With the vigorous development of the mainland film and television industry, the boundary between Hong Kong stars and mainland stars has been blurred. However, in the 1980s and 1990s, Hong Kong stars and mainland stars were two distinct groups. The former represented fashion and high popularity. , And the latter is often synonymous with rusticity and low popularity.
The development of Hong Kong’s entertainment industry reached its peak in the 1980s and 1990s, so many mainland stars have gone to Hong Kong to work hard. The familiar Jet Li, Xu Jinjiang, Yu Rongguang and others are all examples of mainland stars becoming famous in Hong Kong. The six female celebrities mentioned below were all born in the Mainland and later became popular in the Hong Kong entertainment industry. They were once mistaken by many for being born and raised in Hong Kong.
Ye Xuan
Ye Xuan was born in Hangzhou, and studied elementary school in the mainland for a period of time, and later immigrated to the United States with his father. Ye Xuan was talented and intelligent since she was a child, and her high school grades were outstanding, and she was successfully accepted by American universities. But she did not complete her university studies because she participated in the "Miss International Chinese Contest" hosted by TVB in 1999, and after winning the championship, she was selected by Run Run, signed with TVB, and then participated in "The Golden Years". A series of TVB major production dramas such as "Rushing to the Clouds" and "Feng Shen Bang".
Faye Wong
Faye Wong is a native of Beijing. When Nicholas Tse was in love with Faye Wong, she was taken out of a fluent "Beijing film". When Faye Wong went to Hong Kong to develop, she was almost 20 years old and later became a queen-level figure in the Hong Kong music scene. Faye Wong has not participated in many film and television works, but several of them are classic works, such as TV series "Yuan Zhenxia", movies "Chongqing Forest", "Love in Okinawa" "2046", etc. She is now a national first-class actor.
Zhang Min
Zhang Min was born in Shanghai, and moved to Hong Kong with his family when he was a child. At the age of 18, he was entered into the film and television industry by Xiang Huaqiang's wife Chen Lanxiang. Zhang Min's acting career is very short, less than 10 years, but it is extremely brilliant. The years when Zhang Min was in the film were also the most smooth years for the Xiang brothers "Yongsheng Film Company", and Zhang Min was the "Yongsheng" force. She is the first actress to hold, she has officially cooperated with Stephen Chow in 13 films, and is still the female star with the most official collaborations with Stephen Chow. "The Deer Tripod" and "Nine Pins of Sesame Official" are all classics that will never be bored. In 1995, as Hong Kong films stepped into a downward curve, "Yongsheng" began to decline, and Zhang Min chose Xiying at that time.
He Meitian
He Meitian is a native of Chaozhou, Guangdong. He practiced gymnastics since childhood and represented the national team when he was a teenager. By chance, the TVB crew went to the gymnastics team to select actors. The sweet-looking He Meitian was selected and immediately retired to sign TVB. He Meitian is well-known to mainland audiences because of the two Jin Yong dramas. In TVB's two martial arts dramas "Swordsman" and "Dragon Babu", He Meitian starred in Yilin and Zhong Ling, both of which were pure and innocent roles. In reality, He Meitian is also a lively and friendly girl.
Yang Gongru
Yang Gongru was born in Shanghai like Zhang Min. Her early experience was very similar to Ye Xuan's. She emigrated overseas with her family, and later entered the Hong Kong entertainment industry because she won the beauty pageant. Since Yang Gongru has excellent appearance conditions, she got a lot of opportunities when she first entered the industry. She starred in the dramas "Snowflake Excalibur", "I Have a Date with Zombies", "Across the World" and so on. The films "The Wind and Cloud Dominates the World", "Chinese Heroes", and "One-stop Train" were also the most watched works at the time. Yang Gongru was one of the most popular actresses in Hong Kong from the late 1990s to the beginning of the new century. However, in 2002, Yang Gongru suffered a "slap" incident due to emotional reasons, which basically ruined her promising future.
Carina Lau
Among the six female stars, Carina Lau has the deepest Hong Kong "stigma" and the most difficult one. Carina Lau was born in the scenic city of Suzhou in the Mainland. She moved to Hong Kong with her family when she was 15 years old, and then applied for the wireless artist training class and entered the entertainment industry. When she first entered the industry, her identity as a mainlander made Carina Lau very low self-esteem. In order to integrate into Hong Kong society, she studied Cantonese every day lifelessly. Stubbornness and hard work allowed her to gradually grow from a marginal actor to a big star. Perhaps because of identity issues, Carina Lau has been nominated for several times such as "The Liar", "A Fei's Story", "Duck Love", "Self Combing", "Infernal Affairs 2" and many other films. Return. In 2002, a Hong Kong weekly published photos of Carina Lau who was coerced several years ago, more than 500 piecesHong Kong artists took to the streets to fight against injustices. Hong Kong people's prejudice against Carina Lau has since disappeared. Carina Lau finally won the golden statue in 2011 with "Di Renjie: The Empire of Heaven". The famous Hong Kong film Humane Jun once said: Among contemporary actresses, only Carina Lau can best match the word "legendary".
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