Most Prolific Female Actors (Born 1969 and Below)
Please include legendary actresses from other Asian countries as well.
- Gong Li (born 31 December 1965) is a Chinese-born Singaporean film actress. She achieved international prominence through her close collaborations with Chinese director Zhang Yimou (Yimou girl) and won the Volpi Cup ...more
- Kim Mi Kyung is a South Korean actress under Popeye Entertainment. She made her theater debut in 1985. Kim has been a member of the Yeonwoo Mudae theater company since 1985. She ...more
- Kim Hae Sook is a South Korean actor. In 1974, she made her acting debut was in MBC's "Chief Inspector." Since then, she has won over ten awards and has a book ...more
- Kim Hye Ja is a South Korean actress. Kim made her debut at age 29 while studying at Ewha Woman's University. In the 1981 movie 'Late Autumn', she won the best actress ...more
- Kim Young Ok is a veteran, award-winning South Korean actress. She is known as South Korea's "National Grandma" for her many portrayals of grandmothers in film and television. She made her acting ...more
- Im Ye-jin (born Im Ki-hee on December 26, 1959) is a South Korean actress. As a teenage actress, she reached the peak of her popularity in the 1970s with the "Really Really" ...more
- Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng is a Hong Kong-based Malaysian actress and dancer, well known for performing her own stunts in action films that brought her to fame in the early 1990s. Born in ...more
- Tanaka Yuuko is a Japanese actress. Her supporting role in the 1981 film Eijanaika won her several awards including Best Supporting Actress at the 1983 Yokohama Film Festival. Tanaka became popular after ...more
- Youn Yuh Jung is a South Korean actress under Hook Entertainment . When Youn was a freshman at Hanyang University majoring in Korean literature, she was chosen as a TV actress in ...more
- Lee Mi Sook is a South Korean actress. One of the best-known actresses of 1980s Korean cinema, Lee's most famous films from this era include "Whale Hunting" and "The Winter That Year ...more
- Angie Chiu, born 15 November 1954 in Hong Kong is an actress, and was the third runner up in the 1973 Miss Hong Kong pageant. She is most noted for her leading ...more
- Yoon Yoo Sun is a South Korean actress. She has a Bachelor's degree in Broadcasting and Entertainment from Seoul Arts University. Yoon debuted in 1974 in the movie "The Person I Must ...more
- Hara Setsuko became one of Japan's best-loved stars over her 30-year film career. Her signature character type, variations on a daughter devoted to her parents and home, inspired the nickname that stayed ...more
- An actress of striking intensity and fierce dedication to family life, Taiwanese-born Brigitte Lin has thrilled audiences since her earliest film appearances in the early '70s. From the hopelessly romantic films of ...more
- Ada Choi is a Hong Kong actress best known for her work for TVB television, and to a lesser extent, for her film work. Choi participated in a modeling contest held by ...more
- Takamine Hideko was a Japanese actress, singer, and essayist born in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan. Her real name was Matsuyama Hideko (松山秀子), and her maiden name was Hirayama Hideko (平山秀子). Her family lived ...more
- Rosamund Kwan is a Hong Kong actress born in Hong Kong. Her family roots are in Shenyang, Liaoning, China. She was married to Weng Guo Sheng, but their marriage only lasted for ...more
- She was born in Otaru, Hokkaidō, and raised in Nagoya. She was married to director Juzo Itami from 1969 until his death in 1997, and regularly starred in his films. She has ...more
- Born in Hong Kong, Maggie Cheung traces her family roots to Shanghai. In 1971, she entered Primary one of St. Paul's Convent School. Her middle-class family emigrated from Hong Kong to the ...more
- Tanaka was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. She became a leading actress at an early age, appearing in Ozu Yasujiro's I Graduated, But... in 1929. The following year she played the ...more
- Carina Lau moved to Hong Kong with her family at the age of 14 and at the the time could not speak the local Cantonese and was often teased by other people ...more
- Chingmy Yau is a Hong Kong actress who started the entertainment industry by participating in beauty pageants. Winning the "Miss Photogenic" trophy at the Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant in 1989 began ...more
- In 1990, Wu's acting career began. For her first acting role, Johnnie To cast her opposite Andy Lau in A Moment of Romance (1990). Wu achieved international recognition for her role in ...more
- Wong Faye is an influential Chinese singer-songwriter and actress who is usually referred to as a diva (Chinese: 天后; literally "Heavenly Queen"). Early in her career she briefly used the stage name ...more
- Nina Paw is a Hong Kong actress and host who was born in Hong Kong.
- Helena Law is a Hong Kong actress dubbed the "Ghost Queen" due to her frequent appearances in supernatural films. Law was born to a Chinese dad and half-Indian mother. She first started ...more
- Liu Xue Hua is a famous Hong Kong actress, although a native of Shandong. Born in 1959 in Beijing, the 5-year-old moved to Hong Kong with her family. At the age of ...more
- Cecilia Yip Tung is a Hong Kong actress. Cecilia Yip is a well-regarded actress from Hong Kong whose work is known throughout Asia, especially in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. She ...more
- Yip first came to notice by appearing in various television series' in the mid-1980s. Erotic Ghost Story in 1987 proved to be a breakthrough role and she became one of the most ...more
- Michelle Yim Wai Ling, also known by her Chinese stage name Mai Suet, is a Hong Kong actress. She graduated from St Rose of Lima College and Shaw Brothers' Training School. In ...more
- Michele Monique Reis (Chinese: 李嘉欣; pinyin: Lǐ Jiāxīn or Lee Kar-yan in Cantonese; born June 20, 1970) is a Hong Kong actress. Reis was born in Macau which was then a Portuguese ...more
- Amy Kwok is former Miss Hong Kong (1991) winner and actress based in Hong Kong. She is married to Hong Kong Film Award and Golden Bauhinia Awards Winning Actor Sean Lau.
- Sheren Tang Shui-man is a famous Hong Kong television actress who is known for not signing a long-term contract with TVB, preferring to work on a per-drama contract with the TV station. ...more
- Deannie Yip is an actress, singer, and producer known in the Cantonpop industry and thanks to numerous supporting roles. She has won the Best Actress award (68th Venice International Film Festival) and ...more
- Wong Ming Cheun, also known as Liza Wang, is an actress and TV host from Hong Kong.
- Ning Jing is a Chinese singer and first-class actor. She was born in Guiyang, China, of Nakhi descent.
- Cherie Chung Chor-Hung, with her unique blend of natural down-to-earth beauty, sweetness and sensuality, was one of the most popular HK actresses and sex symbols of the 1980s. She was born on ...more
- Sandra Ng is a Hong Kong film and television actress. She graduated from the Hong Kong St. Stephen's Girls' College.
- Sharla Cheung is a Hong Kong actress and film producer born in Shanghai, China. She was discovered by Wong Jing, with whom she worked on many of his productions in the early ...more
- Vilma Santos-Recto, born Maria Rosa Vilma Tuazon Santos, commonly known as Ate Vi, is a Filipino actress and politician. She is known as the Star for all Seasons for her various roles ...more