Kara Wai Ying-hung

Kara Wai Ying-hung

Known for
Acting
Born
February 3, 1960 (age 66)
Birthplace
Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]

Biography

Kara Wai Ying-hung (Chinese: 惠英紅, born 2 February 1960), also romanised as Kara Hui, is a Hong Kong actress of Manchu ethnicity. Known to the international audience for her kung-fu roles in Shaw Brothers Studio films in the 1970s and 1980s, Kara Wai has since portrayed a wide range of roles on screen and on television with much success. In 1982, she became the first recipient of the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress. Her portrayal of a mother in the 2009 film At the End of Daybreak won her acting awards at the Hong Kong Film Awards, Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards, Changchun Film Festival, Pacific Meridian, Asian Film Awards and Golden Horse Awards.

Known For

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Filmography

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A Life of Papers poster

A Life of Papers

Movie

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心累了 poster

心累了

Movie

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The Days of Seclusion and Love

The Days of Seclusion and Love

TV · 1 ep

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Clandestine Mission poster

Clandestine Mission

TV · 1 ep

2026
Keep the Beat poster

Keep the Beat

Movie · as Zhan Yumei

2026
Blades of the Guardians poster

Blades of the Guardians

Movie · as Mrs. Yuchi

2026
V poster

V

Movie · as Li Huiru

2025
The Dumpling Queen poster

The Dumpling Queen

Movie · as Ms. Hong

2025
你好时光 poster

你好时光

TV · 2 eps

2025
Ultimate Design poster

Ultimate Design

TV · 1 ep

2024
Remember Me poster

Remember Me

Movie · as Jiang Xiuzhi

2024
Beyond Trending poster

Beyond Trending

TV · 1 ep

2023
Love Never Ends poster

Love Never Ends

Movie · as Li Huiru

2023
Strange Friends poster

Strange Friends

Movie · as Zhang Qianying

2023
Last Suspect poster

Last Suspect

Movie · as Lin Shu'e

2023
The Invisible Guest poster

The Invisible Guest

Movie · as Sister Hong

2023
Echoes of the Thunder poster

Echoes of the Thunder

Movie

2023
Sakra poster

Sakra

Movie · as Ruan Xingzhu

2023
The Ingenious One poster

The Ingenious One

TV · as Kou Yan · 36 eps

2023
Gone with the Rain poster

Gone with the Rain

TV · as Feng Yan · 37 eps

2022
Sunshine of My Life poster

Sunshine of My Life

Movie · as Gan Xiaohong

2022
Hello Saturday poster

Hello Saturday

TV · 1 ep

2022
Memories Beyond Horizon poster

Memories Beyond Horizon

TV · 24 eps

2022
诗画中国 poster

诗画中国

TV · 1 ep

2022
非遗里的中国 poster

非遗里的中国

TV · 1 ep

2021
77 Heartwarmings poster

77 Heartwarmings

Movie · as Chau Mei Lin

2021
Murder Diary poster

Murder Diary

TV · as Yeung Bik-sum · 25 eps

2021
Action poster

Action

TV · 19 eps

2021
Crying and Laughing Scholar poster

Crying and Laughing Scholar

TV · 42 eps

2021
Night in the Greater Bay poster

Night in the Greater Bay

TV · 1 ep

2021
对照记 poster

对照记

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
Monster Run poster

Monster Run

Movie · as Mrs. Lotus

2020
Imperfect Love poster

Imperfect Love

TV · as Yuan Ling · 22 eps

2019
My Best Summer poster

My Best Summer

Movie · as Yu Huai's Mother

2019
Binding Souls poster

Binding Souls

Movie · as Kuen

2019
The Confidence Man JP - The Movie - poster

The Confidence Man JP - The Movie -

Movie · as Ran Riu (True)

2019
My People, My Country poster

My People, My Country

Movie · as Sergeant Lin (segment "The Going Home")

