Zhou Jiayi recently played a single mother in the hit ViuTV drama “Anti-Starting Line Alliance”. The drama received rave reviews, and the audience complimented it as if they felt the same way. The plot is very close to the people. The drama tells regarding the concept of parents of different types and how to educate the next generation, which is very interesting. In reality, Zhou Jiayi’s acting career is not smooth. After 24 years in the industry, she started out as a freelancer, and studied while working as an actor. She graduated with 10A in three years. Although her father had ridiculed her, it did not hinder her passion for acting.
“Anti-Starting Line Alliance” Zhou Jiayi tries to figure out the role of a single mother
Zhou Jiayi played the single mother Liu Jiaqi in the ViuTV drama “Anti-Starting Line Alliance”. The drama tells the story of Liu Jiaqi running away due to her husband’s business failure. Liu Jiaqi has to pay the debts invested by her husband, and even sell the house to repay the debt, and move in with her son Billy (played by Xu Lide). Returning to her parents’ home, she took up the responsibility of raising her children and became the owner of the coffee shop “Smiley Cafe”. Zhou Jiayi has absolutely no experience of being a mother in reality, so in order to fantasize regarding the pain of childbirth before filming, she specially watched the documentaries on the childbirth process, and even held a doll to figure out the role, hoping that she might feel the feeling of being a mother, and play the role into shape. Qualified.
In the 14 years of working for TVB, he played a supporting role and was publicly humiliated by his colleagues
Zhou Jiayi has two older brothers, so she naturally became the little princess in the family. She was favored by her father since she was a child, and her mother played the role of a strict mother. She graduated from St. Chiara’s Girls’ College in 1996. In 1998, she enrolled in the TVB artist training class. During her 14 years of service for TVB, she has always appeared as a supporting role. Among them, she played the hare-lipped girl Mao Xiaoqin in “Fire Dance and Yellow Sand” and in “Flower World Flower Sister”. Zhi played the handicapped Ha Jiaojiao, and began to attract the attention of the audience.
However, being a supporting role in TVB is not easy. One time she tried to be inattentive while filming, and the photographer dropped her gloves on her face. After self-reflection, I finally made up my mind with the photographer and became friends. I was grateful that the other party had complimented her and reminded her at that time. Even the TVB producer Qi Qiyi also said that she was very noisy during the qualifying, which made her know that she should respect the profession of an actor and wake up her spirit at the filming site.
Once ridiculed by his father, he studied law and graduated with 10A
Zhou Jiayi has not been reused by TVB. Because of concern for her future and livelihood, Zhou’s father asked her directly, “How long will it take for two to six?” Graduated with 10A. In fact, she has never thought of becoming a lawyer. The reason why she will study is not only because she is driven by her father, she feels that even if the road to the entertainment industry is blocked, she will not have no way out with this certificate. More importantly, she hopes that this move will make her father Peace of mind.
In 2012, she was invited by Wang Weiwei to switch to Hong Kong Television Network (HKTV), and played the leading role for the first time in the drama “Fuse News”. Unfortunately, HKTV was not approved for the license. I don’t know anything except acting, and I cry because I worry regarding changing careers. She can only go back to the mainland to do some movie idle corners without dialogue, but it makes her more sure of her love for acting.
It was not until 2015 that “Fuse News Line” finally premiered, and she played the role of the editor-in-chief Fang Ning, which made the audience shine. In the play, she showed people with refreshing short hair, and her performance attracted the attention of the public. She won the “Best Actress” in the virtual awards ceremony “Gordon Emmy Awards” voted by netizens. The following year, she starred in ViuTV’s opening drama “Margaret and David Series Mung Bean”, playing the heroine Margaret, which once once more caused discussion among netizens.
(Image source: Screenshot of Hong Kong TV’s “Fuse News Line”)
(Image source: Screenshot of Hong Kong TV’s “Fuse News Line”)
(Image source: Screenshot of viutv’s “Margaret and David Series Green Beans”)
Winning the Best Supporting Actress at the Hong Kong Film Awards
In 2018, Zhou Jiayi was fortunate to participate in the movie “Unparalleled” starring Chow Yun-fat and Aaron Kwok, as female inspector He Weilan, and was nominated for the “Best Supporting Actress” at the Hong Kong Film Awards for the first time in 2019. Although she did not have the chance to win the award in the end, she admitted that being nominated is like gaining professional recognition, which is an affirmation of herself. She said that when she received the script, she already felt that there was a lot of room for the role to play. She used a shovel look and a neutral dress, and she was even bolder to go into battle with a real face.
