Anita Yuen

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1992 "The Days of Being Dumb"
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Anita Yuen Wing-Yi is a Hong Kong film and television actress. She was the winner of the 1990 Miss Hong Kong Pageant.

Pageant career

At the age of 18, Anita 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. Anita 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. The pageant was won by Miss Mexico, Lupita Jones.

Movie career

Anita 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 has also acted in a number of television serials, notably in Taiwan.

Personal life

Her boyfriend is 36 year old 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, Anita was a guest on TVB's Be My Guest with host Stephen Chan revealing that she and Julian were secretly married in the United States, San Francisco, back in 2001.

Filmography

* "Love Exchange" (2008) - Anita Yuen's comeback series
* "Protege" (2007)
* "Love's Lone Flower" (2005) - Gu Lian Hua
* "Love Trilogy" (2004) - Chui
* "The River Flows Eastwards" (2004) TV Series - Sufen
* "Kung Fu Girls" (2003)
* "The Monkey King" (2002) TV Series - The Goddess of Nine Heaven
* "Chor Lau Heung" (2001) TV Series - Song Xi Hu
* "Don't Look Back... Or You'll Be Sorry!!" (2000) - Lisa
* "" (2000) (voice)
* "Dragon Heat" (2000)
* "State of Divinity" (2000) TV Series
* "Hua Mu Lan" (1999) TV Series
* "Enter the Eagles" (1998) - Lucy
* "Anna Magdalena" (1998) - Assistant Editor
* "Till Death Do Us Part" (1998) - BoBo
* "" (1997) (voice, Cantonese version) - Xiaoqian
* "Hong Kong Night Club" (1997) - Cora
* "" (1997) - Seven
* "He Comes from Planet K" (1997) - Moon
* "Up for the Rising Sun" (1997)
* "The Wedding Days" (1997) - Rachel Lam
* "Entrance of the P-Side" (1996) - Yip Yuk-Sum
* "Tristar" (1996) - Bai Xuehua
* "Till Death Do Us Laugh" (1996) - Yuen Siu-Wen
* "Who's the Woman, Who's the Man" (1996) - Lam Chi Wing
* "Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Star" (1996) - Beautiful
* "Heaven Can't Wait" (1995) - Moon Lady
* "Just Married" (1995)
* "The Chinese Feast" (1995) - Au Ka-Wai
* "The Age of Miracles" (1995) - Mrs. Sheung
* "Tragic Commitment" (1995) - Lam Hiu-Tung
* "Thunderbolt" (1995) - Amy Yip
* "The Golden Girls" (1995) - Mei-Ball
* "I Want to Go on Living" (1995) - Yip Fan
* "" (1995) - Fong Siu-Yin
* "Tricky Business" (1995) - Moon
* "From Beijing with Love" (1994) - Siu Kam
* "He's a Woman, She's a Man" (1994) - Lam Chi Wing
* "C'est la vie, mon chéri" (1994) - Min
* "Crystal Fortune Run" (1994) - Ko Kit
* "The True Hero" (1994) - Hung
* "I've Got You, Babe" (1994) - Ron
* "The Worth of Silence" (1994) - Kwong Mei-Chi
* "Crossings" (1994) - Mo-yung
* "It's a Wonderful Life" (1994) - Shou-Kit Ho
* "He & She" (1994) - Tai Lok-Yee
* "I Will Wait for You" (1994) - Cheung Wai-Sum
* "Taste of Killing and Romance" (1994) - Yu-Feng
* "Whatever You Want" (1994) - Ko Sau-Ping
* "Tears and Triumph" (1994) - Sai Ming-Jun
* "A Warrior's Tragedy" (1993) - Ting Ling-Lam
* "Prince of Portland Street" (1993) - Yao-Yao
* "Tom, Dick, and Hairy" (1993) - Fong
* "The Incorruptible" (1993) - Joss Lee
* "Deadly China Hero" (1993) - Miss Nine
* "Legend of the Liquid Sword" (1993) - Red
* "Sword Stained with Royal Blood" (1993) - Jade Ho
* "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (1993) - Yee/Lynn
* "The Days of Being Dumb" (1992) - Jane
* "Handsome Siblings" (1992) - Madam Ti

ee also

* Cinema of Hong Kong
* Cinema of China

References

*cite book
first=Leslie | last=Halliwell | coauthors=Walker, John
year=2003 | title=Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies
pages=p. 503 | edition=15th Edition
publisher=HarperCollins | isbn=0060534230
*cite web
author=Staff | year=2008
url=http://movies.nytimes.com/person/198404/Anita-Yuen
title=Anita Yuen | publisher=The New York Times
accessdate=2008-08-07

External links

*imdb name|id=0950703|name=Anita Yuen