Josephine Koo Mei-Wah or Gu Meihua () is a

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film actress. She had a bright start to her film career, starring in

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classic ''

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'' (1984). The film won her the Best New Performer Award at the

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in 1985, and also a nomination for Best Actress, but she was beaten by Siqin Gaowa from the same film. After ''Homecoming'', Koo appeared in Yim Ho's '' Red Dust'' (1990),

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'' (1990) and

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's ''To Live(e)'' (1992). She disappeared from the screen in the late 1990s but suddenly returned in

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'' (2004). For her role in this film, Koo was awarded the Best Actress Award at the

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, beating out

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and

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Filmography

* ''Missing'' (2019) * ''

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'' (2016) * ''

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'' (2015) * ''Tales from the Dark 1'' (2013) * ''Shanghai Story'' (2004) Josephine Koo at chinesemov.com
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1952 births Koo, Josehine Living people Chinese film actresses 20th-century Hong Kong actresses 21st-century Hong Kong actresses Actresses from Shanghai {{China-actor-stub