Nancy Sit

Nancy Sit Ka-yin (; born 30 March 1950) is a Hong Kong actress.

Career Sit's acting career dated back to the 1960s, when she was a popular teen idol alongside Connie Chan Po-chu, and Josephine Siao. Sit recorded many albums in her teens, and later served as a mentor to Anita Mui, who went on to become one of the biggest superstars in Hong Kong history.

Sit left the entertainment business after she got married and raised a family, but in the early 1990s, her marriage fell apart when her husband left her. Sit was devastated and has said she contemplated suicide. But she thought of her children, which gave her the will to continue with life. She decided to get back into show business and was able to capitalize on the popularity she had achieved as a teen idol, even though it was so many years later.

She first starred in the long-running series A Kindred Spirit, playing one of the show's central figures. It was the longest-running series in Hong Kong history, with more than 1,000 episodes.

In 1975, she appeared in Flatfoot Goes East, a film directed by Italian director Steno starring well-known actor Bud Spencer. In this film, she plays the brief and touching role of a young mother which sacrifices herself to save the life of her son Yoko (Day Golo) from a gangster band.

Sit starred in the sitcoms Virtues of Harmony and its follow-up series Virtues of Harmony II. In Virtues of Harmony, Sit played a boss of a Chinese restaurant in Ming Dynasty. She played a similar character in a modern setting in the follow-up series Virtues of Harmony II.

In 2000, Nancy was the first actress to be awarded the HKSAR Medal of Honour in Hong Kong.

In 2005, Nancy and co-star William Hung appeared in the Hong Kong movie Where Is Mama's Boy. The accompanying soundtracks included theme songs from the movie that were performed by Nancy, William and Huang Yi-Fei (Wong Yat-Fei).

Sit also visited several countries, including Singapore and Malaysia, to promote shows in which she appeared such as A Kindred Spirit, and to host the Channel U variety special.

In late 2009, rumours circulated that Sit was dealing with serious health problems (she had surgery to remove Gallstones and treat cholangitis). Around this time, she was seen walking uneasily and needing assistance in public by her daughter. By late 2010, Sit appeared to have made a full recovery.

Filmography

Television

TVB series Year Show Role TVB Anniversary Awards Notes 1995 A Kindred Spirit Leung Yun-ho All-Time Most Memorable Female Leading Role 1997 A Recipe for the Heart Yin Jan-jan (Cameo) 2000Return of the Cuckoo Chu Sa-giu My Favourite Television CharacterNominated – Best Actress (Top 5) The Threat of Love 2001 Virtues of Harmony Yau Nim-chi My Favourite Television CharacterNominated – Best Actress (Top 5) 2002 Police Station No. 7 Wong Ying Goo 2003 The Threat of Love 2 Fung Ying/Chu Sau Yuk/Tam Siu/Ng Sui Gil/Fok Lau Sui Bik/Lee Han 2004 Virtues of Harmony II Yau Nim Chi 2007 Heavenly In-Laws Lo Fa/Flower Queen (warehoused) 2008 The Silver Chamber of Sorrows Choi Siu Diep Nominated – Best Actress (Top 10) 2009 Born Rich Sheung Hoi-mei 2011 River of Wine Kwan Wai-lan Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for Best Supporting Actress (Top 15) 2014 Queen Divas Ho Siu-lan 2015 My "Spiritual" Ex-Lover Nip Siu Sin 2023 Golden Bowl Man Tsz Chin-hung

RTV / ATV series Year Show Role Notes1979 Dragon Strikes 《天龍訣》 南宮明珠 It Takes A Thief《侠盗风流》 Princess Lung-siu 1990 The Third Radio Station 《第三间电台》 罗咏琴 sitcom

Other series Year Show Role Notes 2000 Princess Ji Zhuang 《庄姬公主》 穆赢太后 (Taiwan Television Station Series) 2005 Love Concierge 《愛的掌門人》 谢美娇 (Media Corp Series) 2007 Double Happiness 《龙凤呈祥》 (China Central Television Series)

Films Year Film Role