Birthday : September 19, 1970
Birthplace : Montreal, Canada
Figure : Unknown
Height : 168 cm
Weight : 49 kg
Blood Type : O
Hobbies : Dance, Surf, Party
Christy Chung (鍾麗緹 Jūng Laitài Pinyin: Zhōng Lìtí Vietnamese: Chung , born September 19, 1970) born in Montreal to a Chinese father and a Vietnamese mother.
She grew up in Brossard, Quebec, a suburb of Montreal, with French and Vietnamese as mother-tongues. She later learned English, Mandarin and Cantonese.
While studying for a career in the tourism industry at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), she entered and won the "Miss Chinese Montreal" contest in 1992. She then went to Hong Kong, in her first trip away from home, to participate in the Miss Chinese International pageant in January 1993, in which she won despite not knowing a single Chinese word. This opened doors for her to launch her acting career there, despite not speaking a word of Cantonese at the time, and despite her extremely limited acting experience (an uncredited ten-second non-speaking role as a gum-chewing prostitute in Denys Arcand's Love and Human Remains). She had to choose between acting in Hong Kong and becoming the weather-forecast presenter at Société Radio-Canada, the French-language government television network in Canada.
Christy Chung (鍾麗緹 Jūng Laitài Pinyin: Zhōng Lìtí Vietnamese: Chung , born September 19, 1970) born in Montreal to a Chinese father and a Vietnamese mother.
She grew up in Brossard, Quebec, a suburb of Montreal, with French and Vietnamese as mother-tongues. She later learned English, Mandarin and Cantonese.
While studying for a career in the tourism industry at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), she entered and won the "Miss Chinese Montreal" contest in 1992. She then went to Hong Kong, in her first trip away from home, to participate in the Miss Chinese International pageant in January 1993, in which she won despite not knowing a single Chinese word. This opened doors for her to launch her acting career there, despite not speaking a word of Cantonese at the time, and despite her extremely limited acting experience (an uncredited ten-second non-speaking role as a gum-chewing prostitute in Denys Arcand's Love and Human Remains). She had to choose between acting in Hong Kong and becoming the weather-forecast presenter at Société Radio-Canada, the French-language government television network in Canada.
A role in The Bride with White Hair 2 brought her instant recognition, and she became a well-known star in Chinese-language popular culture, acting in a large number of films including some films starring Stephen Chow, as well as The Bodyguard from Beijing starring Jet Li. She was married for a time to Glen Ross, and gave birth to daughter (Yasmine) in Montreal in the middle of the 1998 Ice Storm. Christy and Ross were divorced in 2002, but remain on good terms. Christy has sole custody of Yasmine.
Giving birth to Yasmine temporarily had a negative effect on her career because of a stereotypical impression that a mother could not function as a sex symbol, but her career recovered in 2000. More recently, she had roles in Samsara and Jackie Chan's movie The Medallion. She added Thai to her language repertoire when she starred in Nonzee Nimibutr's 2001 film Jan Dara. Singapore FHM magazine voted her the "Sexiest Woman in Asia" in 2000.
In August 2003, Christy remarried to a music producer named Jon in Beijing.
She is also known to be a fan of English football club Chelsea.
Despite her success, she remains mostly unknown in Quebec, where she was born and grew up, because she has done most of her film work in Cantonese.
Christy was recently seen at the 2007 Sina Awards and is currently working on an album.
Filmography
Astonishing (2004) - Mandy
Fantasia (2004) - Jane Lam, aka Little Britney
"Tian long ba bu" (2003) TV Series - Ming, Kang
The Medallion (2003) - Charlotte Watson
Samsara (2001) - Pema
Jan Dara (2001) - Khun Boonlueang
Asian Charlie's Angels (2001) (TV)
Gen-X Cops 2 (2000) - Inspector Chung
Conman in Tokyo (2000) - Banana
Tau mung (2000) - Sophia
Troublesome Night (1997) - Mrs. To
All's Well, Ends Well 1997 (1997) - Little Shien
'97 Aces Go Places (1997) - Li Lai-Shen
God of Cookery (1996) - High School Fantasy Girl
Tai Chi Boxer (1996) - Rose
Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Star (1996) - Christie Lee/Angel of Nine Heavens
The Red Wolf (1995) - Lai
Doctor Mack (1995) - Jamie
Passion 1995 (1995) - Tina
Faithfully Yours (1995) - Miss Tang
Man Wanted (1995) - Yung
Love on Delivery (1994) - Lily
Hail the Judge (1994) - Stone Mansion
Modern Romance (1994) - Ady
Mermaid Got Married (1994) - Wong Siu May, the mermaid
I Wanna Be Your Man (1994) - Ron
The Bodyguard from Beijing (1994) - Michelle Yeung
Whatever You Want (1994) - Pearl Ko
The Sting 2 (1993) - Lily
The Bride with White Hair 2 (1993) - Moon
External links
Christy Chung at the Internet Movie Database
hkcinemagic entry
Interview (in French)
La Presse article (in French)
Christy Chung at the Internet Movie Database
hkcinemagic entry
Interview (in French)
La Presse article (in French)
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