Valerie Chow
Biography
Valerie Chow Kar-Ling (Chinese: 周嘉玲) is a former Hong Kong actress, fashion publicist and entrepreneur.
She has starred in numerous films and several television series, most memorably in Wong Kar-wai's internationally acclaimed 1994 feature, Chungking Express, which earned her a nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 14th Hong Kong Film Awards. A former Miss Hong Kong runner-up (1991), she is also the first Chinese model to be signed by US cosmetics company Revlon in 1998.
Since 2003, she has worked primarily as a fashion publicist and in 2010, opened Mama Kid, a children's designer concept store in Hong Kong.
In 2018, she made a surprising return to acting, starring in the film Prison Architect by renowned Chinese visual artist Cao Fei. The film was commissioned by Tai Kwun, the Centre for Heritage and Arts in Hong Kong, and screened at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival as part of their Forum Expanded programme.
Ask the Vault
Ask anything about Valerie Chow.
Full filmography
- Chungking Express (1994) as Air Hostess
- Lover of the Last Empress (1995) as The Queen
- Fate of the Clairvoyant (1994)
- Healing Hearts (2001)
- Shanghai Legend (2011) as 赵思思
- The Blade (1995) as Prostitute
- Street Angels (1996) as Karen
- High Risk (1995) as Fai-Fai
- Phantoms (1998) as Scientist Yamaguchi
- Hero (1997) as Yam Yeung Tien
- Inner Senses (2002) as Mrs. Chan
- The Case of the Cold Fish (1995) as Linda
- Sausalito (2000) as Virginia Chow
- Red Zone (1995) as Ivy Lau
- Healing Hearts (2000) as Lawyer Tsing
- He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father (1993) as Dr. Jenny Chung
- Bridge of Dragons (1999) as Princess Halo
- The Armed Policewomen (1995) as Ling
- Spider Woman (1995) as Carman
- Ghostly Bus (1995) as Ling-Ling
- Twenty Something (1994) as Irene
- Dream Killer (1995) as Michelle Lau
- The Vampire Combat (2001) as Piu Hung / Lin Qian / Shen
- Futuresport (1999) as Jet Yuen