Deanie Ip

Deanie Ip
Chinese name	葉德嫻 (Traditional)
Chinese name	叶德娴 (Simplified)
Pinyin	ye4 de2 xian2 (Mandarin)
Jyutping	jip6 dak1 haan4 (Cantonese)
Ancestry	Huiyang, Guangdong
Origin	Hong Kong
Born	25 December 1947 (1947-12-25) (age 63) Dapengcheng, Guangdong, China
Occupation	Singer
Genre(s)	Cantopop
Label(s)	Universal Music Group
Awards Hong Kong Film Awards Best Supporting Actress 1985 My Name Ain't Suzie 1991 Dances with the Dragon Golden Horse Awards Best Supporting Actress 1999 Crying Heart Other Awards Volpi Cup Best Actress 2011 A Simple Life

Deanie Ip is a Cantopop singer and Chinese actress, known for supporting roles. She has won the Hong Kong Film Awards twice (both for Best Supporting Actress), while her Cantopop albums were released by Universal Music Group and several local labels. She speaks Cantonese, Dapeng dialect, Mandarin and English.

Name

Deanie Ip is frequently referred to as "Deanie Yip" although her surname is officially romanized as Ip.

Music career

In the 1980s, Ip released five albums with a local producer. After complaining about the direction of the Cantopop industry and falling out with her then label, Black and White, Ip chose to retire from music in 1988 and went into semi-retirement, with occasional roles in movies. She returned to the Cantopop scene in 2002 with an EP, which, along with a live recording of her 2002 concert in Hong Kong, were both released by Universal Music Group. In the mid-90s she teamed up with male star Andy Hui to produce the hit duet "教我如何不愛他" (lit. "Teach me how not to love him") and again in 2004 for the award-winner "美中不足" (lit. "A minor defect in something otherwise perfect").

Awards

Ip has been recognised on several occasions for supporting actress roles except for her role in A Simple Life, where she won Coppa Volpi for the Best Actress at the 68th Venice International Film Festival.^[1]

Ip has won the Best Supporting Actress awards at the Hong Kong Film Awards twice, for her roles in Dances with Dragon (11th Hong Kong Film Awards, 1991), and in My Name Ain't Suzy (5th Hong Kong Film Awards, 1985). Ip also had three other nominations for Best Supporting Actress for Wrong Wedding Trail (4th Hong Kong Film Awards, 1984), Spiritual Love (7th Hong Kong Film Awards, 1987) and for Murder (13th Hong Kong Film Awards, 1993).

She has also won Best Supporting Actress at the 36th Golden Horse Awards for Crying Heart.

She won Coppa Volpi for best actress at the 68th Venice Film Festival in 2011 for "Tao Jie" ("A Simple Life"). Hong Kong's Secretary for Commerce & Economic Development Gregory So congratulated her for winning the award. Mr So said this award is not only an international recognition of Ms Ip's outstanding achievement, but a testimony of the level of excellence of the Hong Kong film industry. ^[2]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Awards
2011	A Simple Life	Sister Peach	Coppa Volpi for the Best Actress
2000	Queen of Kowloon	Ah Si
	Don't Look Back... Or You'll Be Sorry!!	Marianne Siu
1999	Prince Charming	'Babe' Fei
	Criss-Cross Over Four Seas (TV)	Ming Sing
	Crying Heart	Mrs. Fat	Won - Golden Horse Awards for Best Supporting Actress
1996	Thanks for Your Love	Mrs. Li
1995	Tragic Commitment	Ngank
1994	The New Legend of Shaolin	Red Bean's Mother
1993	Man of the Times	Mary
	Murder	Ma Mei-Chun	Nominated - Golden Horse Awards for Best Supporting Actress Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
	Days of Tomorrow	Ling's Mother
1992	She Starts the Fire	Big Beer
	The Prince of Temple Street
	Arrest the Restless	Teddy's Mother
	Fight Back to School II	Inspector Yip	Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
	Handsome Siblings	Sissy To
	Deadly Dream Woman	Witch Woman
1991	Fantasy Romance	Ghost Prostitute
	Dances with the Dragon	Shi-Yi/Baby	Won - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
1989	The Truth: Final Episode
	Carry on Yakuza!!	Mrs. Wong
1988	Dragons Forever	Miss Yip
	The Truth
1987	Spiritual Love	Chin-Hua	Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
1986	The Story of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen
	The Lunatics	Tina Lau
	Soul[disambiguation needed ]	Lee Yip-Cheong
	Pom Pom Strikes Back	Anna
1985	Seven Angels	Sergeant
	Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars
	The Unwritten Law	Lau Wai-lan	Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
	Mr. Boo Meets Pom Pom	Anna
	Welcome	Great-Grandfather's Wife
	My Name Ain't Suzie	Wong Ying	Won - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated - Golden Horse Awards for Best Supporting Actress
	Goodbye Mama
1984	Before Dawn
	Wrong Wedding Trail		Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
	The Owl vs Bombo	Joyce Leung
	The Return of Pom Pom	Anna
	Pom Pom	Anna
1982	Love
	Carry On Pickpocket	Inspector Ling
1981	Sealed with a Kiss
	Cream Soda and Milk		Won - Golden Horse Awards for Best Supporting Actress
	Love Massacre
	The Executor
1980	Dangerous Encounters: 1st Kind
1978	Killers Two

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References

1. ^ The Standard Golden girl Deanie Ip takes best actress prize at Venice 12 September 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-13
2. ^ Best actress award applauded Hong Kong Information Services Department. September 11, 2011.
3. ^ "Deanie Ip". imdb.com. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0409677/. Retrieved 14 April 2010. 
4. ^ "Deanie Ip". chinesemov.com. http://chinesemov.com/actors/Deannie%20Yip.html. Retrieved 14 April 2010. 

External links

• Deannie Yip at the Internet Movie Database