Debbie Tam Kit-Man

Tam KitMan Debbie Tam was born in Hong Kong and grew up in Tuen Mun New Territories At the age of 13 she was invited by director Lawrence Lau Lau KwokCheong to audition for a film on the street Out of hundreds of people auditioning at Milkyway Image she won a film acting contract and played the role of Cookie in Lawrence Laus film Spacked Out2000 Since the director shot without a script Debbie had to improvise on set Debbie provided real events from her high school years to the director during the early stages of filming and her information was used in the film The director later added other plot lines for her to perform making her the female lead in Spacked Out Her film career began and she was nominated for Best New Performer at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival She later participated in Clarence Fords film Queen of Kowloon 2000 and Fruit Chans film Hollywood Hong Kong 2001 but then faded from onscreen performances In 2023 due to the digital restoration of Spacked Out it became one of the Opening Films at the 17th Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival in Hong Kong and once again became a hot topic Debbie appeared in public again 23 years later attending a postscreening talk with other actors and reminiscing about the film with fans