Lisa Mok

Biography

Mok Wan Xia is a Hong Kong film actress and producer, known in English as Lisa Mok, who also used the stage name Jiang Qi. She was born in 1933 in Fengkai County, Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province. She began her career with the Cantonese comedy film "Flowers and Fragrance Under the Horse's Hooves" in 1948 while studying at St. Mary's Girls' School. She later appeared in the Cantonese drama "Song of the Southern Sea Fisherman" in 1950, playing the role of Ah Hao. After filming three movies, she stopped acting to continue her studies, then returned to cinema and participated in "Mother and Son Bridge" in 1948, playing Lin Cuiping, and became a principal actress at Da Cheng Company. She traveled to Bangkok, Thailand to film television dramas, and in 1964 participated in the film "A Coffin from Hong Kong" at the invitation of a Swiss film company. In 1969, she founded Hong Li Film Production Company, adopted the stage name Jiang Qi, and participated in the Cantonese musical "Joyful Voices Fill the Hall" alongside Zhou Cong, Chen Qisong, and others. After marrying, she retired from cinema to focus on her household, but returned in 1978 as a guest star in a long martial arts television series with Jia Yi Television. She later participated in filming martial arts movies in Korea with Huang Jiada and Ling Fei, including "The Flying Swallow Thief." She helped release comedian Yi Lai from prison due to debt and organized the filming of "Ah Fu and the Local Man" in 1980. In 1982, she traveled to Taipei to assist in directing the film "Illegal Entry," then returned to Hong Kong to promote the film "Doom's End," which was filmed in Europe.