Suki Kwan Sau Mei (Chinese: 關秀媚) is a former Hong Kong model and actress; she has retired from the entertainment industry since 2005.
Suki Kwan | |
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| Chinese: 關秀媚 | |
| Born | March 11, 1966 |
| Nationality |  China[citation needed] |
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| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1986-2005 |
Life and career
edit1966-1985: Early days
editSuki Kwan was born and raised in Hong Kong. Her ancestral hometown is Kaiping city, Guangdong province.[citation needed] She grew up at Kowloon Sau Mau Ping Estate and her mother was a greengrocer.[citation needed] Kwan attended the Hong Kong In-service Teacher Training Class Alumni Association School and North Point Concord Secondary School. After graduating from high school, she became a dance teacher.
1986-2002: TVB and film career
editSuki signed on as a contract artist with TVB and made her debut in 1986. Kwan was a contestant in the 1987 Miss Hong Kong Pageant,[1] but did not enter the final 12 nor won any awards. In 1987, Kwan became an actress in Hong Kong films. Kwan first appeared as Chu in The Romancing Star, a comedy film directed by Wong Jing. Her TVB contract was renewed in 1990 and ended in 1993. During that period, she participated in several TV series and joined Happy Tonight for three months. Although she had a lot of work, her stardom was not smooth. After leaving TVB, she switched to Debao and moved to the film industry, and later changed her contract to China Entertainment Company. In 1995, Suki temporarily withdrew from the show business for two years before returning in 1997.
2003-2005: Car crash & retirement
editIn 2003, Suki was involved in a car crash and was sentenced for 14 days for the collision and attempting to deceive police. Kwan was the intoxicated driver at the time, but after crashing her vehicle, she switched seats with her male friend. Police caught on the ruse and court proceedings sentenced her to detention for two weeks.[2] After she was released, she told news reporters she has experienced a new perspective in life and took a year break from filming. She would return to film her final film before retiring from the entertainment industry.
Kwan's last film was Colour of the Loyalty, a 2005 triad film directed by Wong Jing and Billy Chung Siu-Hung. While she never publicly announced her retirement, she hasn't been featured in any media since 2005. Kwan remains in Hong Kong, but maintains a low-key lifestyle.[citation needed]
2006-Current: Post retirement
editDespite being retired, Suki still occasionally appears in functions with celebrities she befriended during her career. She has been in a long-term relationship with Lei Wei Shuang and invested in her own business(es) to supplement her income.[3] Kwan is credited with over 50 films.[4]
Filmography
editFilms
edit- 1987 The Romancing Star - Chu
- 1988 Operation Pink Squad - Shy Grass' partner.[5]
- 1989 Operation Pink Squad 2: The Hunted Tower - Policewoman.[5]
- Miracles (1989)
- City Cops (1989)
- Love Is Love (1990)
- Heart Into Hearts (1990)
- Ghostly Vixen (1990)
- BB 30 (1990)
- His Fatal Ways (1991)[5]
- Mr. Vampire 1992 (1992)[5]
- Heart Against Hearts (1992)
- The Happy Massage Girls (1992)
- The Tale of a Heroine (1993)
- The Supreme Winner (1993)
- Nobody Ever Cheats (1994)
- Drunken Master II (1994)[6]
- Twist (1995)[5]
- High Risk (1995)
- Passionate Nights (1997)[5] - Joe-Fai's Sister
- Your Place or Mine! (1998)
- A True Mob Story (1998)
- The Victim (1999)
- The Tricky Master (1999)
- Raped by an Angel 4: The Raper's Union (1999)
- Prince Charming (1999)
- Gigolo of Chinese Hollywood (1999)
- Crying Heart (1999)
- Century of the Dragon (1999)
- Sausalito (2000)
- Queen of Kowloon (2000)
- The Blood Rules (2000)
- A Gambler's Story (2001)
- Cop on a Mission (2001)
- The New Option (2002)
- The New Option - Run And Shoot (2002)
- The Irresistible Piggies (2002)
- The New Option - The Syndicate (2003)
- The New Option - The Revenge (2003)
- The New Option - The Final Showdown (2003)
- The New Option - The Campaign (2003)
- The New Option - Saviour (2003)
- The New Option - Puppet Hon (2003)
- The New Option - Gold Rush (2003)
- The New Option - Confrontation (2003)
- Colour of Loyalty (2005)
References
edit- ^ Yang, Jeff; Black, Art (2003). Once Upon a Time in China: A Guide to Hong Kong, Taiwanese, and Mainland Chinese Cinema. Simon and Schuster. p. 78. ISBN 9780743448178.
- ^ "Actress freed after 14-day sentence".
- ^ "- YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ "Suki Kwan Sau-mei". hkmdb.com. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f Charles, John (2015). The Hong Kong Filmography, 1977-1997. McFarland. ISBN 9781476602622.
- ^ Clive, Davies (2015). Spinegrinder: The Movies Most Critics Won't Write about. SCB Distributors. ISBN 9781909394063.