Kara Hui Ying-Hung
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Blades of the Guardians: Wind Rises in the Desert
2026
as Mrs. Yuchi
Sakra
2023
as Ruan Xingzhu
Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
1985
as Tourist in Thailand
Rouge
1987
as Actress Portraying Ghost
The Banquet
1991
as Tsang's Maid
The Inspector Wears Skirts II
1989
as May
My People, My Country
2019
as Sergeant Lin (segment "The Going Home")
The Inspector Wears Skirts
1988
as May
Dragon
2011
as Shi San Liang
House of the Rising Sons
2018
Naughty Boys
1986
as Ah Chuan
The Seventh Curse
1986
as Policewoman
72 Tenants of Prosperity
2010
as Sales of Ha Kun's Store
A Chinese Tall Story
2005
as Lo Ping
The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter
1984
as Yang No. 8
Infernal Affairs II
2003
as Hau's Sister
Swordsman and Enchantress
1978
as One of 12 Flower Servants of Yihua Palace
Rosa
1986
as Lei Kung's sister
7 Assassins
2013
as Lao Hu's wife
Love Never Ends
2023
as Li Huiru