Helena Law Lan
Born: 1934-11-13 in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
Known For: Acting
Biography
Born Yin Ying Lo in Guangdong, China, Helena began acting as a teenager in the early 1950s and took the stage name Law Lan after actress Sophia Loren ("Law Lan" being the Cantonese pronunciation of Loren's last name). She would go on to become one of the most prolific actresses in the world, amassing well over 500 film and TV acting credits to date. Though she's adaptable to any genre, in later years she carved a niche out for herself in horror films, including the seemingly-endless Troublesome Night series.
Filmography
2026
2025
- The Fading Gold as Fong Luk Chiu-Kwan
- Fight for Tomorrow
- Reborn as Sister Xia
2024
- Table for Six 2 as Josephine's Grandmother
2023
- You're Just Not Her
- Death Notice as Old Woman
2022
2021
- Sinister Beings
- All U Need Is Love as Service Staff
- Hello Missfortune as Lam Sze-mei
- Synesthete as Modern Go-Between
2020
- Death By Zero as So Fei Ya / "Sofia"
- All's Well, End's Well 2020 as Headmaster Law
2019
- Police Tactical Unit
- I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change! as Granny Lung / Nun
- Girl Dorm
2018
- Life on the Line
- Agent Mr. Chan as Meng Po
- L Storm as Raymond Chan's mother
- A Beautiful Moment
- Hotel Soul Good
- Adieu
2017
- Oh My Grad as Kong Pik
- The No No Girl
- Cook Up a Storm as Grandmother Zhang
- Always Be with You as The Taoist
- Love Contractually
- The Ghost House
- Through the Eye
2016
- Blue Veins as Lam Wong Chi Hung
- Come with Me
- The Last Healer in Forbidden City as 慈禧
- House of Spirits as Mrs Bak
- Heaven in the Dark as Prosecution Lawyer
- A Dog Named Wang Zi
2015
- Brick Slaves
- An Inspector Calls as Butler
- Tales of Mystery as Lung Popo (segment 3)
- Super Models
- Are You Here as Master of Wisdom
- Big Fortune Hotel as Lung Poh
- The Making of a Man
- 靈魂相認
2014
- Shades of Life
- Come On, Cousin as Fong Gwai-lan
- Officer Geomancer
- Overheard 3 as Aunt Gil
- Flirting in the Air as Sister Future
- Neighborhood Ghost Stories as 龙婆
2013
- The White Storm as Wai's mother
- 最佳女主角
- Awfully Lawful
- Karma Rider
- Inbound Troubles as Sophia
2012
- The Last Steep Ascent
- A Simple Life as Madame Lo
- The Cases
2010
- The Haunting Lover as Mrs. Cui
2009
- Club Sparkle
- Midnight Taxi as Xie shifu's wife
2007
- Flash Point as Madam Ma
- 謎
- Loving You Is Wrong
2006
- Be My Guest
- Summer Heat
- On the Road (Sr. 1)
- Don't Open Your Eyes as Auntie Seventh
- Undying Heart as Kiko
2004
2003
- Point of No Return
- Whatever It Takes as 高大娘
- Ups and Downs in the Sea of Love as Grandmother Wah
- The Legend Of Love
- Life Begins at Forty
- Troublesome Night 18 as 毕氏龙娣
- Troublesome Night 19 as 毕氏龙娣
- The Story of Soccer Bet
- Death Trap as Auntie Sang
- Foolish 23
- Kung Fu Master Is My Grandma! as Granny Wong Fei Hung
- My Honeymoon with a Vampire as Auntie Mui
- Deals with the Dark
- Ghost Story as The Master
- Enjokosai Angel
2002
- Treasure Raiders
- Burning Flame II
- Haunted Office as Mary Ho
- Return from the Other World as Shiu's Mother
- The Conman 2002 as Summer's Mom
- Troublesome Night 16 as 毕氏龙娣、黄婆
- Visible Secret 2 as Old Lady Downstairs
- Troublesome Night 17 as 毕氏龙娣
- Fighting To Survive
- Troublesome Night 14 as 毕氏龙娣
- Troublesome Night 13 as 毕氏龙娣
- Cafe Shop
- Time 4 Hope as Chi's Mother
- Twilight Zone Cops: Ghost Driven as Granny Shaw
- Troublesome Night 15 as 毕氏龙娣
- Twilight Zone Cops: My Spirited Wife as Miss Shaw
- The Soul Is Return
- Ghost in the Family
