Françoise Yip
Born: 1972-09-04 in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Known For: Acting
Biography
Françoise Fong-Wa Yip ( born September 4, 1972) is a Canadian actress. Her best-known roles are the redeemable bad girls in Jackie Chan's Rumble in the Bronx and Jet Li's Black Mask. The critical and financial success of Rumble in the Bronx (and its subsequent number-one box-office bow in the United States) made Yip an instant success and garnered her two Hong Kong Film Award nominations. She continued to do movies and star in TV, but her roles were less known or temporary. The characters she plays often get killed or serve as a background character. Yip appeared in the television series Andromeda as two different characters. Her first character was arrested, and her final character was murdered. She did two movies with Jet Li, the first as a lead romantic interest in Black Mask and the second in Romeo Must Die, but this time she played a Chinese gangster motorcycle assassin killed by Jet Li and Aaliyah. An unfortunate aspect of her career is that none of the TV shows she starred in lasted beyond a full season, and if she did have a starring role in a movie it was a straight-to-video/DVD film. Her most recent appearance was in the new Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem movie, and she guest-starred in the Canadian TV show Blood Ties. Description above from the Wikipedia article Françoise Fong-Wa Yip, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2025
- The Wedding Banquet as Susan
2023
- Goosebumps as Victoria Chen
2022
- Rip in Time as Dr. Zarkhai
2021
- Kung Fu as Diana Soong
- Mystery 101: Deadly History as Carmela Rhee
2020
- A Little Christmas Charm as Sheyla Green
2019
- The Order as Kepler
2018
- The Predator as Tracking Supervisor
- The Perfect Bride: Wedding Bells as Georgia
2017
- Everything, Everything as Dr. Francis
- Karen Kingsbury's Maggie's Christmas Miracle as Lauren
- Deadly Lessons as Beverly
- Ring of Deception as Elizabeth Smith
2016
- Travelers as Judge
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From the Heart as Becca
- Ice as Ming
2015
- iZombie as Meg Nevins
- Wayward Pines as Sharon
2014
- The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story as Pauline Gosselaar
- For Better or For Worse as Beverly
2013
- Garage Sale Mystery as Katherine Norbet
2012
- Arrow as The Priestess
2011
- Possessing Piper Rose as Margot Lace
- Motherland as Raffi Tang
2010
- Caprica as Desiree Willow
2009
- The King of Fighters as Chizuru Kagura
2007
- Aliens vs Predator: Requiem as Ms. Y
- Blood Ties as Kate Lam
- Flash Gordon as Susan Glass
2006
- Men in Trees as Alice K
2005
- Alone in the Dark as Agent Cheung
- Edison as Crow
- The Deal as Janice Long
2004
- Blade: Trinity as Virago
- A Beachcombers Christmas as Constable Kelly Mah
2002
- The Dead Zone as Maria
- Flatland as Amy Li
- Flatland as Amy Li
- The New Beachcombers as Constable Kelly Mah
2001
- Smallville as Lia Teng
- The Pledge as Bartender at Airport
- Cabin Pressure as Tammy
- Robocop: Prime Directives as Lexx Icon
- Mindstorm as Newscaster
- Witness to a Kill as Kirsten Lee
- Lunch with Charles as Cora
2000
- Andromeda as Rekel Ben-Tzion
- Romeo Must Die as Motorcycle Fighter
- Special Delivery as Flight Attendant
1997
- Earth: Final Conflict as Beverly Wu
- Web of Deception as Fion Wong
- Enjoy Yourself Tonight as Susan
1996
- Millennium as Stewardess #2
- Black Mask as Yeuk Laan
- How to Meet the Lucky Stars as Francoise
- On Fire as Francoise Yip
- Wild as Wai
- Mr. Mumble as Saeko Nogami / Yachi
1995
- Rumble in the Bronx as Nancy
- Infatuation as Maggie