Maggie Cheung Man-yuk is a Hong Kong former actress. Raised in Hong Kong and Britain,she started her career after placing second in 1983's Miss Hong Kong Pageant. She achieved critical success in the late 1980s and into the early 2000s,before taking a break from acting following her last starring role in 2004. She rarely makes public appearances except for fashion events and award ceremonies.
Dou E Yuan,commonly translated as The Injustice to Dou E,and also known as Snow in Midsummer,is a Chinese zaju play written by Guan Hanqing during the Yuan dynasty. The full Chinese title of the play is Gan Tian Dong Di Dou E Yuan,which roughly translates to The Injustice to Dou E that Touched Heaven and Earth.
The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Taipei Golden Horse Awards are a film festival and associated awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. The festival and ceremony were founded in 1962 by the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan and is now run as an independent organisation. The awards ceremony is usually held in November or December in Taipei,although the event has also been held in other locations in Taiwan in recent times.
Jessica Hester Hsuan,also known as Suen Huen,is a Hong Kong actress.
Tsai Chin is a Chinese-born British actress,singer,director,teacher,and author best known in the United States for her role as Auntie Lindo in the film The Joy Luck Club.
Huang Yu-chun,known by her final stage name Ivy Ling Po,is a retired Hong Kong actress and Chinese opera singer. She is best known for a number of mega-hit Huangmei opera films in the 1960s,especially The Love Eterne (1963) which made her an Asian superstar overnight. She played an important role in the entertainment industry for preserving the Huangmei opera art form.
The Empress Dowager is a 1975 Hong Kong historical film directed by Li Han-hsiang and produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio,starring Lisa Lu as Empress Dowager Cixi.
Fala Chen is a Chinese-American actress. She is known for her roles in Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and HBO miniseries Irma Vep and The Undoing.
Zhou Xun is a Chinese actress and singer. She is regarded as one of the Four Dan Actresses of China. She gained international fame for her roles in Suzhou River (2000) and Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2002). Zhou went on to star in notable films Perhaps Love (2005),The Equation of Love and Death (2008),Painted Skin (2008),The Message (2009),Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011),Our Time Will Come (2017) and Across the Furious Sea (2023). In television,her works include Palace of Desire (2000),The Legend of the Condor Heroes (2003),Red Sorghum (2014),Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace (2018) and A Little Mood for Love (2021).
Kara Wai Ying-hungBBS is a Hong Kong actress best known internationally for her roles in wuxia films produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio in the 1970s and 1980s.
Elaine Jin Yan-ling,also known as Elaine Kam,is a Hong Kong–Taiwanese actress.
Siqin Gaowa,born Duan Anlin,is a Chinese-born Swiss actress. She was born in Guangzhou to a Han Chinese father and a Mongol Chinese mother. Her father died when she was 4,she was raised by her mother in Inner Mongolia. She has been married to musician Chen Liangsheng (陈亮声) since 1986 and currently holds Swiss citizenship together with her husband.
Yang Kuei-mei is a Taiwanese actress and television host. She has had starring roles in Eat Drink Man Woman,Vive L'Amour,and The Hole.
Law Lan MH JP,is a veteran Hong Kong actress in both the film and TV industry.
Nina Paw Hee-ching is a Hong Kong actress. Paw got her start in film but came into prominence portraying mothers on ATV television dramas,such as Fatherland (1980). Having portrayed many mother and elder sister roles throughout her career,she is often referred to as "Sister Paw". Her portrayal of a working mother in The Way We Are (2008) won her four best actress awards,including Best Actress at the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards.
Beauty at War,also known as War and Beauty 2,is a Hong Kong television period drama serial produced by Jonathan Chik for TVB. It premiered on TVB Jade in Hong Kong on April 22,2013. Created by Chik and scriptwriter Chow Yuk-ming,it is a sequel to War and Beauty,which took place in a parallel universe. It stars Sheren Tang,Ada Choi,Christine Ng,Moses Chan,Kenny Wong,Eddie Kwan,Raymond Cho &Rachel Kan. The events of the first installment are depicted as being the result of rumor-mongering,and are frequently referenced.
The Last Tempest is a 1976 Hong Kong drama film directed by Li Han-hsiang. The film was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 49th Academy Awards,but was not accepted as a nominee.
Grace Gua Ah-leh is a Taiwanese actress and singer. Gua has portrayed over 200 roles in film and television since 1965. She has won the Golden Horse Awards 4 times and the Golden Bell Awards twice.
Lú is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 盧 in traditional character and 卢 in simplified character. It is also spelled Lo or Loh according to the Cantonese pronunciation. Lu 盧is the 52nd most common surname in China,shared by 5.6 million people,or 0.475% of the Chinese population as of 2002. It is especially common in Guangdong,Guangxi,Hainan,and Hebei provinces. Lu 盧is listed 167th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.
Lu Shiow-yen is a Taiwanese politician and former television presenter. She is the incumbent mayor of Taichung since 25 December 2018.
