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Anita Yuen | |||||||||||
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袁詠儀 | |||||||||||
 Attending an event organised by Lancôme Hong Kong in April 2019 | |||||||||||
| Born | September 4, 1971 | ||||||||||
| Other names | beautiful (靚靚) | ||||||||||
| Occupation | Actress | ||||||||||
| Years active | 1990–present | ||||||||||
| Spouse | |||||||||||
| Children | Morton Cheung (son) (b. 2006) | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 袁詠儀 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 袁咏仪 | ||||||||||
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Anita Yuen Wing Yee (born 4 September 1971) is a Hongkonger actress and beauty pageant titleholder.
At the age of 18, Yuen entered the Miss Hong Kong 1990 pageant. She was a heavy favorite to win the crown from the semifinal to final. During the semifinals on August 5, 1990, she won the Miss Photogenic award. She had a semifinal score of 485, placing 3rd overall. The finals were held on August 21, 1990. She eventually beat out another big favorite, Helen Yung who was 1st runner up and the winner of 2 other awards. Yuen later represented Hong Kong at the Miss Chinese International 1991 pageant, held on February 2, 1991. She took 1st runner up for Hong Kong. She also competed at the Miss Universe 1991 pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada. She failed to make the top 10 and was placed 60th.
Yuen is best known for her role as the female lead in Derek Yee's 1993 tear-jerker C'est la vie, mon chéri (1993). She is also well-remembered in her cross-gender comic role opposite Leslie Cheung in He's a Woman, She's a Man (1994). The two roles won for her the Hong Kong Academy Best Actress awards. She also gave a powerful performance in, for instance, The Chinese Feast , co-starring together with Leslie Cheung. Apart from her role in a great many films, she has also acted in a number of Mainland-Taiwan television serials, such as Hua Mu Lan, opposite Vincent Zhao.
Her husband is Hong Kong actor and singer Julian Cheung. In May 2006, Yuen announced that she was 3 months pregnant with their first child. Their son, Morton Cheung, was born on November 12, 2006. On June 23, 2007, Yuen was a guest on TVB's Be My Guest with host Stephen Chan revealing that she and Julian were secretly married in Shibuya City, Japan, back in 2001. Anita had finally revealed in early 2021 that after she gave birth to Morton, she and her husband Julian attempted to have a second child first through natural conception with desire for their son Morton to have a little brother or sister, however this attempt failed as Anita's natural increasing age played a large role in this barrier. Anita and Julian then agreed to try In vitro fertilisation using sperm extracted from Julian's collected preserved semen to impregnate Anita, but after multiple procedural attempts, the attempted pregnancy was unsuccessful and they eventually gave up on the attempt. [1] [2]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | The Days of Being Dumb | Jane |
| Talk to Me Dicky | ||
| Handsome Siblings | Madam Ti | |
| 1993 | A Warrior's Tragedy | Ting Ling-Lam |
| Prince of Portland Street | Yao-Yao | |
| Tom, Dick and Hairy | Fong | |
| The Incorruptible | Joss Lee | |
| Last Hero in China | Miss Nine | |
| Legend of the Liquid Sword | Red | |
| The Sword Stained with Royal Blood | Jade Ho | |
| He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother | Yee/Lynn | |
| 1994 | From Beijing with Love | Siu Kam |
| He's a Woman, She's a Man | Lam Chi Wing | |
| C'est la vie, mon chéri | Min | |
| Crystal Fortune Run | Ko Kit | |
| The True Hero | Hung | |
| I've Got You, Babe | Ron | |
| The Wrath of Silence | Kwong Mei-Chi | |
| Crossings | Mo-yung | |
