Yuen Qiu

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Yuen Qiu (元秋) was born in 1950 and is an actor and martial artist. She is an expert of both Chinese martial arts and Beijing-opera skills, and was apprenticed under the same master as Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung Kam-Bo at China Drama Academy.

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 her international production, "The Man with the Golden Gun" (1974), portraying a girl 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 over 28 years, she landed a role in Kung Fu Hustle (2004) 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 nod after unremitting and persistent persuasion.

She is currently a chain-smoker. Yuen is also in a movie called Kung Fu Mahjong, with Yuen Wah.

[edit] External link

• Yuen Qiu at the Internet Movie Database