Françoise Yip

Françoise Yip

Born: September 4, 1972
in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Françoise Fong-Wa Yip ( born September 4, 1972) is a Canadian actress. Her best-known roles are the redeemable bad girls in Jackie Chan's Rumble in the Bronx and Jet Li's Black Mask. The critical and financial success of Rumble in the Bronx (and its subsequent number-one box-office bow in the United States) made Yip an instant success and garnered her two Hong Kong Film Award nominations. She continued to do movies and star in TV, but her roles were less known or temporary. The characters she plays often get killed or serve as a background character. Yip appeared in the television series Andromeda as two different characters. Her first character was arrested, and her final character was murdered. She did two movies with Jet Li, the first as a lead romantic interest in Black Mask and the second in Romeo Must Die, but this time she played a Chinese gangster motorcycle assassin killed by Jet Li and Aaliyah. An unfortunate aspect of her career is that none of the TV shows she starred in lasted beyond a full season, and if she did have a starring role in a movie it was a straight-to-video/DVD film. Her most recent appearance was in the new Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem movie, and she guest-starred in the Canadian TV show Blood Ties.

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Title: Goosebumps
Character: Victoria Chen
Released: October 13, 2023
Type: TV
A group of five high schoolers embark on a shadowy and twisted journey to investigate the tragic passing three decades earlier of a teen named Harold Biddle – while also unearthing dark secrets from their parents' past.
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Rip in Time
Title: Rip in Time
Character: Dr. Zarkhai
Released: May 22, 2022
Type: Movie
Sarah is an organic farmer who meets a man named Rip Van Winkle Jr., who claims to be from 1787. Soon, she discovers old-fashioned romantic feelings that might be just as crazy as his story.
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Mystery 101: Deadly History
Title: Mystery 101: Deadly History
Character: Carmela Rhee
Released: August 1, 2021
Type: Movie
Amy and Travis travel to New York to investigate after Amy's uncle goes missing, and the initial clues make them fear the worst.
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Title: Kung Fu
Character: Diana Soong
Released: April 7, 2021
Type: TV
A quarter-life crisis causes a young Chinese-American woman to drop out of college and go on a life-changing journey to an isolated monastery in China. But when she returns to find her hometown overrun with crime and corruption, she uses her martial arts skills and Shaolin values to protect her community and bring criminals to justice…all while searching for the assassin who killed her Shaolin mentor and is now targeting her.
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A Little Christmas Charm
Title: A Little Christmas Charm
Character: Sheyla Green
Released: December 6, 2020
Type: Movie
Holly, a jewelry designer finds a lost charm bracelet and teams up with investigative reporter Greg in hopes of finding the owner and returning it by Christmas Eve.
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Title: The Order
Character: Kepler
Released: March 7, 2019
Type: TV
Out to avenge his mother's death, a college student pledges a secret order and lands in a war between werewolves and practitioners of dark magic.
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The Predator
Title: The Predator
Character: Tracking Supervisor
Released: September 5, 2018
Type: Movie
When a young boy accidentally triggers the universe's most lethal hunters' return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled scientist can prevent the end of the human race.
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The Perfect Bride: Wedding Bells
Title: The Perfect Bride: Wedding Bells
Character: Georgia
Released: June 9, 2018
Type: Movie
Former marriage counselor turned fitness instructor Molly White has built a popular brand of workout classes, while her successful wedding photographer boyfriend Nick is branching out into art photography. Molly and Nick are very much in love and about to take the plunge by getting married, but life’s complexities combined with wedding planning are making their trip to the altar a challenge. When thoughts of postponement crop up, can this perfectly matched bride and groom work together to make their wedding happen?
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Karen Kingsbury's Maggie's Christmas Miracle
Title: Karen Kingsbury's Maggie's Christmas Miracle
Character: Lauren
Released: December 10, 2017
Type: Movie
Maggie, a single mom has to balance between her career and her son, Jordan. Jordan finds a tutor named Casey to help him at school, and Casey becomes like a father figure. Will the three of them find happiness and love once again?
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Ring of Deception
Title: Ring of Deception
Character: Elizabeth Smith
Released: May 20, 2017
Type: Movie
Single mom Julie Stevens' life is turned upside-down when international con man Martin moves to her neighborhood. As Julie begins to open up to Martin's charms, another woman - Sloane - is determined to kill Martin for having left her and robbed her blind. Will Julie survive Martin's affections and Sloane's revenge?
