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Biography: Chingmy Yau

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Chingmy Yau is a Hong Kong actress who no longer takes part in films although she is not formally retired.

Yau entered the Hong Kong film industry after competing 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. Wong cast her 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, Stephen Chow, and Ekin Cheng.

In 1999 she married Hong Kong fashion designer Shen Jiawei and have two children together.

Partial filmography

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  • Hold You Tight (1998)
  • Lawyer Lawyer (1997)
  • Feel 100%...Once More (1996)
  • 4 Faces of Eve (1996)
  • Bodyguards of Last Governor (1996)
  • Street Angels (1996)
  • Satan Returns (1996)
  • Young and Dangerous 3 (1996)
  • Young and Dangerous 2 (1996)
  • Blind Romance (1996)
  • I'm Your Birthday Cake (1995)
  • Legendary Couple (1995)
  • High Risk aka Meltdown (1995)
  • The Saint of Gamblers (1995)
  • Lover of the Last Empress (1995)
  • God of Gamblers' Return (1994)
  • 1941 Hong Kong on Fire (1994)
  • Return to a Better Tomorrow (1994)
  • Modern Romance (1994)
  • Modern Love (1994)
  • The New Legend of Shaolin (1994)
  • Kung Fu Cult Master (1993)
  • Raped by an Angel (1993)
  • Psycho Killer (Yu ye tian mo) (1993)
  • Millionaire Cop (1993)
  • Legend of the Liquid Sword (1993)
  • Ghost Lantern (1993)
  • Future Cops (1993)
  • Boys Are Easy (1993)
  • City Hunter (1993)
  • Royal Tramp II (1992)
  • Royal Tramp (1992)
  • Truant Heroes (1992)
  • She Starts the Fire (1992)
  • Naked Killer (1992)
  • Deadly Dream Woman (1992)
  • City Hunter (1992)
  • Casino Tycoon 2 (1992)
  • Casino Tycoon (1992)
  • Tricky Brains (1991)
  • Money Maker (1991)
  • Lee Rock (1991)
  • My Neighbors are Phantoms (1990)
  • They Came to Rob Hong Kong (1990)
  • Mr. Fortune (1989)
  • Ghost Busting (1989)
  • Happy Together (1989)
  • The Crazy Companies II (1988)
  • The Crazy Companies (1988)
  • Love Army (1988)

External links

  • Website about Chingmy Yau
  • Chingmy Yau Suk-ching at the Internet Movie Database
  • hkcinemagic entry
  • lovehkfilm entry

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