Penzai
by Robert_Teel | created - 30 Oct 2013 | updated - 01 Nov 2013 | PublicPenzai Casting
1. Tsai Chin
Actress | Memoirs of a Geisha
Tsai Chin, pinyin Zhou Caiqin is an actor, director, teacher and author, best known in America for her film role as Auntie Lindo in The Joy Luck Club. The third daughter of Zhou Xinfang, China's great actor in the last century, she was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art London (first ...
2. Deannie Ip
Actress | Tou ze
Deannie Ip was born on December 25, 1947. She is an actress and producer, known for A Simple Life (2011), Bun siu hai (1999) and Fight Back to School II (1992).
3. Lan Law
Actress | Bau lit ying ging
Helena Law Lan had never married, and her actual name is "LO Yin Ying", but her stage name is "Law Lan", after the Cantonese pronunciation of Sophia Loren's last name. Her family used to be fairly well-off, because her father was a soap merchant who supplied to major hotels in Hong Kong, and the ...
4. Kim Hye-ja
Actress | Madeo
Kim Hye Ja is a South Korean actress. Best known for playing the archetypal Korean mother, Kim Hye Ja has established herself as an iconic actor in the Korean entertainment industry. Kim made her acting debut at age 29 while studying at Ewha Woman's University. In the 1981 movie 'Late Autumn', she ...
5. Lisa Lu
Actress | Crazy Rich Asians
Lisa Lu is a Chinese-American actress. She started her career as a teenager, performing in Kunqu theatrical productions, a traditional style of Chinese opera. The Chinese Civil War (1927-1949) ended with a Communist victory. While the new regime financially subsidized China's theaters for most of ...
6. Kaori Momoi
Actress | Memoirs of a Geisha
This unique actress was born in 1952 in Tokyo. She is the daughter of a professor of international politics and a jewel designer. She began studying ballet at young age and attended the British Royal Academy of Dance for 3 years from the age of 12. Since her movie debut in 1971, she has won many ...
7. Kieu Chinh
Actress | The Joy Luck Club
Veteran Vietnamese born actress Kieu Chinh is best known to moviegoers for her role as Suyuan Woo in the 1991 film "The Joy Luck Club". She also made a notable guest appearance on the hit CBS-TV series "M*A*S*H" as Kyung Soon, an aristocratic South Korean socialite whom Hawkeye begins to fall in ...
8. Gong Li
Actress | Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia
Born in Shenyang, grew up in Jinan, the daughter of an economics professor. Loved music from childhood, and dreamed of a singing career. After failing to gain entrance to China's top music school in 1985, applied for and was admitted to the Central Drama Academy in Beijing, from which she graduated...
9. Xiaoqing Liu
Actress | Huo shao yuan ming yuan
Xiaoqing Liu was born on October 30, 1955 in Fuling, Sichuan, China. She is an actress, known for Burning of the Imperial Palace (1983), Reign Behind a Curtain (1983) and Hibiscus Town (1987).
10. Nancy Kwan
Actress | The World of Suzie Wong
At just 18, Nancy Kwan was studying dance with England's Royal Ballet School, when she was spotted by producer Ray Stark, who tested her and gave her the starring role of a free-spirited Hong Kong prostitute who captivates artist William Holden in The World of Suzie Wong (1960). She followed it the...
11. Hong Tao
Actress | Hei yanjing
Hong Tao was born on January 15, 1972 in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China. She is an actress and producer, known for Hei yanjing (1997), Forgetting to Know You (2013) and A Little Reunion (2019). She has been married to Zheng Xu since 2003. They have one child.
12. Höng Tao
Actress | Sheng huo xiu
Höng Tao was born on May 10, 1970 in Chongqing, China. She is an actress, known for Life Show (2002), Mi Xiang (2009) and San shi ba du (2003).
13. Qing-xiang Li
Actor | San guo yan yi
Qing-xiang Li is known for San guo yan yi (1995), Reign of Assassins (2010) and Yi dai xiao xiong cao cao (1999).
