Valerie Chow
Actor
Biography
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
Phantoms
as Scientist Yamaguchi 1998
High Risk
as Fai-Fai 1995
The Blade
as Courtesan 1995
Bridge of Dragons
as Princess Halo 1999
Futuresport
as Jet Yuen 1999
Inner Senses
as Mrs. Chan 2002
Hero
as Yam Yeung Tien 1997
Lover of the Last Empress
as The Queen 1995
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father
as Dr. Jenny Chung 1993
Street Angels
as Karen 1996
Sausalito
as Virginia Chow 2000
The Case of the Cold Fish
as Linda 1995
Healing Hearts
as Lawyer Tsing 2000
Twenty Something
as Irene 1994
Spider Woman
as Carman 1995
The Vampire Combat
as Piu Hung / Lin Qian / Shen 2001