2004–2005: Entry and initial success After winning the Miss Chinese International Pageant, Chung was signed under
TVB. She was nominated for the Most Improved Female Actress award at the 2004's
TVB Anniversary Awards for the first time. Chung also participated in several advertisements and music videos within her first year in the industry. This initial success led
TVB to name her as one of the "Twelve New Stars." Other industry professionals also gave praise to Chung during this initial period such as
Nancy Sit,
Frankie Lam,
Kara Hui,
Shawn Yue,
Chen Kun,
Kent Cheng,
Sammy Leung,
Wong He,
Joey Leung and
Erica Yuen.
2006–2008: Breakthrough and A-grade actress In 2006, after starring in
Always Ready,
The Biter Bitten and
Forensic Heroes, Chung won her first major award "Most Improved Female Actress. Chung's breakthrough role came in 2007, where she played a character named Sheung Joy Sum (lit. meaning: always at heart) in a popular series of that year,
Heart of Greed. Chung received much praise from audiences and several famous people. A couple of scenes involving her character generated the highest peaks for the drama's ratings, one was when her character exposed that
Alfred Ching Leung deceived her, garnering a 39-point rating; another was when
Tong Chi On proposed marriage to her, garnering a 48-point rating. This role gave her a nomination for Best Actress and My Most Favourite Female Character Role for the second year in a row. During the shooting of
A Journey Called Life, Chung received much praise from co-star
Steven Ma, for her beauty, good manner, and ripe acting. The two have worked together in a previous collaboration of
Virtues of Harmony II. Among the five series that were released in 2008, Chung received most recognition for her acting in
A Journey Called Life. She received praises from
Sheren Tang as well as the public. At the 41st TVB Anniversary Awards (2008), Chung was nominated in the top 5 of the Best Actress award for her role in this series. She was also nominated for the top 5 Most Favorite Female Character Award for
Legend of the Demigods, her first leading role in a period drama. Chung then acted as Yu So Sum in
Moonlight Resonance and received some recognitions for this role. A scene in the drama, telling her fierce exchange with
Yan Hung, garnered a 50-point rating, making it the most-watched scene in all
TVB series to-date. Chung also received praises from
Ha Yu,
Michelle Yim and
Lee Heung-kam when she was acting this role.
2009–2010: Success in comedy and villain works In 2009, Chung performed in
Ghost Writer, ''
A Watchdog's Tale, Twilight Investigation, as well as Can't Buy Me Love. At the 42nd TVB Anniversary Awards (2009), Chung was nominated top 5 in the Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Gem of Life'' and this role received praise from
Ada Choi,
Lee San San and
Maggie Shiu. In 2010, Chung had four series, ''
A Watchdog's Tale released in 2009 actually, but the series got the highest audience rating in the first season in 2010 and top five series in audience rating in the whole year. In A Watchdog's Tale, Chung got another breakthrough while she was acting a likeness of the masculine role. At the 2010 TVB Anniversary Awards, Chung was nominated top 5 in the Best Actress award for her role in Ghost Writer
and also nominated top 5 in the Most Favourite Female Character Role award for her role in Can't Buy Me Love. Twilight Investigation'' was another series in the year, her acting has got approbated yet.
2011–2012: Outstanding years While Chung was filming the period drama
River of Wine in December 2010, she received praise from
Bowie Lam as for her weeping scene. Chung was also captured by media to be the "successor of fa-dan" and one of the "Best new-coming fa-dan" with
Myolie Wu,
Kate Tsui and
Fala Chen as the first-class performance of Chung in several series before the day. In 2011, Chung was the second female lead in
Yes, Sir. Sorry, Sir!. She had just played her character Miss Koo from the 8th episode till the end. Although she only had unrequited love for one of the male lead in the series (
Moses Chan), she became the focus for the audience and internet users by the three sections of Miss Koo. First, she appeared as a cool bowling coach initially. Next, Miss Koo seems to be a melting glacier as she was affected by Law Sir (
Moses Chan's character), this made the audience pay enthusiastic attention on their sweet and emotional scenes. When it was nearly came to an end, Law Sir's undercover identity was finally revealed, Miss Koo was collapsed since she has been deceived by Law Sir and her sister (
Queenie Chu's character). This also left a deep impression in the audiences' mind. The audiences had massive praises for her performance and agreed that she was perfectly capable of competing in Best Actress category for this role at the year-end awards ceremony, despite being second female lead. It was rare that the major newspapers also reported the above matter at the same time. She was not only supported by Chan and Yeung, but she also supported by Queenie Chu, Cilla Kung and
Lau Ka Ho. On the whole, Chung received full of praise and Miss Koo is one of the representative work for Linda Chung. With Chung's performances till mid 2011,
TVB Anniversary Awards Best Actress
Charmaine Sheh,
Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director Gordon Chan, Hong Kong Film director
Patrick Kong, Hong Kong
CR1 DJ, TVB actress
Helen Ma,
Kate Tsui and
Myolie Wu praised support for her either to be the next "Best Actress" or to get an award in
TVB Anniversary Awards, or to be the first-actress. Finally, she was nominated for Top 5 Best Actress and Most Favourite Female Character Role award for her role in
Yes, Sir. Sorry, Sir!. She got the My Most Supportive Performance award from
Ming Pao Anniversary Awards in 2011 for Miss Koo in
Yes Sir, Sorry Sir according to voting from audience. However, Miss Koo lost out the Most Favourite Female Character Role award at the 2011
TVB Anniversary Awards. Chung filmed ''
L'Escargot'' in 2010 and it was finally aired in 2012. Her character was involved in a complicated love triangle with
Michael Tse and
Ron Ng's characters. She herself spoke about the many new challenges she faced while portraying her character. In addition, her relation line with Tse has gained her more public exposure and was the topic of popular discussion. Her show was praised by
Gem Tang,
Felix Wong and
Hinson Chou. On 19 March 2012, her new series
Daddy Good Deeds aired and her character Ko Yu-chu spread fun to the public. Her professional attitude and acting were praised by
Cilla Kung,
Xia Yu and
Steven Ma, especially Ma mentioned she was still maintaining the purity of heart and having progress in her acting continually. She and
Steven Ma collaborated five times in TVB. Her third series
House of Harmony and Vengeance was aired on TVB from 30 Apr to 8 June 2012. Her fourth series,
Witness Insecurity, was aired from 2 to 27 July 2012. In the series
Missing You, Chung was leading other new actors and actresses such as
Jason Chan,
Cilla Kung,
Lin Xia Wei, and
Calvin Chan.
