Michelle Ye

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Michelle Ye
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Born (1980-02-14) 14 February 1980 (age 44)
Hangzhou, China
Occupations
  • Actress
  • Entrepreneur
  • Model
  • Spokesperson
Years active1999–present
Awards
Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Supporting Actress
2010 Accident

Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 葉璇
Simplified Chinese 叶璇
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Yè Xuán
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping Jip6 Xun4
Musical career
Also known asYe Xuan, Michelle Yip, Yip Suen
Origin China

Michelle Ye or Ye Xuan (born 14 February 1980) is a Chinese actress and producer. She is best known for her roles in, Eternal Happiness , Triumph in the Skies , and Lost in the Chamber of Love. Her most notable role was in the 2009 film Accident, in which she won the 2010 Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. [1]

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Ye has worked as an on-site reporter for TVB at the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004. In 1999, she won the Miss Chinese International competition. [2]

Apart from her acting career, she is the owner and chairman of the production company Michelle Ye Studios-Zhejiang Bohai Television Ltd, an owner of a sushi restaurant, and the Vice President of the Hengdian Film Association.

Early life

Michelle Ye was born in Hangzhou, China. She was named after her mother's favorite actress Zhou Xuan. Ye's mother was a housewife and her father a lawyer. Her father was constantly on business travel, thus leaving Ye to be cared for by her mother solely. When Ye was seven years old, her father moved overseas and only returned home for a total number of weeks within a year.[ clarification needed ] Ye's parents divorced when she was nine years old. Her mother no longer wanted to care for her and instead wanted Ye's father to know what it was like to take care of their child. [3]

Ye then lived with her paternal grandparents. Her grandparents were retired professors who lived in a professor's hostel in the university. She was loved and spoiled by her grandparents, but her grandfather was extremely strict with her academics. Under his guidance, her academic results were good. Ye was involved in a lot of school activities. [4]

At the age of 10, her father brought her grandparents and Ye to New York City. Ye's father told her that a man's career is first priority and bringing her to the States would allow her to have a better education. Ye's grandparents could not acclimate to the new environment and returned to China. Her father was still busy with his career. She stated that initially she did hate her father. At the age of 13, Ye suggested to move out, claiming she did not want to live with a stranger. Her father agreed and let her rent an apartment. Every month she would go to her father's company for spending money. She would take care of laundry and meals herself. To earn extra money for other expenses, she lied about her age to work in a video rental store. Whilst at the store, she would often rent numerous series and movies to watch, which eventually influenced her to work in the entertainment business. [5]

She attended John Dewey High School. While there, she learned to speak Cantonese from a classmate. She won first place at the International Science and Engineering Fair in the Botany sector in 1998. She was the valedictorian of her class, thus earning her full scholarship to the prestigious Wellesley College, where she majored in political science. [6]

Ye is fluent in Cantonese, English, and Mandarin.[ citation needed ]

She was influenced by her stepmother to enter the 1998 Miss Greater Chinatown NYC beauty pageant. She was 2nd runner up, but the winner resigned and the 1st runner up declined the title. [7] She accepted the title and competed in Hong Kong for the Miss Chinese International 1999 competition on her birthday and won. [8] After the competition, she went back and finished her first year of college. After further consideration, Ye decided not to continue her studies, but instead signed a contract with TVB. Her previous aspiration was to become a lawyer.

Career

In July 1999, she signed a contract with TVB. At the beginning of her career, Michelle Ye was well promoted by her company. She starred in several series and eventually earned "Fa Dan" status.

Ye's most notable friends in the business are Myolie Wu and Rain Lau, in which they became sworn sisters after filming Eternal Happiness.

Ye was rumored to have dated several men, but among all of them, she only admitted to dating Benny Chan. Chan and Ye first worked together on the set of Gods of Honour. It was not until filming Network Love Story in China that they started to date. They dated for two years and allegedly split due to personality differences.

After Jessica Hsuan was unable to film World's Finest, Hsuan recommended Ye to take the role as "Hai Tang". Director Wong Jing took notice of Ye and eventually offered her a contract with Rich & Famous Talent Management Group Limited, the same company that manages Shu Qi, Anthony Wong, Edison Chen, Denise Ho, etc. [9]

Ye's contract with TVB ended in June 2005. Instead, she accepted the contract with Rich & Famous Talent Management Group Limited a month later in the hope of landing big screen roles. In 2008, Ye renewed her contract with Rich & Famous Talent Management Group Limited. She won the 2010 Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Supporting Actress. Ye continues to gain recognition from renowned directors, such as Dante Lam and Johnnie To.

Other projects

Ye published an autobiography titled Shang Shan Ruo Shui - Xuan Gong Lue in July 2006.

