Valerie Chow
Profile:
Name: Valerie Chow
Chinese name 周嘉玲
Pinyin Zhōu Jiālíng (Mandarin)
Jyutping Zau1 Gaa1ling4 (Cantonese)
Birth name Valerie Chow Kar-Ling
Birthdate: 16 December 1970
Current age in 2011: 41 years old
Birthplace: Hong Kong
Profession: Actress and model
Years active 1990s-2000s
Spouse(s) Darryl Goveas (2005-present)
Children 1 daughter (b. 12 March 2008)
Experience
Valerie Chow has released a number of films as well as television series. As is known, some movies in Wong Kar-Wai’s 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.
2000-02: Part-Time Actor
She returned to Hong Kong as a part-time actor in 2000. The following year saw her return to the small screen in the ATV series, Healing Hearts, with greater success. Her role as a smart and sophisticated lawyer was much better received and made her recognised by audiences as emblematic of the ‘perfect modern woman.’ The role briefly revived her career, leading to many magazine covers, and an ad campaign with Neutrogena Hong Kong. She also appeared alongside co-star Leslie Cheung in Inner Senses (2002), which was to be his last film.
2003-present
Since 2003, she has more or less decided to leave the entertainment industry and is currently working as a publicist for the Pedder Group, the shoes and accessories division of Lane Crawford. She periodically appears in the press as a senior executive during the company’s seasonal showcases.
Movie works
Red Zone (爆炸令) (1995)
The Blade (刀) (1995)
Street Angels (紅燈區) (1996)
Hero (馬永貞) (1997)
Phantoms (1998)
Futuresport (1998)
Bridge of Dragons (1999)
Sausalito (一見鍾情) (2000)
Healing Hearts (俠骨仁心) (2000)
The Vampire Combat (極速殭屍) (2001)
Inner Senses (異度空間) (2002)
Freaky Story (不寒而慄) (2002)
TV works
Fate of the Clairvoyant (再見亦是老婆 alt. 都市有情人) (1994)
John Woo’s Once A Thief (appears in one episode) (1997)
Healing Hearts (俠骨仁心) (2001)
Tearaway Doctor (上海灘之俠醫傳奇) (2004)
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