Nina Paw Hee-ching

Biography

Nina Paw Hee-ching, known as "Paw Jie", is a Hong Kong actress and television host. Born in 1949, she is the second daughter of actor Paw Fang and sister of Oscar-winning cinematographer Paw Dah Shee. She graduated from Heung To Middle School and enrolled in the "Chang Fung Sin" actors' training course in 1968. She began her film career with "Here Comes a Hero" in 1969, then starred alongside actor Fong Ping in several films, notably "Qu Yuan" with her father in 1975 and "The Bride with White Hair" in 1980. She joined RTV in 1979 and appeared in numerous television dramas including "Fatherland", "Qin Shi Huang", "Another Sky", "The Cat's Meow", and "Mu Guiying". She won Best Supporting Actress at the ATV Anniversary Awards in 1999 for "Mu Guiying". She won Best Actress at the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards and the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards in 2009 for "The Way We Are". She received ATV's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012 and left the channel in 2013 after over 30 years. She continued acting in Hong Kong television and films, earning multiple award nominations, and her handprint was added to the Hong Kong Avenue of Stars in 2019 as a Best Actress winner.