Who is the American singer, songer, and actress born in 1981 who's grandfather was a jazz drummer and mother won Hong Kong's first Amateur Talent Quest?
Teresa Victoria "T.V." Carpio
Teresa Carpio
Carpio's father is Filipino and her mother Shanghainese.
 Born into a musical family (her grandfather was a concert violinist and jazz guitarist, her father Fernando, a jazz drummer, and several uncles were also professional musicians), She began singing at age 6 when she entered and won Hong Kong's first Amateur Talent Quest.
 She is the eldest of five, all of whom have at some time been active in the music business.
 Her eldest daughter, TV Carpio, is a musician, actress and Broadway singer.
T.V. Carpio
Teresa Victoria "T.V." Carpio (born 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.
Suet Nei
Hung Suet-nei (Chinese: 熊雪妮), known as Suet Nei or Suet Nay (Chinese: 雪妮) is a Hong Kong actress born in 1945, Hong Kong.
 She is a veteran actress, having acted for many years.
 She has starred in martial arts Cantonese operas, due to her skill in martial arts.
 She signed with TVB in 1988. Irene Ryder
Irene Ryder (; born 1949) was a popular Eurasian Hong Kong English pop singer in Hong Kong during the 1960s.
 In 1966, she attained the unofficial title of Go Go Queen after winning a talent quest.
 Her first single was "To Sir With Love".
 Among the other singles that she recorded were a duet with Robert Lee, former member of Hong Kong beat band The Thunderbirds and the younger brother of Martial Arts star Bruce Lee.
 The single was called "Baby Baby". Trouble Maker (film)
Trouble Maker () is a 1995 joint Taiwan and Hong Kong romance comedy film directed by Taiwanese director Kevin Chu and produced by Hong Kong director Wong Jing.
 Starring Taiwanese actor singer Takeshi Kaneshiro, Hong Kong actor Ng Man-tat, Hong Kong actress Athena Chu and Taiwanese child actor Steven Hao Shao Wen.
 The Hong Kong Chinese title 蠟筆小小生 translates as "Crayon Siao Siao San" which is derived from the popular Japanese manga "Crayon Shin-chan" about a mischievous little boy.
 The movie was first released in Taiwan under the title "Fart King 臭屁王".
 The movie was renamed and dubbed in Cantonese for all the Taiwanese actors to cater to the Hong Kong audiences.
 Hong Kong actors Ng Man-tat, Athena Chu and Gabriel Wong Yat-San (known by his nickname "Small Turtle") filmed their lines in Cantonese which was dubbed over by an actor for the Mandarin version.
 The movie was released in Taiwan on 25 March 1995 and then a week later on 1 April 1995 in Hong Kong. Lou Jing
Lou Jing (born 1989) is a Chinese talent show contestant from Shanghai.
 She was born extramaritally to a Chinese mother and a Black father (an African American according to her), who left China before she was born and has lost contact ever since.
 Lou Jing's parents divorced after her birth on the basis of her mother's infidelity.
 Her mother raised her as a single mother.
 She is currently enrolled at the Shanghai Theater Academy.
 She entered the Shanghai-based Dragon TV's "Go Oriental Angel" talent quest in August 2009, where she became one of the five finalists from Shanghai. Kearen Pang
Kearen Pang is a Hong Kong cross-media creator who has written, directed and acted in theatrical productions and films.
 She graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, and joined the Chung Ying Theater Company in 1998 as a full-time actor.
 She also participated in the theater in different positions, including stage director, musical, choreographer and producer.
 She left Chung Ying in 2003.
 In 2004 she studied in Paris Studio Magenia for mime and physical theater.
 Her first film script was with Pang Ho-Cheung, co-director of the Berlin International Film Festival Silver Bear Award film Isabella (2006).
 In 2005 she founded Kearen Pang Productions.
 She was awarded the Best Actress (Comedy/Farce) at the Hong Kong Drama Awards.
 In 2010, '’Sylvia'’ – an American drama was produced by Kearen Pang Production.
 Kearen was the producer and main actress of the play – Sylvia.
 This production was awarded as the 10 Most Popular Production of the Year in 2010, in the Hong Kong Drama Award.
 "Sylvia" was then rerun in June 2011.
 Kearen was elected by CNNGO.
com as one of the "The Hong Kong Hot List: 20 People to Watch”, her drama play and script was described as “full of subtle drama and stealthy sentimentality that creeps into audiences hearts”.
 In 2011, Kearen was elected by RTHK and Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies as "The Most Impressive Actress" in HK theatre in past 20 years. Fruit Chan
Fruit Chan Gor (; born 15 April 1959) is an independent Hong Kong Second Wave screenwriter, filmmaker and producer, who is best known for his style of film reflecting the everyday life of Hong Kong people.
 He is well known for using amateur actors (such as Sam Lee in "Made in Hong Kong", Wong Yau-Nam in "Hollywood Hong Kong") in his films.
 His name became familiar to many Hong Kongers only after the success of the 1997 film "Made in Hong Kong", which earned many local and international awards.
 Chan was deeply influenced by the era of sixties film in Japan, for the reason that they were not afraid to produce realistic movies that addressed society's problems.
 In particular, Nagisa Oshima, a Japanese director during the sixties was someone who Chan looked up to and thought of when directing Made in Hong Kong. Miriam Yeung
Miriam Yeung (born 3 February 1974) is a Hong Kong actress and singer.
 Before entering the entertainment business, she was a registered nurse at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Hong Kong.
 She studied at the Holy Family Canossian College Kowloon.
 She began her career as a singer and actress after coming third in the TVB 14th annual New Talent Singing Awards competition in 1995.
 In 2012, Yeung won the Best Actress Award at the 32nd Hong Kong Film Awards for "Love in the Buff".
 In 2005, she was elected one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Hong Kong. Jimmy Charles
Jimmy Charles (born 1942) is an American singer with a distinctive "crying style".
 He was born in Paterson, New Jersey and before he sang professionally, he performed at churches and community functions.
 When Charles was 12 years old, he began to study singing with jazz vocalist Jimmy Scott.
 At 16, he entered the amateur talent shows held at the Apollo Theater in New York City and won the contest for four consecutive weeks.