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Carol Cheng

Carol Cheng

Birthday: 1957-09-09 | Place of Birth: Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]

Cheng began her career in the 1970s working on a number of Television Broadcasts Limited series. She has also hosted the Hong Kong version of the game show The Weakest Link. In 1983, she made her debut along with Chow Yun-fat, with whom she would later become romantically involved. After her film debut her output became so prolific that at one point she was working on nine films simultaneously, leading her to have the nickname "Nine films Cheng." It was also during this very prolific time in her career that she became the highest paid actress in the region, beating out Maggie Cheung, Anita Mui and Michelle Yeoh, who rounded up the top 5. In 2000, after not appearing on screen for 6 years, she returned to television with a critically acclaimed performance in the sitcom, "War of Genders". It immediately become the highest rated show for the network, TVB and garnered Cheng a Best Actress trophy at the annual awards. She is the highest-paid female employee of TVB. ... taken from Wikipedia, credits to the original author.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
Oppa's Cuisine

as    Carol Cheng Yu Ling

1993
Murder

as    Mrs Jessica Yau

1991
Operation Condor

as    Ada

1991
The Banquet

as    Mimi / Tsang's wife

1991
Slickers vs. Killers

as    Miss Cheng

1990
Her Fatal Ways

as    Cheng Shih-Nan

1989
Perfect Match

as    Lok Ka Kay

1989
All Night Long

as    Wang Hsiao Yun

1988
The Eighth Happiness

as    DoDo/Hung

1988
Tiger Cage

as    Insp. Shirley Ho Shih-Ling