2019
Real Actor poster

Real Actor

TV · 1 ep

2019
The Defected poster

The Defected

TV · as Man Hei-wah · 30 eps

2019
Stained poster

Stained

TV · as Bo Fei Fung · 10 eps

2019
Hello Life poster

Hello Life

TV · 3 eps

2019
My People, My Country: Behind-The-Scenes poster

My People, My Country: Behind-The-Scenes

TV · as Self · 7 eps

2019
Everybody Stand By poster

Everybody Stand By

TV · 23 eps

2018
House of the Rising Sons poster

House of the Rising Sons

Movie

2018
Tracey poster

Tracey

Movie · as Anne

2017
Mysterious Plate 2 poster

Mysterious Plate 2

Movie

2017
The Mysterious Family poster

The Mysterious Family

Movie

2017
Mrs K poster

Mrs K

Movie · as Mrs. K

2017
77 Heartbreaks poster

77 Heartbreaks

Movie · as Eva's Mother

2017
The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful poster

The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful

Movie · as Madame Tang

2017
为爱担当 poster

为爱担当

Movie

2016
Happiness poster

Happiness

Movie · as Auntie Fen

2016
Horrible Mansion in Wild Village poster

Horrible Mansion in Wild Village

Movie · as Old Woman

2016
Finding Mr. Right 2 poster

Finding Mr. Right 2

Movie · as Ling

2016
The Warriors Gate poster

The Warriors Gate

Movie · as Mountain Spirit

2016
母亲节微电影:记得·记得 poster

母亲节微电影:记得·记得

Movie

2016
Trump Card poster

Trump Card

TV · 1 ep

2015
Kungfu Taboo poster

Kungfu Taboo

Movie

2015
Lovers & Movies poster

Lovers & Movies

Movie · as Zhao Wanhua

2015
Daughter poster

Daughter

Movie · as Sharon Cheung

2015
Incredible Mama poster

Incredible Mama

TV · as Chung Sam Fat Yuen · 9 eps

2015
The Legend of Xiao Zhuang poster

The Legend of Xiao Zhuang

TV · as Lady Abahai, Empress Xiaoliewu · 68 eps

2014
Red River Valley poster

Red River Valley

Movie

2014
The Midnight After poster

The Midnight After

Movie · as Mook Sau-Ying

2014
Lock Me Up, Tie Him Down poster

Lock Me Up, Tie Him Down

Movie · as Tiffany's Mother

2013
Winter Is Hoped poster

Winter Is Hoped

Movie

2013
Rigor Mortis poster

Rigor Mortis

Movie · as Yeung Feng

2013
7 Assassins poster

7 Assassins

Movie · as Lao Hu's wife

2013
Control poster

Control

Movie · as Jen

2013
The Fox Lover poster

The Fox Lover

Movie

2013
The Wedding Diary 2 poster

The Wedding Diary 2

Movie · as Allison Chan

2013
Mid-Night Train poster

Mid-Night Train

Movie · as Xie Yao

2013
一步之城 poster

一步之城

Movie

2013
Du Li Lian poster

Du Li Lian

TV · 37 eps

2013
武松 poster

武松

TV · 50 eps

2013
五台山抗日传奇之女兵排 poster

五台山抗日传奇之女兵排

TV · 45 eps

2013
Women of the Tang Dynasty poster

Women of the Tang Dynasty

TV · as Wu Ze Tian · 46 eps

2012
Happiness Me Too poster

Happiness Me Too

Movie

2012
Blood Stained Shoes poster

Blood Stained Shoes

Movie · as Zhen Jie Fu

2012
Diva poster

Diva

Movie

2011
A Chinese Ghost Story poster

A Chinese Ghost Story

Movie · as Lou Lou

2011
Dragon poster

Dragon

Movie · as Shi San Liang

2011
Turning Point 2 poster

Turning Point 2

Movie · as Sa Po Yau

2011
Quattro Hong Kong 2 poster

Quattro Hong Kong 2

Movie

2011
The Wedding Diary poster

The Wedding Diary

Movie · as Allison Chan

2011
Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu poster

Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu

Movie

2011
The Glamorous Imperial Concubine poster

The Glamorous Imperial Concubine

TV · as Du Feihong · 44 eps

2010
Kung Fu Wing Chun poster

Kung Fu Wing Chun

Movie · as Master Ng Mui

2010
72 Tenants of Prosperity poster

72 Tenants of Prosperity

Movie · as Sales of Ha Kun's Store

2010
Can't Buy Me Love poster

Can't Buy Me Love

TV · as Concubine Wei · 32 eps

2010
No Regrets poster

No Regrets

TV · as Ng Lai-sim · 32 eps

2010
A Fistful of Stances poster

A Fistful of Stances

TV · as Cheung Sheung-Chu · 25 eps

2009
At the End of Daybreak poster

At the End of Daybreak

Movie · as Tuck's mother

2009
Sweetness in the Salt poster

Sweetness in the Salt

TV · 25 eps

2009
Beyond the Realm of Conscience poster

Beyond the Realm of Conscience

TV · as Tam Yim Sheung · 33 eps

2009
Rosy Business poster

Rosy Business

TV · as 劉芳 · 25 eps

2009
Club Sparkle poster

Club Sparkle

TV · 1 ep

2008
Legendary Assassin poster

Legendary Assassin

Movie · as Boss

2008
L for Love, L for Lies poster

L for Love, L for Lies

Movie · as Bo's mother

2008
Pages of Treasures poster

Pages of Treasures

TV · 20 eps

2008
Wasabi Mon Amour poster

Wasabi Mon Amour

TV · 20 eps

2008
Legend of the Demigods poster

Legend of the Demigods

TV · as Cho Mong-Yau/Ho Choi-Ma 草忘憂 (好彩媽) · 22 eps

2007
Word Twisters' Adventures poster

Word Twisters' Adventures

TV · as Poon Bak-Fung · 20 eps

2007
On The First Beat poster

On The First Beat

TV · as Wong Suk-Yin 黃淑賢 · 30 eps

2006
无间道(正序版) poster

无间道(正序版)

