| Chinese name 邱淑貞 (traditional) Years active 1989–1999 Ancestry Panyu District Occupation Actress Spouse Sham Kar Wai (m. 1999) | Pinyin Role Actress Chinese name 邱淑贞 (simplified) Name Chingmy Yau | |
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| Jyutping Jau1 Suk1-zing1 (Cantonese) Born 16 May 1968 (age 55) Hong Kong (1968-05-16) Children Shum Yuet Jiawei, Shum Yat Jiawei, Shum Sing Jiawei Nominations Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress, Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress Movies Naked Killer, Lover of the Last Empress, Kung Fu Cult Master, God of Gamblers Returns, City Hunter Similar People Sharla Cheung, Wong Jing, Veronica Yip, Rosamund Kwan, Maggie Cheung | ||
Chingmy Yau says daughter not interested in showbiz
Chingmy Yau Suk-zing (born 16 May 1968) is a retired Hong Kong actress. She entered the Hong Kong film industry after competing in the 1987 Miss Hong Kong Beauty Pageant.
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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). 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.
In 1999 she married Hong Kong fashion designer Shen Jiawei, founder of Hong Kong-based fashion company I.T. They have three children together.
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