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| birth_name = Kong Lai-na (江麗娜)

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1981|12|5}}

| birth_place = [[Hong Kong]]

| occupation = [[Actress]]

| years_active = 1989 – present

| spouse = Desmond Tang (2010–2017<ref name=mingpao0609/>)

| children = 2

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'''Leila Kong Lai-na''' ({{zh|c=江麗娜}} ;born 5 December 1981) known professionally as '''Leila Tong''' / '''Tong Ning''' ({{zh|c=唐寧}}) is a Hong Kong actress. She was born into an Indonesian<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.jaynestars.com/news/leila-tong-visits-child-brides-in-indonesia |title= Leila Tong Speaks Out Against Child Marriages |date= 28 May 2015 |accessdate= 29 May 2015 |work= JayneStars |archive-date= 30 May 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150530235125/http://www.jaynestars.com/news/leila-tong-visits-child-brides-in-indonesia/ |url-status= live }}</ref> Cantonese family. Her birth name is used in her works during her childhood and adolescence.

[[Image:Marriagewithafoolscreen.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Leila Tong]]

'''Leila Tong Ling''' ([[Traditional Chinese character|Traditional Chinese]]: 唐寧) (born [[December 5]], [[1981]]), born '''Pauline Kong''' ([[Traditional Chinese character|Traditional Chinese]]: 江麗娜), is an [[actress]] in [[Hong Kong]]. Her birth name is used in her works during her childhood and adolescence.

== Career ==

At the age of 8, Kong made her first film appearance in director John Woo's action-comedy ''[[Once a Thief (1991 film)|Once A Thief]]'', which was nominated for several categories at the 11th Annual [[Hong Kong Film Awards]]. [[TVB]] then recruited Kong as a child star, and she has since then appeared in dramas such as ''[[The Greed of Man]]'' and ''[[State of Divinity (1996 TV series)|State of Divinity]]''.

As an adult, she took a three-year break from the entertainment circle to attend a designing college. Kong has declined [[TVB]]'s offer to personally manage her.

Before 2004, her popular works include the popular ''[[Aqua Heroes]]'' and ''Square Pegs'', which also starred [[Roger Kwok]] and [[Jessica Hsuen]].

In 2004, she was invited to film [[CCTV]]'s ''[[Liao Zhai]]'' along with a host of [[mainland China]]'s rising stars. The show was extremely popular and spun ''Liao Zhai II''. She also filmed ''Twin of Brothers'', alongside [[Raymond Lam]], [[Ron Ng]], [[Tavia Yeung]] and Li Qian of CCTV. Later that year, she starred in ''[[The Last Breakthrough]]'', starring [[Nick Cheung]], [[Raymond Lam]] and [[Sonija Kwok]]. Although ''The Last Breakthrough'' did not receive good ratings in HK, it is still remembered and favoured by many as one of the most meaningful and touching series [[TVB]] ever made.

The modern sequel to ''Square Pegs'', ''[[Life Made Simple]]'' was filmed with the same cast and released in 2005. At the end of its run, the series became one of the highest rated of 2005, with ''Wars of in Laws'', which also starred [[Bosco Wong]].

Kong has been nominated for TVB's "Most Improved Actress" award consecutively. In 2004, she entered through ''Aqua Heroes'' and ''Square Pegs''. Later in 2005, she made it to the top 10 list with both her character as Angel in ''Life Made Simple'' and as Ha Hiu Ching in ''[[The Last Breakthrough]]''. ''Bar Benders'' was Kong's only series broadcast in 2006 but turned up on TVB's list of top five series of that year.

In 2007, two of her series — ''Ten Brothers'' and ''Family Link'' — have also made it into TVB's five top-rated dramas of 2007. Kong also came out of ''War and Destiny'', which was received with praise and critical acclaim for her performance. She was invited by CCTV to film ''The Last Princess'' with [[Sammul Chan]]. The show was received very well in mainland China. In December, she released her first Mandarin music album named ''Singing with the Moon'' in Beijing.

