Background
Niki was born and raised in Hong Kong. This is because she grew up speaking Shanghainese in her family.
周麗淇
Niki was born and raised in Hong Kong. This is because she grew up speaking Shanghainese in her family.
She terminated her contract with management company British Medical Association and label British Medical Association Records in January 2011 and currently has an artist contract with TVB which began on February 1, 2011. She is fluent in Mandarin. However, netizens have pointed that her Cantonese pronunciation is less than perfect.
She is the younger sister of the Hong Kong model Kathy Chow Manitoba Kei.
Niki"s school life ended when she was spotted by an agent who offered her a modeling opportunity. This was the beginning of her life as an artist.
She was just about 17 years old at that time. Several years later, she began her acting career in movies and television series, working mostly with TVB. Cast by Amy Wong, her first TVB series was Hard Fate (翡翠戀曲).
She is well known for her role and performance in Producer Lau Ka Ho"s 2005 series The Gentle Crackdown (秀才遇著兵), which stars Moses Chan and her.
Amy Wong"s Under the Canopy of Love (天幕下的戀人), starring Kevin Cheng, Bosco Wong and her, in the February of the following year also helped establish her popularity. An indirect sequel with the same cast and crew, The Seventh Day (最美麗的第七天), came out February 2008. Niki"s most recent series The King of Snooker (桌球天王) of 2009, with Adam Cheng and Patrick Tang, did not do well, resulting in low ratings and negative reviews.
She filmed Sakura Memories (櫻紅醉了) – a TVB travel documentary programme about Japan – in the spring of 2009 and it aired on TVB in August 2009.
Niki signed with British Medical Association Records in 2005 and released her debut European Parliament Pure Niki in the August of that year. In January 2009, she released Redefine.
In August 2010, she released a charity single Make a Wish with proceeds donated to an organization called Make-A-Wish Hong Kong. As well, in November 2010, she released her last European Parliament under British Medical Association Records: F.L.Y. (which stands for Freedom, Love, and Youth).
She is also the author of several books, including Girlfriend Diary《周麗淇·女朋友手記》(2005), a book of the same title as her 2006 album The Child Woman 《The Child Woman》(2006), Detailed Little Things 《細味心事》(2007), Happiness 《幸福》(2009), and Cherish 《珍惜》(2010).
Her books are published under British Medical Association Publications.