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Isabella Leong
Chinese name	梁洛施
Pinyin	Liáng Luòshī (Mandarin)
Jyutping	Leong4 Lok3 Sze1 (Cantonese)
Birth name	Luisa Isabella Nolasco da Silva
Ancestry	Zhongshan, Guangdong
Origin	Macau
Born	June 23, 1988 (1988-06-23) (age 21)[1] Macau
Other name(s)	Isabella Leong Isabella Leung Leung Lok-si
Occupation	Actress/Singer
Genre(s)	Cantopop
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Label(s)	EEG (2004-2008) Trump Art (2008-2009)
Years active	2004–2009
Partner(s)	Richard Li
Children	Ethan Li Changzhi (李長治) (born 26 April 2009)
Awards Golden Bauhinia Awards Best New Performer 2006 Isabella

Isabella Leong Lok-Sze (Chinese: 梁洛施; Mandarin Pinyin: Liáng Luòshī; Jyutping: Leong4 Lok3 Sze1; Portuguese: Luisa Isabella Nolasco da Silva; born June 23, 1988 in Macau) is a Hong Kong-based actress and former singer.

Career

Her father was a descendant of a prominent Macanese family of Portuguese-English heritage, and her mother is Chinese. Leong dropped out of at the age of 12 to join Emperor Entertainment Group as a teenage model.^[2]

She later turned to singing and released her debut album, Isabella, at 16 years of age. Isabella did not achieve the success hoped for and Leong turned to acting instead. From 2005-2007, she made a string of films including The Eye 10, Bug Me Not!, Isabella, Diary, and Spider Lilies.

Leong went on to land her first American film role in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, which was released in 2008.^[3]

EEG contract dispute

Emperor Entertainment Group filed a lawsuit in the High Court on April 3, 2008 to seek damages from Leong for breaking a 10-year contract which Leong's mother signed for her when she was only 12 years old. Leong filed a writ against the company on April 27.^[2] In November 2008 the legal battle between Leong and EEG ended in an out-of-court settlement, with the star "free to pursue her career".^[4]

Personal life

In 2009, Leong gave birth to a son with Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li, son of billionaire Li Ka-Shing. For this, Leong was given two mansions in San Francisco and HK$50 million in cash, totaling more than HK$200 million. The Li family also provided her with an entourage of care-givers, including five bodyguards, four full-time nannies and a personal attendant.^[5] There has been speculation that a 10-digit pre-nuptial agreement is in place to take care of Leong’s future needs and also to prevent any “potential problems” that could arise in the future.^[5]

A 100-day-old banquet was held for her son from July 9-11, 2009, for three consecutive days, with some of the city's celebrities like Stanley Ho and his second wife Lam Wan Ying, and Tsang Yam Pui and his wife having been spotted in attendance. The banquet was rumoured to cost over 3 million USD.^[6]

Discography

Publication

Filmography

Awards

Fantasporto (2006)

• Best Actress for Isabella

Golden Bauhinia Awards (2006)

• Best New Performer for Isabella

Nominations

Hong Kong Film Awards (2005)

• Best New Performer for Bug Me Not

Hong Kong Film Awards (2007)

• Best Actress for Isabella

Hong Kong Film Awards (2007)

• Best Supporting Actress for Diary

Golden Bauhinia Awards (2007)

• Best Supporting Actress for Diary

References

External links

• Isabella Leong at the Internet Movie Database
• EEG Isabella Leong Profile
• Isabella Leong on MySpace