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简介

Yao Wei (Kelly Yao), born Jin Yingying, is a Hong Kong singer and actress born in Shanghai in 1950. She spent her early childhood in difficult conditions during the "Great Leap Forward" era in mainland China before moving to Hong Kong to reunite with her family. Her mother passed away when she was 11, and she took on the responsibility of raising her three younger siblings. She began her artistic career at age 18 when she substituted for an ill singer in a nightclub, which launched her professional singing career around 1970. Her early songs were released through Le Feng Records and she was a contracted singer with RTV, later signing with PolyGram. She performed across Southeast Asia and spent two years in Taiwan hosting a tourism program on TTV. She transitioned to acting in 1978 by signing with TVB, gaining recognition in the series "On the Wrong Side" and starring in Tsui Hark's 1981 film "All the Wrong Clues." Her most acclaimed role was in the film "The Last Night of Madam Chin," adapted from Bai Xianyong's novel, for which she was nominated for Best Actress at the 21st Golden Horse Awards in 1984 and co-hosted the ceremony that year. She is known as the "Eternal Madam Chin" and celebrated as the embodiment of feminine elegance in Chinese entertainment. In her personal life, she had a high-profile relationship with shipping heir Chao Yat-sun, giving birth to their daughter in 1979, later married an overseas Chinese man in America with whom she had a son before divorcing, and currently lives alone.