Susan Shaw Yam-Yam

Biography

Susan Shaw Yam-Yam is a Hong Kong actress and singer, born on August 27, 1950 in Hong Kong under the name Ni Xiao Yan. She grew up in Taiwan after her family relocated there when she was five years old. She was educated in Taiwan and graduated from a nursing school, then worked as a cruise ship nurse. In 1970, she was aboard the Queen Elizabeth cruise ship which caught fire in Hong Kong in 1972. After the fire, she settled in Hong Kong and began her entertainment career in 1972 with a recommendation from Bruce Lee. She achieved great success in cinema, winning the Best Supporting Actress award at the Hong Kong Film Awards in 2008 for the film "The Pye-Dog", and again in 2011 for the film "Gallants". She received several international best actress awards between 2019 and 2022. In 2022, she released her first English electronic single titled "Hear the music of life".