Zhao Yazhi

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Angie Chiu was born on November 15, 1954 in Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong, China. Her ancestral home is Kaifeng City, Henan Province. She is a Chinese film actress and graduated from Catholic Chongde English Academy.

In 1973, she won the fourth place in the first Miss Hong Kong beauty contest. In 1975, he appeared in his first TV play riding the wind and breaking the waves, thus officially entering the performing arts circle. In 1978, he played Zhou Zhiruo in the martial arts drama "Yitian Tulong Ji". In 1979, he played Su Rongrong in the martial arts drama "Legend of Chu Liuxiang", which was broadcast in Taiwan with a 70% audience rating. In 1980, with the broadcast of the Republic of China drama "Shanghai beach", she became one of the "four wireless Huadan". In 1981, the ancient martial arts drama "Flying Eagle" starred by him was broadcasted. In 1985, he starred in the ancient costume myth drama GuanShiYin; in the same year, after his appointment with Hong Kong TVB, he chose to fade out of the performing arts circle for the sake of his family. In 1987, he returned to the TV screen and starred in the love drama of the Republic of China. In 1991, he starred in the love drama about Qianlong. In 1992, with the ancient costume myth drama "Legend of the new white lady" won widespread attention. In 1997, he starred in the drama "ups and downs of a century".

In 2003, he officially announced his full comeback; in the same year, he starred in the love drama Xiguan junior. In 2007, he won the first Huading award, the annual award for public image survey of performing celebrities, the most respected performing artist award and many other awards. In 2012, he won the asian idol classic screen character award of the asian idol Festival. In 2015, he won the 17th Huading Award for outstanding achievements in Chinese TV series. In 2016, as a regular guest, he participated in the star life experience show "we're here for the first season" of Hunan Satellite TV. In 2018, eight women starred in the movie.

Early experience

Zhao Yazhi was born in Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong, and his ancestral home is Kaifeng City, Henan Province. When she was a child, she was very naughty. She used to climb trees and catch birds with her children. When it came to dinner, her mother would shout at the door a few times before she said goodbye to her friends and went home to eat and do her homework.

In 1971, at the age of 17, Zhao Yazhi graduated from Hong Kong Catholic Chongde English college. In the same year, she caught up with Japan Airlines to recruit a stewardess in Hong Kong. Zhao Yazhi, who dreamed of traveling around the world, went for an interview and finally became a stewardess on the flight from Hong Kong to Japan. During her training in Japan, she learned Japanese, first aid, manners and other knowledge.

In 1973, with the support of her mother, 19-year-old Zhao Yazhi participated in the first "Miss Hong Kong" beauty contest held by Hong Kong wireless television. During the question session of wearing swimsuit, the MC asked a fashion question she was not familiar with. She was too nervous to answer it well. She lost a lot of points in this respect and finally won the fourth place. The prize she won was A crown, a watch and HK $1000 in cash.

After the competition, she did not directly enter the performing arts circle, but chose to go back to continue to be a stewardess. After that, Zhao Yazhi's flight changed to a long-distance flight from Hong Kong to Canada. She was tired of being a stewardess. Two years later, she officially resigned from her job as an airline. However, Hong Kong wireless television sent someone to find her as a program host, so Zhao Yazhi began to concentrate on her performance Art circle development.

Acting experience

In 1975, Zhao Yazhi joined the Hong Kong TVB variety group. Because she wanted to understand the television industry, she took the initiative to start from the basic work. As an assistant director, she was responsible for production, assistant director, drama, props, clothing, etc., which also made her understand the whole program procedures and operation in a very short time. After working as an assistant director for a period of time, she became a game player As the host of the TV show "big heart, small heart", she also took into account the background. Finally, because of the hard development of both front and back lines, she chose to concentrate on acting as an artist. Later, Zhao Yazhi volunteered to become a member of the drama group of TVB, and later transferred to the drama group. In the same year, she completed her first TV play, which was similar to Cheng Kewei, Zhuang Wenqing and Gao Miao Si co starred in the fashion inspirational drama ride the wind and waves, in which she played Shi Shufeng, who was weak in appearance and strong in heart, and thus officially entered the performing arts circle.

In 1976, she co starred with Xu Guanjie, Xu Guanying and Wu Yaohan in the comedy film "half weight eight Liang", in which she played the heroine and played Jiqi, an employee of universal private detective agency and Secretary of Huang ruosi. The film became the annual box office champion of Hong Kong Film and was released in overseas markets such as Japan. After that, several Hong Kong producers lobbied her to act in the film again, but due to family reasons I didn't agree.

