Kara Wai Ying-Hung

Kara Wai Ying-Hung (Chinese: 惠英紅, born 2 February 1960), also romanised as Kara Wai Ying-Hung, is a Hong Kong actress of Manchu ethnicity. Known to the international audience for her kung-fu roles in Shaw Brothers Studio films in the 1970s and 1980s, Kara Wai has since portrayed a wide range of roles on screen and on television with much success. In 1982, she became the first recipient of the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress. Her portrayal of a mother in the 2009 film At the End of Daybreak won her acting awards at the Hong Kong Film Awards, Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards, Changchun Film Festival, Pacific Meridian, Asian Film Awards and Golden Horse Awards.

Known For: Acting

Born: Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China], 1960-02-03

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1977	The Dream of the Red Chamber	Maid She Yue	63
2	1978	Clan of Amazons	7th Sister	70
3	1978	Shaolin Hand Lock	Xiao Hong	60
4	1978	Invincible Shaolin	Su Yen	64
5	1979	The Reckless Cricket	molested street vendor [guest]	50
6	1979	The Last Judgement	Mrs. Ye	60
7	1979	Dirty Ho	Tsui Hung	73
8	1979	The Tigress of Shaolin	Xiao Hong	53
9	1979	Mad Monkey Kung Fu	Chan Tsuei Hung	67
10	1979	The Deadly Breaking Sword	Xiaoqin	57
11	1980	Clan of the White Lotus	Mei Ha	65
12	1980	Return to the 36th Chamber	Hsiao Hung	69
13	1981	My Young Auntie	Jing Dai-Nan	65
14	1981	Return of the Sentimental Swordsman	Sun Xiaohong	70
15	1981	The Tiger and the Widow	Jin Mei	60
16	1981	The Sword Stained with Royal Blood		57
17	1981	Martial Club	Wang Juying	63
18	1981	The Brave Archer 3		61
19	1982	Legendary Weapons of China	Fang Shau-Ching	70
20	1982	Buddha's Palm	Qiu Yu Juan	77
21	1982	Cat vs. Rat	Jien Yu Lan	50
22	1983	The Lady Is the Boss	Chan Mei Ling	55
23	1983	Demon of the Lute	Feng Ling (Rainbow Sword)	63
24	1984	The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter	Yang No. 8	69
25	1984	New Tales of the Flying Fox	Miss Yuan	76
26	1984	Long Road to Gallantry	Li Sai Nan	73
27	1984	Double Decker	Cat	0
28	1985	Journey of the Doomed	Monkey Lin	57
29	1985	Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars	Tourist in Thailand	66
30	1986	Rosa	Lei Kung's sister	30
31	1986	Naughty Boys	Ah Chuan	59
32	1987	Rouge	Actress Portraying Ghost	74
33	1988	The Inspector Wears Skirts	May	62
34	1989	The Inspector Wears Skirts II	May	58
35	1989	Burning Ambition	Chau Siu-Hong	67
36	1990	Brave Young Girls		42
37	1990	The Inspector Wears Skirts 3: Raid on Royal Casino Marine	May	52
38	1991	Queen of Gambler		0
39	1991	The Roar of the Vietnamese	Yuen Wan-Yin	55
40	1992	Behind the Curtain		80
41	1992	Angel Terminators	Hon	50
42	1992	Zen of Sword	Ha Hou's Aunt	65
43	1992	The Inspector Wears Skirts IV	May	58
44	1993	A Story in Beijing City	Lee Hung	40
45	1993	Fatal Love	Lee Hung	70
46	1993	On Parole	Hung	50
47	1993	On Parole 2: Do Unto the Other	Hung	60
48	1993	Madam City Hunter	Siu-Hung	47
49	1994	Sharpshooters		0
50	1994	Snake Fist		0
51	1994	Kung Fu Mistress		0
52	1995	Almighty Thief		0
53	1995	Gunmen		0
54	1996	Top Fighter 2	Self (Archive Footage)	53
55	1997	Crazy Mission		0
56	2001	Forever Love		0
57	2001	Wanted		0
58	2001	Visible Secret	Mother of June / Little Chung	63
59	2001	Ling's Story	Mamasan	30
60	2003	Dirty Man	Feng Shui Master	0
61	2003	Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia	Self	60
62	2003	Night Corridor	Ying Hung Wai	47
63	2003	The Park	Master Yu	45
64	2005	Crazy n' the City	Rachael	73
65	2008	L for Love, L for Lies	Bo's mother	56
66	2008	Legendary Assassin	Boss	62
67	2009	At the End of Daybreak	Tuck's mother	57
68	2010	Kung Fu Wing Chun	Master Ng Mui	71
69	2011	A Chinese Fairy Tale	Lou Lou	55
70	2011	Dragon	Shi San Liang	70
71	2011	Turning Point 2	Sa Po Yau	59
72	2012	Blood Stained Shoes	Zhen Jie Fu	52
73	2012	Diva		30
74	2012	Happiness Me Too		0
75	2013	Winter Is Hoped		0
76	2013	7 Assassins	Lao Hu's wife	51
77	2013	Rigor Mortis	Yeung Feng	60
78	2013	The Fox Lover		65
79	2013	Control	Jen	54
80	2014	The Midnight After	Mook Sau-Ying	58
81	2014	Red River Valley		0
