Luna Shaw Mei-kwan (; born 1973) is a Hong Kong stage actress best known for her role in Love is Shit (2012). She won eight Hong Kong Drama Awards, which makes her the actress with the most wins for the accolade.
Biography Shaw was born in 1973. She had her secondary education at Kiangsu-Chekiang College and became interested in drama after having classes with Poon Wai-Sum, a scriptwriter and the artist-in-residence. She attended the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts to study acting, but dropped out in her second year due to family issues. She reapplied to the school three years later after her father's death under the motivation of Poon and her elder sister. She graduated with a higher diploma in 1999 and landed her first stage acting role in the play Non Dimenticar (Chinese: 年年有今日). She won Best Supporting Actress in the 11th Hong Kong Drama Awards in 2002 and formed the Windmill Grass Theatre (Chinese: 風車草劇團) with and . She won a total of eight Hong Kong Drama Awards, most notably winning Best Actress in the 2012 original stage play , which makes her the actress with the most wins for the accolade. Shaw received her first onscreen role in the 2020 ViuTV drama series and featured in the 2023 drama film Time Still Turns the Pages. In 2024, she was cast in lead roles in the crime thriller film The Moon Thieves and drama film The Lyricist Wannabe.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes/ 2023 Time Still Turns the Pages Sister Ha (蝦姐) 2024 The Moon Thieves Ms. Hong (紅姐) The Lyricist Wannabe Law Wing Sze's mother All Shall Be WellYvonne
Television Year Title Role Notes/ 2020 Wu Choi Wan (胡彩雲) Guest role
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result 1998 7th Hong Kong Drama Awards Best Supporting Actress See You Soon 2000 9th Hong Kong Drama Awards Best Actress Cricket in My Life 2001 10th Hong Kong Drama Awards Best Supporting Actress The Naked Eyes 200211th Hong Kong Drama Awards Best Supporting Actress The Black Comedy Best Actress Spiders in Meditation 200312th Hong Kong Drama AwardsBest Actress K For Hobson's Choice Venezia Cafe in Portland Street 2004 13th Hong Kong Drama Awards Best Actress Dragonhead 2005 14th Hong Kong Drama Awards Best Supporting Actress Tiger Crane Style 200615th Hong Kong Drama Awards Best Supporting Actress Best Actress I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change! 2007 16th Hong Kong Drama Awards Best Actress The Massage King 2010 19th Hong Kong Drama Awards Best Supporting Actress Shadow Box 2012 21st Hong Kong Drama Awards Best Actress 2015 24th Hong Kong Drama Awards Best Supporting Actress 2017 26th Hong Kong Drama Awards Best Actress Almost, Maine 2019 28th Hong Kong Drama Awards Best Actress Boy Gets Girl 2020 29th Hong Kong Drama Awards Best Actress The Good Person of Szechwan 2023 31st Hong Kong Drama Awards Best Actress Bye-Bye Your Tale
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