Zoie Tam was born on 10 October 1981 in Hong Kong. She is the third child of a family of four daughters. Her older sister Nicole Tam is a former model and artiste who is now married to Jason Chu, best remembered for his role in the original ''Young and Dangerous ||Now TV. She attended Queen Maud Secondary School and is a graduate of Hong Kong's Wellington College located in Kowloon Bay. After graduation she went abroad to study in Japan, where she was discovered by a talent scout and popular idol Tetsuya Komuro from talent agency Rojam Entertainment.
Career
Music
Tam signed with Rojam and was trained for four month before debuting with her first album in 2000 Full Of Love. The album was released in Cantopop but arranged according to j-pop style. The album was also released in Taiwan by Rock Records. Komuro thought Tam looked Japanese and would be interesting if the public thought a Japanese singer who can sing Cantonese. That same year she released a J-pop singles album of the song Garapagosu-no-JULIET remixed in Japanese. Not having much success in Japan, Tam moved to Taiwan to try to enter the Taiwanese music industry. But after spending a year doing mostly modeling advertisement work she decided to return to Hong Kong to break into the industry.
Acting
Tam made her acting debut in 2002 in a minor role in a low budget filmTroublesome Night 13. She later branched out acting in Japanese, Korean and Hong Kong ATV dramas's. She also served briefly as a variety show presenter for ATV before joining cable channel Cable TV in 2007. While at Cable TV Tam co-hosted The Unbelievable and several travel series. In 2013 she signed with Hong Kong's largest television station Television Broadcasts Limited. She started participating in variety shows such as All Things Girl, which teaches viewers about fashion, make-up, hair, skincare and health. Tam first acting role with TVB was minor supporting role in the 2014 micro series Shades of Life which depicts Hong Kong society. She first started gaining public recognition in 2016 for her role as "Crystal Lee" in the drama Over Run Over. She made entertainment headlines when her sexily dressed character appeared to arouse her co-star. Her performances in Legal Mavericks, Dead Wrong and My Unfair Lady won her the 2017 TVB Star Awards Malaysia for My Favourite TVB Most Improved Actress. She won acclaims for her portrayal of Japanese spy "Tin Kiu" in 2018 drama seriesThe Learning Curve of a Warlord starring along with Dicky Cheung.
