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Hong Kong-Taiwanese actress
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In this Chinese name, the family name is Jin.
Elaine Jin
Born (1954-12-15) December 15, 1954 (age 70)
Taipei, Taiwan
Years active1973–present
Spouses
Lawrence Leung ​ ​(m. 1975; div. 1981)
Robert Wong ​ ​(m. 1989; div. 2005)
PartnerSuzie Wong
Children1
Awards
Hong Kong Film AwardsBest Supporting Actress
1987 Love Unto Waste
1988 People's Hero
2015 Port of Call
2016 Mad World

Golden Horse AwardsBest Supporting Actress
1994 A Confucian Confusion
2016 Mad World

Chinese name
Traditional Chinese金燕玲
Simplified Chinese金燕玲
Transcriptions

Elaine Chin Yen-ling (Chinese: 金燕玲; pinyin: Jīn Yànlíng; born 15 December 1954), also known as Elaine Kam, is a Hong Kong–Taiwanese actress.

She began her career in Taiwan in 1973 before moving to Hong Kong in 1981.

She has been nominated eleven times in the Hong Kong Film Awards and won four for her supporting roles in Love Unto Waste (Chinese: 地下情) (1986), People's Hero (Chinese: 人民英雄) (1987) and Port of Call (Chinese: 踏血尋梅) (2015). In 1994, Jin earned her first Golden Horse Film Award, also in the supporting category, for her performance in Edward Yang's A Confucian Confusion (Chinese: 獨立時代) (1994).

Jin won the Golden Horse Award and the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 2016 film Mad World.

Personal life

Jin has been married twice, to Liang Tingbin (梁廷斌) in 1975 (divorced in 1981) and then with Robert Wong in 1989 (divorced in 2005).

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1984 I Love Lolanto
1985 Women Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
1986 Love Unto Waste Won - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
1987 People's Hero Won - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
1988 I Need to Escape Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
1991 A Brighter Summer Day Miss Jin Nominated - Golden Horse Awards for Best Supporting Actress
1994 A Confucian Confusion Won - Golden Horse Awards for Best Supporting Actress
1997 The Soong Sisters Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
1998 Tempting Heart Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
1999 Gorgeous
1999 Metade Fumaca Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
2000 Yi Yi
2004 Three of a Kind
2007 Lost in Beijing Wang Mei
Brothers Tin's wife
The Romantic Fool
2011 Mei Mei Miss Chen
2012 The Viral Factor
2013 Finding Mr. Right Chou
2013 Indigo Short film
2013 A Complicated Story
2014 Beijing Love Story
2015 Port of Call May Won - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
2015 Monster Hunt
2015 Tale of Three Cities
2016 Buddy Cops
2016 Mad World Tung's Mother Won - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
Won - Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated - Asian Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated - Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
2016 Summer's Desire
2017 29+1 Elaine
2018 About Youth
2018 Spring Tide
2018 House of the Rising Sons
2019 Hypnotize the Jury
2023 Where the Wind Blows
2024 The Last Dance Lin

TV series

Year Title Network Role TVB Anniversary Awards
1983 The Man in the Middle TVB
1984 101 Citizen Arrest II ATV Ling
2006 Central Affairs 2 ATV Tung Zhi-shu
2007–08 Best Selling Secrets TVB Ng Han Nominated - My Favourite Female Character (Top 24)
2008–10 Off Pedder TVB Ka So San
2011-12 When Heaven Burns TVB Yung Cheuk Wah (Brenda)
2019 I Bet Your Pardon

References

  1. 香港影畫 1974 十月號 (in Chinese). Shaw Brothers Studio. October 1974.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  2. "'This award belongs to you all': controversial hit Ten Years claims top prize at Hong Kong Film Awards". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. 3 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  3. "第二屆ELLE Beauty Star Asia Awards 頒獎典禮 | ELLE.com.hk". Elle. Archived from the original on 2019-07-01. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
  4. "天后配角金燕玲2度失婚愛上同性 終獲歸屬竟再爆罹癌噩耗". Yahoo News (in Chinese). 2021-05-10. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
  5. Elaine Jin at hkmdb.com
  6. Elaine Jin at chinesemov.com

External links

Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actress
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