Michelle Ye

Michelle Ye or Ye Xuan (born 14 February 1980) is a Chinese actress and producer. She is best known for her roles in Eternal Happiness, Triumph in the Skies, and Lost in the Chamber of Love. Her most notable role was in the 2009 film Accident, in which she won the 2010 Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Ye has worked as an on-site reporter for TVB at the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004. In 1999, she won the Miss Chinese International competition.

Apart from her acting career, she is the owner and chairman of the production company Michelle Ye Studios-Zhejiang Bohai Television Ltd, the owner of a sushi restaurant, and the vice-president of the Hengdian Film Association.

Early life Michelle Ye was born in Hangzhou, China. She was named after her mother's favorite actress Zhou Xuan. Ye's mother was a housewife and her father a lawyer. Her father was constantly on business travel, thus leaving Ye to be cared for by her mother solely. When Ye was seven years old, her father moved overseas and only returned home for a total number of weeks within a year. Ye's parents divorced when she was nine years old. Her mother no longer wanted to care for her and instead wanted Ye's father to know what it was like to take care of their child.

Ye then lived with her paternal grandparents. Her grandparents were retired professors who lived in a professor's hostel in the university. Her grandfather was very strict with her academics, and under his guidance, her academic results were good. She was involved in a lot of school activities.

At the age of 10, her father brought her grandparents and Ye to New York City. Her grandparents could not acclimate to the new environment and returned to China. Her father was still busy with his career, and at the age of 13, Ye asked to move out. Her father agreed and let her rent an apartment. Every month she would go to her father's company for spending money, and was otherwise self-sufficient. To earn extra money, she lied about her age to work in a video rental store, from where she rented many series and movies, sparking her interest in the entertainment business.

She attended John Dewey High School. While there, she learned to speak Cantonese from a classmate. She won first place in the botany category at the International Science and Engineering Fair in 1998. She was the valedictorian of her class, thus earning a full scholarship to Wellesley College, where she majored in political science.

She competed in Hong Kong for the Miss Chinese International 1999 competition on her birthday and won.

Entertainment career In 2011, Michelle Ye's contract with Media Asia Films expired and she chose not to renew it and left to set up Michelle Ye Studio in Beijing, signing with Qiangshi Media as a producer.

Other projects Ye published an autobiography titled Shang Shan Ruo Shui - Xuan Gong Lue in July 2006.

In 2011, Ye established her own production company (Michelle Ye Studios-Zhejiang Bohai Television Ltd) and has produced and starred in three series thus far, Ninth Widow, Athena, and Purple Hairpin. However, Ye has not ruled out a return to TVB, after revealing she invited by several producers.

Awards and nominations (1999) Crowned first place as Miss Chinese International Pageant 1999 (1999) Won "Miss Classic Beauty" Award in the "Miss Chinese International 1999" (2002) Nominated as "Most Improved Actress" for TVB 35th Anniversary Awards (2002) Nominated as "Favorite Partnership" with Raymond Lam for TVB 35th Anniversary Awards (2003) Nominated as "Most Improved Actress" for TVB 36th Anniversary Awards (2003) Nominated as "Favorite Actress" for TVB 36th Anniversary Awards (2003) Nominated as "Favorite Partnership" with Raymond Lam and Kenneth Ma for TVB 36th Anniversary Awards (2005) Nominated as "Best Newcomer" in Hong Kong Golden Horse Award for Moonlight in Tokyo (2009) Nominated as "The Best Leading Actress" in The 66th Venice Film Festival for Accident (2010) Won "Best Supporting Actress" in 29th Hong Kong Film Awards for Accident (2011) Won "Hong Kong and Taiwan's Most Popular Actress of the Year" in LeTV Entertainment Awards

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2005 Moonlight in Tokyo Lu 2006 Undercover Hidden Dragon Sister Han 2007 The Closet Mang Ping 2007 Simply Actors Judy 2009 Lady Cop & Papa Crook Yammy 2009 The Sniper Mon 2009 Vengeance pregnant woman 2009 The First 7th Night Fong 2009 Murderer Sonny's mother 2009 Accident Woman 2010 Fire of Conscience May 2010 Dream Home Flat 8A owner 2010 Once a Gangster Nancy 2010 No Rest for Restrooms Short film 2010 Bruce Lee, My Brother Lee Hap-ngan 2011 Hi, Fidelity Josephine Ma / Jo-Jo 2011 Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu 2011 The Founding of a Party Li Lizhuang cameo 2011 Overheard 2 Tsui Foon 2012 Motorway Mrs. Lo 2013 Hotel Deluxe 2013 Drug War Sal 2014 Overheard 3 Luk Wing-yu 2015 King of Mahjong Ramona 2015 Insanity 2020 Thorn Kiss

Television Year Title Role Notes 2000 Street Fighters Ho Hei 2001 Reaching Out Jess 2001 Gods of Honour Yeung Lin-fa 2002 Treasure Raiders Cheung Git-git guest star last episode 2002 Network Love Story Yeung Wai-man 2002 Eternal Happiness Mang Lai-kwan 2002 Golden Faith Rain Ching 2002 Lofty Water Verdant Bow Lai Sing-nam 2003 Evil Butterfly Luo Yiping 2003 Oriental Flower Maiden Ma Qili 2003 The Case of the Green Hair mini movie 2003 The Driving Power Ding Ming-jyu 2003 Triumph in the Skies Zita Tung 2004 Hard Fate young Suen Yeen-chou guest star episode 7-8 2005 The Royal Swordsmen Shangguan Haitang 2005 Lost in the Chamber of Love Cui Yingying 2005 The Herbalist's Manual Dong Ching 2005 Central Affairs Season 2006 Central Affairs 2 Samantha 2007 Liao Zhai II Xiao Qiao 2007 Jiao Yi Sheng Ma Ma Jian Xiao Dan 2007 Tutor Queen Suki 2010 The Legend of Yang Guifei Madame Guo 2010 Grandma's Ancient City 2010 Spell of Fragrance Su Hongyu / Su Yuning 2011 Gang Hun Da Daoshu 2012 The Ninth Widow Wang Putao 2012 Find You Ning Xinran 2013 Athena 2013 The Purple Hairpin Fok Siu Yuk TVB Overseas 2014 The Virtuous Queen of Han Guest star episode 38 2014 Gu Cheng Wang Shi 2014 Muse Dress 2018 The People's Army Jiang Xu 2018 Lou Wai Lou 2018 Flying Swords of Dragon Gate 2020 In the Name of Father