Cherie Chung Biography

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Cherie Chung Chor-hung ��� (born February 16 1960) was a Hong Kong film actress in the 1980s. She participated in Miss Hong Kong competition but did not receive any awards. Later she was discovered by film director Johnnie To and debuted in To's first film The Engimatic Case (1980).

Her beauty and charm helped her become one of the top actresses in Hong Kong at that time. In her film career, her most famous performance was in Mabel Cheung's An Autumn's Tale (1987), where she portrayed Jennifer, an educated middle-class woman who falls in love with a rude and uneducated man played by Chow Yun Fat. The film became one of the most successful romances in Hong Kong film history. She is known as the "Marilyn Monroe" of Hong Kong entertainment industry due to her beautiful looks.

Cherie Chung retired from acting in the 1990s; her last film was John Woo's Once a Thief (1991).

She is currently married to a businessman and active in promoting environmental protection.

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