Valerie Chow
Born: 1970-12-16 in Hong Kong, China
Known For: Acting
Biography
Valerie Chow Kar-Ling (Chinese: 周嘉玲) is a former Hong Kong actress, fashion publicist and entrepreneur. She has starred in numerous films and several television series, most memorably in Wong Kar-wai's internationally acclaimed 1994 feature, Chungking Express, which earned her a nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 14th Hong Kong Film Awards. A former Miss Hong Kong runner-up (1991), she is also the first Chinese model to be signed by US cosmetics company Revlon in 1998. Since 2003, she has worked primarily as a fashion publicist and in 2010, opened Mama Kid, a children's designer concept store in Hong Kong. In 2018, she made a surprising return to acting, starring in the film Prison Architect by renowned Chinese visual artist Cao Fei. The film was commissioned by Tai Kwun, the Centre for Heritage and Arts in Hong Kong, and screened at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival as part of their Forum Expanded programme.
Filmography
2018
2011
- Shanghai Legend as 赵思思
2002
- Inner Senses as Mrs. Chan
- Freaky Story as Chung Chun
2001
- The Vampire Combat as Piu Hung / Lin Qian / Shen
- Healing Hearts
2000
- Healing Hearts as Lawyer Tsing
- Sausalito as Virginia Chow
1999
- Futuresport as Jet Yuen
- Bridge of Dragons as Princess Halo
1998
- Phantoms as Scientist Yamaguchi
1997
- Hero as Yam Yeung Tien
1996
- Street Angels as Karen
1995
- Lover of the Last Empress as The Queen
- High Risk as Fai-Fai
- The Blade as Courtesan
- Dream Killer as Michelle Lau
- Spider Woman as Carman
- Red Zone as Ivy Lau
- The Case of the Cold Fish as Linda
- The Armed Policewomen as Ling
- Wind Beneath the Wings
- Ghostly Bus as Ling-Ling
1994
- Chungking Express as Air Hostess
- Twenty Something as Irene
- Fate of the Clairvoyant
1993
- He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father as Dr. Jenny Chung