Movie · as 倪家大姐

2006
Safe Guards poster

Safe Guards

TV · as 殷靜 · 25 eps

2006
Be My Guest poster

Be My Guest

TV · 1 ep

2006
Beautiful Cooking poster

Beautiful Cooking

TV · 1 ep

2005
Crazy n' the City poster

Crazy n' the City

Movie · as Rachel

2005
A Chinese Tall Story poster

A Chinese Tall Story

Movie · as Lo Ping

2005
The Academy poster

The Academy

TV · as Wong Suk-Yin 黃淑賢 · 30 eps

2005
A Century of Light and Shadow poster

A Century of Light and Shadow

TV · as Self · 8 eps

2004
Jiang Hu poster

Jiang Hu

Movie · as Sister Lai

2003
Dirty Man poster

Dirty Man

Movie · as Feng Shui Master

2003
The Park poster

The Park

Movie · as Master Yu

2003
Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia poster

Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia

Movie · as Self

2003
Night Corridor poster

Night Corridor

Movie · as Ying Hung Wai

2003
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu poster

Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu

Movie · as Self

2003
Infernal Affairs II poster

Infernal Affairs II

Movie · as Hau's Sister

2003
The Secret Society – Boss poster

The Secret Society – Boss

Movie · as Fai's Wife

2003
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong poster

Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong

Movie · as Self

2003
The Tai Chi Master poster

The Tai Chi Master

Movie

2001
Forever Love poster

Forever Love

Movie

2001
Visible Secret poster

Visible Secret

Movie · as Mother of June / Little Chung

2001
Wanted poster

Wanted

Movie

2001
Ling's Story poster

Ling's Story

Movie · as Mamasan

2001
The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber poster

The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber

TV · as 灭绝师太 Mit-juet · 42 eps

2000
Fist Power poster

Fist Power

Movie · as Brian's sister

2000
High K poster

High K

Movie · as Li Yee-hung

2000
At the Threshold of an Era 2 poster

At the Threshold of an Era 2

TV · 56 eps

2000
忠勇小状元 poster

忠勇小状元

TV · as 卓金花 · 25 eps

1999
A Smiling Ghost Story poster

A Smiling Ghost Story

TV · as 方月冰/Icy · 20 eps

1999
At the Threshold of an Era poster

At the Threshold of an Era

TV · as 叶刘雪玲 / Eva · 107 eps

1998
The Master of Tai Chi poster

The Master of Tai Chi

TV · 28 eps

1997
Crazy Mission poster

Crazy Mission

Movie

1997
Deadly Protection poster

Deadly Protection

TV · as Li zhi shan · 20 eps

1997
Lady Flower Fist poster

Lady Flower Fist

TV · as 馬玉梅 · 20 eps

1996
Dragon from Shaolin poster

Dragon from Shaolin

Movie · as Fung's girlfriend

1995
Gunmen poster

Gunmen

Movie

1995
狀元花之笑看良緣 poster

狀元花之笑看良緣

TV · as Li Yue'e · 21 eps

1995
Justice Pao poster

Justice Pao

TV · 80 eps

1994
Snake Fist poster

Snake Fist

Movie

1994
Sharpshooters poster

Sharpshooters

Movie

1994
Kung Fu Mistress poster

Kung Fu Mistress

Movie

1994
Out Bound Killing poster

Out Bound Killing

Movie · as Captain Yau

1993
A Story in Beijing City poster

A Story in Beijing City

Movie · as Lee Hung

1993
Madam City Hunter poster

Madam City Hunter

Movie · as Siu-Hung

1993
On Parole 2: Do Unto the Other poster

On Parole 2: Do Unto the Other

Movie · as Hung

1993
On Parole poster

On Parole

Movie · as 潘红

1993
Fatal Love poster

Fatal Love