The following year, in 2008, she filmed ''[[The Greatness of a Hero]]'' in TVB, starring as [[Shangguan Wan'er]], a well-known historic figure. The drama also starred [[Sunny Chan]], [[Kent Cheng]], [[Bernice Liu]] and [[Sonija Kwok]]. She once again collaborated with [[Kenneth Ma]] in a new ancient drama, ''[[Man in Charge]]'', alongside [[Kate Tsui]]. On the second time, she filmed ''[[L For Love♥ L For Lies]]'' with [[Stephy Tang]] and [[Alex Fong (singer)|Alex Fong]].

==Personal life==

Kong married Desmond Tang in 2010. The couple met during a collaboration of the stage play, ''Popcorn Killer'' (爆谷殺人狂), and dated for three years. Kong uploaded a photo of herself and Tang on Weibo on 10 September 2010 to announce their engagement, with the comment "To all my good friends, thank you all for being by my side to witness my growth. I want to tell everyone now that I am preparing to step into another phase in my life! I am announcing to everyone, I am getting married!" The couple announced that they would not hold a wedding banquet, but would celebrate with a meal with family on both sides. In March 2011, she gave birth to a baby boy, Chun Chun. In January 2015, Kong announced the birth of her second child, a baby girl delivered via caesarian section.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/leila-tong-announces-second-baby-040600295.html|title=Leila Kong announces second baby|last=Hsia|first=Heidi|date=20 January 2015|website=Yahoo.com Singapore|accessdate=26 January 2015}}</ref> However, in 2017, they divorced.<ref name=mingpao0609>{{Cite news |url=https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20170609/s00016/1496944590006 |title=如常湊囝囝放學 無戴婚戒 唐寧驚爆7年婚姻告終 |date=9 June 2017 |work=明報 |language=zh-hk |archive-date=15 July 2017 |access-date=15 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170715224544/https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20170609/s00016/1496944590006 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/entertainment/art/20170609/20049350 |title=去年與舞台劇才子分居 傳秘交新歡 唐寧宣佈離婚 偕子女搬新家 |date=9 June 2017 |work=蘋果日報 |language=zh-hk |archive-date=12 August 2017 |access-date=15 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812213513/http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/entertainment/art/20170609/20049350 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Kong is an advocate for animal welfare and environmental conservation. In order to properly reflect her position, she converted to a vegetarian diet in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jaynestars.com/news/leila-tong-is-a-happy-and-healthy-mom/|title=Leila Kong is a Happy and Healthy Mom|date=10 May 2013|website=Jaynestars|accessdate=26 January 2015|archive-date=12 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012104320/http://www.jaynestars.com/news/leila-tong-is-a-happy-and-healthy-mom/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Television===

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"

|-

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Network

!Notes

|-

| 1990 || ''[[Return to the Truth]]''|| Man Man || ||

|-

| 1992 || ''[[The Greed of Man]]'' || Fong Fong || TVB Jade ||

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| 1993 || ''[[Racing Peak]]'' || Chung Oi Ling || TVB Jade ||

|-

| 1994 || ''Instinct'' || || TVB Jade ||

|-

| 1995 || ''When a Man Loves a Woman'' || Apple || TVB Jade ||

|-

| 1996 || ''[[State of Divinity (1996 TV series)|State of Divinity]]'' || Kuk Fei Yin || TVB Jade ||

|-

|rowspan="7"| 2002 || ''[[Legal Entanglement]]'' || Sales in the Candy Shop || TVB Jade ||

|-

| ''[[A Case of Misadventure]]'' || Siu Tuo || TVB Jade ||

|-

| ''[[Let's Face It]]'' || Ko Ka Lei || TVB Jade ||

|-

| ''[[Burning Flame II]]'' || Chan Siu Lan || TVB Jade ||

|-

| ''[[Golden Faith]]''|| || TVB Jade || episode 18

|-

| ''[[Take My Word For It]]'' || Yip Ho Oi || TVB Jade ||

|-

| ''[[Square Pegs (Hong Kong TV series)|Square Pegs]]'' || Ling Choi Deep || TVB Jade ||

