Mary Hon

Biography

Mary Hon, known as "Mary Jie", is a Hong Kong actress born in 1954. She grew up in a middle-class family with a pharmacist father and a teacher mother. Her parents divorced early, and she has one brother and two sisters. She spent her childhood with her grandparents in a villa in Shek O. Her family were Christians, and she was baptized at birth with the name Emmanuel. She was rebellious as a child and passionate about dance, representing Hong Kong at the 1970 Osaka Expo. After graduation, she joined a TV training program in 1970. In 1974, she joined TVB through a recommendation. She started as a dancer and made her acting debut in "Lu Xiao Feng" in 1976. She hosted "K-100" in 1977. She left and returned to TVB multiple times between 1982 and 1992. She has been in many successful TV series and was nominated for "Best Supporting Actress" multiple times. In 2013, she received the "Outstanding Actor Award" for her contributions. She has been married three times, and her current husband is Du Yan Ge; they currently live in Zhongshan.