Amy Yip
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| Amy Yip 葉子楣 |
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| Born | June 10, 1967 Hong Kong |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1984–1992 |
Amy Yip (Chinese: 葉子楣; pinyin: Yè Zǐmèi; born June 10, 1967 in Hong Kong) is an actress whose lithe frame and disproportionately large breasts made her one of the leading sex symbols of the Hong Kong cinema in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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[edit] Career
Amy Yip is best known for her roles in Hong Kong Category III films such as Sex and Zen and Erotic Ghost Story. The movie Sex and Zen is also the highest grossing Category III movie in the history of Hong Kong box office. Her efforts to avoid fully exposing her breasts in adult movies through clever use of camera angles became known as the "Yip tease".
Yip first came to notice by appearing in various television series' in the mid-1980s. Erotic Ghost Story in 1987 proved to be a breakthrough role and she became one of the most popular actresses in Hong Kong and many other parts of Asia in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
She retired from acting in 1992. She expressed regret that, given the nature of her films, there were not many memorable roles during her acting career. The only exceptional movie for her was the 1991 movie Queen of the Underworld which she portrayed Sister Har, a woman who climbed from the lowest depths of society to become the celebrated queen of the night life in the 1960s and 1970s of Hong Kong.
[edit] Personal life
There have been numerous rumours surfacing over the years about Yip married to her long term Orthopedics surgeon-boyfriend Lim Kiam Hwee, and being pregnant. However in an early 2006 interview with an East Weekly reporter who spotted Yip walking her dog at Repulse Bay, she declared that she was in a steady relationship with her boyfriend of more than 15 years, and had no intention of getting married or having children in the future. She further disclosed that she had food and beverage businesses set up in Hong Kong and Macau which kept her busy and occupied.
When asked whether she would consider making a comeback in the showbiz, Yip rejected the idea flatly by saying that she was very happy with her current carefree lifestyle, and had no desire of going back to the old days of filming long hours and travelling intensively for movies and record publicity. She also revealed that she was content not revealing her breasts to make a living.
[edit] Filmography
- Chi fei zhou aka Indian Fetish Cult 1997
- Di xia cai jue aka Underground Judgement 1994
- Bu wen sao aka Stooges in Hong Kong 1992
- The Prince of Temple Street 1992
- Rou pu tuan zhi tou qing bao jian aka Sex and Zen 1992
- Te qu ai nu aka China Dolls 1992
- Bo hao aka To Be No. 1 1991
- Jiang shi fu xing zi aka Vampire Kids 1991
- Lao biao fa qian han aka Easy Money 1991
- Liao zhai yan tan xu ji zhi wu tong shen aka Erotic Ghost Story 2 1991
- Long mao shao xu aka Lethal Contact 1991
- Nu ji xie ren aka Robotrix 1991
- Qian wang aka Great Pretenders 1991
- Qian sheng aka Magnificent Scoundrels 1991
- Ye sheng huo nu wang - Ba jie chuan qi aka Queen of the Underworld 1991
- Zhuo niu zi ku de zhong kui aka The Blue Jean Monster 1991
- Hua gui zhu zheng ge li aka My Neighbor's Phantoms 1990
- Huang jia du chuan aka Raid on Royal Casino Marine 1990
- Huang jia nu jiang aka She Shoots Straight 1990
- Jian yu bu she fang aka Haunted Jail House 1990
- Jiu ming xuan yan aka Doctor's Heart 1990
- Long de chuan ren aka Legend of the Dragon 1990 (cameo)
- Shi xiong zhuang gui aka Look Out, Officer! 1990
- Tian shi zhuo jian aka Ghostly Vixen 1990
- Honorable Mention on TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer, episode "The Dark Age". Xander has one singular Anywhere But Here fantasy involving Amy Yip at the water park.
- Xiao xin jian die aka To Spy With Love 1990
- Hoi sam gui miu ba aka Mr Sunshine 1989
- Gui gou ren aka Ghost Fever 1989
- Qiji aka Black Dragon 1989
- Shen yong fei hu ba wang hua aka The Inspector Wears Skirts 2 1989
- Liao zhai yan tan aka Erotic Ghost Story 1987
- Feng huo shuo ming aka Club Le TV series 1986
- Jiu gao man ng TV series
