Chingmy Yau

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Chingmy Yau

Chinese name	邱淑貞 (Traditional)
Chinese name	邱淑贞 (Simplified)
Pinyin	Qiū Shūzhēn (Mandarin)
Jyutping	Yau Suk Ching (Cantonese)
Origin	Hong Kong
Born	May 16, 1968 (1968-05-16) (age 40) Hong Kong
Occupation	actress
Years active	1989–present
Spouse(s)	Shen Jiawei

Chingmy Yau is a Hong Kong actress who no longer takes part in films although she is not formally retired.

Yau entered the Hong Kong film industry after competing in the 1987 Miss Hong Kong Beauty Pageant. Rumors had it that she underwent plastic surgery on her chin, but she defended that it was only done as a result from a childhood accident. She also claimed to have been sick before the final round, so she withdrew from the rest of the competition ^[1]. However, joining the pageant was enough to win her several film roles.

Chingmy's career did not take off until she became romantically involved with Hong Kong film director Wong Jing, even though he was married at the time^{[citation needed]}. She was one of the leading actresses in the late 1980s and early 1990s, next to Maggie Cheung, Brigitte Lin and Cheung Man. Wong cast her in a series of Category III films, though she never appeared nude in any of them. The most notable of these was Naked Killer (1992). During the height of her success, she regularly starred alongside superstars like Jet Li, Stephen Chow, and Ekin Cheng.

In 1997 she split up with Wong and her career slowed down significantly.

In 1999 she married Hong Kong fashion designer Shen Jiawei and have two children together. Though she has not officially retired from acting, she has made no announcements or plans to return in any film. She's still featured in tabloids from time to time with news regarding her personal life.