Anita Yuen

Anita Yuen
Chinese name	袁詠儀 (traditional)
Chinese name	袁咏仪 (simplified)
Pinyin	Yuán Yǒngyí (Mandarin)
Jyutping	jyun4 wing6 ji4 (Cantonese)
Born	(1971-09-04) September 4, 1971 Hong Kong
Other name(s)	Leng Leng (靚靚)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1990–present
Spouse(s)	Julian Cheung (m. 2001–present)
Children	Morton Cheung (b. 2006)
Ancestry	Dongguan, Guangdong
Awards Hong Kong Film Awards Best New Performer 1992 The Days of Being Dumb Best Actress 1994 C'est la vie, mon chéri 1995 He's a Woman, She's a Man

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Yuen.

Anita Yuen Wing-yi is a Hong Kong film and television actress. She was the winner of the 1990 Miss Hong Kong Pageant.

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, 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.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
1991	Be My Guest	Fong On Yee	TVB
1992	Angel's Call	Ling Shanshan	TVB
1992	我為錢狂(I'm mad for money)	Garbage-lady	TVB
1999	Hua Mulan	Hua Mulan	CTV
2000	State of Divinity	Ren Yingying	CTV
2001	The New Adventures of Chor Lau Heung	Song Xihu	CTS
2002	The Monkey King	The Goddess of Nine Heaven	TVB
2004	The River Flows Eastwards	Sufen
2005	Love's Lone Flower	Yun Fang	CTS
2008	Love Exchange	Sit Tze Yiu (Zita)	TVB
2009	Born Rich	Cheuk Yat-sam	TVB	Nominated – TVB Award for Best Actress Nominated – TVB Award for My Favourite Female Character
	Love in Trouble Time	Sam So	ATV	Produced in 2001
2011	All Men Are Brothers	Lin Chong's wife
2013	Longmen Express	Sheng Qiuyue		Season 1

Films

Year	Title	Role	Awards	Notes
1992	The Days of Being Dumb	Jane	Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer
	Talk to Me Dicky
	Handsome Siblings	Madam Ti
1993	A Warrior's Tragedy	Ting Ling-Lam
	Prince of Portland Street	Yao-Yao
	Tom, Dick and Hairy	Fong
	The Incorruptible	Joss Lee
	Deadly China Hero	Miss Nine
	Legend of the Liquid Sword	Red
	The Sword Stained with Royal Blood	Jade Ho
	He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother	Yee/Lynn
1994	From Beijing with Love	Siu Kam
	He's a Woman, She's a Man	Lam Chi Wing	Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
	C'est la vie, mon chéri	Min	Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
	Crystal Fortune Run	Ko Kit
	The True Hero	Hung
	I've Got You, Babe	Ron
	The Worth of Silence	Kwong Mei-Chi
	Crossings	Mo-yung
	It's a Wonderful Life	Shou-Kit Ho
	He & She	Tai Lok-Yee
	I Will Wait for You	Cheung Wai-Sum
	A Taste of Killing and Romance	Yu-Feng
	Whatever You Want	Ko Sau-Ping
	Tears and Triumph	Sai Ming-Jun
1995	Heaven Can't Wait	Moon Lady
	Just Married
	The Chinese Feast	Au Ka-Wai
	The Age of Miracles	Mrs. Sheung
	Tragic Commitment	Lam Hiu-Tung
	Thunderbolt	Amy Yip
	The Golden Girls	Mei-Ball
	I Want to Go on Living	Yip Fan
	01:00 A.M.	Fong Siu-Yin
	Tricky Business	Moon
1996	Entrance of the P-Side	Yip Yuk-Sum	Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
	Tristar	Bai Xuehua
	Till Death Do Us Laugh	Yuen Siu-Wen
	Who's the Woman, Who's the Man	Lam Chi Wing
	Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Star	Beautiful
1997	A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation	Xiaoqian		(voice)
	Hong Kong Night Club	Cora
	God of Gamblers 3: The Early Stage	Seven
	He Comes from Planet K	Moon
	Up for the Rising Sun
	The Wedding Days	Rachel Lam
1998	Enter the Eagles	Lucy
	Anna Magdalena	Assistant Editor
	Till Death Do Us Part	BoBo	Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
2000	Don't Look Back... Or You'll Be Sorry!!	Lisa
	Lensman: Power of the Lens			(voice)
	Dragon Heat
2003	Kung Fu Girls
2004	Love Trilogy	Chui
2005	Love's Lone Flower	Yuanfeng
2007	Protégé	Kwan's wife	Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
2010	72 Tenants of Prosperity	Pinky
2011	I Love Hong Kong
2013	Ip Man: The Final Fight	Cheung Wing-sing
	The Love Experience
2014	The Deathday Party
2015	I Am Somebody

External links

• Official Sina Blog of Anita Yuen
• Anita Yuen on Sina Weibo
• Anita Yuen at the Internet Movie Database
• Anita Yuen Wing-Yee at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
• Anita Yuen Wing Yee at the Hong Kong Cinemagic

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Monica Chan	Miss Hong Kong 1990	Succeeded by Amy Kwok
Preceded by Maggie Cheung for Centre Stage	Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actress 1994 for C'est la vie, mon chéri 1995 for He's a Woman, She's a Man	Succeeded by Josephine Siao for Summer Snow