14. Maggie Cheung
Actress | Fa yeung nin wah
Maggie Cheung was born on September 20, 1964, in Hong Kong, and moved at the age of eight with her family to England. After finishing secondary school, she returned to Hong Kong, where she began modeling and appearing in commercials. In 1983 she participated in the Ms. Hong Kong pageant, winning ...
15. Maggie Siu
Actress | Hak se wooi
Maggie Siu was born on February 27, 1965 in Hong Kong, China. She is an actress, known for Election (2005), PTU (2003) and Eye in the Sky (2007).
16. Rosamund Kwan
Actress | Lie tou
Rosamund Kwan was born on September 24, 1962 in Hong Kong. She is an actress, known for The Head Hunter (1982), This Thing Called Love (1991) and Millionaires' Express (1986). She was previously married to Pierre Chen and Guosheng Wang.
17. Carina Lau
Actress | Di Renjie zhi Tongtian diguo
Carina Lau moved to Hong Kong with her family at the age of 14 and at the the time could not speak the local Cantonese and was often teased by other people the "Mainland Girl". She would eventually gave her best effort to learn the language and then was re-accepted at the TVB actors training ...
18. Sandra Kwan Yue Ng
Actress | Goo wak chai: Hung Hing Sap Sam Mooi
Sandra Kwan Yue Ng is widely considered as the most bankable actress in Hong Kong. With over a hundred films to her credit, including several collaborations with the "King of Hong Kong Comedy" Stephen Chow, Ng is crowned "Queen of Comedy" by many.
Ng entered show business in the 1980s, the golden ...
19. Feng Hsu
Producer | Ba wang bie ji
At the 13th Film Festival of Three Continents in Nantes, France held a special exhibition on "A Retrospect of HSU Feng ", and set up a "Hsu Feng Award" to encourage aspiring talents and new waves in the film industry in Asia.
In late summer of 1992, "Warrior Woman: The Films of Hsu Feng" was held by...
20. Pei Hua Chang
Actor | Yang yang jun
Pei Hua Chang is known for Warrior Women (1981), Xian shen (1984) and Ye xing de qing chun (1982).
21. Chin Hu
Actress | Hong hai er
Chin Hu was born in 1947 in Jiangxi, China. She is an actress and producer, known for The Fantastic Magic Baby (1975), Da zhang fu yu sao gua fu (1973) and Nu tao fan (1975). She is married to An-sheng Ku. They have one child. She was previously married to Paul Chang Chung.
22. Helen Ma
Actress | Zong heng tian xia
Helen Ma was born on October 28, 1947 in Hong Kong. She is an actress, known for Zong heng tian xia (1972), Deaf Mute Heroine (1971) and The Fate of Lee Khan (1973).
23. Almen Pui-Ha Wong
Actress | Ngoh oi nei
Born in mainland China and moved to Hong Kong at the age of 9. She became a model for Elle magazine in HK in 1990. Her first big acting break was playing an assassin in _Shanghai Grand(1996)_. She has one daughter named Camelot born in August of 2000.
24. Grace Ning Ting
Actress | Wu Ze Tian
Grace Ning Ting is known for Empress Wu (1963), Les Belles (1961) and The Love Eterne (1963).
25. Pei-Pei Cheng
Actress | Wo hu cang long
Pei-Pei Cheng was born on December 4, 1946 in Shanghai, China. She is an actress and producer, known for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Lilting (2014) and Mulan (2020). She was previously married to Wen-Tung Yuan.
26. Ping Ha
Actress | Lit foh chin che
Ping Ha was born on October 6, 1937 in Hong Kong, China. She was an actress, known for Full Throttle (1995), The Accidental Spy (2001) and Flash Point (2007). She was married to Wan Chueng and Yat-Fan Kong. She died on August 5, 2019 in Hong Kong, China.
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