Alice Chan Once Feared She Would Be Unloved at 47 Years Old

With nearly 30 years of experience in the entertainment industry, Alice Chan (陳煒) is making stride in her career and rising from playing supporting roles to now a leading lady in The Queen of Castle <巨塔之后>. Alice’s success is the result of hard work even as she was dealt with challenges in her personal life such as a divorce and family health struggles.

As the youngest daughter in her family, Alice was always doted on by her parents. Alice father had hoped that she would participate in the Miss Hong Kong Pageant, but ultimately entered the Miss Asia 1996 beauty pageant, “I was too young then. Firstly, I felt my education wasn’t enough, and secondly, I didn’t listen to what my father said.”

After winning Miss Asia, Alice joined the entertainment industry, but she would only share the good side of the industry with her family. The actress kept bad news from her parents even when she decided to retire in 2008 and when issues emerged in her marriage, “My mother had liver cancer in 2009 and passed away in 2011. During that time, besides me returning to Hong Kong, I also took my mother to Taiwan for treatment. She lived with my ex-husband. Actually when my mother saw my ex-husband and I, I remembered her saying, ‘If it doesn’t work out, separate.’’

Alice continued, “Hearing her ay that, I suddenly felt that she was very open-minded, unlike the mother who only tolerated my father. So, in the end, my decision to separate from my ex-husband was made easier by my mother’s words.”

Meeting her Mr. Right

In 2012, after divorcing her Taiwanese ex-husband, Alice returned to Hong Kong and joined TVB to revive her career. Although Alice was dedicated to her work, she admitted that she was healing from a broker heart until she met her current husband and doctor Aldous Chan (陳國強), “To be honest, I was already 47 years old when I met my husband. I was very depressed then. I felt that at 47 no one would want me. I didn’t think about relationships at all, devoting all my time to work and using work to numb myself.”

While filming Forensic Heroes IV <法證先鋒IV>, Alice met Aldous who also experienced a failed marriage. Aldous thoughtfulness deeply moved Chan Wai. “At that time, we just started chatting. One day, I suddenly had severe menstrual cramps while working. The pain was so bad that I felt dizzy, fainted, and was covered in cold sweat. After finishing the morning location shoot and returning home to rest, I called Aldous to ask what medication I should take. Around noon, he came to my house to bring me the medication and a bowl of porridge. I felt he truly cared about me, which is when things progressed slowly.”

When Alice’s father passed away in early 2022, Alice is grateful to have her husband by her side and thankful that her husband also cared about her family, “Before, my father suffered from sciatica to the point of being unable to walk. I was busy with work and didn’t have time, so Dr. Chan specially took advantage of his lunch break to travel from Tseung Kwan O to Tuen Mun to take care of my father and give him injections. He watched over him every day. I am truly grateful to my husband.”

Alice Was Waiting for a Proposal

Alice once shared that her first marriage failed due to a lack of communication, but in her current marriage, Alice and Aldous can talk everything out in the open. Alice shared, “Although he and I are very introverted, we can talk about anything when we are together and sharing everything that happened in the day. He knows me very well and I know him very well. There is no need for guessing. All my co-stars, especially my male co-stars, will definitely know my husband.”

Alice knew that Aldous was her soulmate at the start of her relationship and teased Aldous’s proposal on her 48th birthday was a little late, “We hadn’t talked about it before, but I had a slight feeling. How did I feel it? I already felt it was him when I was 47! It was a year late because we were both certain of each other. Any hesitation would have been in the early stages of dating. After observing him for a while, I’ve already made up my mind. It was just a matter of him proposing or not.”

When asked if the couple had talked about having children before marriage, Alice said, “He has his own children. I really didn’t think about it much. Now the two of us are quite free.”

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This article is written by Sammi for JayneStars.com.