Movie · as Lee Hung

1993
The Tale Of A Heroine poster

The Tale Of A Heroine

Movie

1993
Tattoo Girl poster

Tattoo Girl

Movie · as Tattoo Girl

1993
Mind Our Own Business poster

Mind Our Own Business

TV · 319 eps

1992
Behind the Curtain poster

Behind the Curtain

Movie

1992
Angel Terminators poster

Angel Terminators

Movie · as Hon

1992
Zen of Sword poster

Zen of Sword

Movie · as Ha Hou's Aunt

1992
The Inspector Wears Skirts IV poster

The Inspector Wears Skirts IV

Movie · as May

1992
Megaforce from Highland poster

Megaforce from Highland

Movie

1992
The Vengeance of Six Dragon poster

The Vengeance of Six Dragon

Movie · as Chiang Nan

1992
The Vengeance poster

The Vengeance

Movie

1991
Queen of Gambler poster

Queen of Gambler

Movie

1991
The Roar of the Vietnamese poster

The Roar of the Vietnamese

Movie · as Yuen Wan-Yin

1991
The Real Me poster

The Real Me

Movie

1991
The Banquet poster

The Banquet

Movie · as Tsang's Maid

1991
Guys in Ghost's Hand poster

Guys in Ghost's Hand

Movie · as Aunt

1991
Heart of Danger poster

Heart of Danger

Movie · as Lee Hung

1991
Visa to Hell poster

Visa to Hell

Movie · as Jenny

1991
Legend of the Drunken Tiger poster

Legend of the Drunken Tiger

Movie

1991
The Illustrated Guide to Hong Kong Stars poster

The Illustrated Guide to Hong Kong Stars

Movie

1991
欢乐英雄 poster

欢乐英雄

TV · 29 eps

1990
Brave Young Girls poster

Brave Young Girls

Movie

1990
The Inspector Wears Skirts III poster

The Inspector Wears Skirts III

Movie · as May

1990
Stage Door Johnny poster

Stage Door Johnny

Movie · as Boss Tsui Yen Hsieh

1990
That's Money poster

That's Money

Movie · as Bette

1990
Never Say Regret poster

Never Say Regret

Movie

1990
Widow Warriors poster

Widow Warriors

Movie · as Sister-in-Law

1990
Bullet to Survive poster

Bullet to Survive

Movie

1989
The Inspector Wears Skirts II poster

The Inspector Wears Skirts II

Movie · as May

1989
Burning Ambition poster

Burning Ambition

Movie · as Chau Siu-Hong

1989
Who Cares poster

Who Cares

Movie · as Policewoman

1989
They Came to Rob Hong Kong poster

They Came to Rob Hong Kong

Movie · as Supt Shang

1989
Celebrity Talk Show poster

Celebrity Talk Show

TV · as 惠英红 · 2 eps

1988
The Inspector Wears Skirts poster

The Inspector Wears Skirts

Movie · as May

1988
The Dragon Family poster

The Dragon Family

Movie · as Wai's Wife

1988
The Peacock King poster

The Peacock King

Movie · as Mother, Kujaku's Mother

1988
Braveful Police poster

Braveful Police

Movie · as Ah-phon

1987
Rouge poster

Rouge

Movie · as Actress Portraying Ghost

1987
Happy Go Lucky poster

Happy Go Lucky

Movie · as Jackie

1987
Bloody Revenge poster

Bloody Revenge

Movie · as Wang

1986
Rosa poster

Rosa

Movie · as Lei Kung's sister

1986
Naughty Boys poster

Naughty Boys

Movie · as Ah Chuan

1986
The Story of Dr. Sun Yat Sen poster

The Story of Dr. Sun Yat Sen

Movie

1986
The Seventh Curse poster

The Seventh Curse

Movie · as Policewoman

1985
Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars poster

Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars

Movie · as Tourist in Thailand

1985
Journey of the Doomed poster

Journey of the Doomed

Movie · as Monkey Lin

1985
Why Me? poster

Why Me?

