Valerie Chow
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 (27)
Prison Architect
Shanghai Legend
Inner Senses
Freaky Story
The Vampire Combat
Healing Hearts
Healing Hearts
Sausalito
Bridge of Dragons
Futuresport
Phantoms
Hero
Street Angels
Dream Killer- Wind Beneath the Wings
Red Zone
The Armed Policewomen
The Case of the Cold Fish
The Blade
High Risk
Ghostly Bus
Lover of the Last Empress
Spider Woman
Fate of the Clairvoyant
Chungking Express
Twenty Something
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father