Kara Wai Ying-Hung

Biography

Kara Wai Ying-Hung (Chinese: 惠英紅, born 2 February 1960), also romanised as Kara Hui, 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

Hello Saturday

Mind Our Own Business

Trump Card

Golden Horse Awards

Self

The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber

灭绝师太 Mit-juet

Everybody Stand By

Club Sparkle

Justice Pao

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	The Dumpling Queen	Ms. Hong
2024	Remember Me	Jiang Xiuzhi
2023	Love Never Ends	Li Huiru
2023	Strange Friends	Zhang Qianying
2023	Last Suspect	Lin Shu'e
2023	The Invisible Guest	Sister Hong
2023	Echoes of the Thunder
2023	Sakra	Ruan Xingzhu
2022	Sunshine of My Life
2021	77 Heartwarmings	Chau Mei Lin
2020	Monster Run	Mrs. Lotus
2019	My Best Summer	Yu Huai's Mother
2019	Binding Souls	Kuen
2019	The Confidence Man JP - The Movie -	Ran Riu (True)
2019	My People, My Country	Sergeant Lin (segment "The Going Home")
2018	House of the Rising Sons
2018	Tracey	Anne
2017	Mysterious Plate 2
2017	The Mysterious Family
2017	Mrs K	Mrs. K
2017	77 Heartbreaks	Eva's Mother
2017	The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful	Madame Tang
2017	为爱担当
2016	Happiness	Auntie Fen
2016	Horrible Mansion in Wild Village	Lu Shiyu
2016	Finding Mr. Right 2	Ling
2016	The Warriors Gate	Mountain Spirit
2016	母亲节微电影：记得·记得
2015	Kungfu Taboo
2015	Lovers & Movies	Zhao Wanhua
2015	Daughter	Sharon Cheung
2014	Red River Valley
2014	The Midnight After	Mook Sau-Ying
2014	Lock Me Up, Tie Him Down	Tiffany's Mother
2013	Winter Is Hoped
2013	Rigor Mortis	Yeung Feng
2013	7 Assassins	Lao Hu's wife
2013	Control	Jen
2013	The Fox Lover
2013	The Wedding Diary 2	Allison Chan
2013	Mid-Night Train
2013	一步之城
2012	Happiness Me Too
2012	Blood Stained Shoes	Zhen Jie Fu
2012	Diva
2011	A Chinese Ghost Story IV	Lou Lou
2011	Dragon	Shi San Liang
2011	Turning Point 2	Sa Po Yau
2011	Quattro Hong Kong 2
2011	The Wedding Diary	Allison Chan
2011	Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu
2010	Kung Fu Wing Chun	Master Ng Mui
2010	72 Tenants of Prosperity	Sales of Ha Kun's Store
2009	At the End of Daybreak	Tuck's mother
2008	Legendary Assassin	Boss
2008	L for Love, L for Lies	Bo's mother
2005	Crazy n' the City	Rachael
2005	A Chinese Tall Story	Lo Ping
2005	A Century of Light and Shadow	Self
2004	Jiang Hu	Sister Lai
2003	Dirty Man	Feng Shui Master
2003	The Park	Master Yu
2003	Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia	Self
2003	Night Corridor	Ying Hung Wai
2003	Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu	Self
2003	Infernal Affairs II	Hau's Sister
2003	The Secret Society – Boss	Fai's Wife
2003	Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong	Self
2003	The Tai Chi Master
2001	Forever Love
2001	Visible Secret	Mother of June / Little Chung
2001	Wanted
2001	Ling's Story	Mamasan
2001	The Making of 'Youling renjian - Visible Secret'	(as Ying-Hung Wai)
2000	Fist Power	Brian's sister
2000	High K	Li Yee-hung
1997	Crazy Mission
1996	Top Fighter 2	Self (archive footage)
1996	Dragon from Shaolin	Fung's girlfriend
1995	Gunmen
1994	Snake Fist
1994	Sharpshooters
1994	Kung Fu Mistress
1994	Out Bound Killing	Captain Yau
1993	A Story in Beijing City	Lee Hung
1993	Madam City Hunter	Siu-Hung
1993	On Parole 2: Do Unto the Other	Hung
1993	On Parole	Hung
1993	Fatal Love	Lee Hung
1993	The Tale Of A Heroine
1993	Tattoo Girl	Tattoo Girl
1992	Behind the Curtain
1992	Angel Terminators	Hon
1992	Zen of Sword	Ha Hou's Aunt
1992	The Inspector Wears Skirts IV	May
1992	Megaforce from Highland
1992	The Vengeance of Six Dragon	Chiang Nan
1992	The Vengeance
1991	Queen of Gambler
1991	The Roar of the Vietnamese	Yuen Wan-Yin
1991	The Real Me
1991	The Banquet	Tsang's Maid
1991	Guys in Ghost's Hand	Aunt
1991	Visa to Hell	Jenny
1991	Heart of Danger	Lee Hung
1991	Legend of the Drunken Tiger
1991	The Illustrated Guide to Hong Kong Stars
1990	Brave Young Girls
1990	The Inspector Wears Skirts III	May
1990	Stage Door Johnny	Boss Tsui Yen Hsieh
1990	Lethal Angels 2	Bette
1990	Never Say Regret
1990	Widow Warriors
1990	Bullet to Survive
1990	Braveful Police	Ah-phon
1989	The Inspector Wears Skirts II	May
1989	Burning Ambition	Chau Siu-Hong
1989	Who Cares	Policewoman
1989	They Came to Rob Hong Kong	Supt Shang
1988	The Inspector Wears Skirts	May
1988	The Dragon Family	Wai's Wife
1988	The Peacock King	Mother
1988	The Peacock King	Kujaku's Mother
1987	Rouge	Actress Portraying Ghost
1987	Happy Go Lucky	Jackie
1987	Bloody Revenge	Wang
1986	Rosa	Lei Kung's sister
1986	Naughty Boys	Ah Chuan
1986	The Story of Dr. Sun Yat Sen
1986	The Seventh Curse	Policewoman
1985	Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars	Tourist in Thailand
1985	Journey of the Doomed	Monkey Lin
1985	Why Me?	Woman complain about Husband
1984	The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter	Yang No. 8
1984	Long Road to Gallantry	Li Sai Nan
1984	Double Decker	Cat
1984	New Tales of the Flying Fox	Miss Yuan
1984	Three Stooges Go Undercover	Feng
1984	The Return of Pom Pom	Mimi
1984	Family Light Affair	Ah Yin
1983	The Lady Is the Boss	Chan Mei Ling
1983	Demon of the Lute	Feng Ling (Rainbow Sword)
1982	Legendary Weapons of China	Fang Shau-Ching
1982	Buddha's Palm	Qiu Yu Juan
1982	Cat vs. Rat	Jien Yu Lan
1982	The Emperor and the Minister	Xiao-Hong
1982	Lovers Blades	Siu Gai Bao
1982	The 82 Tenants	Lisa
1981	Martial Club	Wang Juying
1981	My Young Auntie	Jing Dai-Nan
1981	The Tiger and the Widow	Jin Mei
1981	The Brave Archer 3
1981	Return of the Sentimental Swordsman	Sun Xiaohong
1980	Clan of the White Lotus	Mei Ha
1980	Return to the 36th Chamber	Hsiao Hung
1980	Swift Sword	Xiaomei
1980	Emperor Chien Lung and the Beauty	Li Pao-Erh
1980	Heaven and Hell	Lin Wei Ting's Girlfriend
1979	Mad Monkey Kung Fu	Chan Tsuei Hung
1979	Dirty Ho	Tsui Hung
1979	The Tigress of Shaolin	Xiao Hong
1979	The Last Judgement	Mrs. Ye
1979	The Reckless Cricket	molested street vendor [guest]
1979	The Deadly Breaking Sword	Xiaoqin
1979	The Ghost Story
1979	The Scandalous Warlord	Mistress
1978	Invincible Shaolin	Su Yen
1978	Clan of Amazons	7th Sister
1978	Shaolin Hand Lock	Xiao Hong
1978	The Brave Archer 2	Mu Nian Zhi
1978	The Voyage of Emperor Chien Lung	Phoenix
1978	Life Gamble	Xiao Hong
1978	Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre II	Moon
1978	Swordsman and Enchantress	One of 12 Flower Servants of Yihua Palace
1978	The Cunning Hustler
1977	The Dream of the Red Chamber	Maid She Yue
1977	The Brave Archer	Mu Nian-Zhi
1977	The Criminals, Part 5: The Teenager's Nightmare	Schoolgirl
1977	Chinatown Kid	Hostage Whore
	Keep the Beat	Zhan Yumei
	A Life of Papers
	心累了

