Born in Hong Kong, Susan Shaw Yam-Yam moved to Taiwan with her father at an early age, studying nursing for five years after graduation, and then working as a nurse on a ship. After travelling through 23 countries, she decided to go ashore in Hong Kong to find another job, first singing in a nightclub and then became an actress. She has been active in the Hong Kong film industry since 1970. She has won four Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actress (2008, 2011, 2013, 2018).

Filmography

• 2025Moth & I
• 2023Ready O/R Rot — Grams
• 202177 Heartwarmings
• 2021Coffin Homes — Mother Leung
• 2021Ready O/R Knot — Grams
• 2021Sugar Street Studio — Auntie Eight
• 2020A Moment of Happiness — Zito's Aunt
• 2020Fate Jealous Greed
• 2020MMA Diva
• 2020The Calling of a Bus Driver — Kam Chi
• 2019A Journey Of Happiness — Orchid
• 2019A Lifetime Treasure — Director Yam
• 2019Dearest Anita
• 2019Lion Rock
• 2019Missbehavior — Doula
• 2019Undercover Punch and Gun — Chief B
• 2018A Beautiful Moment
• 2018Hotel Soul Good — Old Lady
• 2018House No. 7
• 2018House of the Rising Sons
• 2018Lucid Dreams — Grandma
• 2018Napping Kid — Auntie Chik Nam
• 2017All My Goddess
• 2017Love Off the Cuff — Cherie's Mother
• 2017Lucky Fat Man
• 2017Macau Happy Storm
• 2017My Alien Girlfriend — Angela 2
• 2017Never Too Late
• 2017Thirty Years of Adonis — Sister Yin
• 2017Vampire Cleanup Department — Tim's grandma
• 2016Happiness
• 2016PG Love
• 2016The Girl Shaman
• 2016The Moment
• 2015Anniversary
• 2015Are You Here — Auntie Lan
• 2015Full Strike — Grandma Mui
• 2015King of Mahjong — Mahjong Player
• 2015Lazy Hazy Crazy — Tracy's Grandmother
• 2015Two Thumbs Up — Aunt
• 2015Wonder Mama
• 回到未來錢
• 2014As the Light Goes Out — Winery's Owner - Mrs. Kau
• 2014Black Comedy — Mrs Devil
• 2014Dot 2 Dot — Headmaster Winnie Tsang
• 2014Golden Brother
• 2014Just Another Margin
• 2014The Second Coming
• 2014Twilight Online — 3rd aunt
• 2013Hardcore Comedy — Kit's mother
• 2013Hotel Deluxe — Grandma
• 2013I Love Hong Kong 2013
• 2013SDU: Sex Duties Unit — Thai restaurant owner
• 2013Tales from the Dark 1 — Chu (segment "Jing Zhe")
• 2013The Best Plan Is No Plan
• 2013Voyage — Lady Red
• 2012I Love Hong Kong 2012 — Shum Kei Yee
• 2012Love in the Buff — Cherie's Mother
• 2012My Sassy Hubby — Auntie 6
• 2012Vulgaria — Yum Yum Shaw
• 2011I Love Hong Kong 2011
• 2011Love is the Only Answer
• 2011The Fortune Buddies
• 201072 Tenants of Prosperity — Garbage Worker
• 2010Frozen — Kit's mother
• 2010Gallants — Dr Fun
• 2010Merry-Go-Round — Nancy
• 2009All's Well, End's Well 2009 — Huan
• 2008Only the Way
• 2008Run Papa Run — Madam Si
• 2008The Moss — Chong Mom
• 2008True Women for Sale
• 2007Exodus — Professor of Poison
• 2007The Pye-Dog — Wang's grandmother
• 2003Eternal Flame of Fatal Attraction
• 2003Truth or Dare : 6th Floor Rear Flat — Cinderella
• 2002The Prisoner
• 2001Shades of Fire
