Charlie Yeung Choi-Nei (born 23 May 1974), is a Hong Kong actress. She was first noticed after appearing in a commercial with

Aaron Kwok Aaron Kwok Fu-shing (born 26 October 1965) is a Hong Kong singer, dancer and actor. Active since the 1980s, Kwok is known as one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" of Hong Kong pop music. Dubbed the "God of Dance", Kwok's onstage dancing is influenc ...

. Since then she has participated in the music videos of artists such as

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and made a number of films, most famously with

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('' The Lovers'', ''Love in the Time of Twilight'', ''

Seven Swords ''Seven Swords'' is a 2005 ''wuxia'' film produced and directed by Tsui Hark, starring Donnie Yen, Leon Lai, Charlie Yeung, Sun Honglei, Lu Yi and Kim So-yeon. An international co-production between Hong Kong, China, South Korea and the Nether ...

'') and Wong Kar-wai. She retired her career in 1997, but has since returned in 2004 in ''

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''.

Career

In 1992, she was signed on to be a singer with EMI (Hong Kong). After releasing a couple of albums with some success (she won the

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Jade Solid Gold (1993)'s Gold Award of "The Best New Female Singer"), she made her feature-film debut in Wong Kar-wai’s arthouse

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'' alongside superstars such as

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and Brigitte Lin. In 1994, she made her first collaboration with director

in the film ''The Lovers'' (梁祝). Yeung was cast as the female lead, Zhu Yingtai opposite

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's Liang Shanbo. Her performance received widespread critical acclaim, rising Yeung to stardom. The film today has been hailed as Yeung's most representative work to date. Between 1994 and 1997, she was arguably the popular artist in

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, with her appearing everywhere from magazines, posters and movies. However, in 1997 she called it quits and retired from the industry to start an image consultant business with her

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an lawyer-boyfriend in

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. In 2004, after a failed relationship and business, she made her comeback as the lead actress in

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's ''

''. Following that, she collaborated once again with

in the martial arts movie ''

'' and starred alongside

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in the love movie ''All About Love''. She later co-starred in the film ''

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'' opposite

. She has made plans to appear in a sequel to ''Seven Swords''.

Personal life

Yeung met her long-time boyfriend, a

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lawyer Khoo Shao Tze in 1993, but split up in 2004 for a period of time. They reportedly got back together in 2011. Yeung and Khoo were married on 2 November 2013. In early January 2017, she and Khoo announced that they are expecting. On 27 April 2017, Charlie gave birth to twin boys, Ignatius and Aloysius.

Filmography

*''Hello Tapir'' (2019) *''Little Q'' (2019) *'' Cold War 2'' (2016) *''

Kung Fu Jungle ''Kung Fu Jungle'', also known as ''Kung Fu Killer'' and ''Last of the Best'', is a 2014 Hong Kong-Chinese action thriller film directed by Teddy Chan and starring Donnie Yen, Wang Baoqiang, Charlie Yeung and Michelle Bai. The film premiered at ...

'' (2014) *''Christmas Rose'' (2013 - directorial debut) *''Catching Monkey'' (2012) *''

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'' (2012) *'' Floating City'' (2012) *'' Sleepwalker'' (2011) *'' Wind Blast'' (2010) *'' 37'' (2010) *'' Bangkok Dangerous'' (2008) *''

'' (父子) (2006) *'' All About Love'' (再説一次我愛你) (2005) *''

'' ( 七劍) (2005) *''

'' (新警察故事) (2004) *''

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'' (1999) oice, Cantonese dub*''Task Force'' (熱血最強) (1997) *''The Intimates'' (自梳女) (1997) *''Downtown Torpedoes'' (神偷諜影) (1997) *'' A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation'' ( 小倩) (1997) oice*''The Wedding Days'' (完全結婚手冊) (1997) *''Dr. Wai in "The Scripture with No Words"'' (冒險王) (1996) *'' Young Policemen in Love'' (逃學戰警) (1995) *''

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'' ( 墮落天使) (1995) *'' High Risk'' aka ''Meltdown'' (鼠膽龍威) (1995) *''Love in the Time of Twilight'' (花月佳期) (1995) *''How Deep Is Your Love'' (霓虹光管高高掛之女子公寓) (1994) *''

'' ( 東邪西毒) (1994) *'' The Lovers'' (梁祝) (1994) *'' What Price Survival'' (94獨臂刀之情) (1994) *''

Future Cops ''Future Cops'' (; literal title: ''Super-School Tyrant'') is a 1993 Hong Kong action-comedy film loosely based on the ''Street Fighter'' video game franchise, starring an ensemble cast of Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Aaron Kwok, Chingmy Yau, Dick ...

'' (超級學校霸王) (1993) .

Discography

* ''Feeling of Love'' (1993) * ''First Love'' (1994) * ''Forget Me Not'' (1994) * ''Smiling with Tears'' (1995) * ''Mythology'' (1995) * ''Do Whatever you Want'' (1996)

References

External links

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Charlie yeung fans club
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