Person Details

Birthday: 1960-02-16 16:09:11

Aliases: Cherie Chung Cho-Hung , 鍾楚紅 , 종초홍 , 钟楚红

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Hong Kong

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Movie Involvements: 26

TV Involvements: 1


Most Famous Work

Biography

Cherie Chung Cho-Hung (Chinese: 鍾楚紅; pinyin: Zhōng Chǔhóng; born 16 February 1960) was arguably the queen of Hong Hong cinema in the 80's. After appearing in the Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant in 1979 she was scouted by legendary producer/director Johnnie To and cast in his film THE ENIGMATIC CASE. From there she could sometimes star in six or more films per year. To Western fans she is most known for her frequent co-starring roles with HK superstar Chow Yun-Fat, as well as Tsui Hark's classic PEKING OPERA BLUES. After teaming up with Chow again in John Woo's caper comedy ONCE A THIEF she, like many Chinese actresses, retired to marry and start a family.

Most Famous Work

Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Average
7

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

(1983) Man Si Sun
An Autumn's Tale
Average
7

An Autumn's Tale

(1987) Jennifer Lee
Wild Search
Average
7

Wild Search

(1989) Cher Lee
The Postman Fights Back
Average
6
Bet on Fire
Average
4

Bet on Fire

(1988) Ho
Hong Kong Playboys
Average
10

Hong Kong Playboys

(1983) Ah Mei
Zodiac Killers
Average
5

Zodiac Killers

(1991) Meng Tieh-Lan
Maybe It's Love
Average
6

Maybe It's Love

(1984) Rita

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1991 Meng Tieh-Lan
Red Bean / Cherie
1989 Yuan Hong
Cherry Tung
N/A
Cher Lee
Mrs Lam
Cherie
钟楚红
1988 Chu So-so
Gigi Ho
Cecilia Yau Po Shan / Tai Kam
GiGi
Chung
Miss Chung
Ho
Mary Huang
N/A
Rockie
Sogo / Frances
Beautiful
1987 Siu Suet
Josephine
Ko Sau Ping
Wei Hsiao-Tieh
Cherie
Jennifer Lee
N/A
N/A
1986 Sheung Hung
Din Din
1985 N/A
Dianna
Sha Niu
Miss Cheung
1984 Cherie Teng
Mongolian Princess
Qing, the Genie
Cathy
Amy
May Yu
Rita
1983 Princess
Man Si Sun
Shirley
Ah Mei
蒙蒙猪
Li Tien Zhen / Li Tian-Zhen
1982 Miss Yuen
Ah Chu
Guifa
Betty
1981 Shum Ching
1980 Yao Puipui
Year Character Movie/Tv

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