Ram Chiang was the only senior actor there.
2013–2014: Stepped to the peak In 2013, Chung won the champion of "Ten TV entertainer" by public voting in the Next TV Publishing Ceremony 2013. She has already gained top ten of the TV entertainer for six years consecutively, which proofing her popularity and outstanding performance in the past years. Chung also won the Most Popular Actress in the largest film forum "Vietnam DMA awards ceremony" of the Year Award in two consecutive years in Vietnam. In May, Chung participated in the variety show
Office of Practical Jokes, presided by
Johnson Lee. Chung starred in 2013 TVB's grand productions 30 episodes ''
Brother's Keeper'', co-starring with
Ruco Chan. She acted as a fashion designer Rachel Cheuk. The series spans from 1991 to 2013. Chung and her co-star
Ruco Chan became a screen couple as their co-operation gaining high popularity in the public. Chung gained support by co-star
Ruco Chan,
Joe Ma,
Fala Chen,
Joey Man,
Tavia Yeung,
Niki Chow,
Kate Tsui,
Myolie Wu, and so on, to get the "Best Actress" that year. On 1 December 2013, Chung finally got her first Best Actress in "TVB Awards Ceremony 2013 Malaysia Star Ceremony", as the award is 100% by public voting. Chung was not only gained the "Best Actress", but she also gained the My Favorite TV Role, became the first 1980s artist to win the "Best Actress" title. In 2014, Chung filmed the TVB Gold New Year micro film
A Time of Love, starring with South Korea actor
Yeon Jung-hoon. Their segment was the most popular episode in the whole set although broadcast on Saturday, gained up to 28 points in rating. On 26 March, the
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology invited Chung to a one-hour lecture of "Meet the Professional Series III: Road to Leading Actress – Linda Chung" as the theme for sharing with students about the choice of life, transformation, and practice the ideal. Chung is the first Hong Kong TV actress to be a lecturer who was invited to the university. Her series for 2014 were
Tiger Cubs II and
All That Is Bitter Is Sweet.
2015–2018: End works in TVB Chung's only series for 2015 is
Limelight Years, co-starred with
Damian Lau,
Liza Wang,
Alex Fong among others. In 2016, Chung starred in the drama
K9 Cop alongside
Bosco Wong, and made a brief appearance in the sequel of her 2013 series ''
Brother's Keeper, Brother's Keeper II''. In 2018, she made a guest appearance in
Another Era, starring opposite
Frankie Lam. On 7 March 2018, Chung revealed that she would no longer be a part of TVB, stating that she has decided to leave TVB after 13 years with the company. She wrote, "I remember being only 19 when I joined Miss Chinese International and not understanding anything, no self-confidence, and was very shy. TVB was my shelter. They taught me many things and gave me the opportunity to grow and develop myself, help me discover who I am, my talent, and my mission. They gave me the courage to show my true self to the public." Linda also mentioned several names that she is in gratitude for, including TVB Executive Virginia Lok whom she described as a mother figure who protected her, and Catherine Tsang, who gave Linda her first break. She also thanked Voice Entertainment's Herman Ho, for helping her achieve her dream of becoming a singer, and TVB Executive Sandy Yue, who gave her the opportunity to gain more experience from doing variety shows."Finally, thank you very much for all the other executives of TVB's top management. Without your hard work and support, I will not be at where I am today. I am forever grateful! We may be saying goodbye now, but I do feel like we are going to meet again soon," she added.
2019-Present: Open-ended In 2020, Chung returned to TVB and filmed the medical drama ''
Kids' Lives Matter''. The drama was broadcast in 2021. In 2022, Chung mentioned she won't return to TVB in the future on the stage of
TVB anniversary award 2021, she also added her feelings in
YouTube channel. However, Chung mentioned she loves
ViuTV newcomers
Mirror consecutively in public instead of
TVB newcomers, especially
Anson Lo and
Keung To. She also stated she may accept any offers in future years at public event, including ViuTV. ==Film career==