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简介

Elaine Jin is a prominent Taiwanese and Hong Kong actress, born on December 15, 1954. She grew up and studied in Taipei, in a family with a father who was a manager at an American forces club in Tainan and a mother from Shanghai; she has two sisters and a brother. She began her career as a singer in 1970 after placing second in a singing contest in Taipei, and performed in Southeast Asian nightclubs. In 1973 she moved to Hong Kong and started acting, with her debut in the film "The Woman in Question" by director Lu Qi, followed by roles in erotic films. She married in 1976, a restaurant owner, and retired from acting, settling in London, but returned after her divorce in 1981. She remarried in 1989 to a British lawyer and had a daughter, but they divorced in 2005, after which she returned to Hong Kong. She achieved major success by winning four Hong Kong Film Awards and two Taiwan Golden Horse Awards for Best Supporting Actress, earning the title "Queen of Supporting Actresses." She starred in works by renowned directors such as Stanley Kwan and Edward Yang. In 2007 she joined Hong Kong television and appeared in series such as "Best Selling Secrets" and "Off Pedder" and "When Heaven Burns." In 2019 she announced she had undergone surgery for uterine cancer and six rounds of chemotherapy, and in 2021 she was diagnosed with breast cancer.