Chiao Chiao

Chiao Chiao
Tiêu giảo
Born	Chiao Li-na (1943-03-06)6 March 1943 Chongqing,Republic of China
Nationality	Republic of China
Other names	Lisa Chiao Chiao
Citizenship	Singaporean
Occupation	actress
Years active	1964–present
Spouses	Huang Tsung-hsing ​ ​ (m.1963; died 1976)​ Kenneth Tsang ​ ​ (m.1994; died2022)​
Children	1 son

Lisa Chiao Chiao,often credited asChiao Chiao(Chinese:Tiêu giảo;pinyin:Jiāo Jiāo;bornChiao Li-na( tiêu Lena ); 6 March 1943),is a Taiwanesefilm actressbest known for her work inHong Kong cinema.

Background

Born inChongqing,on 6 March 1943, Her family moved toTaiwanin 1949. She took up acting in 1961.

In 1963, Chiao marriedHuang Tsung-hsing,the following year Huang left forHong Kongto join theShaw Brothers Studiowhile Chiao remained in Taiwan to continue acting.

In 1966 Huang got into a car accident and Chiao moved to Hong Kong to look after him.There Chiao was invited to join the Shaw Brothers Studio, when she acted in theOne-Armed SwordsmanalongsideJimmy Wang Yu,which met with an unexpected success. She later appeared in films such asThe Assassin,Return of the One-Armed SwordsmanandA Cause to Kill.In 1972 she left the studio and briefly returned to Taiwan, where she made some television appearances.

In 1976 while Huang was riding a motorbike in Taiwan, he got into a second car accident, however this time he did not survive. Chiao lived alone with her son in Hong Kong. She worked more extensively behind the scenes, most notably as a dubber. She then went on to appear in several Hong Kong films in the 1980s and 1990s, with her last appearance in the 1998 pictureBishonen,making some 50 appearances between 1964 and 1998.

In 1994, she married Hong Kong actorKenneth Tsang.

In 2009, she appeared inPrince of Tearsdirected byYonfan.It showed at film festivals in Venice and Toronto in 2009.

External links

• Chiao ChiaoatIMDb
• Chiao Chiaoat theHong Kong Movie Database
• Lisa Chiao Chiao at hkcinemamagic
• Yonfan's home page