Year	TV Show	Role
2025	你好时光
2023	The Ingenious One	Kou Yan
2023	Gone with the Rain	Feng Yan
2022	Hello Saturday
2022	Memories Beyond Horizon
2022	诗画中国
2022	非遗里的中国
2021	Murder Diary	Yeung Bik-sum
2021	Action
2021	The Fragrance of Books in Laughter and Tears
2021	Night in the Greater Bay
2020	Imperfect Love	Yuan Ling
2019	Real Actor
2019	The Defected	Man Hei-wah
2019	Stained	Bo Fei Fung
2019	Hello Life
2019	My People, My Country: Behind-The-Scenes	Self
2019	Everybody Stand By
2016	Trump Card
2015	Incredible Mama	Chung Sam Fat Yuen
2015	The Legend of Xiao Zhuang	Lady Abahai / Empress Xiaoliewu
2013	Du Li Lian
2013	武松
2013	五台山抗日传奇之女兵排
2013	Women of the Tang Dynasty	Wu Ze Tian
2011	The Glamorous Imperial Concubine	Du Feihong
2010	Can't Buy Me Love	Concubine Wei
2010	No Regrets	吴丽婵
2010	A Fistful of Stances	Cheung Sheung-Chu
2009	Sweetness in the Salt
2009	Beyond the Realm of Conscience	Tam Yim Sheung
2009	Rosy Business	刘芳
2009	Club Sparkle
2008	Pages of Treasures
2008	Forensic Heroes II	Cheng Lai-Ling
2008	Wasabi Mon Amour
2008	Legend of the Demigods
2007	Word Twisters' Adventures	Poon Bak-Fung
2007	On The First Beat	Wong Suk-Yin 黃淑賢
2006	Safe Guards
2005	The Academy	Wong Suk-Yin 黃淑賢
2001	The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber	灭绝师太 Mit-juet
2000	At the Threshold of an Era 2
2000	忠勇小状元	卓金花
1999	A Smiling Ghost Story
1999	At the Threshold of an Era
1998	The Master Of Tai Chi
1997	Deadly Protection	Li zhi shan
1997	Lady Flower Fist	马玉梅
1995	狀元花之笑看良緣	Li Yue'e
1995	Justice Pao
1993	Mind Our Own Business
1991	欢乐英雄
1989	Celebrity Talk Show	惠英红
1962	Golden Horse Awards	Self
	The Days of Seclusion and Love