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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) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Kara Wai is the 8,368th most popular actor (down from 7,788th in 2024), the 87th most popular biography from Hong Kong (down from 79th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Chinese Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Kara Wai ranks 8,368 out of 13,578. Before her are Rupert Evans, Caitlin FitzGerald, Teresa Saponangelo, Nancy Kyes, Carole Ann Ford, and François Damiens. After her are Jung Ryeo-won, Sanaa Lathan, Angie Everhart, Emilia Jones, Ko Shibasaki, and Khary Payton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Kara Wai ranks 639. Before her are Olena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova, Valeri Sarychev, Don Harvey, Edward St Aubyn, Christian Engström, and Rivo Rakotovao. After her are Aécio Neves, Cumrun Vafa, Ljubomir Radanović, Bruce Baumgartner, Per Fly, and Seiko Noda.

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In Hong Kong

Among people born in Hong Kong, Kara Wai ranks 87 out of 115. Before her are Eason Chan (1974), Gillian Chung (1981), Marco Fu (1978), Charmaine Sheh (1975), Gordon Chan (1960), and Sammi Cheng (1972). After her are William Kwong Yu Yeung (1960), Sandra Ng (1965), Maggie Shiu (1965), Romola Garai (1982), Vivian Chow (1967), and Wallace Chung (1974).

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Among ACTORS In Hong Kong

Among actors born in Hong Kong, Kara Wai ranks 45. Before her are Sandy Lam (1966), Anita Yuen (1971), Joan Lorring (1926), Danny Chan Kwok-kwan (1975), Eason Chan (1974), and Charmaine Sheh (1975). After her are Sandra Ng (1965), Maggie Shiu (1965), Romola Garai (1982), Vivian Chow (1967), Wallace Chung (1974), and Carrie Ng (1963).

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