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Everything, Everything
Title: Everything, Everything
Character: Dr. Francis
Released: May 18, 2017
Type: Movie
A teenager who's lived a sheltered life because she's allergic to everything, falls for the boy who moves in next door.
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Deadly Lessons
Title: Deadly Lessons
Character: Beverly
Released: February 25, 2017
Type: Movie
Romanced by a charismatic professor, a college girl quits school to run away with and marry him. While her mother tries to convince her to come home, she slowly learns that he is a controlling husband with a shady past... and soon realizes that if she were to leave him he would kill her.
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Title: Ice
Character: Ming
Released: November 16, 2016
Type: TV
A diamond dealer navigates the culturally diverse and treacherous world of the diamond business.
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Title: Travelers
Character: Judge
Released: October 17, 2016
Type: TV
Hundreds of years from now, the last surviving humans discover the means of sending consciousness back through time, directly into people in the 21st century. These "travelers" assume the lives of seemingly random people, while secretly working as teams to perform missions in order to save humanity from a terrible future.
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Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From the Heart
Title: Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From the Heart
Character: Becca
Released: February 21, 2016
Type: Movie
The beloved POstables discover a 200-year-old valentine that could change history, while their investigation of a damaged letter leads them to a public figure who could be brought down by its contents. And in the aftermath of Valentine’s Day, Oliver, Shane, Norman and Rita are each dealing with heartbreaking circumstances
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Title: Wayward Pines
Character: Sharon
Released: May 14, 2015
Type: TV
Imagine the perfect American town... beautiful homes, manicured lawns, children playing safely in the streets. Now imagine never being able to leave. You have no communication with the outside world. You think you're going insane. You must be in Wayward Pines.
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Title: iZombie
Character: Meg Nevins
Released: March 17, 2015
Type: TV
A medical student who becomes a zombie joins a Coroner's Office in order to gain access to the brains she must reluctantly eat so that she can maintain her humanity. But every brain she eats, she also inherits their memories and must now solve their deaths with help from the Medical examiner and a police detective.
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The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story
Title: The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story
Character: Pauline Gosselaar
Released: September 1, 2014
Type: Movie
The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story delves into the experiences of six unknown young actors placed into the Hollywood spotlight, exposing the challenges of growing up under public scrutiny.
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For Better or For Worse
Title: For Better or For Worse
Character: Beverly
Released: July 19, 2014
Type: Movie
Wendy is finally settling in to single life after the death of her husband. She runs a successful wedding planning company with the help of her friend Roseanne. Wendy's business and values are challenged when Marco, a charming but irritating divorce attorney, opens shop right next door!
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Garage Sale Mystery
Title: Garage Sale Mystery
Character: Katherine Norbet
Released: September 14, 2013
Type: Movie
Jennifer Shannon can always find a diamond in the rough, when it comes to garage sales, that is. Whether it's a new antique to sell at her consignment shop, an Atari game for her son or a piece of furniture for her handy husband Jason to refurbish, she has made a career out of her treasure hunting prowess. When a string of burglaries hits her town, Jennifer's keen eye for detail and her natural problem solving instincts even help her see the connection between these burglaries and local garage sales! Jennifer works with Detective Adam Iverson to investigate her theory that the perpetrators of the burglaries are fellow garage sale regulars. The case escalates to dangerous levels when Jennifer discovers the dead body of her friend. Even though the deceased's husband, Ben Douglas, finds nothing missing in their house, and the police label the death as accidental, Jennifer suspects that the death may be related to the burglaries.
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Title: Arrow
Character: The Priestess
Released: October 10, 2012
Type: TV
Spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.
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Possessing Piper Rose
Title: Possessing Piper Rose
Character: Margot Lace
Released: October 24, 2011
Type: Movie
A couple are desperate to adopt a child but, when their dream comes true, strange events begin to happen.
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Motherland
Title: Motherland
Character: Raffi Tang
Released: March 18, 2011
Type: Movie
After a long absence abroad, young Asian American woman Raffi Tang is called home when her estranged mother is murdered. She becomes increasingly drawn into a web of deception and incompetence while at the same time dealing with her own grief.
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The King of Fighters
Title: The King of Fighters
Character: Chizuru Kagura
Released: August 26, 2010
Type: Movie
The surviving members of three legendary fighting clans are whisked away to other dimensions by an evil power. As the fighters enter each new world they battle that universe's native defenders, while the force that summoned them seeks to find a way to invade and infect our world.
