Kristy Yang

Kristy Yang (born 7 January 1974), also known as Yang Gongru, is a Chinese-Canadian actress based in Hong Kong.

Early life Yang was born in Shanghai, China, to a Chinese father and Jenny Liu, Chinese-American. Ms.Liu was invited to play the role in the film Shanghai 1976 (2008) and she has just known her father was an American soldier. Ms.Liu's mother had just a photo of him but in the end it's also burned in war.

Kristy grew up in a single-family as her father left the family during her childhood. In 1985, Yang immigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She has a step-brother who was born in Canada.

Kristy graduated from York University after completing her high school education in 1993 at Rosedale Heights School of the Arts in Toronto.

Career In the summer of 1995, during a trip to Hong Kong, Yang participated in the Miss Asia Pageant beauty contest organised by ATV and earned the title of "Miss Asia 1995". She also won the Miss Photogenic and Most Popular Contestant awards. Yang joined ATV and had been acting in several television dramas produced by ATV before venturing into the film industry.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1996 Comrades, Almost a Love Story甜蜜蜜 Fong Siu-ting Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer 1997 A Queer Story基佬四十 Gigi cameo 1997 Love Cruise超級無敵追女仔2狗仔雄心 Jelly 1998 The Lucky Guy行運一條龍 Fanny 1998 Portland Street Blues古惑仔情義篇之洪興十三妹 Yun Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress 1998 Young and Dangerous: The Prequel新古惑仔之少年激鬥篇 Yung cameo 1998 The Storm Riders風雲之雄霸天下 Charity alternative title The Stormriders 1999 A Man Called Hero中華英雄 Jade 1999 The Rules of the Game新家法 Ann 1999 My Loving Trouble 7我愛777 Dora Yeung cameo 2000 I.Q. Dudettes辣椒教室 Miss Lam 2000 The Duel決戰紫禁之巔 Ye Ziqing 2000 Sexy and Dangerous 2古惑女2 Pepper 2000 Those Were the Days友情歲月之山雞故事 Cheung May-yun cameo 2000 Healing Hearts俠骨仁心 Helen guest star 2000 For Bad Boys OnlyBAD BOY特工 Queen Chan alternative title For Badboys Only 2001 Fall For You喜歡你 Yi 2001 Everyday is Valentine情迷大話王 Mona 2001 City of Desire洪興十三妹之慾望之城 Kindergarten teacher cameo 2001 The Avenging Fist拳神 Belle 2002 Woman From Mars當男人變成女人 Kristy cameo 2003 I Want to Get Married嫁給有錢人2之我要結婚 May Chan / Linda alternative title I Wanna Get Married 2003 Fate Fighter賭俠之人定勝天 Fa 2003 City of SARS非典人生 Viola Lam 2004 Zhuanshi Miqing鑽石迷情 Lin Feng 2004 The Love Winner戀愛大贏家 Susan Chan alternative title I Love How You Love Me 2004 A Marvelous Detective妙探神威 Wai-ling 2005 Gesheng Miying歌聲迷影 Xiao Lele alternative title Dieying Shaji (疊影殺機) 2005 PTU File - Death TrapPTU女警 Yeung Fong-fong 2006 The Dream of My Family親親一家人 Ms. Mok guest star 2006 Magic and Me魅影迷情 Xiao Lewen 2007 Qing Ping Guo青蘋果 Shen Lewen 2007 Ming Ming明明 Zhang Yu cameo 2007 Blessed Destiny緣來是愛 Li Rong 2010 Bruce Lee, My Brother李小龍 Meiqi 2011 Under the Influence戒酒不戒酒 2011 Where are You From?你是哪裡人 Lei 2013 Mortician 2013 Kidnapping of a Big Star 2013 Flash Play 2013 Sweet Summer Love 2015 Be Together''' 我只要我们在一起

Television Year Title Role Network Notes 1996 King of Gamblers千王之王之重出江湖 Ha Suet-yee ATV 1996 Vampire Expert II殭屍道長2之燈蛾撲火 Yu Ying-ying ATV 1996 The Swordsman劍嘯江湖 Siu-lin ATV 1997 Coincidentally等着你回来 Cheung Lai-kwan ATV 1997 The Snow is Red雪花神劍 Mui Kong-suet ATV 1997 The Pride of Chao Zhou我來自潮州 Kong Sin-yu ATV 1997 Interpol國際刑警1997 ATV 1997 The Year of Chameleon97变色龙 Yeung Ling-ling ATV 1997 屋企有個肥大佬 Christy ATV guest star 1998 My Date with a Vampire我和殭屍有個約會 Wong Jan-jan / Yamamoto Yuki ATV 1999 Flaming Brothers縱橫四海 Lo Suet ATV 1999 The Blessed Family情牽日月星 Le Jing alternative title The Sun, Moon and Star 2000 My Date with a Vampire II我和殭屍有個約會2 Wong Jan-jan / Yamamoto Yuki ATV 2000 Zijing Xunzhang紫荊勛章 Feng Jiahui 2001 Master Swordsman Lu Xiaofeng陸小鳳之決戰前後 Sha Man TCS 2001 Healing Hearts俠骨仁心 Sin Wai-nam (Helen) ATV 2001 To Where He Belongs縱橫天下 Ko Hok-yau ATV 2001 The New Adventures of Chor Lau-heung新楚留香 Xue Keren TVB / CTS 2002 Drunken Hero大醉俠 Bai Yutong 2002 The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra齊天大聖孫悟空 White Bone Demoness TVB 2002 Feel 100%百分百感覺 Kristy guest star 2002 Yiqie Cong Jiehun Kaishi一切從結婚開始 Yang Xi 2002 Heisha Zhiwo Xin Busi黑煞之我心不死 Zhang Hailan 2003 The Story of Han Dynasty楚漢風流 Consort Yu CCTV alternative title The Stories of Han Dynasty 2003 Yiqi Hecai一起喝彩 Kimmy guest star 2003 Fenglin Ge鳳臨閣 Li Fengjie 2003 Wode Xiongdi Jiemei我的兄弟姐妹 Qi Sitian 2004 Xiaoyao Shenxian Luo Fanchen逍遥神仙落凡尘 Mi Jia 2004 Fengchui Yundong Xing Budong風吹雲動星不動 Niu Fangli 2004 Ai Yu Meng Feixiang愛與夢飛翔 Lin guest star 2005 Ruguo Yueliang You Yanjing如果月亮有眼睛 Sun Huaizhen 2006 A Beautiful New World美麗新天地 Sam Lok-man alternative title Love to be Found in New Here 2006 Phoenix from the Ashes浴火鳳凰 Li Wuxia GZTV / ATV 2006 Baoyu Lihua暴雨犁花 Nie Bing 2007 Modern Beauty男才女貌之现代美女 Lin Ziqi alternative title Modern Lady 2007 Xin Tianxian Pei新天仙配 Third Fairy CCTV guest star 2007 Dushi Niwota都市你我他 guest star 2007 Dingjia Younü Xiyangyang丁家有女喜洋洋 Ding Yu 2007 Da'an Zu大案組 Zhang Ye 2008 Xialü Tan'an俠侶探案 Liu Wan'er appeared in episode 8 only 2008 Hushan Xing虎山行 Ouyang Xue 2009 Shanjian Lingxiang Mabang Lai山間鈴響馬幫來 Chen Zhu 2009 Shenmi Nüdie神秘女諜 Liu Yefei 2010 Song of Spring and Autumn春秋祭 Li Ji 2015 Legend of Ban Shu Zhu Ding's mother 2019 Goodbye My Princess Princess Mingyuan