| It's a Wonderful Life | Shou-Kit Ho | |
| He & She | Tai Lok-Yee | |
| I Will Wait for You | Cheung Wai-Sum | |
| A Taste of Killing and Romance | Yu-Feng | |
| Whatever You Want | Ko Sau-Ping | |
| Tears and Triumph | Sai Ming-Jun | |
| 1995 | Heaven Can't Wait | Moon Lady |
| Just Married | ||
| The Chinese Feast | Au Ka-Wai | |
| The Age of Miracles | Mrs. Sheung | |
| Tragic Commitment | Lam Hiu-Tung | |
| Thunderbolt | Amy Yip | |
| The Golden Girls | Mei-Ball | |
| I Want to Go on Living | Yip Fan | |
| 01:00 A.M. | Fong Siu-Yin | |
| Tricky Business | Moon | |
| 1996 | Entrance of the P-Side | Yip Yuk-Sum |
| Tristar | Bai Xuehua | |
| Till Death Do Us Laugh | Yuen Siu-Wen | |
| Who's the Woman, Who's the Man | Lam Chi Wing | |
| Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Star | Beautiful | |
| 1997 | A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation | Xiaoqian |
| Hong Kong Night Club | Cora | |
| God of Gamblers 3: The Early Stage | Seven | |
| He Comes from Planet K | Moon | |
| Up for the Rising Sun | ||
| The Wedding Days | Rachel Lam | |
| 1998 | Enter the Eagles | Lucy |
| Anna Magdalena | Assistant Editor | |
| Till Death Do Us Part | BoBo | |
| 2000 | Don't Look Back... Or You'll Be Sorry!! | Lisa |
| Lensman: Power of the Lens | ||
| Dragon Heat | ||
| 2003 | Kung Fu Girls | |
| 2004 | Love Trilogy | Chui |
| 2005 | Love's Lone Flower | Yuanfeng |
| 2007 | Protégé | Kwan's wife |
| 2010 | 72 Tenants of Prosperity | Pinky |
| 2011 | I Love Hong Kong | Pak Su Jun |
| 2013 | Ip Man: The Final Fight | Cheung Wing-sing |
| The Love Experience | ||
| 2014 | The Deathday Party | Helen Xin Hailun |
| 2015 | I Am Somebody | |
| 2019 | A Home with a View | Mrs.Lu |
| Integrity | Guest Role | |
| Be Water, My Friend |
| Year | English Title | Original Title | Role | Network |
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| 1991 | Be My Guest | 我愛玫瑰園 | Fong On Yee | TVB |
| 1992 | Angel's Call | 他來自天堂 | Ling Shanshan | TVB |
| 1992 | I'm mad for money | 我為錢狂 | Garbage-lady | TVB |
| 1999 | Hua Mulan | 花木兰 | Hua Mulan | CTV |
| 2000 | State of Divinity | 笑傲江湖 | Ren Yingying | CTV |
| 2001 | The New Adventures of Chor Lau Heung | 新楚留香 | Song Xihu | CTS |
| 2002 | Innocently Guilty | 法內有情天 | Lin Tian En | meWATCH |
| 2002 | The Monkey King | 西遊記 | The Goddess of Nine Heaven | TVB |
| 2002 | Mr. Winner | 方謬神探 | You Xiaoqing | TVB, CTV |
| 2004 | The River Flows Eastwards | 一江春水向东流 | Sufen | |
| 2005 | Love's Lone Flower | 孤恋花 | Yun Fang | CTS |
| 2006 | The 36th Chamber of Shaolin | 南少林三十六房 | 吕四娘 | |
| 2008 | Love Exchange | 疑情別戀 | Sit Tze Yiu (Zita) | TVB |
| 2009 | Born Rich | 富貴門 | Cheuk Yat-sam | TVB |
| Love in Trouble Time | 亂世艷陽天 | Sam So | ATV | |
| 2011 | All Men Are Brothers | 新水浒传 | Lin Chong's wife | |
| 2013 | Longmen Express | 龙门客栈 | Sheng Qiuyue | |
| 2015 | Two Families from Wenzhou | 温州两家人 | Lin Jialai | CCTV |
| 2016 | The Adoption/The Adopt | 领养 | Linda | CCTV-8 |
| Year | Award | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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| 1993 | The Days of Being Dumb | Best New Performer | Won | |
| C'est la vie, mon chéri | Best Actress | Nominated | ||
| 1994 | Won | |||
| Won | ||||
1st China Zhuhai Film Festival | Won | |||
| 1995 | He's a Woman, She's a Man | Won | ||
| 1997 | Entrance of the P-Side | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| 1999 | Till Death Do Us Part | Best Actress | Nominated | |
| Best Actress | Nominated | |||
| 2008 | Protégé | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| 2009 | 13th TVB Anniversary Awards | Born Rich | Best Actress | Nominated |
| My Favourite Female Character | Nominated | |||
| 2016 | Two Families from Wenzhou | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
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