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Elaine Jin Yan-Ling

Acting Born Dec 15, 1954 Taipei, Taiwan 24 credits

Biography

Elaine Jin Yan-Ling, also known as Elaine Kam, is a Hong Kong–Taiwanese actress. She began her career in Taiwan in 1973 before moving to Hong Kong in 1981. She has been nominated seven times in the Hong Kong Film Awards and won four for her supporting roles in Love Unto Waste, People's Hero , Port of Call and Mad World.

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Known for

Film

Lost in Beijing

as Wang Mei
Film

Yi Yi

as Min-Min
Film

A Brighter Summer Day

as Mother

Full filmography

  • Best Selling Secrets (2007) as Ng Hang
  • Off Pedder (2008) as Ka So San (Susan)
  • Lost in Beijing (2007) as Wang Mei
  • Sandwiches (1983)
  • Yi Yi (2000) as Min-Min
  • A Brighter Summer Day (1991) as Mother
  • Gorgeous (1999) as Bu's Mother
  • When Heaven Burns (2011) as Yung Cheuk Wah (Brenda)
  • Love Storm (2003) as 美云姐
  • Monster Hunt (2015) as Grandma
  • 101 Citizen Arrest (II) (1984)
  • The Last Dance (2024) as Lin
  • The Purple Hairpin (2013)
  • 香江歲月 (1984)
  • I Bet Your Pardon (2019) as Ding Ling
  • A Confucian Confusion (1994) as Auntie
  • 北京遇上西雅图 as Sister Zong
  • Her Vengeance (1988) as Fong Hung
  • Super Me (2021)
  • The Viral Factor (2012) as Jon's Mother
  • Where the Wind Blows (2023) as Lui Hang-Wah
  • Mahjong (1996) as Mother of Red Fish
  • Guilt by Design (2019) as Mrs. Lau
  • Finding Mr. Right (2013) as Mrs. Huang