Strawberry Yeung Yuk Mui

Biography

Yang Yu Mei is a Hong Kong actress, English name Strawberry Yeung Yuk Mui, also known as Yang Hai Qiao. She was born on 5 March 1965, has two brothers and two sisters, and her name was changed by her grandfather. She attended Wenli Secondary School in Kowloon and received a scholarship from Hua Qiao Daily readers. After graduating from secondary school, she worked as a nurse and began her entertainment career in 1988 as a part-time model and guest actress. She was offered a chance to shoot a refrigerator ad through a friend at an advertising company, which led to her appearing in a Western film. She continued working as a nurse while participating in karaoke videos, commercials, and films, until she left nursing to focus on entertainment. She participated in the Miss Asia 1990 pageant despite not liking beauty contests, winning third place and the "Most Photogenic" and "Perfect Figure" awards. She worked for two free-to-air television stations and in the film industry. She left entertainment between 1996 and 1997, running a restaurant called Bifu Mian Guan and becoming a Chinese New Zealander. She also became owner of the Nika Beauty Group. She returned to acting in the 2000s, winning Best Actress in a Chinese Film at the San Francisco Global International Film Festival in 2015. In 2013, she traveled with former Miss Asia contestants to France and Portugal for a travel program, with the Portuguese segment becoming ATV's last program before its closure in April 2016. She joined TVB as a basic contract artist after director Mei Xiao Ching invited her to join "Deep in the Palace 2". She was also a former Shaw Brothers artist. She signed a petition supporting the Hong Kong national security law.