|-

|rowspan="4"| 2003 || ''[[Find the Light]]'' || Siu Sun Ji || TVB Jade ||

|-

| ''[[Aqua Heroes]]'' || Yau Wing || TVB Jade ||

|-

| ''[[Vigilante Force]]'' || Luk Lai Kun || TVB Jade ||

|-

| ''[[In the Realm of Fancy]]'' || Zi Ye || TVB Jade ||

|-

|rowspan="3"| 2004 || ''[[Twin of Brothers]]'' || Si Fei Huen|| TVB Jade ||

|-

| ''[[The Last Breakthrough]]'' || Ha Hiu Ching || TVB Jade || Nominated – [[TVB Anniversary Award for Most Improved Female Artiste|Most Improved Female Artiste (Top 5)]]

|-

| ''[[The ICAC Investigations 2004]]''|| Mary || TVB Jade ||

|-

|rowspan="2"| 2005 || ''[[Liao Zhai]]'' || Xiao Xie || ||

|-

| ''[[Life Made Simple]]'' || On Kei || TVB Jade ||

|-

|rowspan="2"| 2006 || ''[[Bar Bender]]'' || Tseung Si Ting || TVB Jade || Nominated – [[TVB Anniversary Award for Most Improved Female Artiste|Most Improved Female Artiste (Top 5)]]

|-

| ''[[Good Against Evil]]'' || Lau Fei Fung || ||

|-

|rowspan="6"| 2007 || ''[[The Family Link]]'' || Sue Siu Man || TVB Jade || Nominated – [[TVB Anniversary Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress (Top 5)]] <br> Nominated – [[TVB Anniversary Award for My Favourite Female Character|My Favourite Female Character (Top 24)]] <br> Nominated – [[TVB Anniversary Award for Most Improved Female Artiste|Most Improved Female Artiste (Top 10)]]

|-

| ''[[Ten Brothers (2007)|Ten Brothers]]'' || Hung Siu Lan || TVB Jade || Nominated – [[TVB Anniversary Award for Most Improved Female Artiste|Most Improved Female Artiste (Top 10)]]

|-

| ''[[The Legend of Love]]''|| Po Hei Yi || TVB Jade ||

|-

| ''[[War and Destiny]]'' || Cheng Yuet Fung || TVB Jade || Nominated – [[TVB Anniversary Award for Most Improved Female Artiste|Most Improved Female Artiste (Top 10)]]

|-

| ''[[Phoenix Rising (Hong Kong TV series)|Phoenix Rising]]'' || So Fei/Yeung Choi-Lam || TVB Jade|| (warehoused)

|-

| ''[[The Last Princess (TV series)|The Last Princess]]'' || Li Kai Xin (Lee Hoi Sum) ||

|-

|rowspan=2|2009 || ''[[Man in Charge]]'' || Chong Siu Han || TVB Jade

|-

| ''[[Room For Rent]]'' || Doris || RTHK ||

|-

|rowspan="2"| 2010 || ''[[A Pillow Case of Mystery II]]'' || Luk Siu Dip/Ting Mei Yan || TVB Jade ||

|-

| ''[[Rooms to Let 2010]]'' || Doris || RTHK ||

|-

|rowspan="2"| 2011 || ''[[Love and Again]]'' || Lau Fuo Mei || TVB Jade ||

|-

| ''[[ICAC Investigators 2011]]'' || Man Ka-kei || RTHK ||

|-

|2012 || ''[[The Greatness of a Hero]]'' || [[Shangguan Wan'er]] || TVB Jade || (warehoused)

|-

| 2014 || ''[[The Borderline]]'' || Ding Siu-hoi || HKTV ||

|-

|rowspan=3| 2015 || ''[[Sexpedia]]'' || herself || HKTV || episode 8

|-

| ''[[Karma (2015 TV series)|Karma]]'' || Michelle Fong || HKTV ||

|-

| ''[[Beyond the Rainbow (TV series)|Beyond the Rainbow]]'' || Kwok ching-man / Kelly Yeung || HKTV ||

