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Kara Hui Ying-Hung
AKA: Kara Hui Ying-Hung · 惠英紅 · 惠英红 · Wai Ying Hung · Kara Wei
Acting
Born: 1960
Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]
38 Global Credits
🔥 2.2 Popularity
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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.
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Full Credits
| Show / Title | Year | Credit / Role |
|---|---|---|
| Ultimate Design | 2025 | Contributor |
| Gone with the Rain | 2023 | Feng Yan |
| The Ingenious One | 2023 | Kou Yan |
| Memories Beyond Horizon | 2022 | Contributor |
| Night in the Greater Bay | 2021 | Contributor |
| Murder Diary | 2021 | Yeung Bik-sum |
| Hello Life | 2019 | Contributor |
| Everybody Stand By | 2019 | Contributor |
| My People, My Country: Behind-The-Scenes | 2019 | Self |
| The Defected | 2019 | Man Hei-wah |
| Stained | 2019 | Bo Fei Fung |
| Trump Card | 2016 | Contributor |
| The Legend of Xiao Zhuang | 2015 | Lady Abahai, Empress Xiaoliewu |
| Incredible Mama | 2015 | Chung Sam Fat Yuen |
| Women of the Tang Dynasty | 2013 | Wu Ze Tian |
| Du Li Lian | 2013 | Contributor |
| The Glamorous Imperial Concubine | 2011 | Du Feihong |
| No Regrets | 2010 | Ng Lai-sim |
| A Fistful of Stances | 2010 | Cheung Sheung-Chu |
| Beyond the Realm of Conscience | 2009 | Tam Yim Sheung |
| Sweetness in the Salt | 2009 | Contributor |
| Rosy Business | 2009 | Lau Fong |
| Club Sparkle | 2009 | Contributor |
| Pages of Treasures | 2008 | Contributor |
| Legend of the Demigods | 2008 | 草忘忧（凝香仙草）、凝碧仙草 |
| Forensic Heroes II | 2008 | Cheng Lai-Ling |
| Wasabi Mon Amour | 2008 | Contributor |
| Word Twisters' Adventures | 2007 | Poon Bak-Fung |
| On The First Beat | 2007 | Wong Suk-Yin 黃淑賢 |
| Be My Guest | 2006 | Contributor |
| Beautiful Cooking | 2006 | Contributor |
| The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber | 2000 | 灭绝师太 Mit-juet |
| At the Threshold of an Era 2 | 2000 | Contributor |
| At the Threshold of an Era | 1999 | 叶刘雪玲 / Eva |
| Justice Pao | 1995 | Contributor |
| Mind Our Own Business | 1993 | Contributor |
| Celebrity Talk Show | 1989 | 惠英红 |
| Golden Horse Awards | 1962 | Self |