Hong Kong actress Charmaine Sheh “almost died’ when she went without sleep for five days while filming a TVB drama. She may be one of the most popular actresses in Hong Kong and China but it has never been easy.

The 45-year-old got candid about her early years as an actress and difficult working conditions in TVB during an interview with Shining Talks. Sheh joined the showbiz industry after coming in third in the 1997 Miss Hong Kong pageant.