Queen of Chinese dramas Sheren Tang on real love and why she won’t take on any more roles like the one that made her famous

Queen of Chinese dramas Sheren Tang on real love and why she won’t take on any more roles like the one that made her famous

Asia One·2021-01-01 15:00

Her role as a scheming consort in the 2004 imperial palace TVB drama War and Beauty — one she reprised in its 2013 sequel Beauty at War — made Sheren Tang Shui-man the queen of Chinese-language television drama.

Critics lauded the Hong Kong actress, now 54, for her portrayal of a complex character who was neither a heroine nor a villain. Her performance as Consort Yu, one of Jiaqing Emperor’s concubines, was loved by viewers in the city and in China.

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