82	2015	Kungfu Taboo		0
83	2017	Death Ouija 2		0
84	2023	Strange Friends	Zhang Qianying	0
85	2023	Love Never Ends	Li Huiru	70
86	2023	Echoes of the Thunder		70
87	2023	Last Suspect	林淑娥	64
88	2023	The Invisible Guest	Sister Hong	60
89	2024	Remember Me	Jiang Xiuzhi	70
90		The Dumpling Queen		0
91	1977	The Brave Archer	Mu Nian-Zhi	67
92	1977	The Criminals, Part 5: The Teenager's Nightmare	Schoolgirl	57
93	1977	Chinatown Kid	Hostage Whore	63
94	1978	Life Gamble	Xiao Hong	71
95	1978	The Brave Archer 2	Mu Nian Zhi	64
96	1978	The Voyage of Emperor Chien Lung	Phoenix	70
97	1978	Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre II	Moon	62
98	1979	The Scandalous Warlord	Mistress	35
99	1979	The Ghost Story		88
100	1980	Heaven and Hell	Lin Wei Ting's Girlfriend	56
101	1980	Emperor Chien Lung and the Beauty	Li Pao-Erh	70
102	1980	Swift Sword	Xiaomei	51
103	1982	Lovers Blades	Siu Gai Bao	40
104	1982	The Emperor and the Minister	Xiao-Hong	60
105	1984	Family Light Affair	Ah Yin	0
106	1984	The Return of Pom Pom	Mimi	65
107	1984	癫凤狂龙	史太凤	80
108	1984	Three Stooges Go Undercover	Feng	90
109	1985	Why Me?	Woman complain about Husband	80
110	1986	The Story of Dr. Sun Yat Sen		45
111	1987	Bloody Revenge	Wang	30
112	1987	Happy Go Lucky	Jackie	50
113	1990	Stage Door Johnny	Boss Tsui Yen Hsieh	0
114	1990	That's Money	Bette	60
115	1991	The Real Me		60
116	1991	The Banquet	Tsang's Maid	55
117	1993	The Tale Of A Heroine		30
118	1993	Tattoo Girl	Tattoo Girl	0
119	1996	Dragon from Shaolin	Fung's girlfriend	64
120	2003	Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu	Self	68
121	2005	A Chinese Tall Story	Lo Ping	51
122	2011	The Wedding Diary	Allison Chan	70
123	2011	Quattro Hong Kong 2		0
124	2013	The Wedding Diary 2	Allison Chan	50
125	2015	Lovers & Movies	Zhao Wanhua	50
126	2016	Finding Mr. Right 2	Ling	58
127	2016	Happiness	Auntie Fen	67
128	2016	Horrible Mansion in Wild Village	Lu Shiyu	0
129	2016	The Warriors Gate	Mountain Spirit	66
130	2017	77 Heartbreaks	Eva's Mother	65
131	2017	The Mysterious Family		42
132	2023	Sakra	Ruan Xingzhu	64
133		Keep the Beat	Zhan Yumei	0
134	1978	The Cunning Hustler		0
135	1978	Swordsman and Enchantress	One of 12 Flower Servants of Yihua Palace	61
136	1982	The 82 Tenants	Lisa	0
137	1986	The Seventh Curse	Policewoman	66
138	1988	The Dragon Family	Wai's Wife	66
139	1988	The Peacock King	Mother	66
140	1989	They Came to Rob Hong Kong	Supt Shang	66
141	1989	Who Cares	Policewoman	70
142	1990	Bullet to Survive		40
143	1990	Braveful Police	Ah-phon	20
144	1990	Widow Warriors		55
145	1990	Never Say Regret		50
146	1991	Guys in Ghost's Hand	Aunt	70
147	1991	Heart of Danger	Lee Hung	30
148	1991	Legend of the Drunken Tiger		48
149	1991	The Illustrated Guide to Hong Kong Stars		0
150	1992	The Vengeance of Six Dragon	Chiang Nan	0
151	1992	Megaforce from Highland		0
152	1992	Visa to Hell	Jenny	50
153	1992	The Vengeance		20
154	1994	Out Bound Killing	Captain Yau	0
155	2000	Fist Power	Brian's sister	48
156	2000	High K	Li Yee-hung	0
157	2001	The Making of 'Youling renjian - Visible Secret'	(as Ying-Hung Wai)	0
158	2003	The Secret Society – Boss	Fai's Wife	20
159	2003	The Tai Chi Master		78
160	2003	Infernal Affairs II	Hau's Sister	73
161	2003	Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong	Self	0
162	2004	Triad Underworld	Sister Lai	62
163	2005	A Century of Light and Shadow	Self	0
164	2010	72 Tenants of Prosperity	Sales of Ha Kun's Store	52
165	2011	Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu		0
166	2013	Mid-Night Train		10
167	2014	Lock Me Up, Tie Him Down	Tiffany's Mother	30
168	2015	Daughter	Sharon Cheung	72
169	2017	Mrs K	Mrs. K	44
170	2017	The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful	Madame Tang	70
171	2018	House of the Rising Sons		0
172	2018	Tracey	Anne	62
173	2019	The Confidence Man JP - The Movie -	Ran Riu (True)	75
174	2019	My Best Summer	Yu Huai's Mother	53
175	2019	Binding Souls	Kuen	0
176	2019	My People, My Country	Sergeant Lin (segment "The Going Home")	68
177	2020	Monster Run	Mrs. Lotus	52
178		A Life of Papers		0
179	2021	77 Heartwarmings	Chau Mei Lin	60
180	2022	Sunshine of My Life		55

