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Sharon Chan

Hong Kong actor and model

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ710822
Source-derived summary

Sharon Chan Man-chi (simplified Chinese: 陈敏之; traditional Chinese: 陳敏之; Jyutping: Can4 Man4 Zi1) is a Hong Kong actress and model. She is currently under contract with TVB in Hong Kong.

Filmography

Television dramas

Film

Books

陳敏之《戀愛敏感》

TVB Songs

Song Name : "Love Steps" (逐格重播): At Home with Love (樓住有情人主題曲) (2006)

Song Name : "The Circle Game": Glittering Days (東方之珠片尾曲) (2006)

References

External links

Official TVB Blog of Sharon Chan (in Chinese)

Official Yahoo!

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Sharon Chan” as hong Kong actor and model. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2006—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1979-01-17. The account is most persuasive where Sharon, Chan and Hong can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as hong Kong actor and model. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q710822. VIAF identifies the subject as 179740460. The Library of Congress control number is no2011122360. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2006.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Read biographical claims against dates, named institutions and the cited references. Distinguish a subject’s later reputation from evidence produced during their lifetime.

Best used for
  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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Personal papers, civil or court records, institutional files and the scholarship cited by the source.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Sharon Chan”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Sharon Chan primary sources, Sharon Chan archive and Sharon research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Sharon Chan”?
  2. Which primary records establish identity, chronology and institutional ties?
  3. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from Sharon Chan” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.