In 1977, she co starred with Zheng Shaoqiu and Huang Shuyi in the Republic of China emotional drama "revenge", in which she played Wei Ting, Wei Wenfu's daughter, and Yu Yang as a father and daughter. This was her first cooperation with Zheng Shaoqiu. After several times of lobbying by Jiahe, Zhao Yazhi agreed to play in the comedy action movie "Fa Qian Han" directed by John Woo, in which she played the heroine Mary, The film became the annual box office champion of Hong Kong films. In the same year, it co starred with Jiang Tao and Huang Xingxiu in the ancient costume love unit drama Peony Pavilion, in which Du Liniang, the heroine who dares to fight for love, is played.

On January 2, 1978, Daheng, a fashion drama co starring Zheng Shaoqiu and Liu Songren, played Zhu Minzhi, the daughter of Zhu Yixuan, and a father and daughter with Guan Haishan in the drama; on May 11, the drama "getting rich and burying stools" starring him was released; on May 13, the martial arts drama "relying on heaven and killing dragons" co starring Zheng Shaoqiu, Wang Mingquan and Xia Yu was premiered in the drama Zhou Zhiruo, the fourth generation leader of Emei school, is both beautiful and vicious. On June 9, the comedy action movie "stripping the wrong teeth and removing the wrong bones" starring Zhang Lei was released, in which she played the heroine Angie, which is also her first attempt to play the role of a woman. In the same year, director Chu Yuan invited her to play the heroine tie Xinlan in the ancient costume martial arts movie "peerless double pride", but because she didn't play the role of a woman On October 2, the fashion inspirational drama struggle, starring Chow Yun fat and Shi Xiu, played Xu Chengfei, the third miss of the Xu family. After that, Zhao Yazhi was named "the best dream lover of Hong Kong men" by the media for 10 consecutive years.

On May 3, 1979, the ancient costume martial arts drama God of Swords (also known as the full moon machete), starring Liu Songren, was broadcasted, in which she played Qingqing, the gentle and considerate heroine; on June 16, her action movie "coach" was released; on September 3, the ancient costume martial arts drama "Legend of Chu Liuxiang" (also known as Chu Liuxiang), starring Zheng Shaoqiu and Wang Mingquan, was broadcasted Su Rongrong, who plays one of Chu LiuXiang's three confidants in the play, has become a legend in the world by virtue of her skillful medical skills and superb appearance changing skills. During the broadcast of the play in Taiwan, the audience rating reached 70%. After that, more than a dozen Taiwanese film companies competed to invite Zhao Yazhi to make fashion films and martial arts films, and the pay for the film reached HK $250000, and she also won She became the highest paid actress in Hong Kong and Taiwan. On November 1, the thriller "crazy robbery" co starred with Zhang Aijia and Xu Shaoqiang was released, and her heroine Li Wan was the real killer in a complicated love murder case.

On March 10, 1980, the Republic of China drama "Shanghai beach", starring Zhou Runfa and LV Liangwei, was broadcast. Feng Chengcheng, who is beautiful, gentle, dignified, generous and dares to love and hate, is the daughter of Feng Jingyao, a French Concession tycoon in Shanghai beach. With the broadcast of the drama, Zhao Yazhi became one of the "four major actors without a line". The play was introduced and broadcast in the mainland of China in 1985, and is popular in all Chinese regions After that, Zhao Yazhi was selected as one of the five most unforgettable heroines of the 20th century wireless TV station. On July 24, she co starred with Fu Sheng, er Dongsheng and Gu Feng in the martial arts film Hero without tears On November 24, the fashion emotional drama "impact", starring Ren Dahua, was broadcast. Her heroine Zeng suting, in order to avenge Soseki, spared no pains to help the Mafia, and eventually became a strong woman. In addition, Tan Jiaming invited her to play the leading role in the ancient martial arts film "famous sword", but she was killed No.

On May 11, 1981, the war drama "beacon fire and flying flowers" co starred with Zheng Shaoqiu was broadcasted, in which she played dog yangyingzi, the daughter of dog yangguangxiong, the leader of Japanese gendarmerie, and a father and daughter with Lantian. On August 31, the ancient costume martial arts drama "Flying Eagle" co starred with Zheng Shaoqiu was broadcasted, in which she played Ni tianer (Su Su Su), the only descendant of moon worship, who was trained because of blood feud In 1985, it was broadcasted in Taiwan and reached 50% of the audience rating; on August 26, its love movie "unemployed students" premiered, which was released in the mainland of China in a restored version on September 8, 2017; on November 16, its police and bandit action drama "female black knight Magnolia" co starred with Yang Panpan and Huang Jinshan was broadcasted and played the role of the actor Mulan Hua, an extraordinary and evil hating heroine, helps her father, who is a policeman, fight against evil. In addition, Thai film companies invite her to star in Thai movies, but she is very proud of taking care of her family

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