Jacqueline Law () (October 10, 1966 – June 30, 2012) was a Hong Kong television and film actress.
Background
Law's older brother Law Wai-ping was an actor for
TVB during the 1980s.
In 1987, Law launched her own acting career at the age of 17.
[ Despite her lack of professional acting experience at the time, Law was cast in a lead role in the 1987 Hong Kong television series '' The Legend of the Book and the Sword''.][ She portrayed Fok-ching-tung in the series, a television adaptation of Louis Cha's '']The Book and the Sword
''The Book and the Sword'' is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). It was first serialised between 8 February 1955 and 5 September 1956The date conforms to the data published in Chen Zhenhui (陳鎮輝), ''Wuxia Xiaoshuo Xiaoyao Tan'' (武 ...
'', which marked her first dramatic role.[
Law was next cast in ''A Friend in Need'', which co-starred ]Jaime Chik
Jaime Chik Mei-chun (, born 5 January 1962) is a Hong Kong TVB actress and was named as one of the Five Beauties of TVB.
Personal life
Chik met Hong Kong actor Michael Miu
Michael Miu Kiu-wai ( 苗僑偉) (born 18 June 1958) is a Hong Kong acto ...
, Simon Yam
Simon Yam Tat-wah (; born 19 March 1955) is a Hong Kong actor and film producer. He received international acclaim for his performances in international film festival and box office hits such as ''Naked Killer'', '' SPL: Sha Po Lang'', ''Election' ...
, and Leon Lai
Leon Lai Ming SBS BBS MH (born 11 December 1966), is a Hong Kong actor, film director, businessman and Cantopop singer. He is one of the " Four Heavenly Kings" of Hong Kong pop music. He uses his Chinese name "Li Ming" or "Lai Ming", whi ...
.[
Law dated Singaporean ]magnate
The magnate term, from the late Latin ''magnas'', a great man, itself from Latin ''magnus'', "great", means a man from the higher nobility, a man who belongs to the high office-holders, or a man in a high social position, by birth, wealth or ot ...
and businessman Liu Chee Ming for eleven years. The couple married in 2008.[
Her diagnosis with pancreatic cancer led to her retirement from acting.][ Law held a farewell party in February 2012 before moving to Singapore with her husband for treatment.][ Guests, composed of twenty friends, included actresses ]Kitty Lai
Kitty Lai Mei Han (Chinese: 黎美嫻, born October 19, 1966) is a Hong Kong retired actress and most notable for her performance in TVB drama series The New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre (倚天屠龍記) as Chiu Man / Zhao Min (趙敏), and T ...
, Sheren Tang, and Monica Chan.[ Law died at her home in Singapore on June 30, 2012, at the age of 45.][
]
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1966 births
2012 deaths
Hong Kong film actresses
Hong Kong television actresses
TVB actors
Deaths from pancreatic cancer