
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
February 3, 1960 (66 years old)
Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]
Also Known As
- Kara Hui Ying-Hung
- 惠英紅
- 惠英红
- Wai Ying Hung
- Kara Wei
Kara Hui Ying-Hung
Biography
Kara Wai Ying-Hung (Chinese: 惠英紅, born 2 February 1960), also romanised as Kara Hui, is a Hong Kong actress of Manchu ethnicity. Known to the international audience for her kung-fu roles in Shaw Brothers Studio films in the 1970s and 1980s, Kara Wai has since portrayed a wide range of roles on screen and on television with much success. In 1982, she became the first recipient of the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress. Her portrayal of a mother in the 2009 film At the End of Daybreak won her acting awards at the Hong Kong Film Awards, Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards, Changchun Film Festival, Pacific Meridian, Asian Film Awards and Golden Horse Awards.
Known For
Acting

Blades of the Guardians: Wind Rises in the Desert
2026

The Dumpling Queen
2025

The Invisible Guest
2023

Last Suspect
2023

Echoes of the Thunder
2023

Love Never Ends
2023

Sakra
2023

Monster Run
2020

My People, My Country
2019

My Best Summer
2019

The Confidence Man JP - The Movie -
2019

Tracey
2018

The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful
2017

77 Heartbreaks
2017

The Warriors Gate
2016

Happiness
2016

Finding Mr. Right 2
2016

The Midnight After
2014

Control
2013

Rigor Mortis
2013

7 Assassins
2013

Dragon
2011

A Chinese Ghost Story
2011

72 Tenants of Prosperity
2010







