甄楚倩

简介

Yolinda Yan, originally known as Yu Rui'er and later Xia Manqi, is a Hong Kong singer and actress born on 14 July 1971. She was raised by her uncle and grandmother after her parents' divorce, and attended Rosaryhill School and the North Point C.C.A. Kwai Shan Secondary School. In 1987, after graduating from Form 5, she joined ATV's "Future Idol Competition," winning the "Most Potential Award" and the "Future Idol Award," which launched her music career. Her vocal style was compared to Anita Mui's, though with a more weathered quality. That same year, she spent two weeks in Japan with "Onyanko Club" and appeared on Fuji TV's variety show "Yūyake Nyan Nyan." In 1988, she rose to fame with the song "Deep Night Harbour." At age 17, she became the youngest female pop singer in Hong Kong to earn a platinum record with her album "Lonely Dance." In 1990, she represented Hong Kong at the Tokyo Music Festival, gaining recognition in Japan, and later transferred to TVB. She joined PolyGram's sub-label Cinepoly and with "One Cold One Hot" won a spot in TVB's Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards, finishing among the top five female singers. In 1992, she moved to Taiwan and released two Mandarin albums, "The Door That Won't Open, The Person Who Never Comes" and "Secretly Thinking of Someone," which became popular in Taiwan's KTV scene. She stepped away from the music industry in 1993 for love. She also acted in several films, including "Black Wall," "Maiden Heart" produced by Stanley Kwan, "Bullet in the Head" directed by John Woo, and the local hit "The Four Great Detectives." In 1998, she took on a provocative role in "Shocking Horrors of the Qing Dynasty" produced by Wong Jing. In April 2001, she gave birth to a son and subsequently stepped away from the entertainment industry, with her final musical work being the Chinese version of "Circle of Life" from Disney's "The Lion King."