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Veronica Yip Yuk Hing (Chinese: 叶玉卿; pinyin: Yè Yùqīng; born February 12, 1967[1]) is a Hong Kong-born American actress and singer who is probably most well known for her roles in Category III films.

Veronica Yip
Born	Yip Yuk-hing (1967-02-12) February 12, 1967 (age 55) Portuguese Macau
Citizenship	United States
Alma mater	Our Lady of the Rosary College
Occupation	Actress, singer
Years active	1985–1996, 2012–2013
Spouse	Jeffrey Wu ​ (m. 1996)​
Children	3
Musical career
Also known as	Hing-hing (卿卿), Sister Hing (卿姐)
Origin	Hong Kong, China
Instruments	Vocals
Musical artist
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	葉玉卿
Simplified Chinese	叶玉卿
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yè Yùqīng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping yip9 yuk9 hing1

Career

Film

Veronica Yip was born in Portuguese Macau and started her career in participating in the 1985 Miss Asia Pageant and received the 2nd runner-up award.[2] Her career breakthrough was when she starred in adult films which previously were considered taboo for mainstream actresses in the Hong Kong market. Yip has starred in a total of three of these Category III films: Take Me (1991), Pretty Woman (1992) and Hidden Desire (1992). All three films were regarded as commercial successes and paved the way for mainstream actresses, such as Loletta Lee and Irene Wan to act in such films.

Aside from these films, Yip has also starred in many films critically acclaimed Chinese movies, including Jeffrey Lau's The Eagle Shooting Heroes and Stanley Kwan's Red Rose, White Rose (1994). Yip's ability to escape the soft porn market paving the way for actresses such as Shu Qi and Pauline Chan to do the same.

Music

Yip had a singing career when she joined Fitto Entertainment, owned by her brother Yip Chi-Ming, before the company was transitioned into Emperor Entertainment Group, releasing seven cantopop and mandopop albums between 1992 and 1995. Yip received three Best New Artist gold awards from 1992 Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation, 1992 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards, and 1992 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation.

Family

In 1998, Yip invested a large sum in her brother's project of building a Disneyland in Hong Kong. However, the project was scrapped along with the budget causing a fallout between the two. Yip and her brother later reconciled.

Yip met her husband, Chinese-American businessman Jeffrey Wu (胡兆明) when Yip was hired by Premier Entertainment in New York to perform a concert at the Trump Marina in Atlantic City. After marrying Wu in 1996, Yip retired from entertainment and moved to the United States where Wu runs the Hong Kong Supermarket chain.[2] The couple have a daughter and two sons and currently reside on Long Island. They also have substantial investments in United International Bank, a business jet trading company, and various business-use real estate projects.

Political stance

In November 2020, Yip mentioned that she was a Republican supporter and supported the second term of Donald Trump.[3]

References

External links

• Veronica Yip at IMDb
• HK cinemagic entry
• LoveHKfilm entry

На других языках

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- [en] Veronica Yip

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[es] Veronica Yip

Veronica Yip Yuk Hing (chino simplificado: 叶玉卿; chino tradicional: 葉玉卿, pinyin: Yè Yuqing, nacida 12 de febrero de 1967), es una actriz, cantante y empresaria hongkonesa, la mayor parte en sus películas que ha participado, eran dirigidos a un público adulto y de criterio formal.

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[ru] Ип, Вероника

Вероника Ип (кит. трад. 葉玉卿, упр. 叶玉卿, пиньинь Yè Yùqīng, род. 12 февраля 1967 года, Гонконг) — бывшая гонконгская актриса, получившая известность в фильмах Категории III. Наряду с Кэрри Нг и Лолеттой Ли стала одной из немногих гонконгских актрис, которые, начав карьеру в эротических фильмах, смогли выбиться в первый эшелон.

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