Flora Zeta Elizabeth Cheong-Leen (born November 20, 1959) is a

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...

and

fashion designer Fashion is a form of self-expression and autonomy at a particular period and place and in a specific context, of clothing, footwear, lifestyle, accessories, makeup, hairstyle, and body posture. The term implies a look defined by the fashion in ...

Biography

Cheong-Leen is an Australian who was born in Hong Kong. Her father

Hilton Cheong-Leen Hilton Cheong-Leen, CBE, JP (; 6 August 1922 – 4 January 2022) was a Hong Kong politician and businessman. He is the longest uninterrupted serving elected officeholder in Hong Kong history as an elected member of the Urban Council of Hong Ko ...

was born in Georgetown, British Guyana and is of

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...

descent and her mother Pauline Chow is from

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

. In her youth, Cheong-Leen studied in the U.K. and France. After returning to Hong Kong, Cheong-Leen was selected as leading actress in 10 full-length motion pictures including ''Life after Life (Cinema City),

Duel to the Death ''Duel to the Death'' is a 1983 Hong Kong ''wuxia'' film starring Norman Chui and Damian Lau. It is the directorial debut of Ching Siu-tung. Plot In 16th century, during the Ming dynasty era, every ten years the greatest swordsman from Japan face ...

(Golden Harvest), Chasing Girl (Cinema City), Return of the Deadly Blade (Champion International Film), ''Lung Gem Wei'' (Golden Harvest), and ''Cactus''. After a brief career as a film actress, she went on to create fashion designs and costumes. Cheong-Leen launched her first clothing line, Pavlova, in 1981. Pavlova was followed by the Tian Art label, and Cheong-Leen couture collection.

Personal life

Cheong-Leen has been married and divorced four times. She has a daughter, Claudine, with her second husband,

Michael Ying Michael Ying Lee Yuen (; born December 1949) is a Hong Kong billionaire businessman and philanthropist. Ying is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Esprit Holdings Limited, and remains the largest individual shareholder, with a 15% ...

References

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