• 2001You Shoot, I Shoot — Mrs. Tai
• 2000Black Cat in Jail
• 2000Women's Private Parts
• 1996On Fire — Rebecca
• 1995Heaven Can't Wait — Mrs. Chu
• 1995The Raping Murderer
• 1994Family Affairs
• 1994Now You See Me, Now You Don’t
• 1994The Romance of the Vampires
• 1993Forbidden Love — Screenplay
• 1993Love Chaser
• 1993Tattoo Girl
• 1993The Other Side of Dolls — Presenter
• 1993Yesteryou, Yesterme, Yesterday — Fox
• 1992Battle in Hell — General's spouse
• 1992Club Girls Romance
• 1992Desperate Duo
• 1992Devil of Rape
• 1992Just Love — Medium
• 1992Mr Vampire 1992 — Mother of Retarded Son
• 1992The Direct Line
• 1992The Story of Lady Sue
• 1992The Trouble Couple
• 1992The Vengeance
• 1992Triad Fighter
• 1991Affrighted Romance
• 1991Gambling Ghost Are Ready
• 1991Ghost Gambler
• 1991Golden Venom
• 1991Liu Jai - Home for the Intimate Ghosts
• 1991Once a Prisoner
• 1991The Killer
• 1990Coup De Grace — Tina's Aunt
• 1990Gangland Odyssey — Mrs. Brown
• 1990Ghostly Vixen
• 1990The Nocturnal Demon
• 1989Avenging Trio
• 1989Blood Ritual
• 1989Excuse Me, Please! — Big Sister
• 1989The Immigrant Policeman
• Bandits from Hong Kong
• 1987Fortune Hunters
• 1986Night Girls
• 1986Only for You
• 1984Crazy 17
• 101 Citizen Arrest
• 1983Precious Adolescence
• 1983Tales of a Eunuch — Chuen Fa
• 1983The Fung-shui Master
• 1983Top Fit
• 鹹魚豆腐白菜仔
• 1982Behind the Storm
• 1982Buddha's Palm — Sun Bi Ling, Flying Loops
• 1982Green Killer
• Happy Heroes
• 1982Human Lanterns — Guest at Fu's Banquet
• 1982Passing Flickers — Shao Yin Yin
• Agency 24
• 1981Sexy Career Girls
• 1981Story of Taxi Dancers
• 1981The Phantom Killer — Madam Hsuen
• Blowing in the Wind
• Heart Break At Long Beach
• On The Waterfront
• 1980The Stud and the Nympho — Fifi
• Jaws — 甘珮
• 1979Naughty Scandals
• 1979The Scandalous Warlord — Chen Jin Bao
• 1978Black Society
• Chameleon
• Crocodile Tears
• 1978Delinquent Teenagers
• 1978Sensual Pleasures — Hai Zi
• 1978The Mad Monk Strikes Again — Lan
• 1978The Vengeful Beauty — Jin Shao Zhi
• 1977Chinatown Kid — Sylvia
• 1977Deadly Angels — Yu Chi
• 1977Modern Secretaries
• 1977Moods of Love — Fung Yu-Hua / Hua Xiao-Bao
• 1977Murder on the Wedding Night
• 1977Mysterious Lady Killer
• 1977Negotiation
• 1977Return of the Con Men
• 1977Soul Brothers of Kung Fu — Dong Na
• 1977Starlets for Sale — Miao Lijin
• 1977That Romantic Scholar
• 1977The Mad Monk — Yu-Chun
• 1977To Kill a Jaguar — Sum Chun-tsui
• 1976Big Bad Sis — Sai Chu
• 1976Girls for Sale
• 1976I Want More!
• 1976Love Swindler — Miss Sophie (segment "Counterfeit")
• 1976Oriental Playgirls — Miao Chin-Hua
• Ten Sensational Cases (II)
• 1975A Haunted House
• 1975Big Brother Cheng
• 1975Hong Kong Superman
• 1975The Running Mob
• 1975The Winner Takes All

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 晚吹 - 真PK — self
• 2003Cinema Hong Kong: The Beauties of the Shaw Studio — Self
• 1992Lucky Way — Self