Chingmy Yau
Chingmy Yau | |||
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Chinese: 邱淑貞 | |||
Born | |||
Other names | Yau Shuk-Ching, Chingamy Yau, Chingmy Yau Suk-Ching, Yau Shu-Tsing | ||
Occupation | Actress | ||
Years active | 1989–1999 | ||
Spouse(s) | (m. 1999) | ||
Children | 3 | ||
Relatives |
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Chinese name | |||
Traditional Chinese | 邱淑貞 | ||
Simplified Chinese | 邱淑贞 | ||
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Chingmy Yau Suk-zing (born 16 May 1968) is a retired Hong Kong actress.
Background[]
She entered the Hong Kong film industry after competing secondary school in the 1987 Miss Hong Kong Beauty Pageant.
She was one of the leading actresses in the late 1980s and early 1990s, next to Maggie Cheung, Brigitte Lin and Cheung Man. She was cast in a series of Category III films, though she never appeared nude in any of them. The most notable of these was Naked Killer (1992).[1][2] During the height of her success, she regularly starred alongside superstars like Jet Li, Andy Lau, Stephen Chow, Ekin Cheng, and Jackie Chan.
Yau received four Hong Kong Film Award nominations for her acting: for Best Supporting Actress in 1992 for Lee Rock, and for Best Actress in 1993 for Naked Killer, in 1996 for I'm Your Birthday Cake, and in 1999 for Hold You Tight.[3]
Personal life[]
In 1999 she married Hong Kong fashion designer , founder of Hong Kong-based fashion company I.T. They have three daughters together.
Partial filmography[]
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- Hold You Tight (1997)
- Lawyer Lawyer (1997)
- Feel 100%...Once More (1996)
- (1996)
- (1996)
- Street Angels (1996)
- Satan Returns (1996)
- Young and Dangerous 2 (1996)
- (1996)
- (1995)
- Legendary Couple (1995)
- High Risk aka Meltdown (1995)
- The Saint of Gamblers (1995)
- (1995)
- (1995)
- God of Gamblers Returns (1994)
- (1994)
- (1994)
- (1994)
- The New Legend of Shaolin (1994)
- Kung Fu Cult Master (1993)
- Raped by an Angel (1993)
- (Yu ye tian mo) (1993)
- Millionaire Cop (1993)
- Legend of the Liquid Sword (1993)
- (1993)
- Future Cops (1993)
- Boys Are Easy (1993)
- City Hunter (1993)
- Royal Tramp II (1992)
- Royal Tramp (1992)
- (1992)
- (1992)
- Naked Killer (1992)
- (1992)
- Casino Tycoon 2 (1992)
- Casino Tycoon (1992)
- Tricky Brains (1991)
- (1991)
- Lee Rock II (1991)
- Lee Rock (1991)
- (1990)
- The Romancing Star III (1989)
- Perfect Match (1989)
- They Came to Rob Hong Kong (1989)
- (1989)
- (1989)
- Happy Together (1989)
- The Crazy Companies II (1988)
- The Crazy Companies (1988)
- How To Pick Girls Up (1988)
- The Inspector Wears Skirts (1988)
Awards and nominations[]
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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1992 | Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Actress | Naked Killer | Nominated |
1992 | Best Supporting Actress | Lee Rock | Nominated | |
1996 | Best Actress | I'm Your Birthday Cake | Nominated | |
1999 | Hold You Tight | Nominated | ||
1999 | Golden Bauhinia Awards | Best Actress | Nominated |
References[]
- ^ Pete Tombs (1998). Mondo Macabro: Weird and Wonderful Cinema Around the World. St. Martin's Press. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-0-312-18748-4. Excerpts available at Google Books.
- ^ Linda Ruth Williams (2005). The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema. Indiana University Press. pp. 388–389. ISBN 978-0253218360. Excerpts available at Google Books.
- ^ Hong Kong Film Awards (accessed 2015-05-05).
- ^ "Chingmy Yau". imdb.com. Retrieved April 4, 2010.
- ^ "Chingmy Yau". chinesemov.com. Retrieved April 4, 2010.
External links[]
- 20th-century Hong Kong actresses
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Hong Kong Buddhists
- Hong Kong film actresses