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		Sibelle Hu Hui Zhong

Other names :	Sibelle Hu Sibelle Hu Hui Chung Sibelle Hui Woo Wai Chung

Birthdate :	4/5/1958
Nationality :	Taiwan
Workplace :	Hong Kong
Activities :	Actress (50)

	Biography
Beginning her career in Taiwanese film, she was initially groomed to be the successor to Brigitte Lin in the Taiwanese melodramatic weepie market. By the end of the 70’s Brigitte was of course getting older and a love scandal had made her future in this type of Taiwanese film somewhat questionable. With Sibelle’s debut in A Special Smile (1979) and appearances in a few other films – The Coldest Winter in Peking (in which her co-star was Brigitte’s oft teamed co-star and one time fiance Charlie Chin) and the prostitute drama A Flower in a Storm – Sibelle gained enormous popularity. A Special Smile broke box office records for a Taiwanese film in Hong Kong. At the same time she was able to graduate with a history degree in 1981. The days of the Taiwanese weepie were coming to an end though – and within a few years Taiwanese film would almost completely surrender to the onslaught of film from Hong Kong. Like Brigitte Lin before her, Sibelle turned to Hong Kong to further her career. In 1985 she was invited to be the “dish” in My Lucky Stars. In this Sammo Hung produced series every film had a beautiful female who was the object of desire of the bumbling juvenile men in the cast. The film was a huge hit and Sibelle became a major star in Hong Kong. She also got away from her weepie image and got caught up in the hijinks and the action of the film. She had a classical confrontation with Michiko Nishawaki that was to some degree to foretell the rest of her career. From this point on Sibelle became for better or worse a female action star and was an integral part of the “girls with guns” genre. The problem was of course that she had no training for this sort of thing and many of her action scenes felt less than authentic or graceful (at least compared to the other “GwG” stars). She was also doubled extensively in some of the action scenes. Nevertheless, her good looks and solid acting skills made her very popular. Though these films rarely called for stellar acting, in one of her few dramatic performances of the late 80’s as the frantic mother in Inspector Chocolate she showed what a good actress she could be. She did get a plum role in 1993 as Michelle Reis’s mother in Fong Sai Yuk in which she had a classic match up against Jet Li and Josephine Siao (who played Jet Li’s mother in the movie). In the late 1990’s Sibelle retired, got married and recently (2000) had her first child. Her husband is a wealthy businessman.
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Filmography

[ 1990 - 1980 - 1970 ]

Alternate lists by alpha / genre / year

Title ( HK - All )		Year	Activity

	Tai Chi II	1996	Actress
	Chongqing Negotiation	1994	Actress
	Angel Terminators 2	1993	Actress
	Angel's Project	1993	Actress
	Combat At Heaven's Gate	1993	Actress
	Fighting Fist	1993	Actress
	Fong Sai Yuk	1993	Actress
	Way Of The Lady Boxers, The	1993	Actress
	Big Deal, The	1992	Actress
	China Heat	1992	Actress
	Ghost Punting	1992	Actress
	Lethal Contact	1992	Actress
	Mighty Gambler, The	1992	Actress
	Bury Me High	1991	Actress
	Crystal Hunt	1991	Actress
	Dreaming The Reality	1991	Actress
	Drugs Area	1991	Actress
	Fatal Mission	1991	Actress
	Lethal Panther	1991	Actress
	Magic Amethyst, The	1991	Actress
	Queen Of Gamble	1991	Actress
	Roar Of The Vietnamese, The	1991	Actress
	Who Cares	1991	Actress
	Dragon Fighter, The	1990	Actress
	Fire Phoenix	1990	Actress
	Holy Virgin Vs The Evil Dead	1990	Actress
	Raid On Royal Casino Marine	1990	Actress
	Sleazy Dizzy	1990	Actress
	To Spy With Love	1990	Actress
	Devil Hunters	1989	Actress
	Inspector Wears Skirts 2, The	1989	Actress
	Yuppie Fantasia, The	1989	Actress
	Inspector Wears Skirts, The	1988	Actress
	Crazy Spirit	1987	Actress
	Inspector Chocolate	1986	Actress
	Seventh Curse, The	1986	Actress
	Master Strikes Back, The	1985	Actress
	My Lucky Stars	1985	Actress
	Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars	1985	Actress
	I Love Lolanto	1984	Actress
	Little Cute Fellow, The	1984	Actress
	Flower In The Storm, A	1983	Actress
	Horror Holiday	1983	Actress
	Lost Generation	1983	Actress
	Helpless Taste	1982	Actress
	Coldest Winter In Peking, The	1981	Actress
	Night News	1980	Actress
	Offend The Law Of God	1980	Actress
	All's Well That Does Well	1979	Actress
	Special Smile, A	1979	Actress