Michelle Reis
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Michele Monique Reis (Chinese: 李嘉欣; pinyin: Lǐ Jiāxīn or Lee Kar-yan in Cantonese; born June 20, 1970) is a Hong Kong actress.
Reis was born in Macau which was then a Portuguese colony. Her father is Portuguese and her mother Chinese. Reis attended Maryknoll Convent School, and matriculated from St. Paul's Secondary School. Reis first came to fame when she won the 1988 Miss Hong Kong Pageant when she was only 18. She was also the first Miss Chinese International in the same year. Reis also participated in the Miss World pageant, where she promoted the image of Hong Kong. However, she withdrew from the Miss Universe pageant due to personal reasons.
Reis built a career within the entertainment industry in the 1990s, going from commercials to the big screen and music clips and episodes in TVB with rising stars such as Leon Lai. In 1990 alone Reis starred in Doctor's Heart, Perfect Girls and A Chinese Ghost Story II all produced by Tsui Hark and directed by Ching Siu-tung. Reis would do a number of films with Tsui Hark including The Wicked City and Swordsman II. Reis co-starred most often with Andy Lau Tak-wah in films such as Casino Tycoon II, The Drunken Master III, 'Armageddon, and Prince Charming.
Reis' early film image was one of an angelic object of desire and purity typical of the way that Hong Kong films treat young women. She has since gone on to star in Wong Kar-wai's Fallen Angels, Stanley Kwan's The Island Tales and Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien's Flowers of Shanghai which gave her more substantial roles where she could show a wider range.
[edit] Trivia
She is a self-confessed ICQ addict.
[edit] Filmography includes
- Miss Du Shi Niang (2003)
- The Irresistible Piggies (2002)
- Beauty and the Breast (2002)
- Every Dog Has His Date (2001)
- Bakery Amour (2001)
- Healing Hearts (2000)
- The City of Strangers (2000)
- When I Fall in Love...with Both (2000)
- The Island Tales (1999)
- Round About Midnight (1999)
- Prince Charming (1999)
- Flowers of Shanghai (1998)
- Young and Dangerous 4 (1997)
- Heaven Earth Great Ambition (1997)
- 100 Ways to Kill Yourself (1996)
- Fallen Angels (1995)
- The Other Side of the Sea (1994)
- Drunken Master III (1994)
- The Black Morning Glory (1993)
- The Legend of Fong Sai Yuk (1993)
- Casino Tycoon II (1992)
- The Story of the Flying Fox (1992)
- Royal Tramp II (1992)
- Zen of Sword (1992)
- The Wicked City (1992)
- A Kid from Tibet (1992)
- Party of a Wealthy Family (1991)
- Swordsman II (1991)
- Perfect Girls (1990)
- Doctor's Heart (1990)
- No Risk, No Gain (1990)
- A Chinese Ghost Story Part II (1990)
[edit] See also
| Preceded by: Pauline Yeung 楊寶玲 |
Miss Hong Kong 1988 |
Succeeded by: Monica Chan 陳法蓉 |
| Preceded by: Nil |
Miss Chinese International 1988 |
Succeeded by: Kit Wong 黄美潔 |
