In April 2008, Liew held a 2-night performance called
Opening the Sexual Boundaries Concert at the
Hong Kong Coliseum. Also, a
compilation greatest hits album was released to accompany the concert. And after a 20-year hiatus from motion pictures, she took the lead part to the movie,
True Women For Sale, directed by
Herman Yau. The film was the opener for the 2008
Hong Kong Asian Film Festival and her role as a drug-addicted prostitute won Liew the award for Best Leading Actress at the 2008
Golden Horse Awards, as well as a
Best Actress nomination at the
28th Hong Kong Film Awards. Liew was a student of
Eleonor England, a San Francisco-based
vocal coach. In 2009, Liew was announced as the host for season 1 of the
TVB program,
The Voice, a reality-show type singing competition. On October 22, 2009, Liew released her first Cantonese studio album in 15 years, titled
The Queen of Hardships. On December 30, 2009, it was announced that TVB was relieving Liew of her hosting duties from
The Voice, three episodes shy of the season finale due to the controversy between TVB and the
HKRIA over song royalties. Liew, who is currently signed to
Cinepoly Records under the
Universal Music label governed by the HKRIA, was part of the group of Hong Kong singers all signed to HKRIA record labels that were banned from appearing on all TVB programming until the issue was resolved late 2011. In 2010, Liew spent most of the year in the United States. In 2011, Liew returned to Hong Kong and released her second mandopop album, the cover album
Love Addict in June. The album topped the charts for two weeks straight on Hong Kong
HMV's Asian Album Chart upon its release. In November, she was invited to be a regular judge on season 4 of the
Asia Television talent program,
Asian Millionstar. In 2012, Liew released another cover album, albeit in Cantonese this time, entitled
Stolen Moments in July. She announced that a third cover album, in English, would be recorded and released in the future. The album,
Reincarnated Love was eventually released in July 2017. In 2013, Liew signed with
Hong Kong Television Network, a new television station in Hong Kong, and filmed the drama series,
To Be or Not to Be, formerly titled
Hakka Women, in which she spoke her native Hakka dialect. She also recorded the theme song for the drama, "
Two Cups of Tea". The 25-episode series was aired from December 2014 to January 2015. ==Discography==