Kara Wai Ying-Hung
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.
As actor 242
Hello Saturday
2022
Mind Our Own Business
1993
Trump Card
2016
At the Threshold of an Era
1999
Memories Beyond Horizon
2022
Golden Horse Awards
1962
Blades of the Guardians
2026
Beautiful Cooking
2006
Everybody Stand By
2019
The Academy
2005
Celebrity Talk Show
1989
Be My Guest
2006
The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber
2001
Justice Pao
1995
非遗里的中国
2022
Hello Life
2019
The Legend of Xiao Zhuang
2015
Can't Buy Me Love
2010
Sakra
2023
No Regrets
2010
V
2026
A Smiling Ghost Story
1999
Night in the Greater Bay
2021
The Ingenious One
2023
Beyond the Realm of Conscience
2009
Club Sparkle
2009
Legend of the Demigods
2008
At the Threshold of an Era 2
2000
The Defected
2019
诗画中国
2022
Word Twisters' Adventures
2007
Rosy Business
2009
Infernal Affairs II
2003
Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
1985
On The First Beat
2007
Sweetness in the Salt
2009
Crying and Laughing Scholar
2021
你好时光
2025
Safe Guards
2006
Real Actor
2019
Lady Flower Fist
1997
武松
2013
Gone with the Rain
2023
The Glamorous Imperial Concubine
2011
Imperfect Love
2020
Action
2021
The Warriors Gate
2016
Dragon
2011
Women of the Tang Dynasty
2013
A Fistful of Stances
2010
Wasabi Mon Amour
2008
The Master of Tai Chi
1998
Pages of Treasures
2008
Murder Diary
2021
Deadly Protection
1997
Beyond Trending
2024
My People, My Country: Behind-The-Scenes
2019
The Inspector Wears Skirts
1988
The Seventh Curse
1986
Return to the 36th Chamber
1980
Rigor Mortis
2013
My People, My Country
2019
五台山抗日传奇之女兵排
2013
The Peacock King
1988
The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter
1984
忠勇小状元
2000
A Chinese Ghost Story
2011
Legendary Assassin
2008
Rosa
1986
The Ghost Story
1979
The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful
2017
Incredible Mama
2015
Stained
2019
The Days of Seclusion and Love
The Dragon Family
1988
Finding Mr. Right 2
2016
Rouge
1987
Invincible Shaolin
1978
The Banquet
1991
The Inspector Wears Skirts II
1989
Turning Point 2
2011
Du Li Lian
2013
A Century of Light and Shadow
2005
The Brave Archer
1977
Brave Young Girls
1990
Clan of the White Lotus
1980
Angel Terminators
1992
The Dumpling Queen
2025
Shaolin Hand Lock
1978
狀元花之笑看良緣
1995
Love Never Ends
2023
Jiang Hu
2004
A Chinese Tall Story
2005
My Young Auntie
1981
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
2003
Dirty Ho
1979
My Best Summer
2019
Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia
2003
Chinatown Kid
1977
72 Tenants of Prosperity
2010
7 Assassins
2013
Demon of the Lute
1983
Buddha's Palm
1982
The Park
2003
The Midnight After
2014
Clandestine Mission
Madam City Hunter
1993
Mad Monkey Kung Fu
1979
The Illustrated Guide to Hong Kong Stars
1991
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
2003
The Invisible Guest
2023
The Tiger and the Widow
1981
The Scandalous Warlord
1979
The Confidence Man JP - The Movie -
2019
The Inspector Wears Skirts III
1990
Naughty Boys
1986
On Parole 2: Do Unto the Other
1993
77 Heartbreaks
2017
Swordsman and Enchantress
1978
Burning Ambition
1989
The Deadly Breaking Sword
1979
Martial Club
1981
Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre II
1978
Clan of Amazons
1978
They Came to Rob Hong Kong
1989
Last Suspect
2023
New Tales of the Flying Fox
1984
The Brave Archer 2
1978
Tracey
2018
The Return of Pom Pom
1984
Monster Run
2020
The Dream of the Red Chamber
1977
Legendary Weapons of China
1982
Keep the Beat
2026
Life Gamble
1978
Heaven and Hell
1980
Emperor Chien Lung and the Beauty
1980
The Brave Archer 3
1981
The Voyage of Emperor Chien Lung
1978
The 82 Tenants
1982
Visible Secret
2001
Sunshine of My Life
2022
The Criminals, Part 5: The Teenager's Nightmare
1977
Ling's Story
2001
Widow Warriors
1990
Stage Door Johnny
1990
Dragon from Shaolin
1996
The Lady Is the Boss
1983
Cat vs. Rat
1982
Ultimate Design
2025
Kung Fu Wing Chun
2010
Journey of the Doomed
1985
Remember Me
2024
Crazy n' the City
2005
The Inspector Wears Skirts IV
1992
House of the Rising Sons
2018
Who Cares
1989
The Tai Chi Master
2003
Happy Go Lucky
1987
Never Say Regret
1990
Mrs K
2017
Quattro Hong Kong 2
2011
The Real Me
1991
The Story of Dr. Sun Yat Sen
1986
Three Stooges Go Undercover
1984
Happiness
2016
Return of the Sentimental Swordsman
1981
High K
2000
Long Road to Gallantry
1984
Night Corridor
2003
Fist Power
2000
Legend of the Drunken Tiger
1991
Bullet to Survive
1990
Echoes of the Thunder
2023
Control
2013
The Secret Society – Boss
2003
对照记
2021
Zen of Sword
1992
Guys in Ghost's Hand
1991
Binding Souls
2019
The Emperor and the Minister
1982
L for Love, L for Lies
2008
The Tigress of Shaolin
1979
Daughter
2015
Diva
2012
Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu
2011
Visa to Hell
1991
Swift Sword
1980
Why Me?
1985
欢乐英雄
1991
Fatal Love
1993
Lock Me Up, Tie Him Down
2014
Horrible Mansion in Wild Village
2016
Blood Stained Shoes
2012
The Vengeance
1992
77 Heartwarmings
2021
Crazy Mission
1997
Megaforce from Highland
1992
The Roar of the Vietnamese
1991
On Parole
1993
The Reckless Cricket
1979
Bloody Revenge
1987
Family Light Affair
1984
Kung Fu Mistress
1994
A Life of Papers
The Last Judgement
1979
That's Money
1990
Lovers & Movies
2015
Braveful Police
1990
Double Decker
1984
The Tale Of A Heroine
1993
The Vengeance of Six Dragon
1992
Heart of Danger
1991
The Wedding Diary 2
2013
The Fox Lover
2013
A Story in Beijing City
1993
Sharpshooters
1994
Strange Friends
2023
Lovers Blades
1982
At the End of Daybreak
2009
The Cunning Hustler
1978
Out Bound Killing
1994
Behind the Curtain
1992
Dirty Man
2003
The Wedding Diary
2011
Mysterious Plate 2
2017
Kungfu Taboo
2015
The Mysterious Family
2017
Tattoo Girl
1993
Gunmen
1995
Red River Valley
2014
Happiness Me Too
2012
Forever Love
2001
Wanted
2001
Queen of Gambler
1991
Mid-Night Train
2013
为爱担当
2017
Snake Fist
1994
Winter Is Hoped
2013
一步之城
2013
心累了
母亲节微电影：记得·记得
2016