Françoise Yip

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Françoise Yip (born September 4, 1972) is a Canadian actress. Her father is Chinese and mother French-Canadian. Her most well known roles was in Jackie Chan's Rumble in The Bronx and Jet Li's Black Mask. She continued to do movies and star in TV, but her roles were less known or temporary. The characters she plays often gets killed or serve as a background characters. Not a great deal is known about this actress since she has no official website. Admirer's often wondered why hasn't she returned to filming HK or China movies since her most well known roles originated there.

[edit] Filmography

Edison Force (2005) - Crow
The Deal (2005) - Janice Long
Alone in the Dark (2005) - Agent Cheung
Blade: Trinity (2004) - Virago
A Beachcombers Christmas (2004) (TV) - Constable Kelly Mah
The New Beachcombers (2002) (TV) - Constable Kelly Mah
Flatland (2002) TV Series - Amy Lee
Mindstorm (2001) - Newscaster
The Pledge (2001) - Bartender at airport
Cabin Pressure (2001) (TV) - Tammy
Witness to a Kill (2001) - Kirsten Lee
Wolf Lake (2001) (TV) - Reporter
Lunch with Charles (2001) - Cora
Special Delivery (2000) (TV) (uncredited) - Flight attendant
Freedom (2000) TV Series - Jin
RoboCop: Prime Directives (2000) (mini TV series) - Lexx Icon
Romeo Must Die (2000) (as François Yip) - Motorcycle fighter
A Good Burn (2000) - Koa
Futuresport (1998) (TV) - Kashi
Web of Deception (1997) - Fion Wong
Enjoy Yourself Tonight (1997) - Susan
Black Mask (1996) - Cailyn/Mei Lin
Mr. Mumble (1996) - Saeko Nogami/Yachi
How to Meet the Lucky Stars (1996) - Françoise
Invitation to Die (1996) - Wai
On Fire (1996) - Francoise Yip
Rumble in the Bronx (1995) - Nancy
Fighting for My Daughter (1995) (TV) - Girlfriend
Infatuation (1995) - Maggie
Two Impossible Films (1995) - Johann Woo

[edit] Trivia

Françoise returned to Andromeda as two different characters. Her first character was arrested while her final character was murdered.

It's lesser known that she actually did two movies with Jet Li. The first one was a lead romantic interest in Black Mask with Jet Li and the second was Romeo Must Die, but this time she played as a Chinese gangster motorcycle assassin killed by Jet Li.