Nancy Sit

Nancy Sit M.H.
Chinese name	薛家燕
Pinyin	Xuē Jiāyàn (Mandarin)
Jyutping	Sit3 Gaa1 Jin3 (Cantonese)
Born	30 March 1950 (1950-03-30) (age 61) Hong Kong
Years active	1960s - present
Spouse(s)	Shek Bo-hing (m.1983-1996)
Children	Justina Shek Jackson Shek Jamie Shek
Awards TVB Anniversary Awards All-Time Most Memorable Female Leading Roles 1999 A Kindred Spirit My Favourite Television Character 2000 Return of the Cuckoo 2001 Virtues of Harmony

Nancy Sit Ka Yin (Chinese: 薛家燕, MH born 30 March 1950) is a Hong Kong actress on the TVB network. Her acting career dated back to the 1960s, when she was a popular teen idol alongside Connie Chan Po-chu, and Josephine Siao. Sit recorded many albums in her teens, and later served as a mentor to Anita Mui, who went on to become one of the biggest superstars in Hong Kong history.

Sit left the entertainment business after she got married and raised a family, but in the early 1990s, her marriage fell apart when her husband left her. Sit was devastated and has said she contemplated suicide. But she thought of her children, which gave her the will to continue with life. She decided to get back into show business and was able to capitalize on the popularity she had achieved as a teen idol, even though it was so many years later.

She first starred in the long-running series A Kindred Spirit, playing one of the show's central figures. It was the longest-running series in Hong Kong history, with more than 1,000 episodes.

In 1975 she joined to Flatfoot Goes East, a film of Italian director Steno with well-known actor Bud Spencer. In this film, she plays the brief and touching role of a young mother which sacrifices herself to save the life of her son Yoko (Day Golo) from a gangster band.

Sit's recent work in TVB's TV series made her very popular in Southeast Asia. Sit stars in the sitcoms, Virtues of Harmony and its sequel Virtues of Harmony II. In Virtues of Harmony, Sit plays a boss of a Chinese restaurant in Ming Dynasty. She reprises a similar role in a modern setting in its sequel, Virtues of Harmony II.

In 2005, Nancy and co-star William Hung, were featured in the Hong Kong movie Where Is Mama's Boy. The accompanying soundtracks included theme songs from the movie that were performed by Nancy, William and Huang Yi-Fei (Wong Yat-Fei).

She also visited several countries, including Singapore and Malaysia, to promote shows in which she performed such as A Kindred Spirit and to host the Channel U variety special.

In late 2009, rumours circulated about Sit in regards to serious health problems (she had surgery to remove Gallstones and cholangitis).^[1] Around this time, she was seen walking uneasily and needing assistance in public by her daughter. As of late 2010, Sit appears to have made a full recovery.

Filmography

TVB series

Year	Title	Role	TVB Anniversary Awards	Notes
1995	A Kindred Spirit	Leung Yun Ho	All-Time Most Memorable Female Leading Role
1997	A Recipe for the Heart	Yin Jan-jan		(Cameo)
2000	Return of the Cuckoo	Chu Sa Giu	My Favourite Television Character Nominated - Best Actress (Top 5)
	The Threat of Love
2001	Virtues of Harmony	Yau Nim Chi	My Favourite Television Character Nominated - Best Actress (Top 5)
2002	Police Station No. 7	Wong Ying Goo
2003	The Threat of Love 2	Fung Ying/Chu Sau Yuk/Tam Siu /Ng Sui Gil/Fok Lau Sui Bik/Lee Han
2004	Virtues of Harmony II	Yau Nim Chi
2007	Heavenly In-Laws	Lo Fa/Flower Queen		(warehoused)
2008	The Silver Chamber of Sorrows	Choi Siu Diep	Nominated - Best Actress (Top 10)
2009	Born Rich	Sheung Hoi-mei
2011	River of Wine	Kwan Wai-lan	Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress (Top 15)

ATV series

Year	Title	Role
1979	Dragon Strikes 《天龍訣》	南宮明珠
	It Takes A Thief[disambiguation needed ] 《侠盗风流》	龙萧公主
1990	The Third Radio Staion 《第三间电台》	罗咏琴

Other series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Princess Ji Zhuang 《庄姬公主》	穆赢太后	(Taiwan Television Station Series)
2005	Love Concierge 《愛的掌門人》	谢美娇	(Media Corp Series)
2007	Double Happiness[disambiguation needed ] 《龙凤呈祥》		(China Central Television Series)

Feature Films

Year	Title	Role
1967	Seven Princesses
1996	God of Cookery	Judge
1999	Anti-Crime Squad
2010	72 Tenants of Prosperity	Lolita
2011	All's Well, Ends Well 2011
	I Love Hong Kong

Personal

Nancy Sit is one of five sisters. She has three children from her marriage to Shek, Jamie, Justina and Jackson Shih. Justina and Jackson reside in the United States and Jamie with her in Hong Kong.

Since Nancy Sit fell ill in 2009, as of 2010 all three of her children returned to Hong Kong to lessen her work load and start a career in Hong Kong. Justina acts as Sit's manager as well as looking after Mother Hong Kong Arts Centre.

References

1. ^ Nancy Sit Rushed to the Hospital, Stops Work for 10 days

External links

• Nancy Sit at the Internet Movie Database
• Nancy Sit Ka-Yin filmography at lovehkfilm.com

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Name	Sit, Nancy
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Date of birth	30 March 1950
Place of birth	Hong Kong
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