Valerie Chow

Biography

Valerie Chow Kar-Ling 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.

Known For

Chungking Express

Air Hostess

Shanghai Legend

赵思思

Healing Hearts

Lover of the Last Empress

The Queen

Fate of the Clairvoyant

Street Angels

Karen

High Risk

Fai-Fai

The Blade

Whore

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2018	Prison Architect
2002	Inner Senses	Mrs. Chan
2002	Freaky Story	Chung Chun
2001	The Vampire Combat	Piu Hung / Lin Qian / Shen
2000	Sausalito	Virginia Chow
2000	Healing Hearts	Lawyer Tsing
1999	Bridge of Dragons	Princess Halo
1999	Futuresport	Jet Yuen
1998	Phantoms	Scientist Yamaguchi
1997	Hero	Yam Yeung Tien
1996	Street Angels	Karen
1995	High Risk	Fai-Fai
1995	The Case of the Cold Fish	Linda
1995	The Blade	Whore
1995	Lover of the Last Empress	The Queen
1995	Ghostly Bus	Ling-Ling
1995	Spider Woman	Carman
1995	Wind Beneath the Wings
1995	Dream Killer	Michelle Lau
1995	Red Zone	Ivy Lau
1995	The Armed Policewomen	Ling
1994	Chungking Express	Air Hostess
1994	Twenty Something	Irene
1993	He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father	Dr. Jenny Chung

Year	TV Show	Role
2011	Shanghai Legend	赵思思
2001	Healing Hearts
1994	Fate of the Clairvoyant