Luna Shaw Mei-kwan (Chinese: 邵美君; born 1973) is a Hong Kong stage actress best known for her role in Love is Shit (2012). She won eight Hong Kong Drama Awards, which makes her the actress with the most wins for the accolade.

Biography

Shaw was born in 1973. She had her secondary education at Kiangsu-Chekiang College and became interested in drama after having classes with Poon Wai-Sum, a scriptwriter and the artist-in-residence. She attended the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts to study acting, but dropped out in her second year due to family issues. She reapplied to the school three years later after her father's death under the motivation of Poon and her elder sister. She graduated with a higher diploma in 1999 and landed her first stage acting role in the play Non Dimenticar (Chinese: 年年有今日). She won Best Supporting Actress in the 11th Hong Kong Drama Awards in 2002 and formed the Windmill Grass Theatre (Chinese: 風車草劇團) with Joey Leung[zh] and Edmond Tong[zh]. She won a total of eight Hong Kong Drama Awards, most notably winning Best Actress in the 2012 original stage play Love is Shit[zh], which makes her the actress with the most wins for the accolade. Shaw received her first onscreen role in the 2020 ViuTV drama series The Gutter[zh] and featured in the 2023 drama film Time Still Turns the Pages. In 2024, she was cast in lead roles in the crime thriller film The Moon Thieves and drama film The Lyricist Wannabe.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2023Time Still Turns the PagesSister Ha (蝦姐)
2024The Moon ThievesMs. Hong (紅姐)
The Lyricist WannabeLaw Wing Sze's mother
All Shall Be WellYvonne

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2020The Gutter[zh]Wu Choi Wan (胡彩雲)Guest role

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
19987th Hong Kong Drama AwardsBest Supporting ActressSee You SoonNominated
20009th Hong Kong Drama AwardsBest ActressCricket in My LifeNominated
200110th Hong Kong Drama AwardsBest Supporting ActressThe Naked EyesNominated
200211th Hong Kong Drama AwardsBest Supporting ActressThe Black ComedyWon
Best ActressSpiders in MeditationNominated
200312th Hong Kong Drama AwardsBest ActressK ForNominated
Hobson's ChoiceNominated
Venezia Cafe in Portland StreetNominated
200413th Hong Kong Drama AwardsBest ActressDragonheadNominated
200514th Hong Kong Drama AwardsBest Supporting ActressTiger Crane StyleWon
200615th Hong Kong Drama AwardsBest Supporting ActressSuperman Forever[zh]Won
Best ActressI Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change!Nominated
200716th Hong Kong Drama AwardsBest ActressThe Massage KingNominated
201019th Hong Kong Drama AwardsBest Supporting ActressShadow BoxWon
201221st Hong Kong Drama AwardsBest ActressLove is Shit[zh]Won
201524th Hong Kong Drama AwardsBest Supporting ActressShuraba[zh]Won
201726th Hong Kong Drama AwardsBest ActressAlmost, MaineWon
201928th Hong Kong Drama AwardsBest ActressBoy Gets GirlNominated
202029th Hong Kong Drama AwardsBest ActressThe Good Person of SzechwanWon
202331st Hong Kong Drama AwardsBest ActressBye-Bye Your TaleNominated

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