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Carol Cheng

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Carol Cheng

Born Sep 9, 1957 · 68 years123 titles 62 movies · 61 TV
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Biography

Carol Cheng Yu-Ling (Chinese: 鄭裕玲) is a Hong Kong actress. She began her career in the 1970s working on a number of Television Broadcasts Limited series. She has also hosted the Hong Kong version of the game show The Weakest Link. In 1983, she made her debut along with Chow Yun-fat, with whom she would later become romantically involved. After her film debut her output became so prolific that at one point she was working on nine films simultaneously, leading her to have the nickname "Nine films Cheng." It was also during this very prolific time in her career that she became the highest paid actress in the region, beating out Maggie Cheung, Anita Mui and Michelle Yeoh, who rounded up the top 5. In 2000, after not appearing on screen for 6 years, she returned to television with a critically acclaimed performance in the sitcom, "War of Genders". It immediately become the highest rated show for the network, TVB and garnered Cheng a Best Actress trophy at the annual awards. She is the highest-paid female employee of TVB. ... taken from Wikipedia, credits to the original author.

Also known as

Carol 'Do Do' Cheng · Carol Cheng Yu-Ling · Чэн Юй Лин · Чжэн Юй Лин · Zheng Yu Ling · Кэрол Чэн · کارول چنگ · Carol Cheng · 鄭裕玲 · 郑裕玲 · DoDo姐 · Do姐 · Dodo Cheng

Born

Sep 9, 1957

Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

122

Acting credits

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Directing

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Writing

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Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

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1962 1 title(s)

1967 2 title(s)

1968 1 title(s)

1975 2 title(s)

1976 2 title(s)

1977 1 title(s)

1978 5 title(s)

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1980 3 title(s)

1981 5 title(s)

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1988 10 title(s)

1989 7 title(s)

1990 9 title(s)

1991 8 title(s)

1992 11 title(s)

1993 5 title(s)

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2005 1 title(s)

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2020 1 title(s)

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2022 1 title(s)

2023 3 title(s)

2024 1 title(s)