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Kara Wai

1960 - Today

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Kara Wai Ying-hung BBS (simplified Chinese: 惠英红; traditional Chinese: 惠英紅; born 3 February 1960) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kara Wai has received more than 249,964 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Kara Wai is the 7,788th most popular actor (down from 7,175th in 2019), the 79th most popular biography from Hong Kong (down from 70th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Chinese Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Kara Wai ranks 7,788 out of 13,578Before her are Bill Fagerbakke, Edna Best, Marc Vann, Keone Young, Josh Stewart, and Nikolai Kinski. After her are Bob Denver, Alan Baxter, Emma Chambers, Kathryn Erbe, Tuva Novotny, and James Fleet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Kara Wai ranks 496Before her are Tim Mayotte, Lev Manovich, Pablo Larios, Vali Ionescu, Bill Prady, and Kim Christofte. After her are Sandy Powell, Ljubomir Radanović, Charles Ng, Amy Klobuchar, Stéphane Freiss, and Ioan Andone.

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In Hong Kong

Among people born in Hong Kong, Kara Wai ranks 79 out of 115Before her are Herman Li (1976), Marco Fu (1978), Charmaine Sheh (1975), Danny Chan Kwok-kwan (1975), Marguerite Higgins (1920), and Eason Chan (1974). After her are Sammi Cheng (1972), Charles Ng (1960), Maggie Shiu (1965), Gillian Chung (1981), Moses Chan (1971), and Gigi Leung (1976).

Among ACTORS In Hong Kong

Among actors born in Hong Kong, Kara Wai ranks 42Before her are Athena Chu (1971), Sandy Lam (1966), Byron Mann (1967), Charmaine Sheh (1975), Danny Chan Kwok-kwan (1975), and Eason Chan (1974). After her are Maggie Shiu (1965), Moses Chan (1971), Gigi Leung (1976), Miriam Yeung (1974), Romola Garai (1982), and Bosco Wong (1980).