Elaine Jin

Elaine Yen-ling (; born 15 December 1954), also known as Elaine Kam, is a Hong Kong–Taiwanese actress.

She began her career in Taiwan in 1973 before moving to Hong Kong in 1981.She began acting in numerours notable films in the 1970s including ones produce by Hong Kong's third-largest film enterprise Goldig Films (owned by Alex Gouw).

She has been nominated eleven times in the Hong Kong Film Awards and won four for her supporting roles in Love Unto Waste (1986), People's Hero (1987) and Port of Call (2015). In 1994, Jin earned her first Golden Horse Film Award, also in the supporting category, for her performance in Edward Yang's A Confucian Confusion (1994).

Jin won the Golden Horse Award and the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 2016 film Mad World.

Personal life Jin has been married twice, to Liang Tingbin (梁廷斌) in 1975 (divorced in 1981) and then with Robert Wong in 1989 (divorced in 2005).

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1984 I Love Lolanto 1985 Women Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress 1986 Love Unto Waste Won - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress 1987 People's Hero Won - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress 1988 I Need to Escape Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress 1991 A Brighter Summer Day Miss Jin Nominated - Golden Horse Awards for Best Supporting Actress 1994 A Confucian Confusion Won - Golden Horse Awards for Best Supporting Actress 1997 The Soong Sisters Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress 1998 Tempting Heart Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress 1999 Gorgeous 1999 Metade Fumaca Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress 2000 Yi Yi 2004 Three of a Kind 2007 Lost in Beijing Wang Mei Brothers Tin's wife The Romantic Fool 2011 Mei Mei Miss Chen 2012 The Viral Factor 2013 Finding Mr. Right Chou 2013 Indigo Short film 2013 A Complicated Story 2014 Beijing Love Story 2015 Port of Call MayWon - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress 2015 Monster Hunt 2015 Tale of Three Cities 2016 Buddy Cops 2016 Mad World Tung's Mother Won - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting ActressWon - Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated - Asian Film Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated - Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress 2016 Summer's Desire 2017 29+1 Elaine 2018 About Youth 2018 Spring Tide 2018 House of the Rising Sons 2019 Hypnotize the Jury 2023 Where the Wind Blows 2024 The Last Dance Lin

TV series Year Title Network Role TVB Anniversary Awards 1983 The Man in the Middle TVB 1984 101 Citizen Arrest II ATV Ling 2006 Central Affairs 2 ATV Tung Zhi-shu 2007–08 Best Selling Secrets TVB Ng Han Nominated - My Favourite Female Character (Top 24) 2008–10 Off Pedder TVB Ka So San 2011-12 When Heaven Burns TVB Yung Cheuk Wah (Brenda) 2019 I Bet Your Pardon