Qiu Yuen

About Qiu Yuen

Who is it?: Actress, Director, Producer
Birth Year: 1948
Chinese name: 元秋 (simplified)
Influenced by: Yu Jim Yuen
Awards Golden Horse AwardsHundred Flowers Awards: Awards Golden Horse Awards Best Supporting Actress 2005 Kung Fu Hustle Hundred Flowers Awards Best Supporting Actress 2006 Kung Fu Hustle Golden Horse Awards Best Supporting Actress 2005 Kung Fu Hustle Hundred Flowers Awards Best Supporting Actress 2006 Kung Fu Hustle Best Supporting Actress 2005 Kung Fu HustleBest Supporting Actress 2006 Kung Fu Hustle
Golden Horse AwardsHundred Flowers Awards: Golden Horse Awards Best Supporting Actress 2005 Kung Fu Hustle Hundred Flowers Awards Best Supporting Actress 2006 Kung Fu Hustle Best Supporting Actress 2005 Kung Fu HustleBest Supporting Actress 2006 Kung Fu Hustle

Qiu Yuen

Qiu Yuen was born on 1948, is Actress, Director, Producer. Qiu Yuen apprenticed Chinese martial arts and Beijing-opera skills with Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung as well as Kam-Bo under the same master, Yu Jim-yuen, whilst at the Beijing Opera School (part of the Chinese Drama Academy).Early in her career, Cheung Cheun Nam (aka Qiu Yuen) worked briefly as a female stunt artist and as a night club performer during the late 60s 'til the early 70s.Feeling the future for female stunt artists was not promising, she took a hiatus from her career, and got married.In 1974 at the age of 24 Qiu Yuen had a small role in her (at the time) one and only international production, in the James Bond film, "The Man with the Golden Gun" (1974). She portrayed a student who rescues Roger MooreHaving been away from Hong Kong's film business for more than 28 years, she again starred in the international smash hit, Kung Fu Hustle (2004), just by chance. Qiu Yuen was only accompanying a junior woman fellow (of China Drama Academy) to the audition, but Stephen Chow, the director and star, soon noticed Yuen Qiu. Reports note Stephen Chow got her to agree to appear after much persuasion.Her first grandchild was born in 2004.
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Biography/Timeline

1960

Yuen Qiu worked as a stuntwoman and as a night club performer from the late 1960s to early 1970s. She had a small role in the international production, The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), portraying a student rescuing Roger Moore as James Bond. As there were few opportunities for stuntwomen and barely any prospects for improvement at the time, she got married in 1974 at the age of 24.

2005

On 31 March 2005, Yuen was arrested along with 10 other women and two men for illegal gambling.

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