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Title: Caprica
Character: Desiree Willow
Released: January 22, 2010
Type: TV
Set 58 years before Battlestar Galactica, Caprica follows two rival families - the Graystones and the Adamas - as they grow, compete, and thrive in the vibrant world of the peaceful 12 Colonies, living in a society close to our own. Entangled in the burgeoning technology of artificial intelligence and robotics that will eventually lead to the creation of the Cylons, the two houses go toe-to-toe, blending action with corporate conspiracy and sexual politics.
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Title: Sanctuary
Character: Dr. Lillian Lee
Released: October 3, 2008
Type: TV
The adventures of the beautiful, enigmatic and always surprising Dr. Helen Magnus, a brilliant scientist who holds the secrets of a clandestine population called Abnormals—a group of strange and sometimes terrifying beings that hide among humans. Magnus seeks to protect this threatened phenomena as well as unlock the mysteries behind their existence.
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Title: Fringe
Character: Dr. Rosa Oporto
Released: September 9, 2008
Type: TV
FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events and realize they may be a part of a larger, more disturbing pattern that blurs the line between science fiction and technology.
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Aliens vs Predator: Requiem
Title: Aliens vs Predator: Requiem
Character: Ms. Y
Released: December 25, 2007
Type: Movie
After a horrifying PredAlien crash-lands near a small Colorado town, killing everyone it encounters and producing countless Alien offspring, a lone Predator arrives to "clean up" the infestation.
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Title: Flash Gordon
Released: August 10, 2007
Type: TV
Flash Gordon is an American science fiction television series that debuted on Sci Fi in the United States on August 10, 2007 and continued airing new episodes through February 8, 2008. It has also appeared on the United Kingdom Sci Fi Channel and SPACE in Canada. The series was developed by Peter Hume, who served as executive producer/show runner and wrote the first and last episodes, among others.
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Title: Blood Ties
Character: Kate Lam
Released: March 11, 2007
Type: TV
Blood Ties is a Canadian television series based on the Blood Books by Tanya Huff; the show was created by Peter Mohan. It is set in Toronto, Canada and has a similar premise to an earlier series also set in Toronto, Forever Knight, in which a vampire assists police in dealing with crime. It premiered in the United States on March 11, 2007 on Lifetime Television, and during fall of 2007 on Citytv and Space in Canada. In May 2008, Lifetime declined to renew the series.
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Edison
Title: Edison
Character: Crow
Released: July 29, 2005
Type: Movie
In the troubled city of Edison, a young journalist, his jaded editor, and an honest investigator from the district attorney's office join forces to gather evidence against corrupt members of an elite police unit.
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The Deal
Title: The Deal
Character: Janice Long
Released: June 17, 2005
Type: Movie
A political thriller steeped in illegal oil trading, the Russian Mafia, and governmental cover-ups.
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Alone in the Dark
Title: Alone in the Dark
Character: Agent Cheung
Released: January 28, 2005
Type: Movie
Edward Carnby is a private investigator specializing in unexplainable supernatural phenomena. His cases delve into the dark corners of the world, searching for truth in the occult remnants of ancient civilizations. Now, the greatest mystery of his past is about to become the most dangerous case he has ever faced.
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Blade: Trinity
Title: Blade: Trinity
Character: Virago
Released: December 8, 2004
Type: Movie
For years, Blade has fought against the vampires in the cover of the night. But now, after falling into the crosshairs of the FBI, he is forced out into the daylight, where he is driven to join forces with a clan of human vampire hunters he never knew existed—The Nightstalkers. Together with Abigail and Hannibal, two deftly trained Nightstalkers, Blade follows a trail of blood to the ancient creature that is also hunting him—the original vampire, Dracula.
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A Beachcombers Christmas
Title: A Beachcombers Christmas
Character: Constable Kelly Mah
Released: December 6, 2004
Type: Movie
While Donna MacGonigal is tempted by a business offer by an old love, her father and friends decide to put on an old timers celebrity hockey game and auction for charity, only to find themselves cheated by con artists.
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The New Beachcombers
Title: The New Beachcombers
Character: Constable Kelly Mah
Released: November 25, 2002
Type: Movie
John Constable and his family return to Gibsons to find a new cast of characters who will battle over the fate of the now condemned Molly's Reach and Nick's old salvage business.
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Title: Flatland
Character: Amy Li
Released: April 1, 2002
Type: TV
This Sci-Fi adventure follows the struggle between good and evil forces in an alternate universe, and what happens when their 4,000-year-long conflict crosses over into modern-day Shanghai to endanger both worlds.
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Flatland
Title: Flatland
Character: Amy Li
Released: January 1, 2002
Type: Movie
In the future of 2010, three young Americans, Quentin, JT and Amy are visiting Shanghai, when they get shanghaied by mysterious Mr. Smith and taken to Flatland, a place where past and present meet, literally. The only way out for them is to agree to fight Khan for him, an evil ancient warrior who lives through his reincarnations and could destroy the world if not stopped in time. Coventry and Jagger help him, while encyclopedic Linda helps Smith in his 4000 years long quest to stop him. Smith has an alter ego, a wise Shanghai nightclub owner known as Uncle, who gives advice to those who need it.
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Witness to a Kill
Title: Witness to a Kill
Character: Kirsten Lee
Released: November 8, 2001
Type: Movie
The Queen's Messenger is called to convey vital dispatches to a highly secretive conference called to combat the activities of modern poachers who threaten the economies of many African states.
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Title: Smallville
Character: Lia Teng
Released: October 16, 2001
Type: TV
The origins of the world’s greatest hero–from Krypton refugee Kal-el’s arrival on Earth through his tumultuous teen years to Clark Kent’s final steps toward embracing his destiny as the Man of Steel.
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Title: Wolf Lake
Character: Reporter
Released: September 19, 2001
Type: TV
"There are those among us who can move at will between the world of the wolves and the world of the humans. My people call them skin walkers." Seattle police detective John Kanin has a problem. He's in love, but shortly after agreeing to marry him, his girlfriend disapears. His search leads to her home town, where people are clearly hiding information from him. One of the things they are hiding is the fact that they are all werewolves, as is John's girlfriend, Ruby.
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Cabin Pressure
Title: Cabin Pressure
Character: Tammy
Released: August 8, 2001
Type: Movie
A fully automated commercial jetliner is prepared to make its maiden voyage. Without an on-flight pilot, the craft relies on satellite linking for its course. But when the plane suddenly deviates from its determined route and establishes a circular pattern over Seattle, it becomes evident that the craft has been hijacked by a disgruntled former airline employee who has hacked into the flight's computer system from his apartment, somewhere in the United States. Now, a former discredited Navy pilot and an oddball technician must race against the clock to find where the angry employee is, and regain control of the plane before it crashes into the city.
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Mindstorm
Title: Mindstorm
Character: Newscaster
Released: February 28, 2001
Type: Movie
A psychic's investigation into the disappearance of a Senator's daughter leads her to a dangerous cult and the truth about her mysterious past.
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Lunch with Charles
Title: Lunch with Charles
Character: Cora
Released: February 23, 2001
Type: Movie
A free-spirited woman helps a potential immigrant to Canada choose his path in life.
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The Pledge
Title: The Pledge
Character: Bartender at Airport
Released: January 19, 2001
Type: Movie
A police chief about to retire pledges to help a woman find her daughter's killer.
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Title: Robocop: Prime Directives
Character: Lexx Icon
Released: January 4, 2001
Type: TV
Ten years after the original Robocop, Delta City is city owned and operated by OCP. RoboCop finds himself nearly obsolete and his former partner, John Cable, has returned to Delta City as its new Security Commander. But slowly, new enemies arise, and Murphy and Cable begin an investigation into a mysterious villain known as the Bone Machine.
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Special Delivery
Title: Special Delivery
Character: Flight Attendant
Released: December 10, 2000
Type: Movie
A bumbling courier at a private adoption agency botches the delivery of a baby to its new parents in time for Christmas when he misplaces their baby en route. Special Delivery was a 2000 television film starring Andy Dick. It premiered on Fox Family on their 25 Days of Christmas programming block.
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Title: Andromeda
Character: Rekel Ben-Tzion
Released: October 2, 2000
Type: TV
Captain Dylan Hunt and his crew quest to restore a government that once presided over an extended peace and prosperity.
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Title: Andromeda
Character: Ashael
Released: October 2, 2000
Type: TV
Captain Dylan Hunt and his crew quest to restore a government that once presided over an extended peace and prosperity.
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Romeo Must Die
Title: Romeo Must Die
Character: Motorcycle Fighter
Released: March 22, 2000
Type: Movie
Two warring gang families (one African-American, the other Chinese) maneuver for bragging rights to the Oakland, California, docks. Hang Sing and Trish O'Day uncover a trail of deceit that leaves most of the warring factions dead … or worse!
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Web of Deception
Title: Web of Deception
Character: Fion Wong
Released: December 12, 1997
Type: Movie
Fion Wong is an investment banker who's set up to lose $100 million when she buys into an oil well scheme with Indonesian millionaire Donson Woo. When Donson betrays her, she jets to Indonesia to confront him.
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Title: Earth: Final Conflict
Character: Beverly Wu
Released: October 6, 1997
Type: TV
Years ago, the Taelons came to Earth, offering friendship and technology to humanity. But there are those who believe the Taelons have more sinister motives.
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Enjoy Yourself Tonight
Title: Enjoy Yourself Tonight
Released: May 1, 1997
Type: Movie
A bizarre look at the many things happening at a Hong Kong nightclub in one night.
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Black Mask
Title: Black Mask
Character: Yeuk Laan
Released: November 7, 1996
Type: Movie
Tsui escapes from a super soldier project and plans to lead a peaceful life. However, when his former comrades go on a violent crime spree, he takes it upon himself to end their reign of terror.
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Mr. Mumble
Title: Mr. Mumble
Character: Saeko Nogami / Yachi
Released: October 10, 1996
Type: Movie
An action comedy about a sharp shooter from the S.W.A.T team (SDU) in Hong Kong who gets fired for failing to show up in time for a hostage mission because he was womanizing at a local disco. Out of a job, he meets a beautiful wandering girl, at his friend's pub and takes her in not knowing she is the daugther of a triad boss. She is hunted and Mr. Mumble becomes her bodyguard. At first, she is disgusted with the fact that Mumble was always trying to get into the sack with her. But when danger arises, Mumble utilizes his special skills to serve and protect. At the end, does Mumble get his woman?
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On Fire
Title: On Fire
Released: July 18, 1996
Type: Movie
Tung Choi Street Car God Chan Mo Nam and his best buddy Sam Bat Jai, Tung Tung all worship sex symbol Francoise Yip Fong Fa. Their biggest wish is to be able to meet her in person. In order to meet their idol, the three become temp actors, only to be degraded by her manager Bobby. The trio in anger kidnap Wa, during which they treat Wa like a Goddess, but Wa didn't resist the kidnapping. Wa reveals to Nam that all along Bobby is using a video of Wa being raped to threaten her and keep her as his money tree......
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How to Meet the Lucky Stars
Title: How to Meet the Lucky Stars
Character: Francoise
Released: July 4, 1996
Type: Movie
How to Meet the Lucky Stars is a 1996 Hong Kong film and the final film in the Lucky Stars film series. Featuring the "Lucky Stars" Sammo Hung (in a supporting role and another role as a cop), Eric Tsang, Stanley Fung, Richard Ng, Michael Miu and new cast member Vincent Lau as Hung's younger cousin. Also featuring a number of guest appearances including Françoise Yip, Natalis Chan, Chen Kuan Tai, Cheng Pei-pei, Chan Hung Lit and Nora Miao. Produced by Eric Tsang, directed by Frankie Chan with action choreography by Yuen Cheung-Yan and Mars.The film was released as a benefit film for the famous Hong Kong film director, Lo Wei, who died in 1996.
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Wild
Title: Wild
Character: Wai
Released: January 25, 1996
Type: Movie
A wild young woman drives the mysterious Cheng into the kidnapping of a wealthy businessman. The passion between the two lovers escalates in tandem with the violence around them, as events take their own inexorable course.
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Infatuation
Title: Infatuation
Character: Maggie
Released: October 26, 1995
Type: Movie
A Hong Kong version of Fatal Attraction
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Rumble in the Bronx
Title: Rumble in the Bronx
Character: Nancy
Released: January 21, 1995
Type: Movie
Keong comes from Hong Kong to visit New York for his uncle's wedding. His uncle runs a market in the Bronx and Keong offers to help out while Uncle is on his honeymoon. During his stay in the Bronx, Keong befriends a neighbor kid and beats up some neighborhood thugs who cause problems at the market. One of those petty thugs in the local gang stumbles into a criminal situation way over his head.