Karen Joy Morris, or Karen Mok Man-Wai, or Mò Wénwèi(莫文蔚, born in June 2, 1970, Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong-based actress and singer.
She is 1/2 Chinese, 1/4 Welsh (paternal grandfather), 1/8 Iranian and 1/8 German. Mok attended Diocesan Girls' School, Hong Kong (from primary to secondary) before attending United World College of the Adriatic near Trieste, Italy, and majored in Italian literature when studying in the University of London. She is the sister of the writer and producer Trevor Morris and the descendant of Alfred Morris, the first principal of King's College, Hong Kong. Mok speaks English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Italian, French.
Mok is often credited as Karen Mok in Chinese movies, but as Karen Joy Morris (her birth name) in Hollywood movies. She supplied the voice of Princess Kida for the Cantonese dub of Disney's Atlantis (2001). Mok performed in the international tour of the hit Broadway musical "RENT" as Mimi during the Hong Kong stops in December 2005.
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Wait 'Til You're Older (Simplified Chinese: 童梦奇缘; Traditional Chinese: 童夢奇緣) (Tung mung kei yun) is a 2005 Hong Kong film directed by Teddy Chan.
Kwong is a young boy who lives with his father and stepmother (Karen Mok), he blames his stepmother for the suicide of his mother 3 years earlier and continually runs away from home. One day while walking to school he meets an old man in the park who accidentally pours a potion he has created down a drain, the next day, a huge tree has grown from a seedling in the drain, Kwong goes the man's house and steals the potion, falling and breaking it when he runs away, some of it enters a cut in his hand, and the next day he wakes up to find he has grown to the age of 20 overnight. Kwong thinks himself being better to become an adult, but he has learned a lesson that the potion brings him to run through his life in just days. He becomes older and older as he becomes a very old man few days later.
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Enter the Phoenix (Chinese: 大佬愛美麗, Daai lo oi mei lai, literally "Big brother loves beauty") is a 2004 Hong Kong movie directed by Stephen Fung. The film is to be remade in Hollywood, starring Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston, and directed by Andrew Tennebaum.When gang master Hung died, his two followers Cheung and Chapman To were sent to Thailand to look for his son, Georgie Hung, to succeed him. Georgie, who is gay and lives as a cook with his boyfriend Frankie, is uninterested to continue his father's work. But his close friend Sam, adored the life of a gangster and took his position instead. Sam and Georgie thus returned to Hong Kong with their identities swapped.Upon returning, they discovered that Hung had accidentally killed Cheng Chow's father and now Cheng Chow, a leading gangster of a friendly gang, led by Chan Wai-Man, is looking to avenge for his father's death.Meanwhile, Chan Wai-Man wanted to let his daughter Julie to marry Sam in order to strengthen the bond between the...
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So Close (Traditional Chinese: 夕陽天使; Simplified Chinese: 夕阳天使; Chik yeung tin see) is a 2002 action-adventure Hong Kong film directed by Corey Yuen and starring Shu Qi, Karen Mok and Zhao Wei. The English title is derived from the The Carpenters' song Close to You, which has a prominent role in the film.
Ai Lin(Shu Qi) and her sister Ai Quarn(Zhao Wei) are computer hackers and espionage specialists who use their late father's advanced secret satellite technology to give them the field advantage over their enemies and the local law enforcement. At the start of the movie they are handling the assassination of the chairman of top Chinese company, which is accomplished without a hitch.
In the aftermath of their successful mission, an intelligent Police Detective named Kong Yat Hung (Karen Mok) is assigned to their case and is able to track them down. The cat-and-mouse chase becomes more complicated when Lin and Ai Quarn become the targets of the very people who originally hired them and...,
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Wan Tin-Sau (Chow) is an actor who cannot seem to catch a break, since his only professional jobs are limited to being a movie extra. As well as being an actor, he is also the head of his village's community centre.
One day a group of club girls come to ask Wan to help them act like innocent schoolgirls so they can make more money. One of the girls, Lau Piu-Piu (Cecilia Cheung),...
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Stephen Chow is Chan Mong-Gut, a famous Chinese lawyer, who must defend his apprentice Foon, who got framed for murder, in court.
Stephen Chow stars as Chan Mong-Gut, a famous Chinese lawyer was killed in the Qing dynasty. He must defend his apprentice, Foon, who has been framed for murder in Hong Kong. Being the third worst lawyer in China, he challenges the British legal system with no evidence on hand and manages to identify the killer in a hilarious way.
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Fallen Angels (Traditional Chinese: 墮落天使; Simplified Chinese: 堕落天使; Pinyin: Duòluò Tiānshǐ) is a 1995 Hong Kong movie written and directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Leon Lai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Michelle Reis, Charlie Yeung and Karen Mok.Fallen Angels is usually considered a companion piece to Chungking Express. It was originally conceived as the third story for Chungking Express, but Fallen Angels can be considered a sequel due to similar themes, locations and methods of filming, while one of the main characters lives in the Chungking Mansions and works at the Midnight Express food stall.Set in contemporary Hong Kong, a disillusioned hitman embarks on his last hit but first he has to overcome the affections of his cool, detached partner he rarely sees. Thinking it is dangerous and improper to become involved with a colleague, he tries to find a surrogate for his affections. Against the sordid and surreal urban nightscape, he crosses paths with a strange drifter looking for her ex...,
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112913
Black Mask (Chinese: 黑俠) is a 1996 Hong Kong action film starring Jet Li, Karen Mok and Anthony Wong Chau-Sang. It was directed by Daniel Lee and was produced by Tsui Hark.
The movie is based an adapted version of the 1992 manhua of the same name. It was later followed by a 2002 sequel, Black Mask 2: City of Masks.
The film concerns a man named Tsui Chik (Michael in the American version), who tries to lead a quiet life as a librarian. However, he is really a former test subject for a highly secretive supersoldier project, and when he discovers that other test subjects have begun a violent crime spree that the police are helpless to stop, he sets out to stop them himself by donning a disguise and using the superhero alias of "Black Mask". Having lost the ability to feel pain due to experiments performed on him by the military, Black Mask is nigh invulnerable.
Black Mask grossed a moderate HK $13,286,788 during its Hong Kong box office run.
On May 14, 1999, a recut version of the film...,
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116426
Karen Mok was born
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