Gaile Lok
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Gaile Lai | |||||||||||
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樂基兒 | |||||||||||
| Born | Lai Ga Yi 22 August 1980 | ||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Actress, model | ||||||||||
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| Children | Hunter E. Chu (son) | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 樂基兒 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 乐基儿 | ||||||||||
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| Lai Ga Yi | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 黎嘉儀 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 黎嘉仪 | ||||||||||
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Gaile Lai (simplified Chinese: 乐基儿; traditional Chinese: 樂基兒; pinyin: Lè Jīér), born Lai Ga Yi (simplified Chinese: 黎嘉仪; traditional Chinese: 黎嘉儀; pinyin: Lí Jiāyí) on 22 August 1980,[1] better known as Gaile Lok, is a Hong Kong actress and model. She was born in Macau to a Chinese father and a Vietnamese mother. Gaile studied in the United States.
Background[edit]
Gaile Lok is of Chinese-Vietnamese descent as her mother is Kinh Vietnamese. She was born in Macau but grew up in USA. She made her film debut starring in the 2000 romantic film, I Do, and subsequently appeared in another film entitled My Sweetie in 2004.[2] When she made her debut, some Hong Kong entertainment information magazines had compared her likeness to that of Shu Qi, a Taiwanese actress.[citation needed] In 2005, she openly admitted to had performed breast augmentation surgery, but reverted shortly as they take too much load on the back.
Personal life[edit]
As of 2006, Gaile was dating Leon Lai, a Hong Kong actor and singer. With this relationship, she became a target of paparazzi and the media. In 2006, a magazine published an article and intimate photographs of her with Leon Lai at the latter's residence, prompting the Hong Kong Actors Guild to protest "irresponsibility" on the part of the magazine.[3]
In 2009, Lok and Lai were secretly married in Las Vegas at the Wynn Hotel, with his manager and assistant acting as witnesses.[4]
On 3 October 2012 the couple announced the end of their four-year marriage. Their joint statement stated that there were "different philosophies in life" which caused the divorce. Leon Lai's manager stated that there was not a third party that lead the couple to divorce.
Lok married businessman Ian Chu in 2017. Their son, Hunter, was born on 29 April 2019.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "樂基兒未慣做黎太 黎明韓國宣傳連約鄭宇成(圖)". Archived from the original on 8 April 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
- ^ Gaile at simonyam
- ^ Leon and Gaile intimate photo published (in Chinese).
- ^ YOURNAME. "tvbnewsworld" (in Indonesian). Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Leon Lai's ex-wife Gaile Lok welcomes baby boy, Hunter". AsiaOne. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
