Cherie Chung

Cherie Chung Chor-hung (; born 16 February 1960) is a retired Hong Kong film actress. Of Hakka ancestry, she was one of the top actresses in Hong Kong film during the 1980s.

Background Chung participated in the 1979 Miss Hong Kong competition and came in 3rd runner-up. She was later discovered by film director Johnnie To and debuted in his first film The Enigmatic Case (1980).

Her beauty and charm led her to become one of the top actresses in Hong Kong at the time. In her film career, one of her most famous performances was in Mabel Cheung's An Autumn's Tale (1987), where she portrayed Jennifer, an educated middle-class woman who falls in love with a rude and uneducated man played by Chow Yun-fat. She is known as the "Marilyn Monroe of Hong Kong" and the Chinese entertainment industry due to her beauty.

She married advertising executive Michael Chu Ka-ting in 1991. Chu died of cancer in August 2007.

She is also very active in promoting environmental protection as a supporter of Friend of the Earth (HK) since the early 1990s.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1980 The Enigmatic Case Yao Puipui 1981 The Story of Woo Viet Shum Ching 1982 The Postman Strikes Back Guihua It Takes Two The Dead and the Deadly Miss Yuen Eclipse Nominated—Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress 1983 Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Winners and Sinners Shirley Salt and Pepper Hong Kong Playboys Mei Hong Kong, Hong Kong Man Si Sun Nominated—Hong Kong Film Award for Best ActressNominated—Golden Horse Award for Best Actress Descendant of the Sun Princess 1984 Heaven Can Help Cathy Maybe It's Love Prince Charming Yuk Duk-mei My Darling Genie The Hidden Power of the Dragon Sabre Banana Cop Amy Cher, Last Victory Cherie Teng 1985 The Flying Mr. B Women Fascinating Affairs Diana The Spring Outside the FenceLi Lin 1986 Happy Ding Dong Din-Din Peking Opera Blues Sheung Hung 1987 Double Fixation Goodbye Darling Josephine Spiritual Love Wei Hsiao-Tieh Spooky Kama Sutra An Autumn's Tale Jennifer Nominated—Hong Kong Film Award for Best ActressNominated—Golden Horse Award for Best Actress 1988 Moon, Stars & Sun GiGi One Husband Too Many Frances The Yuppie Fantasia Fatal Love Cecilia Yau Tai-Kam Couples, Couples, Couples Mary Huang Walk on Fire Miss Chung Bet on Fire Hung Carry on Hotel 18 Times Golden Swallow Hsiao-Hsueh / Lu Hsiao-Ping The Eight Happiness Beautiful The Good, the Bad and the Beauty Ko Sau-Ping Chaos by Design Mr. Mistress Ho's girlfriend Golden Years Chu So-So Last Romance 1989 Diary of a Small Man Wild Search Cher Nominated—Golden Horse Award for Best Actress Happy Together Stars & Roses 1991 Zodiac Killers Mang Tit Lan Once a Thief Red Bean

Television Floating Clouds (1981) (RTHK television series "Hong Kong, Hong Kong", no. 1)