Chinese name 袁詠儀 (traditional) Other name(s) Leng Leng (靚靚) Children Morton Cheung Ancestry Dongguan, Guangdong | Pinyin Role Film actress Chinese name 袁咏仪 (simplified) Name Anita Yuen Albums Nothing | |
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Jyutping jyun4 wing6 ji4 (Cantonese) TV shows Movies He's a Woman - She's a M, Endless Love, From Beijing with Love, The Deathday Party, 72 Tenants of Prosperity Similar People Julian Cheung, Morton Cheung, Eric Tsang, Tsui Hark, Stephen Chow | ||
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Anita Yuen Wing-yi is a Hong Kong film and television actress.
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- Xin Chu Liu Xiang E27 5 Richie RenRuby LinAnita Yuen 2001
- anita yuen chilam
- Pageant career
- Film career
- Personal life
- Filmography
- References
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Pageant career
At the age of 18, Yuen entered the Miss Hong Kong 1990 pageant. She was a heavy favorite to win the crown from the semifinal to final. During the semifinals on August 5, 1990, she won the Miss Photogenic award. She had a semifinal score of 485, placing 3rd overall. The finals were held on August 21, 1990. She eventually beat out another big favorite, Helen Yung who was 1st runner up and the winner of 2 other awards. Yuen later represented Hong Kong at the Miss Chinese International 1991 pageant after degree graduating, held on February 2, 1991. She took 1st runner up for Hong Kong. She also competed at the Miss Universe 1991 pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada. She failed to make the top 10 and was placed 60th.
Film career
Yuen is best known for her role as the female lead in Derek Yee's 1993 tear-jerker C'est la vie, mon chéri (1993). She is also well-remembered in her cross-gender comic role opposite Leslie Cheung in He's a Woman, She's a Man (1994). The two roles won for her the Hong Kong Academy Best Actress awards. She also gave a powerful performance in, for instance, The Chinese Feast, co-starring together with Leslie Cheung. Apart from her role in a great many films, she has also acted in a number of Mainland-Taiwan television serials, such as Hua Mu Lan, opposite Vincent Zhao.
Personal life
Her husband is Hong Kong actor and singer Julian Cheung. In May 2006, Yuen announced that she was 3 months pregnant with their first child. Their son, Morton Cheung, was born on November 12, 2006. On June 23, 2007, Yuen was a guest on TVB's Be My Guest with host Stephen Chan revealing that she and Julian were secretly married in the United States, San Francisco, back in 2001.
