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Shum entered the Hong Kong entertainment industry at the age of 13 in She made her film debut in , joining Shaw Brothers as an actress at the age of While she worked at Shaw Brothers, her popularity grew and she became one of the first stakeholders in the up-and-coming television broadcast station TVB. In , Shum's stardom took off with the popular variety show Enjoy Yourself Tonight.
She first sang in the Cantopop group, the Four Golden Flowers. Later, she played a Shanghai woman in the s. She also sang as the partner of Roman Tam from to By August , she was sufficiently well regarded to be invited to ceremonially ride through the Cross-Harbour Tunnel on its opening day. TVB General Manager Stephen Chan has said that there was no substitute for Lydia Shum, and that every person who worked with her professionally eventually became well known in Hong Kong.
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Her openness to appearing in sport bikinis and ballet costumes despite her size earned her respect in image-conscious Hong Kong. Shum has been established mainly as a comic and dramatic actress but is not limited to films in those genres. She also appeared as Richard Ng's wife in the all-star comedy Millionaire's Express , as well as a major role in the successful four movie series It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World.
She took a leave from her movie career that same year, and hosted a talk show on Hong Kong, along with numerous telethons and variety shows on TVB. In , Shum co-directed You Are Wonderful. Shum is credited with over films. Lydia Shum was the sister of fashion designer Alfred Sung. Shum married actor and singer Adam Cheng Siu-chow in January after 11 years of cohabitation.