Yuen Qiu

Yuen Qiu (74)

1950-04-19 | Shandong Province, China

Yuen Qiu (元秋) is a Hong Kong actress and martial artist born as born Cheung Cheun-Nam (張轉男) in Shandong Province, China. She is an expert of both Chinese martial arts and Beijing-opera skills, and was apprenticed under the same master, Yu Jim-Yuen, as Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung Kam-Bo at the China Drama Academy's Peking Opera School. Yuen Qiu worked as a stuntwoman and as a night club performer from the late 1960s to early 1970s. She had a small role in the international production, The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), portraying a student rescuing Roger Moore as James Bond. As there were few opportunities for stuntwomen and barely any prospects for improvement at the time, she got married in 1974 at the age of 24. After being away from the Hong Kong film industry for nearly 20 years, she landed a role in Kung Fu Hustle only by chance. She was only accompanying a junior woman fellow of the China Drama Academy at the audition but the director's eye was on her. Reports show that Stephen Chow gave her the job after unremitting and persistent persuasion. Yuen is also in a movie called Kung Fu Mahjong, with Yuen Wah.

On Movies

  • Second Life
  • All U Need Is Love
  • Fire Cloud Evil God 2: Eighteen Dragon Palms
  • The Book of Mythical Beasts
  • We Are Legends
  • Europe Raiders
  • My Alien Girlfriend
  • Girl of the Big House
  • The Bodyguard
  • From Vegas to Macau III
  • Wild City
  • Imprisoned: Survival Guide for Rich and Prodigal
  • Lucky Star 2015
  • Delete My Love
  • Aberdeen
  • Tales from the Dark 1
  • I Love Wing Chun
  • Kung Fu Wing Chun
  • Just Another Pandora's Box
  • Looking for Jackie
  • Desires of the Heart
  • The Luckiest Man
  • The Lady Iron Chef
  • Kung Fu Mahjong 3: The Final Duel
  • I'll Call You
  • My Kung Fu Sweetheart
  • Kung Fu Mahjong 2
  • Kung Fu Mahjong
  • Kung Fu Hustle
  • 1:99 Shorts
  • Disciples of the 36th Chamber
  • Crazy Shaolin Disciples
  • Long Road to Gallantry
  • New Tales of the Flying Fox
  • Bastard Swordsman
  • The Dragon's Snake Fist
  • The Dragon, the Young Master
  • Dreadnaught
  • Dragon's Claws
  • Dragon Lee Vs. The 5 Brothers
  • Black Dragon's Revenge
  • The Man with the Golden Gun
  • The Heroine
  • Not Scared to Die
  • Pursuit

On Series

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