Chingmy Yau | |||||||||||
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| Chinese:邱淑貞 | |||||||||||
.png) Chingmy Yau in 2018 | |||||||||||
| Born | (1968-05-16)16 May 1968 (age 56) | ||||||||||
| Other names | Yau Shuk-ching, Chingamy Yau, Chingmy Yau Suk-ching, Yau Shu-tsing | ||||||||||
| Occupation | Actress | ||||||||||
| Years active | 1986–1999 | ||||||||||
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| Children | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 邱淑貞 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 邱淑贞 | ||||||||||
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Chingmy Yau Suk-zing (born 16 May 1968) is a retired Hong Kong actress.
She entered the Hong Kong film industry after completing secondary school in the 1987Miss Hong Kong Beauty Pageant.
She was one of the leading actresses in the late 1980s and early 1990s, next toMaggie Cheung,Brigitte Lin andCheung Man. She was cast in a series ofCategory III films, the most notable beingNaked Killer (1992).[1][2] During the height of her success, she regularly starred alongside superstars likeJet Li,Andy Lau,Stephen Chow,Ekin Cheng, andJackie Chan.
Yau received fourHong Kong Film Award nominations for her acting: forBest Supporting Actress in 1992 forLee Rock, and forBest Actress in 1993 forNaked Killer, in 1996 forI'm Your Birthday Cake, and in 1999 forHold You Tight.[3]
In 1999, she married Hong Kong fashion designerSham Kar Wai, founder of Hong Kong–based fashion companyI.T. They have three daughters together.
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| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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| 1992 | Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Actress | Naked Killer | Nominated |
| 1992 | Best Supporting Actress | Lee Rock | Nominated | |
| 1996 | Best Actress | I'm Your Birthday Cake | Nominated | |
| 1999 | Hold You Tight | Nominated | ||
| 1999 | Golden Bauhinia Awards | Best Actress | Nominated |
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