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Kara Wai
BBS
惠英紅
Wai at the USA Smithsonian Institution world premiere of Happiness on 15 July 2016
Born
(1960-02-02) 2 February 1960 (age 64)
British Hong Kong
Other names
Kara Hui
Occupation
actress
Years active
1976–present
Family
Austin Wai (brother)
Awards
Changchun Film Festival Best Actress 2010 At the End of Daybreak Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Actress 1982 My Young Auntie 2010 At the End of Daybreak 2017 Happiness Best Supporting Actress 2014 Rigor Mortis
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards – Best Actress 2010 At the End of Daybreak
Asian Film Awards – Best Supporting Actress 2010 At the End of Daybreak
Golden Horse Awards – Best Leading Actress 2017 The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful Best Supporting Actress 2009 At the End of Daybreak
Asian Television Awards – Best Actress 2017 Affairs of the Heart
TVB Anniversary Award – Best Actress 2019 The Defected
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
惠英紅
Simplified Chinese
惠英红
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Huì Yīng Hóng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping
Wai6 Jing1 Hung4
Kara Wai Ying-hung BBS (simplified Chinese: 惠英红; traditional Chinese: 惠英紅; born 3 February 1960)[citation needed] is a Hong Kong actress best known internationally for her roles in wuxia films produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio in the 1970s and 1980s.
Wai has since portrayed a wide range of roles on screen and on television with much success. She is the inaugural and a three-time recipient of 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. In following years, she went on to win multiple acting trophies throughout Asia Pacific from film roles, making her as one of the most celebrated Hong Kong actresses.
On 1 July 2018, she was awarded Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS) by the Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administration Region, in recognition of her contribution to Hong Kong film industry and acting performances.[1]
^List of Awardees, page 27, 1 July 2018, HKSAR Press Release. Retrieved 1 July 2018
KaraWai Ying-hung BBS (simplified Chinese: 惠英红; traditional Chinese: 惠英紅; born 3 February 1960)[citation needed] is a Hong Kong actress best known internationally...
Austin Wai Tin-chi (13 August 1957 – 4 October 2012) was a Hong Kong actor and choreographer. He was the elder brother of actress KaraWai. He had notable...
crime thriller produced by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB), starring KaraWai, Vincent Wong, Philip Keung, Benjamin Yuen, Mandy Wong, Lai Lok-yi and...
Malaysian-Hong Kong crime action film directed by Ho Yuhang. It stars KaraWai, Simon Yam, Wu Bai, Ruby Yap and Siow Li Xuan. This movie was only released...
MeiYuZhe’s novel Di Wang Ye, and stars Zhang Ziyi, Zhou Yiwei, Tony Yang, KaraWai, and Angie Chiu. The drama was filmed between February and November 2018...
crime N O V E M B E R 1 Last Suspect Zhang Mo Zhang Xiaofei, Lee Hong-chi, KaraWai, Wang Ziyi, Terence Yin Mystery crime 24 Beyond the Clouds Zheng Dasheng...
other acclaimed films: Ang Lee's Lust, Caution, opposite Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, and Jiang Wen's The Sun Also Rises, opposite Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, for...
to be an undercover cop working for Chief Superintendent Man Hei-wah (KaraWai) who actually accidentally shot Sing in an attempt to threaten Chief Man...
recently, she acted in Ip Man 3 as a single teacher Miss Wong. In 2021, KaraWai and Hugo Ng Doi-Yung starred in the movie "Sunshine of my life" as a blind...
poem Jia Rén Qu (佳人曲, The Beauty Song). Zhang next starred in Wong Kar-wai's romantic drama film 2046 (2004), which featured many top Chinese actors...
Kong of 2009. It stars Best Actress winners Sheren Tang, Nancy Wu, and KaraWai. Rosy Business received twelve TVB Anniversary Award nominations and eight...
In the early 2000s, Gong also starred in two films directed by Wong Kar-wai, 2046 and Eros (both in 2004), which were seen as "an important opportunity...
(2011) Portrayed by Li Sheng in The First President (2011) Portrayed by KaraWai in Legend of the Last Emperor (2014) Portrayed by Pauline Chow in The Last...
1954) Sammo Hung (born 1952) Yuen Biao (born 1957) Angela Mao (born 1950) KaraWai (born 1960) Chen Kuan-tai (born 1945) Ken Lo (born 1957) Cynthia Rothrock...
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