Kara Hui
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| Chinese name | 惠英紅 (Traditional) | ||||||||||||||||
| Chinese name | 惠英红 (Simplified) | ||||||||||||||||
| Pinyin | Huì Yīnghóng (Mandarin) | ||||||||||||||||
| Jyutping | Wai6 Jing1 Hung4 (Cantonese) | ||||||||||||||||
| Ancestry | Manchu (Plain Yellow Banner)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 February 1960 Shandong, People's Republic of China[2] |
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| Years active | 1976 - present | ||||||||||||||||
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Kara Hui Ying-Hung (born 3 February 1960) is a Hong Kong actress of Manchu ancestry.
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[edit] Biography and career
Hui's family moved to Hong Kong in 1966 and she started working at night clubs at fourteen.[3] In her interview on Be My Guest, Hui revealed her family lost their savings from her father's business acquaintances.[4] Left penniless, Hui's mother, herself and her siblings were forced to peddle goods on the streets of Hong Kong. In the early years, Hui's family resided in the poor shanty town of Rennie's Mill.[4]
After working at nightclubs, Hui was discovered by Kung Fu film director Lau Kar Leung and cast in Lau Kar Leung's Challenge of the Masters (1976). After that, she participated in various films of Lau with whom she also was rumoured to have had an affair.[3]
Hui reached her career apex in My Young Auntie (1982), for which she was awarded the Best Actress Award in the 1st Hong Kong Film Awards. She won the Best Actress Award for the second time at the 29th Hong Kong Film Awards.
Hui is the sister of actor Austin Wai.
[edit] Television series
| Year | Title | Role | TVB Anniversary Awards |
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| 1996 | Journey to the West 西遊記 |
女儿国将军 | |
| 1997 | Deadly Protection 保護證人組 |
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| Lady Flower Fist 苗翠花 |
Ma Yuk Mui 馬玉梅 |
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| 1999 | At the Threshold of an Era 創世紀 |
Eva Lau Shuet Ling 劉雪玲 |
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| A Smiling Ghost Story 衝上人間 |
Fong Yuet-Ping 方月冰 |
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| Tai Ji Zong Shi 太極宗師 |
红姨 | ||
| 2001 | The Heaven Sword & the Dragon Sabre 2000 倚天屠龍記 |
Miejue Shi Tai 滅絕師太 |
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| 2006 | Safe Guards 鐵血保鏢 |
Yan Ching 殷靜 |
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| Below the Lion Rock 2006 獅子山下 |
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| 2007 | On the First Beat 學警出更 |
Wong Shuk Yin 黃淑賢 |
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| ICAC Investigators 2007 廉政行動2007 |
Choi Yuet Ngo 蔡月娥 |
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| Word Twisters' Adventures 鐵咀銀牙 |
Poon Bak Fung 潘白鳳 |
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| 2008 | Wasabi Mon Amour 和味濃情 |
Ko Kwai 高桂 |
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| Forensic Heroes II 法證先鋒II |
Cheng Lai Ling 鄭麗玲 |
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| Legend of the Demigods 搜神傳 |
Cho Mong Yau 草忘憂 |
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| Pages of Treasures Click入黃金屋 |
Fun 芬 |
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| 2009 | Man in Charge 幕後大老爺 |
Ching Tai Niang 程大娘 |
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| Rosy Business 巾幗梟雄 |
Lau Fong 劉芳 |
Nominated - Best Supporting Actress | |
| Sweetness in the Salt 碧血鹽梟 |
Choi Ngan Fa 蔡銀花 |
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| Beyond the Realm of Conscience 宮心計 |
Tam Yim Sheung 譚豔裳 |
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| 2010 | A Fistful of Stances | Cheung Sheung-chu 蔣上珠 |
Nominated - Best Supporting Actress |
| Can't Buy Me Love 公主嫁到 |
Concubine Wei 韋貴妃 |
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| No Regrets 巾幗梟雄之義海豪情 |
Yeung Ng Lai-sim 楊吳麗嬋 |
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| 2011 | The Glamorous Imperial Concubine 傾世皇妃 |
Du Feihong (Empress Du) 杜飛虹 |
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| 2012 | Ladder to Heaven (TV series) 天梯 |
