search at TVB's main site and perhaps e-mail them to ask about it. Someone from tvbspace.net posted something about TVB Acting School and even provided the application for it. I saw it on there about a year ago or so...I know that we need HK citizenship (or was it ID?)..or somethign to prove you're a resident there in order to enter. But I'm not too sure, it was a while ago..sorry. ^^; You might try asking Em or someone from tvbspace.net maybe they'll know something about it. Good luck. Wish I could enter...but I don't know Canto lol.

And Ron was promoted by Louis Koo??? 0_0 wowiee i had no idea!

I thought Ron failed graduatibng from TVB acting class.
And Nancy, didn't she won some cover girl competition and then entered TVB acting class?
Well, didn't Francis Ng fail a few times until he finally passed. But well that shows that you can still become a successful and talented actor even if you fail TVB acting class.

haha ill be in the same situation as u when i go to HK this summer..got to work hard to do some research to get myself "in" it will be even harder because i cant really speak cantonese that well. let me know if there's anything that comes up. btw hav u done any acting, it mite be better if u hav a portfolio to show to them. and tvb doesnt do acting school anymore, u will have to sign up for APA or maybe if u hav connections u mite be able to do some acting in tvb. It's much harder now that it was before if u want to do acting in HK. I would also like to know how to get in like all the other actors and actresses there..

LOL - I haven't done ANY acting. Im not even a drama student. I sing, dance + i like to say im a closet actress. AHAHA - but who's to judge right? Yeah, I'm desperate to get my foot in the door. I want to sing, really - but the industry in HK is ALL about connections, not talent - which really annoys me. So regardless of how good singers are, it wont get them through. it annoys me. but i've always wanted to be an entertainer so TVB is a quick thrill I guess. Uni is next year for me and I'm trying to coordinate things so that i'll get a chance to hopefully fulfill my dreams or face realities that im not good enough and settle down for a degree + give it all up. I don't know. I'm having the worst time figuring out what I want to do - I mean, TVB acting school doesn't mean I'll become famous for sure and get to act or sing for that matter. there's always that doubt.

what do you mean TVB doesn't have acting school sanymore and what's an APA??

haha...wow...I never knew all this...=/ either ur good at digging the "truth" or u've got some talent to be a reporter...

As far as I know, Ron was still a dancer when Louis knew of his existence and I guess he covered it well that his sister was a dancer too

anyhow...I only know of the ones mentioned...Raymond, Tavia...and I guess that's why they're actually making it somewhere...=/

noo..ron was never part of the acting class..he was in the dancing class only!!! thats how ray and ron met;] lols....then ron danced for aaron kwok or something?! and like louis met ron...yea yea....

hmm..i think kenneth ma was from the acting class?!

yup, tavia and raymond are hecka sucessful from the acting class..=]

yea i havnt done much acting either. thats good u got some other talents..tvb will also look at those too when they decide if they want to hire u or not. unfortunately u r right about the connections part, it is more important than talent if u want to make it big in HK unfortunately. u also need to maintain good relations with people. hav u done anything so far about this? Im already in University in my third year..im thinking of quitting and go into acting. wut do u mean not good enough...u can do anything u want as long as u want to:P its hard to get famous, nobody knows for sure if they will get famous..but cant hurt to give it a try:) yea TVB closed their acting school like a year ago or something. APA is the Academy for Performing Arts, its the best acting, music school to study at in HK. some famous ppl came out from that school. you should look into this school, I recommend you to try applying if you are interested and hav thought it over seriously.

I think that is totally wrong: connections are more important than talent?!?!
what??? that's just totally out of order but i suppose that's how life goes..

Ohhh - that's the APA! I get it! Actually I asked about it. It's tough prerequisties though. Something about being between the ages of 17 and 27 [don't quote me]. HK citizen, Form 5 graduate, Audition and written exam. Enrolments start in May, classes start September.

Supposedly, it's really tough to get in. Each course goes for three years - you can choose from a wide range such as Drama, Music, Dance etc - and there are branch subjects within each one of course. It's in Wan Chai of HK - Isabella Leung went there when she was frozen by EEG this year for drama classes or something. She's yet to graduate since she just started, but i'm not too sure about her continuing her courses since she's back in the industry again.

I'm still wondering if I should sacrifice it all for this one dream. I could be doing law next year if i didn't have such high hopes of becoming an entertainer. . .

There are times that I wish that I had dreams that were achieveable in the simple sense. Some people want to become doctors - so they study hard, go to uni, do work experience and work their way up. But that doesn't apply for what we want, does it? No, because it's barely talent, mostly connections. The fact is, people around me know people - LOL - if that makes sense. But these people who know people don't want me doing what I want - they're like "You can go and do law next year." I know how it goes - do what YOU want. But the reality is that indeed the entertainment industry looks great, looks glam filled - but no one sees the casualities underneath it.

yea APA is hard to get in, im still going to try applying for that school..doubt i can get in since i basically hav no acting experience@ @ umm well from my experience, I think u should just go for what you want to do. I know you're afraid of messing up ur life, but how bad can it go seriously? I regretted that I never gave acting a shot after highschool b4 i got into university, then I dont hav to go thru all this sh*t rite now. like u wanting to go into law, I wanted to go into med school but thats not wut im interested in. Even if u find that acting is not really ur thing, at least u got the experience which is wut counts. Isnt that wut life is all about? living through experiences, whether good or bad, we learn from them and thats how we live. as long as u dont give up, there will always be a way open. There's no point in living if we dont get to experience things ourselves. And not only acting has a cost behind it, everything else does too. Nothing is easy in life, but as u set a goal and work hard to aim towards it, u will eventually get wut u want. I think u should think carefully about wut u want to do and start doing some acting to see if u like it.

lol....me 2....plannin to go to hk this summer....n i really want to b an actress...*sigh* but i am not a hk citizen....wonder where is da skooollll....
oo by da way wat is APA?!?!??!!?!?