
Kara Wai Ying-Hung
Actress
Born: February 3, 1960 (66 years old)
Place of birth: Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]
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 (103)
- No Regrets (2010, ★ 9)
- The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber (2000, ★ 8.3)
- Rosy Business (2009, ★ 8.4)
- Love Never Ends (2023, ★ 7)
- The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter (1984, ★ 7)
- Clan of the White Lotus (1980, ★ 6.6)
- Martial Club (1981, ★ 6.5)
- Rouge (1987, ★ 7.4)
- The Dream of the Red Chamber (1977, ★ 6.4)
- Mad Monkey Kung Fu (1979, ★ 6.6)
- Invincible Shaolin (1978, ★ 6.4)
- Return to the 36th Chamber (1980, ★ 6.9)
- Legendary Weapons of China (1982, ★ 7)
- Dragon (2011, ★ 6.9)
- My Young Auntie (1981, ★ 6.4)
- Dirty Ho (1979, ★ 7.3)
- Crazy n' the City (2005, ★ 7.3)
- Buddha's Palm (1982, ★ 7.7)
- New Tales of the Flying Fox (1984, ★ 7.7)
- Demon of the Lute (1983, ★ 7.2)
- Three Stooges Go Undercover (1984, ★ 8.2)
- The Ingenious One (2023, ★ 8)
- At the Threshold of an Era (1999, ★ 8.1)
- Legendary Assassin (2008, ★ 6.1)
- Visible Secret (2001, ★ 6.2)
- Turning Point 2 (2011, ★ 6.8)
- Burning Ambition (1989, ★ 6.7)
- Last Suspect (2023, ★ 6.5)
- The Invisible Guest (2023, ★ 6.1)
- Echoes of the Thunder (2023, ★ 6.9)