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Yuen Qiu
Shandong Province, China
Yuen Qiu (元秋) is a Hong Kong actress and martial artist born as born Cheung Cheun-Nam (張轉男) in Shandong Province, China. She is an expert of both Chinese martial arts and Beijing-…
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Yuen Qiu (元秋) is a Hong Kong actress and martial artist born as born Cheung Cheun-Nam (張轉男) in Shandong Province, China. She is an expert of both Chinese martial arts and Beijing-opera skills, and was apprenticed under the same master, Yu Jim-Yuen, as Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung Kam-Bo at the China Drama Academy's Peking Opera School. 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 the international production, The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), portraying a 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 nearly 20 years, she landed a role in Kung Fu Hustle 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 the job after unremitting and persistent persuasion. Yuen is also in a movie called Kung Fu Mahjong, with Yuen Wah.
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2025
The Shadow's Edge
Movie Old Woman
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2024
Second Life
Movie 老年梁姐
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2024
Lost But Win
Movie
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2022
The Righteous Fists
TV show Ting Sai-fung
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2021
Kung Fu Stuntmen
Movie
- 2021
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2021
All U Need Is Love
Movie Hotel resident
- 2020
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2020
The Book of Mythical Beasts
Movie Shui Sannyang
- 2020
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2019
We Are Legends
Movie Lei Shimu
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2018
Europe Raiders
Movie
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2018
给个理由先之重回鹿鼎
Movie
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2018
给个理由先之再点秋香
Movie
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2018
Staycation
Movie
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2017
My Alien Girlfriend
Movie Zhen Nihua
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- 2017
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2016
Girl of the Big House
Movie
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2016
A Fist Within Four Walls
TV show Yuk Bo-fung
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2016
The Bodyguard
Movie Residents Commitee Chairperson
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2016
From Vegas to Macau III
Movie Mahjong Queen
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2015
Wild City
Movie Mona
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2015
Imprisoned: Survival Guide for Rich and Prodigal
Movie Legislative Councilor Chiang
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2015
Wudang Rules
TV show
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2015
Lucky Star 2015
Movie Ms Hung
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2014
谁解女人心
TV show
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2014
你照亮我星球
TV show 瘦瘦姐
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2014
Aberdeen
Movie
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2014
Delete My Love
Movie So Fa
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2013
Tales from the Dark 1
Movie Restaurant Owner (segment "Stolen Goods")
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2011
I Love Wing Chun
Movie Aunt Chun
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2011
Unmatched Hero Fang Shiyu
TV show
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2010
Kung Fu Wing Chun
Movie Leung's Mother
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2010
Just Another Pandora's Box
Movie Landlady
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2010
A Fistful of Stances
TV show Au-Yeung Wai Lan
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2009
Looking for Jackie
Movie Lixia's Aunt
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2009
Club Sparkle
TV show
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2008
Desires of the Heart
Movie Gao Ya Juan
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2008
The Luckiest Man
Movie Sophie, Fat's 1st wife
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2007
Project A
TV show 窦太太