Movie · as Woman complain about Husband

1984
The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter poster

The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter

Movie · as Yang No. 8

1984
Long Road to Gallantry poster

Long Road to Gallantry

Movie · as Li Sai Nan

1984
New Tales of the Flying Fox poster

New Tales of the Flying Fox

Movie · as Miss Yuan

1984
Double Decker poster

Double Decker

Movie · as Cat

1984
Three Stooges Go Undercover poster

Three Stooges Go Undercover

Movie · as Feng

1984
The Return of Pom Pom poster

The Return of Pom Pom

Movie · as Mimi

1984
Family Light Affair poster

Family Light Affair

Movie · as Ah Yin

1983
The Lady Is the Boss poster

The Lady Is the Boss

Movie · as Chan Mei Ling

1983
Demon of the Lute poster

Demon of the Lute

Movie · as Feng Ling (Rainbow Sword)

1982
Legendary Weapons of China poster

Legendary Weapons of China

Movie · as Fang Shau-Ching

1982
Cat vs. Rat poster

Cat vs. Rat

Movie · as Jien Yu Lan

1982
Buddha's Palm poster

Buddha's Palm

Movie · as Qiu Yu Juan

1982
The Emperor and the Minister poster

The Emperor and the Minister

Movie · as Xiao-Hong

1982
Lovers Blades poster

Lovers Blades

Movie · as Siu Gai Bao

1982
The 82 Tenants poster

The 82 Tenants

Movie · as Lisa

1981
Martial Club poster

Martial Club

Movie · as Wang Juying

1981
My Young Auntie poster

My Young Auntie

Movie · as Jing Dai-Nan

1981
The Tiger and the Widow poster

The Tiger and the Widow

Movie · as Jin Mei

1981
The Brave Archer 3 poster

The Brave Archer 3

Movie

1981
Return of the Sentimental Swordsman poster

Return of the Sentimental Swordsman

Movie · as Sun Xiaohong

1980
Clan of the White Lotus poster

Clan of the White Lotus

Movie · as Mei Ha

1980
Return to the 36th Chamber poster

Return to the 36th Chamber

Movie · as Hsiao Hung

1980
Swift Sword poster

Swift Sword

Movie · as Xiaomei

1980
Emperor Chien Lung and the Beauty poster

Emperor Chien Lung and the Beauty

Movie · as Li Pao-Erh

1980
Heaven and Hell poster

Heaven and Hell

Movie · as Lin Wei Ting's Girlfriend

1979
Mad Monkey Kung Fu poster

Mad Monkey Kung Fu

Movie · as Chan Tsuei Hung

1979
Dirty Ho poster

Dirty Ho

Movie · as Tsui Hung

1979
The Tigress of Shaolin poster

The Tigress of Shaolin

Movie · as Xiao Hong

1979
The Last Judgement poster

The Last Judgement

Movie · as Mrs. Ye

1979
The Reckless Cricket poster

The Reckless Cricket

Movie · as molested street vendor [guest]

1979
The Deadly Breaking Sword poster

The Deadly Breaking Sword

Movie · as Xiaoqin

1979
The Ghost Story poster

The Ghost Story

Movie

1979
The Scandalous Warlord poster

The Scandalous Warlord

Movie · as Mistress

1978
Invincible Shaolin poster

Invincible Shaolin

Movie · as Su Yen

1978
Clan of Amazons poster

Clan of Amazons

Movie · as 7th Sister

1978
Shaolin Hand Lock poster

Shaolin Hand Lock

Movie · as Xiao Hong

1978
The Brave Archer 2 poster

The Brave Archer 2

Movie · as Mu Nian Zhi

1978
The Voyage of Emperor Chien Lung poster

The Voyage of Emperor Chien Lung

Movie · as Phoenix

1978
Life Gamble poster

Life Gamble

Movie · as Xiao Hong

1978
Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre II poster

Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre II

Movie · as Moon

1978
Swordsman and Enchantress poster

Swordsman and Enchantress

Movie · as One of 12 Flower Servants of Yihua Palace

1978
The Cunning Hustler poster

The Cunning Hustler

Movie

1977
The Dream of the Red Chamber poster

The Dream of the Red Chamber

Movie · as Maid She Yue

1977
The Brave Archer poster

The Brave Archer

Movie · as Mu Nian-Zhi

1977
The Criminals, Part 5: The Teenager's Nightmare poster

The Criminals, Part 5: The Teenager's Nightmare

Movie · as Schoolgirl

1977
Chinatown Kid poster

Chinatown Kid

Movie · as Hostage Whore

1962
Golden Horse Awards poster

Golden Horse Awards

TV · as Self · 1 ep