Joey Wong Cho-Yee (

AKA Aka, AKA or a.k.a. may refer to: * "Also known as", used to introduce an alternative name Languages * Aka language (Sudan) * Aka language, in the Central African Republic * Hruso language, in India, also referred to as Aka * a prefix in the n ...

Joey Wang, Wang Tsu Hsien, or Joey Ong Jyo Han/Hen) (, born 31 January 1967) 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 ...

based Taiwanese actress and singer. Along with

Maggie Cheung Maggie Cheung Man-yuk (; born 20 September 1964) 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 in ...

, Rosamund Kwan and

Cherie Chung Cherie Chung Chor-hung (; born 16 February 1960) is a retired Hong Kong film actress. Of Hakka ancestry, she was one of the top actresses in Hong Kong film during the 1980s. Background Chung participated in the 1979 Miss Hong Kong competition an ...

, she is widely regarded as one of the ‘Four Flowers’ of Hong Kong cinema.

Biography

Wong was born on 31 January 1967 and raised in

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the n ...

, where she completed her secondary school. She has an older brother, a younger brother and a sister. Her father was a

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

player and encouraged her to become a professional basketball player when she was fourteen. Shortly thereafter she shot a TV commercial for sport shoes which drew the attention of a film producer who made her the leading lady of film ''It'll Be Very Cold by the Lakeside This Year''. Her appearance in the film attracted the attention of producer

Mona Fong Mona Fong Yat-wah, Lady Shaw (27 July 1934 – 22 November 2017) was a Hong Kong film and television producer and production manager. She was born Li Menglan in Shanghai. Career Fong achieved fame as one of the most popular nightclub singers an ...

Shaw Brothers Shaw Brothers (HK) Ltd. () was the largest film production company in Hong Kong, and operated from 1925 to 2011. In 1925, three Shaw brothers— Runje, Runme, and Runde—founded Tianyi Film Company (also called "Unique") in Shangh ...

who invited Wong to come to

. In 1985, Wong then appeared in the Hong Kong film ''Let's Make Laugh II'', opposite Derek Yee Tung Sing. In 1987, she portrayed a beautiful ghost in '' A Chinese Ghost Story.'' Her portrayal led to her becoming a film idol in

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

and

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

. In the following years, Wong continued to star in a dozen more movies playing similar characters, such as a

ghost A ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that is believed to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to rea ...

or a vixen. In 1989, she starred in the Japanese TV series ''A Woman From Hong Kong,'' later also starring in commercials and publishing photo albums. In 1992, she made her singing debut with the Japanese and Mandarin CD single, "Hold You In My Arms Forever". In 1993, she appeared as the White Snake in Tsui Hark's '' Green Snake'', a revision of the

Madame White Snake The Legend of the White Snake is a Chinese legend. It has since been presented in a number of major Chinese operas, films, and television series. The earliest attempt to fictionalize the story in printed form appears to be ''The White Maiden L ...

legend told from the perspective of the younger Green Snake. In 1994, Wong expressed a desire to retire from film making, staying away from the limelight until 1997 when she returned to the silver screen in the Japanese movie ''Peking Genjin'' (''Peking Man'') and released the companion CD single "Who Are You?". In 1998, she released the extended Japanese CD ''Angelus'' and her first and only full CD, in Mandarin, ''Isolation'' a.k.a. ''Isolated From The World''. She returned to semi-retirement after the release of ''Isolation'', but returned once again to films in 2001 with ''

Peony Pavilion ''The Peony Pavilion'' ( zh, t=牡丹亭, s=牡丹亭, p=Mǔdān tíng, w=Mu-tan t'ing), also named ''The Return of Soul at the Peony Pavilion'', is a romantic tragicomedy play written by dramatist Tang Xianzu in 1598. The plot was drawn from the sh ...

'', then once again announced her retirement in 2002 after leaving Chyi Chin. In 2004, she appeared in ''

Shanghai Story ''Shanghai Story'' () is a 2004 Chinese film directed by Peng Xiaolian. A family drama, the film was the surprise winner of the 19th Golden Rooster Awards in China, where it won best picture over the heavily favored ''House of Flying Daggers''. Th ...

'' and reportedly appeared in a Taiwanese TV series with on again, off again beau Chyi Chin. It was reported that she enjoyed her return to films and reportedly signed a multi-film contract. However, the unexpected suicide of her friend and former movie co-star Leslie Cheung caused her to withdraw once again from the limelight. In September 2005, coinciding with the worldwide release of ''Shanghai Story'', she once again announced her formal retirement. She currently resides in

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. The ...

and is studying English. Joey Wong was also very well known for her relationship with Chyi Chin, a Taiwanese singer. Their relationship lasted about 16 years, from 1987 to 1991 and 1993 to 2002.

Filmography

Film

Television

Discography

Singles

Awards and nominations

References

External links

*
baidu post
��largest fanclub in china
Tianya Joey group
��Joey database {{DEFAULTSORT:Wong, Joey 1967 births Living people 20th-century Taiwanese actresses 21st-century Taiwanese actresses 20th-century Hong Kong actresses 21st-century Hong Kong actresses Actresses from Taipei Converts to Buddhism Expatriate actresses in Canada Republic of China Buddhists Hong Kong people of Taiwanese descent Taiwanese expatriates in Hong Kong Taiwanese expatriates in Japan Taiwanese expatriates in Canada Taiwanese film actresses Taiwanese television actresses Hong Kong Buddhists Taiwanese-born Hong Kong artists Taiwanese people from Anhui