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1962	Golden Horse Awards	Self	0
2	1989	Celebrity Talk Show	惠英红	90
3	1991	欢乐英雄		0
4	1993	Mind Our Own Business		0
5	1995	狀元花之笑看良緣	Li Yue'e	0
6	1995	Justice Pao		85
7	1997	Lady Flower Fist	马玉梅	74
8	1997	Deadly Protection	Li zhi shan	0
9	1998	The Master Of Tai Chi		67
10	1999	A Smiling Ghost Story		50
11	1999	At the Threshold of an Era		82
12	2000	At the Threshold of an Era 2		70
13	2001	The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber	灭绝师太 Mit-juet	83
14	2006	Safe Guards		0
15	2007	On The First Beat	Wong Suk-Yin 黃淑賢	0
16	2007	Word Twisters' Adventures	Poon Bak-Fung	0
17	2008	Wasabi Mon Amour		0
18	2008	Forensic Heroes II	Cheng Lai-Ling	75
19	2008	Legend of the Demigods		60
20	2008	Pages of Treasures		100
21	2009	Club Sparkle		0
22	2009	Rosy Business	刘芳	88
23	2009	Sweetness in the Salt		100
24	2009	Beyond the Realm of Conscience	Tam Yim Sheung	72
25	2010	A Fistful of Stances	Cheung Sheung-Chu	0
26	2010	Can't Buy Me Love	Concubine Wei	68
27	2010	No Regrets	吴丽婵	89
28	2011	The Glamorous Imperial Concubine	Du Feihong	54
29	2013	五台山抗日传奇之女兵排		0
30	2013	Du Li Lian		0
31	2013	Women of the Tang Dynasty	Wu Ze Tian	50
32	2013	武松		0
33	2015	Incredible Mama	Chung Sam Fat Yuen	0
34	2015	The Legend of Xiao Zhuang		59
35	2016	Trump Card		63
36	2019	Stained	Bo Fei Fung	55
37	2019	The Defected	Man Hei-wah	70
38	2019	My People, My Country: Behind-The-Scenes	Self	60
39	2019	Real Actor		0
40	2019	Hello Life		80
41	2020	Imperfect Love	Yuan Ling	73
42	2021	Murder Diary	Yeung Bik-sum	60
43	2021	Night in the Greater Bay		0
44	2021	Action		60
45	2021	The Fragrance of Books in Laughter and Tears		0
46	2022	Hello Saturday		72
47	2022	诗画中国		80
48	2022	Memories Beyond Horizon		63
49	2023	The Ingenious One	Kou Yan	85
50	2023	Gone with the Rain	Feng Yan	100