Yammie Lam
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| Yammie Lam Kit Ying | |
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| Chinese name | 藍潔瑛 (Traditional) |
| Chinese name | 蓝洁瑛 (Simplified) |
| Pinyin | Lán Jíe Yīng (Mandarin) |
| Jyutping | Laam2 Git2 Ying1 (Cantonese) |
| Origin | Hong Kong |
| Born | 27 April 1964 Hong Kong |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1984 - 1995 |
Yammie Lam Kit Ying is a former Hong Kong TVB actress, most notable for her excellent performance in The Greed of Man and Looking Back In Anger.
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[edit] Career
Yammie Lam first joined TVB in 1983, and graduated from the TVB actor training class a few months later along with fellow actress Margie Tsang Wah-Sin. Yammie did a number of movies as well as TVB serials, soon becoming well known as one of the TVB's 5 Dragon Girls.
[edit] Personal life
Yammie has a history of mental problems that reportedly started after The Greed of Man where she played a major female character who became insane after a series of family tragedies and died by accident in the end. It was rumoured that she was unable to "get out" of her character. There have been quite a number of conjectures upon the origin of her mental problems, but none is ever confirmed by herself.
In 1995 and 1996, Yammie's parents died in succession. It was said she broke up with her boyfriend afterwards. In 1998, she got into a car accident. She was admitted into a mental institution in 1999. Her stage career was completely shattered by then despite she showed up later in one or two TV serials or movies.
In 2008, Yammie was found wandering in the street smoking heavily and in her nightgown.[1] Police later arrived after responding to a concerned pedestrian's call and sent her to Sheung Shui station.[1]
Adjudicated bankrupt in 2006, Yammie is currently living on state welfare of HK$3,700 monthly.
[edit] Filmography
- Rainbow Round My Shoulder (1984)
- It Takes All Kinds (1984)
- It's a Long Way Home (1984)
- The Unwritten Law (1985)
- The Possessed (1985)
- Witch From Nepal (1986)
- Nepal Affair (1986)
- A Taste Of Bachelorhood (1986)
- Nepal Affair (1986)
- Happy Go Lucky (1987)
- The Final Combat (1989)
- Looking Back In Anger (1989)
- They Came to Rob Hong Kong (1989)
- Battle of the Heart (1989)
- War of the Dragon(1989)
- I Do I Do (1989)
- Phantom War (1991)
- The Tigers (1992)
- The Unleaded Love (1992)
- The Greed of Man (1993)
- Flirting Scholar (1993)
- The Bride with White Hair (1993)
- Wounded Tracks (1994)
- A Chinese Odyssey (1995)
- A Chinese Odyssey (1995)
- Aids Heart (1999)
- Troublesome Night 16 (2002)
- Heir To The Throne is...
- A Taste of Bachelorhood
- The Return of Wong Fei Hung
- The Vixen's Tale
- Next Year Next Kins
- The Poor Rich Man