- Taxi Driver
- Ghost Timeless as Bak Sau-Sau
2001
- Gods of Honour as 姚天香
- Unveil The Mystery as 主持人
- Reaching Out
- Master Q 2001 as Referee
- The Awakening Story
- Merry-Go-Round as Locust's grandma
- Comic King
- United We Stand, and Swim as Little Fish's Mom
- Troublesome Night 10 as 毕氏龙娣
- Dead End
- Esprit D'Amour as Aunt Ha
- Troublesome Night 8 as 毕氏龙娣
- Seamy Side Of Life - A Black Chick as Yuk's grandmother
- Troublesome Night 9 as 毕氏龙娣
- Troublesome Night 11 as 毕氏龙娣
- Troublesome Night 12 as 毕氏龙娣
- Bakery Amour as Jet's mom
- Human Pork Chop as Grace's Grandmother
- Clueless
- Young Guns
- The Legend of a Professional as Ho's mom
- Hong Kong History Y
- Ghost Story - Horrible Tea as Lau's Mother
- Speedy Gun Shooter
2000
- Crimson Sabre
- Incurable Traits
- Street Fighters as 何八
- Aiming High as 翁美香
- Raped by an Angel 5: The Final Judgement as Mrs. Hong
- Jiang Hu: The Triad Zone as Kei's Widow
- Troublesome Night 7 as Granny Ping
- For Bad Boys Only as Sophia
- Resort Massacre as Mrs. Lim
- Eternal Love
- Deathnet.Com as Gigi's Mother
- Hong Kong History X as Auntie Bird
- True Love
- Ghost Meets You as Hung Chi Yin
- Bloody Cops as Sister Lan
- Mafia.com
- Twilight Garden as Aunt Nun
- Sworn Revenge
1999
- Witness to a Prosecution as 牛妈
- Road To Eternity
- Man's Best Friend
- Life For Life
- A Loving Spirit
- Troublesome Night 5 as Old Ghost
- House of the Damned as Aunt Nan
- Bullets Over Summer as Granny
- Gigolo of Chinese Hollywood as Lady Kam
- Troublesome Night 6 as Heung's mother
- He is My Enemy, Partner and Father-In-Law as Stallone's Mother
- The Mirror as Aunt Lan
- Immortal Spirit as Mike's Mother-in-Law
- Horoscope: The Voice from Hell as Aunt Szeto
- Hanky Panky as Vincent's Mother
- Till Death Do Us Part
- Mr. A? Mr. C?
1998
- Armed Reaction as 刘顺好
- War And Remembrance as 多隆妻
- Rural Hero
- The Untold Story 2 as Granny San
- A Place Of One's Own
- Young and Dangerous 5 as Nam's Grandmother
- Young and Dangerous: The Prequel as Nam's Grandmother
- Mr. Wai-Go as Mrs. Wong
- Troublesome Night 3 as Gigi's granny
- Haunted Mansion as Ah Gi's mother
- Faces of Horror
- F***/Off
- Grandma and Her Ghosts
- Step Into the Dark as Faith's grandmother
- The Pale Sky
- A Long and Forgotten Ghost Story as Convenience Store Boss's Wife
- Nightmare Zone as Grumpy Old Woman
1997
- Untraceable Evidence as 傅修女
- Triumph Over Evil
- Taming Of The Princess as 王大妈
- Justice Sung
- Mystery Files
- Drunken Angels
- Time Before Time
- Troublesome Night as Ghost Granny
- Haunted Karaoke as Woman Who Summons Ghosts
- Midnight Zone as Shing's Mom
- 24 Hrs Ghost Story as Charlie's mother
- He Comes From Planet K as Granny Lone
- 02:00 A.M. as Chi
- Tamagotchi as Miss Tsui
- Stand Behind the Yellow Line as Master's grandmother
1996
- State of Divinity as 定逸师太
- Outburst as 洪日菊
- Young and Dangerous 3
- One Good Turn Deserves Another
- Man Wanted 2: Those Were the Days as Aunt Lan
- Devil's Woman as Si-Man's Grandmother
- July 13th as Aunt Lung
1995
- Detective Investigation Files as 宋甘兰 Sung Kam Lan
- The Condor Heroes 95 as 裘千尺 Kao Chin-chek
- When a Man Loves a Woman
- From Act to Act
- Hand of Hope
- The Conder Heroes 95 (Digital Remaster) as 裘千尺 Kao Chin-chek
- Hong Kong Graffiti
- Just Married
- The Day that Doesn't Exist
1994
- Crime And Passion
- The Last Conquest
- The Crucifixion as Jogger [cameo]
- Fatal Obsession as The Sorceress
- From Zero to Hero
- Hello! Who Is It? as May's mom
- The Third Full Moon as Dr. Lung
- Modern Romance as Sister Nancy
- I Will Wait for You!