In 2011, Ye established her own production company (Michelle Ye Studios-Zhejiang Bohai Television Ltd) and has produced and starred in three series thus far, Ninth Widow, Athena, and Purple Hairpin. However, Ye has not ruled out a return to TVB after revealing she was recently asked to do so by several producers. [10] In 2012, Ye was voted Vice President of the Hengdian Film Association and on the side, opened a sushi restaurant in Hengdian.

Awards and nominations

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005Moonlight in TokyoLu
2006Undercover Hidden DragonSister Han
2007 The Closet Mang Ping
2007Simply ActorsJudy
2009 Lady Cop & Papa Crook Yammy
2009 The Sniper Mon
2009 Vengeance pregnant woman
2009 The First 7th Night Fong
2009 Murderer Sonny's mother
2009 Accident Woman
2010 Fire of Conscience May
2010 Dream Home Flat 8A owner
2010 Once a Gangster Nancy
2010No Rest for Restrooms Short film
2010 Bruce Lee, My Brother Lee Hap-ngan
2011 Hi, Fidelity Josephine Ma / Jo-Jo
2011Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu
2011 The Founding of a Party Li Lizhuangcameo
2011 Overheard 2 Tsui Foon
2012 Motorway Mrs. Lo
2013 Hotel Deluxe
2013 Drug War Sal
2014 Overheard 3 Luk Wing-yu
2015 King of Mahjong Ramona
2015 Insanity
2020Thorn Kiss

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000Street FightersHo Hei
2001Reaching OutJess
2001 Gods of Honour Yeung Lin-fa
2002Treasure RaidersCheung Git-gitguest star last episode
2002Network Love StoryYeung Wai-man
2002 Eternal Happiness Mang Lai-kwan
2002 Golden Faith Rain Ching
2002Lofty Water Verdant BowLai Sing-nam
2003Evil ButterflyLuo Yiping
2003Oriental Flower MaidenMa Qili
2003The Case of the Green Hairmini movie
2003The Driving PowerDing Ming-jyu
2003 Triumph in the Skies Zita Tung
2004 Hard Fate young Suen Yeen-chouguest star episode 7-8
2005 The Royal Swordsmen Shangguan Haitang
2005 Lost in the Chamber of Love Cui Yingying
2005 The Herbalist's Manual Dong Ching
2005 Central Affairs Season
2006Central Affairs 2Samantha
2007Liao Zhai IIXiao Qiao
2007Jiao Yi Sheng Ma MaJian Xiao Dan
2007Tutor QueenSuki
2010 The Legend of Yang Guifei Madame Guo
2010Grandma's Ancient City
2010Spell of FragranceSu Hongyu / Su Yuning
2011Gang HunDa Daoshu
2012The Ninth WidowWang Putao
2012Find YouNing Xinran
2013Athena
2013The Purple HairpinFok Siu YukTVB Overseas
2014The Virtuous Queen of HanGuest star episode 38
2014Gu Cheng Wang Shi
2014Muse Dress
2018The People's ArmyJiang Xu
2018Lou Wai Lou
2018Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
2020In the Name of Father

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Pageant history

Michelle Ye was originally 2nd runner up at the 1998 pageant, but the winner and 1st runner up did not want to compete in Hong Kong. She took over the crown and title. She later on represented New York at Miss Chinese International 1999 where she won. [15]

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References

  1. ↑ News, Taiwan. "Winners at the 29th Hong Kong Film Awards | Taiwan News | 2010/04/19". Taiwan News. Retrieved 29 March 2021.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. ↑ Rich and Famous Managing Company
  3. ↑ [Michelle Ye's Autobiography/Shang Shan Ruo Shui - Xuan Gong Lue]
  4. ↑ [Michelle Ye's Autobiography/Shang Shan Ruo Shui - Xuan Gong Lue]
  5. ↑ [Michelle Ye's Autobiography/Shang Shan Ruo Shui - Xuan Gong Lue]
  6. ↑ [Michelle Ye's Autobiography/Shang Shan Ruo Shui - Xuan Gong Lue]
  7. ↑ Miss Greater Chinatown NYC beauty pageant
  8. ↑ Miss Chinese International 1999
  9. ↑ Rich and Famous Managing Company
  10. ↑ "Michelle Ye may make TVB comeback". my.entertainment.yahoo.com. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  11. ↑ Miss Greater Chinatown NYC Beauty Pageant Past Winner
  12. ↑ Miss Chinese International 1999
  13. ↑ "叶璇 (豆瓣)". douban.
  14. ↑ "⓿⓿ Michelle Ye - Actress - Hong Kong - Filmography - TV Drama Series - Chinese Movies". chinesemov.com. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  15. ↑ Miss Greater Chinatown NYC beauty pageant
Achievements
Preceded by
Louisa Luk
 Miss Chinese International
1999 		Succeeded by
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