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Name: Chingmy Yau
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Date of Birth:
May 16, 1968
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Place of Birth:
Hong Kong
Mini-bio:
Yau entered the Hong Kong film industry through a beauty pageant. Shecompeted in the 1989 Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant but only took the titleof Miss Photogenic. Rumors had it that she went under the...( read more) knife thusleading to her departing from the pagent. However, joining the pagent wasenough to win her several film roles. Her career did not take off untilshe became romantically involved with Hong Kong film director Wong Jing,even though he was married at the time. Chingmy Yau was the leadingactress in the late 80's and early 90's, next to Maggie Cheung Man Yuk,Bridget Lin and Cheung Man. Wong cast her in a series of Category IIIfilms, though she never appeared nude in any of them. The most notable ofthese was Naked Killer (1992). During the height of her success, sheregularly starred along side superstars like Jet Li, Stephen Chow, andEkin Cheng.In 1997 she split up with Wong and her career slowed down significantly.In 1999 she married Hong Kong fashion designer Shen Jiawei and at presenthas two children. Though she has not officially retired from acting, shehas made no announcements or plans to return in any film.