- Man on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown as Hung's mom
- Out on a Limb
1993
- The Edge of Righteousness
- The Buddhism Palm Strikes Back
- Gambling On Life
- The Vampire Returns as 张可爱
- Don't Stop My Crazy Love for You as Miss Ho
- The Bride with White Hair 2 as Wu Tang Clan Elder
- The Art of Being Together
- Boys Are Easy as Mrs. Wu
- Crazy Hong Kong as Mother
- Thou Shalt Not Swear as Lung
- Justice Is Blind as Lawyer
1992
- Tales From Beyond as 孟男母亲
- The Key Man as 余亚葵
- Royal Tramp 2 as Dragon Sect Founder
- Odd Man Out
- Money And Fame
- Beyond Love as 六姐
- Source Of Evil
- Once a Black Sheep as Sister Tak Lan
- Sting of the Scorpion as Chien's mother
- Devil of Rape
1991
1990
- When the Sun Shines
- The Witness Of Time
- When Things Get Tough
- She Shoots Straight as Nanny
- Doctor Vampire as Mrs. Hsieh
- Ghostly Vixen as Janitor
1989
- The Justice of Life as 曾亞彩
- Miracles: The Canton Godfather as In the Governor's Room
- The Sect of Blood & Iron
- War Of The Dragon
- Three In A Crowd
- The Iceman Cometh as Hospital worker
- The Jade Fox
- Vampire Buster as Councillor Tang
- Operation Pink Squad II as Landlady
- Gift from Heaven as Wu Tse Tien
- Missing Man as Housemaid
- Eat a Bowl of Tea as Aunt Gim
1988
- Everybody's Somebody's Favourite
- Two Most Honorable Knights as 花婆婆
- Leo And Sirius
- Double Fattiness
- The Greatest Lover as Shi's Aunt
- The Crazy Companies II as Amy's Mother
- The Haunted Cop Shop II as Ms. Yellow
- Operation Pink Squad as Wong
- Guests in the House as Ho Fei-Feng
1987
- The Seasons
- The Upstart and the Self-Made Man
- Trouble Couples as Agnes' mother
- Fortune Hunters
1986
- New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre as 靜玄
- The Legend of Wong Tai Sin as 独孤婆婆
- The Feud of Two Brothers
- The Unyielding Master Lim
- Brothers Under The Skin
- Royal Warriors as Patron at Nightclub California
- Dharma
- Men of the House
- The Missed Date
- My Heavenly Lover
1984
1983
1982
- Stardust
- Destiny
- You Only Live Twice
- The Buddha's Magic Palm
- 错结良缘 as 张妈
- Love With Many Phases
- Energetic-21 as Alan's Mother
- Young Dreams
1979
- Chor Lau-heung as 蓉蓉的姑媽
- Short Cuts
1977
- A House is Not a Home
- Money Crazy as Rich Chan's Wife
- Absent Minded Inspector
- On Probation as Reform school mistress
- The Legend of the Purple Hairpin
1975
1974
- Chinese Folklore
- The Fatal Irony
- Seductive Ghost
- Games Gamblers Play as Man's Wife
- Hong Kong 73 as Hospital Registration Nurse
- Kidnap
- The Country Bumpkin
- Tenants of Talkative Street
- Gossip Street as Suzy Lo
- 大乡里八面威风
- Fun, Hong Kong Style
- Supremo
- 乜都得先生
1973
- The Heroine as Taxi Dispatcher
- The House of 72 Tenants as Brothel mamasan
- Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend as Self
1970
- Lucky Seven as Blind wife
- Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow as Song's Sister-in-Law
- Happy Times
- 飞剑神童
- Secret agent no. 1
- Magic Feeding
1969
- 成家立室
- The Liar
- 七彩红男绿女
- 相思甜如蜜 as Jenny Lee
- The Magic Cat
1968
- Buddhist Spiritual Palm Returned as 阿嬌
- 玉女癡情
- Young, Pregnant and Unmarried as Wong Siu-Kuen/Ah Kuen
- 梅兰菊竹
- 小五義大破銅網陣
- Let's Be Happy Tonight
1967
- Girl with Cat's Eye as Ding Lai
- 蓬门淑女
- 旺财嫂
- Happy Years as Miss Pak Chen
- Song of Happiness as Ng Sheung-Ling
- 聖火雄風大破火蓮陣
1966
- The Detective as Mrs Wu
- Little Foursome Family
- One Duel Too Many
- Twin Sisters as Julie, Chow's Stepwife
- Return of Lady Bond as Tong's stepmother
- Landlady and Tenant as Ah Fong
- 天涯芳草
- 神秘的血案 as 女警
- To Marry a Ghost
- Strange Romance on a Bus as Huang Xiufeng
- You Do Me Wrong
- Double Exposure as 露丝
- 春满花开燕子归
- 701乌龙女侦探
- The Deadly Angel Alias: The Venomous Angel. as 岑美瑩
- Double Relation as 馮霞
1965
- Good Luck as 何芳
- Silent Love as Lan
- The Curse
- The Secret Code as Cheung Yuet-Ngor
- Black Holidays as Wong Lan
- 难为了家嫂
- Eight Murderers as 黃太
- To Catch a Murderer as 羅太
- The Husband of a Lady
- Standard Husband
1964
- The Diary of a Husband as Mrs. Lung
- Homeless Children as Miss Lau
- The Student Prince as Miss Ng
- The Diary of a Husband, Part 2 as Mrs Lung
- A Deadly Night as Maid
- The Beau as 明星
- As Time Goes By as Ting Wai-fong
1963
- Madam Kam as Chiu Yuk-Wah
- Two City Girls as Pang Shui-ha
- Three Love Affairs as Wong Yuk-Mui
- Young Girl In Love as 高碧茜 (Ko Pik Sai)
1962
1961
- Les Belles as Cafe Cashier
- Creepy Nights
- Dial 999 for 24-Hour Murder Case as Lucy
1960
- The Great Devotion as Mahjong pal
- Wong An Vs. the Flying Tigers as Lee Bik-Lin
- My Intimate Partner as Tam Fung's wife 谭枫妻
- The Wild, Wild Rose as Nightclub patron
- The Story of Wong Ang the Heroine as Chiu's second concubine
- Adventure on a Deadly Island
- The Case of 'Missing Corpse’ as Secretary
- 秋风残叶
1959
- Road as Kit Ching
- Story of the White-Haired Demon Girl (Part 1) as Yin-Ying Lo
- King Kong's Adventures in the Heavenly Palace as Prostitute
- Wong Fei Hung Trapped in Hell
- Human Relationships
- How Oriole the Heroine Solved the Case of the Three Dead Bodies
- The Chair as Woman with little girl
- The Talking Bird
- Our Dream Car as Auto Queen
- Glass Slippers
- Money as Club patron
1958
1957
- My Kingdom for a Husband as Queen's Escort
- 黃飛鴻血濺姑婆屋
1956
- The White Crane Hero
- Fatso Married Skinny as Dancer
- Wong Fei-Hung and the Lantern Festival Disturbance as Prostitute
1954
- Neighbours All
- A Love Story as 唐英
1953
1950
- The Kid as Factory worker