|}

===Films===

The following is the filmography (films) for Leila Tong.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=13686&display_set=eng|title=Profile on HKMDB|website=Hong Kong Move Database|accessdate=26 January 2015|archive-date=5 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905181953/http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=13686&display_set=eng|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

|-

|1991 || ''[[Once a Thief (1991 film)|Once a Thief]]''<br>縱橫四海 || young Red Bean ||

|-

|rowspan="2"| 1993 || ''[[City Hunter (film)|City Hunter]]''<br />城市獵人 || Kaori (child) ||

|-

|''[[The Bride with White Hair]]''<br>白髮魔女傳 || young Zhuo Yihang ||

|-

|1995 || ''The Meaning of Life'' || ||

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|1996 || ''[[Those Were the Days (1996 film)|Those Were the Days]]''<br>4個32A和一個香蕉少年 || young Minnie Liu ||

|-

|1997 || ''[[Lawyer Lawyer]]'' || Gat's maid ||

|-

|1999 || ''Beach Girl'' || ||

|-

|1999 || ''[[The Boss Up There (1999 film)|The Boss Up There]]''<br>生命楂Fit人 || Kitty (Fong's deceased girl friend) ||

|-

|2000 || ''[[An Eye for an Eye (2000 film)|An Eye for an Eye]]'' || Fan Yuk Shan ||

|-

|2000 || ''990714.com'' || Nun ||

|-

|rowspan="2"| 2001 || ''[[Chinese Heroes (film)|Chinese Heroes]]'' || Sakura ||

|-

|''Ultimate Intelligence'' || Alice ||

|-

|rowspan = '2'| 2002 ||''[[Love is a Butterfly]]'' || Prince Wah'sgirlfriend ||

|-

|''[[The Untold Story- Suddenly Vanished]]'' || Helen Chan ||

|-

|rowspan="2"| 2003 || ''[[Tragic Room]]'' || Lok Yau Nam ||

|-

|''[[The Trouble-Makers]]'' || ||

|-

|2004 || ''[[Cop Unbowed]]''<br>誓不低頭 || Siu Dip (Butterfly) ||

|-

|2005 || ''Summer Breeze'' || ||

|-

|2006 || ''[[Marriage With a Fool]]''<br>獨家試愛 || Sai-Mun ||

|-

|rowspan="2"| 2007 || ''[[House of the Invisibles]]'' || Gigi ||

|-

|''[[Dead Air (2007 film)|Dead Air]]''<br>鬼计 || Tincy/Fu Wing Sze ||

|-

|2008 || ''[[L For Love♥ L For Lies]]''<br>我的最愛|| Man ||

|-

|2009 || ''[[A Very Short Life]]''<br>短暫的生命 || Becky Lee ||

|-

| 2011 || ''[[Big Blue Lake]]'' || Cheung Lai-yee ||

|-

|2015 || ''[[Anniversary (2015 film)|Anniversary]]'' || ||

|-

| 2016 || ''[[Cold War 2 (film)|Cold War 2]]'' || ||

|-

| 2017 || ''Our Time Will Come'' || ||

|}

<ref>[https://movie.douban.com/celebrity/1038227/ Leila Tong at douban.com]</ref>

At the age of 8, Tong first appeared in director John Woo's action-comedy Once A Thief, which was nominated for several categories at the 11th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards. TVB then recruited Tong as a childstar, and she has since appeared in works such as ''[[The Greed of Man]]'' and ''[[State of Divinity]]''. Tong is not signed under TVB management but continues acting in numerous TVB series. She was casted in ''[[Twin of Brothers]]'', the first major TVB production starring newcomers.

