Anita Yuen

Anita Yuen Wing Yee is a Hong Kong actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She is best known for her roles in the films C'est la vie, mon chéri, He's a Woman, She's a Man (1994), and From Beijing with Love (1994).

Pageant career At the age of 18, Yuen won the Miss Hong Kong. The following year, Yuen represented Hong Kong in the 1991 Miss Chinese International pageant, ultimately finishing at first runner up. She represented Hong Kong at the Miss Universe 1991 pageant in Las Vegas.

David Bordwell noted that in Hong Kong beauty pageants, particularly Miss Hong Kong, was a breeding ground for future star actresses such as Yuen to emerge.

Film career Yuen's first film role was a bit part in Blackie Ko's film The Days of Being Dumb (1992). For her performance, she won Best New Performer at the 12th Hong Kong Film Awards.

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 Shibuya City, Japan, back in 2001. Anita had finally revealed in early 2021 that after she gave birth to Morton, she and her husband Julian attempted to have a second child first through natural conception with desire for their son Morton to have a little brother or sister, however this attempt failed as Anita's natural increasing age was an antithetical factor. Anita and Julian then agreed to try In vitro fertilisation using sperm extracted from Julian's collected preserved semen to impregnate Anita, but after multiple procedural attempts, the attempted pregnancy was unsuccessful and they eventually gave up on the attempt.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role 1992 The Days of Being Dumb Jane 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 Last Hero in China 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 C'est la vie, mon chéri Min Crystal Fortune Run Ko Kit The True Hero Hung I've Got You, Babe Ron The Wrath 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 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 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 2000 Don't Look Back... Or You'll Be Sorry!! Lisa Lensman: Power of the Lens Dragon Heat 2003 Kung Fu Girls 2004 Love Trilogy Chui 2005 Love's Lone Flower Yuanfeng 2007 Protégé Kwan's wife2010 72 Tenants of Prosperity Pinky 2011 I Love Hong Kong Pak Su Jun2013 Ip Man: The Final Fight Cheung Wing-sing The Love Experience 2014 The Deathday Party Helen Xin Hailun 2015 I Am Somebody 2019 A Home with a View Mrs.Lu Integrity Guest Role Be Water, My Friend

Television drama Year English title Original title Role Network1991 Be My Guest我愛玫瑰園 Fong On Yee TVB1992 Angel's Call他來自天堂 Ling Shanshan TVB 1992 I'm Mad for Money我為錢狂 Garbage-lady TVB 1999 Hua Mulan 花木兰 Hua Mulan CTV 2000 State of Divinity笑傲江湖 Ren Yingying CTV 2001 The New Adventures of Chor Lau Heung 新楚留香 Song Xihu CTS 2002 Innocently Guilty 法內有情天 Lin Tian En meWATCH 2002 The Monkey King 西遊記 The Goddess of Nine Heaven TVB 2002 方謬神探 You Xiaoqing TVB, CTV2004 The River Flows Eastwards 一江春水向东流 Sufen 2005 Love's Lone Flower孤恋花 Yun Fang CTS 2006 The 36th Chamber of Shaolin 南少林三十六房 吕四娘 2008 Love Exchange 疑情別戀 Sit Tze Yiu (Zita) TVB 2009 Born Rich 富貴門 Cheuk Yat-sam TVB Love in Trouble Time 亂世艷陽天 Sam So ATV 2011 All Men Are Brothers 新水浒传 Lin Chong's wife 2013 Longmen Express 龙门客栈 Sheng Qiuyue 2015 Two Families from Wenzhou 温州两家人 Lin Jialai CCTV 2015 多情江山 Empress Dowager Zhaosheng Zhejiang Television 2016 The Adoption/The Adopt 领养 Linda CCTV-8

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Awards and nominations Year Award Nominated work Category Result 1993 The Days of Being Dumb Best New Performer C'est la vie, mon chériBest Actress 1994 1995 He's a Woman, She's a Man 1997 Entrance of the P-Side Best Supporting Actress 1999Till Death Do Us Part Best Actress Best Actress 2008 Protégé Best Supporting Actress 200913th TVB Anniversary AwardsBorn Rich Best Actress My Favourite Female Character 2016 Two Families from Wenzhou Best Supporting Actress