Yvonne Yung
Yvonne Yung (born 17 September 1968) is a Chinese Beauty Pageant winner and actress based in Hong Kong.
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Born | Beijing, China | 17 September 1968||||||||||
Other names | Yung Hung Yvonne Hung Yung | ||||||||||
Education | Hong Kong Performing Institute | ||||||||||
Occupation | Actress | ||||||||||
Years active | 1989–present | ||||||||||
Spouse(s) | Ng Wai-kit
( m. 2003; div. 2005)Will Liu Lunhao ( m. 2007) | ||||||||||
Children | Crystal Liu (daughter) | ||||||||||
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Chinese | 翁虹 | ||||||||||
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Early life
On 17 September 1968, Yung was born in Beijing, China. At age 12, Yung immigrated to Hong Kong.[1]
Career
Yung started her entertainment career as a model and dancer.
In 1989, Yung became a first place runner up for Miss Asia Pacific. Yung was Hong Kong delegate for Miss World 1989, but did not win.[2][3]
Yung was known for her acting performances in Category III films.[4] Yung has appeared in A Chinese Torture Chamber Story, Ancient Chinese Whorehouse, Romance of the Vampires, Fake Pretty Woman, and many others.
In 2001, Yung retired from the film industry but still made appearances in television series.
Personal life
In 2003, Yung married Ng Wai-kit (伍偉傑), the vice CEO of an American casino. Ying's marriage ended in divorce in 2005.[4]
In January 2007, Yung married Will Liu Lunhao (劉倫浩), a professional gym operator, and gave birth to their daughter Crystal in October that year. In 2009, she and Liu were named spokespeople for the Chinese government's campaign to convince people to seek help for sexually transmitted diseases.[5]
Filmography
- 1989 The Iron Butterfly.[6]
- 1991 Dances with the Dragon - Diana Kung.[7]
- 1992 Freedom Run Q
- 1992 Temptation of the Spiritual World
- 1993 Don't Stop My Crazy Love For You
- 1993 Guns Of Dragon
- 1993 My Pale Lover
- 1983 My Virgin
- 1993 Sexy Story
- 1994 Drunken Master II
- 1994 A Chinese Torture Chamber Story - Shaw. Little Cabbage.[8]
- 1994 Ancient Chinese Whorehouse
- 1984 The Power of Money
- 1984 Romance of the Vampires
- 1994 Sex and the Emperor
- 1994 Bloody Brothers
- 1994 Fatal Obsession
- 1994 The Tragic Fantasy - Tiger of Wanchai
- 1994 The Wild Lover[9]
- 1995 Black Dream
- 1995 A Fake Pretty Woman
- 1985 Spike Drink Gang
- 1995 Lover of the Last Empress
- 1996 Hero of Swallow[10]
- 1997 The Jail in Burning Island
- 1997 Walk In
- 1998 Exodus from Afar
- 1998 Nightmare Zone
- 1999 Undercover Girls
- 2001 Yvonne Yung: Fantastic Dream Japanese Vacation (Pictorial Videos)
- 2002 Freaky Story
- 2003 The Murderer is My Wife
- 2003 Return of Devil
- 2004 Twin of Brothers
- 2006 The Great Dunhuang
- 2012 Tales of Two Cities
- 2012 All for Love
- 2013 Born to Love You
- 2014 Fighting
- 2014 Town of the Dragon
- 2014 Give Seven Days
- 2016 Like Life[11]
- 2019 Hello Love [12]
References
- "Top 10 X-rated film actresses of Hong Kong - #6 Yvonne Yung Hung". china.org.cn. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
- "Yvonne Yung Wishes Daughter Christal Liu A Happy 8th Birthday!". ahmike.com. 2015. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
- Tan, Kendra (September 19, 2019). "Former Hong Kong Actress Weng Hong aka Yvonne Yung Looks so Young At 51". 8days.sg. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
- Yvonne Yung is Married and Pregnant, China Radio International, June 11, 2007, retrieved February 12, 2010
- "Sex campaign for China", The Namibian, February 23, 2009, retrieved February 12, 2010
- "The Iron Butterfly (1989)". Retrieved October 27, 2019.
- "Dances with the Dragon (1991)". IMDb. December 19, 1991. Retrieved October 27, 2019.(credited as Hung Yung)
- "A Chinese Torture Chamber Story (1994)". IMDb. May 19, 1994. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
- "The Wild Lover (1994)". IMDb. 1994. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
- "The Hero of Swallow". hkfilm.net. 1996. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
- "Like Life (2016)". Hong Kong Movie DataBase. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
- "Hello Live (2019)". chinesemov.com. May 17, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
- Yvonne Yung at hkmdb.com
- Yvonne Yung at chinesemov.com