Kara Wai Ying-Hung
Actor
Biography
Kara Wai Ying-Hung (Chinese: 惠英紅, born 2 February 1960), also romanised as Kara Hui, is a Hong Kong actress of Manchu ethnicity. Known to the international audience for her kung-fu roles in Shaw Brothers Studio films in the 1970s and 1980s, Kara Wai has since portrayed a wide range of roles on screen and on television with much success. In 1982, she became the first recipient of the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress. Her portrayal of a mother in the 2009 film At the End of Daybreak won her acting awards at the Hong Kong Film Awards, Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards, Changchun Film Festival, Pacific Meridian, Asian Film Awards and Golden Horse Awards.
Filmography
The Warriors Gate
as Mountain Spirit 2016
Dragon
as Shi San Liang 2011
Return to the 36th Chamber
as Hsiao Hung 1980
Rigor Mortis
as Yeung Feng 2013
Sakra
as Ruan Xingzhu 2023
Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
as Tourist in Thailand 1985
The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter
as Yang No. 8 1984
Legendary Assassin
as Boss 2008
The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful
as Madame Tang 2017
Rouge
as Actress Portraying Ghost 1987
My People, My Country
as Sergeant Lin (segment "The Going Home") 2019
The Seventh Curse
as Policewoman 1986
The Midnight After
as Mook Sau-Ying 2014
Angel Terminators
as Hon 1992
A Chinese Ghost Story
as Lou Lou 2011
Dirty Ho
as Tsui Hung 1979