Karen Mok

Karen Mok
Karen Mok at the 2009 Hong Kong International Film Festival
Chinese name	莫文蔚
Pinyin	Mò Wénwèi (Mandarin)
Jyutping	Mok6 Man4-wai3 (Cantonese)
Birth name	Karen Joy Morris
Born	(1970-06-02) 2 June 1970 Hong Kong
Occupation	singer, actress, composer, producer, designer
Genre(s)	Cantopop, C-Rock, Alternative pop, Pop rock
Instrument(s)	Piano, Oboe, Gu Zheng
Voice type(s)	Mezzo-soprano
Label(s)	Star Records (1993–1995) Rock Records (1996–2001) Sony BMG (2002–2008) Universal Music (2009–present)
Years active	1993–present
Spouse(s)	Johannes (m. 2011)
Official Website	karenmok.com
Awards Hong Kong Film Awards Best Supporting Actress 1996 Fallen Angels Golden Bauhinia Awards Best Supporting Actress 1996 Fallen Angels Golden Melody Awards Best Female Mandarin Artist 2003 [i] Best Mandarin Album of The Year 2008 L!VE is... KAREN MOK MTV Asia Awards Inspiration Award 2008

Karen Joy Morris (born 2 June 1970), better known as Karen Mok or Mok Man-wai among Chinese-speaking communities, is a three-time Golden Melody Award-winning Hong Kong actress and singer-songwriter.

Biography

Mok is the sister of the writer and producer Trevor Morris, and a granddaughter of Alfred Morris, the first principal of King's College, Hong Kong. She speaks English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Italian, and French.^[1]

She is mixed ancestry: her father is half Chinese and half Welsh, while her mother is half-Chinese, quarter-Iranian, and quarter-German.^[2][3] Mok attended Diocesan Girls' School from primary to secondary grade in Hong Kong. When she was a F.5 student, she received the 1st Hong Kong Outstanding Students Awards. She later left Hong Kong in 1987 and studied abroad.^[4] She attended United World College of the Adriatic near Trieste, Italy from 1987 to 1989, and majored in Italian literature when studying at the University College London, University of London.

Mok is often credited as "Karen Mok" in Chinese and Hong Kong films, but as "Karen Joy Morris" (her birth name) in Hollywood productions such as Around the World in 80 Days (2004). She supplied the voice of Princess Kida for the Cantonese dub of Walt Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001). Mok performed in the 10th anniversary Asian tour of the hit Broadway musical Rent in the lead role of Mimi in 2005 and 2006.

Mok carried the torch at the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing^[5] and performed at the opening and closing ceremonies.^[6] In October 2008, she launched her own brand of perfume in Hong Kong.^[7]

Mok has completed many endorsement agreements with leading companies such as Canon,^[8] Kappa,^[9] Cadillac,^[10] Clear,^[11] Chow Tai Fook,^[12] Lux,^[13] Titus,^[14] and Mandarin Oriental.^[15][16]

Mok married her first boyfriend, German-born Johannes Natterer, at a church near Florence, Italy, on 1 October 2011.^[17][18][19]

Activism

Mok is an advocate for animals and one of only five Asian celebrities to make People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Asia-Pacific's (PETA) first-ever Best-Dressed 2008 list.^[20] She has joined efforts to help bears in China whose bile is used for medicinal purposes/^[21]

In 2007, Mok was involved with MTV EXIT, a campaign against human trafficking in Asia. She presented Traffic: An MTV EXIT Special, a documentary on trafficking.^[22] Karen currently serves as ambassador for UNICEF, SPCA, Animals Asia Foundation, Habitat for Humanity,^[23] Enlighten-Action for Epilepsy, and Roll Back Malaria (RBM).^[24]

Filmography

Discography

Albums

EPs

Movie/TV soundtracks

Awards

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Karen Mok.

• Karen Mok's Official Site (English)
• Karen Mok at the Internet Movie Database
• Karen Mok at the HKADb.net
• Karen Mok at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase