Sheung Yi

Biography

Sheung Yi is a former Hong Kong actress born in 1938 in Hong Kong, originally named Leung Chui Ping. She began her career in the mid-1950s at Rediffusion Radio (麗的呼聲), performing in radio dramas. She later joined several major television stations including TVB, CTV (佳藝電視), and ATV. She became well known for her authoritative and dignified screen image, notably portraying Empress Wu Zetian twice—once on TVB and once on CTV—and playing She Tai Jun (佘太君) twice as well. Among her most notable television works are the series "強人" (The Giants), "火鳳凰" (The Phoenix), "楊門女將" (The Yang Women Warriors), and "楊家將" (The Yang Family Saga). She returned to ATV in the early 1990s, and her final television appearance was in the 2003 ATV drama "萬家燈火" (Light of Thousand Homes), after which she retired completely from the entertainment industry in 2004. She also appeared in several films in the late 1980s.