Julie Lee

Biography

Lee Hua-yue, known in English as Julie Lee, was born in 1956 in Hong Kong under the original name Choi Chung-lai. She entered the entertainment industry in 1990 with her debut film Liao Zhai Yan Tan. Throughout the 1990s, she starred in numerous Category III films and became one of the representative actresses of that genre. She gained significant attention for her role in The Untold Story (1993), where her co-star Anthony Wong praised her professionalism. In 1995, she made headlines with the film Lust, which was considered the first Hong Kong film to feature real sexual acts, and she served as co-investor, director, writer, and lead actress. The film caused a major sensation in Hong Kong, and she released a fully nude photo collection. In 1996, she released her self-funded debut album Jiao Jiao Zhen and appeared in Lust II. Her career declined after the sequel's poor box office and the album's commercial failure. She made a final appearance in the 2001 American-produced action film The Ghost, which remains her last known work.