<ref>[http://chinesemov.com/actors/Leila%20Tong.html Leila Tong at chinesemov.com]</ref>

===Television Shows===

Tong received a boost in her career after the great success of TVB series ''[[Square Pegs]]'', starring [[Roger Kwok]] and [[Jessica Hsuen]], which broke TVB's all-time record for the highest rated television drama in 2003. The sequel ''[[Life Made Simple]]'' was released two years later, with the original cast and a few new actors. At the end of its run ''Life'' broke TVB's rating record for a TVB series, with highest single night rating of 43 points, and became the third best rated TVB series in 2005. Tong has been nominated for TVB's "Most Improved Actress" award several times. In 2005, she made it to the top 10 list with both her nominations: her character as Angel in ''Life Made Simple'', and as Ha Hiu Ching in ''[[The Last Breakthrough]]''. In 2006, two of her series has been released: ''[[Bar Bender]]'' and ''[[War and Destiny]]'' (only overseas).

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She recently finished filming ''Phoenix Rising'', which is now scheduled to release in 2007 along with The Family Link.

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| 2018

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|}

== TVB Series Discography==

{| class="wikitable"

*''[[Return to the Truth]]'' (1990)

!align="left"|Year

*''[[The Greed of Man]]'' (1992)

!align="left"|Album information

*''[[State of Divinity]]'' (1996)

!align="left"|Tracklist

*''[[Forty Something]]'' (2002)

|-

*''[[Burning Flame II]]'' (2002)

| 2007

*''[[Love and Again]]'' (2002)

| '''''Singing with the Moon''''' 《邀月唱》<br>Release Date: December 2007

*''[[Good Against Evil]]'' (2002)

| 1.邀月唱 <br>2.1234567 <br>3.愛情物語 <br>4.愛若是個圓 <br>5.不走尋常路 <br>6.那麼重要 <br>7.傷心代碼 <br>8.遠方的人 <br>9.說聲GOODBYE

*''[[A Case of Misadventure]]'' (2002)

|}

*''[[Take My Word For It]]'' (2002)

*''[[Life Made Simple]]'' (2002)

*''[[Vigilante Force]]'' (2002)

*''[[Let's Face It]]'' (2002)

*''[[In the Realm of Fancy]]'' (2002)

*''[[The Legend of Love]]'' (2002)

*''[[Find the Light]]'' (2003)

*''[[Aqua Heroes]]'' (2003)

*''[[Twin of Brothers]]'' (2004)

*''[[The Last Breakthrough]]'' (2004)

*''[[The ICAC Investigations 2004]]'' (2004)

*''[[Ten Brothers]]'' (2004)

*''[[Liao Zhai Zhi Yi]]'' (2005)

*''[[Life Made Simple]]'' (2005)

*''[[Bar Bender]]'' (2006)

*''[[War and Destiny]]'' (2006)

*''[[The Family Link]]'' (2007) ''Unreleased''

*''Phoenix Rising'' (2007) ''Post Production''

*''The Last Princess (filming)

== Movies References==

{{Reflist}}

* ''[[Once a Thief]] (1989)

* ''[[Those Were the Days (1996 film)|Those Were the Days]]'' (1996)

* ''[[An Eye for an Eye]] (2000)

* ''[[Chinese Heroes]]'' (2001)

* ''[[Love is a Butterfly]]''

* ''The Untold Story- Suddenly Vanished (2002)

* ''[[Tragic Room]]'' (2003)

* ''[[The Trouble-Makers]]'' (2003)

* ''[[Cop Unbowed]]'' (2004)

* ''[[Summer Breeze]] (2005)

* ''[[Marriage With a Fool]]'' (2006)

* ''[[One Ghost, one floor]]'' (2007)

* ''[[Ghost Plot]]'' (2007)

==External links==

* [http://www.imdbweibo.com/name/nm1900081/leilatong123 Leila Tong] on IMDB[[Sina entryWeibo]]

* {{IMDb name|id=1900081|name=Leila Tong}}

* [http://leila-t.net Leila-T Network : The Official International Fanclub]

* [http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=2964 Leila Tong] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202552/http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=2964 |date=3 March 2016 }} at the [[Hong Kong Cinemagic]]

* [http://www.Leila-Tong.Com Leila Tong.Com]

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