Valerie Chow
Acting · Production
Born December 16, 1970, Hong Kong, China
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
- 2018Prison Architect
- Shanghai Legend — 赵思思
- 2002Freaky Story — Chung Chun
- 2002Inner Senses — Mrs. Chan
- Healing Hearts
- 2001The Vampire Combat — Piu Hung / Lin Qian / Shen
- 2000Healing Hearts — Lawyer Tsing
- 2000Sausalito — Virginia Chow
- 1999Bridge of Dragons — Princess Halo
- 1999Futuresport — Jet Yuen
- 1998Phantoms — Scientist Yamaguchi
- 1997Hero — Yam Yeung Tien
- 1996Street Angels — Karen
- 1995Dream Killer — Michelle Lau
- 1995Ghostly Bus — Ling-Ling
- 1995High Risk — Fai-Fai
- 1995Lover of the Last Empress — The Queen
- 1995Red Zone — Ivy Lau
- 1995Spider Woman — Carman
- 1995The Armed Policewomen — Ling
- 1995The Blade — Prostitute
- 1995The Case of the Cold Fish — Linda
- 1995Wind Beneath the Wings
- 1994Chungking Express — Air Hostess
- Fate of the Clairvoyant
- 1994Twenty Something — Irene
- 1993He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father — Dr. Jenny Chung
- Mysterious Journeys — Co-Executive Producer