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Gloria Yip Wan-Yee (, born January 13, 1973 in Hong Kong, the elder of two sisters and daughter of prominent businessman Yip Shao) is a Hong Kong actress and singer, best known for her four films with director Lam Ngai Kai, and to Western audiences, her "special appearance" in Lam's ''Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky'' and principal supporting role in the cult classic〔John Charles, ''Video Watchdog'' #40, page 64: "''Saviour of the Soul'' has developed a cult following for its sensational action sequences, which feature futuristic weapons like "The Breathless Bullet," a projectile that sucks all the atmosphere out of rooms (an effect accomplished by having all the color drain out of the image)." A recent DVD release quoted him with the paraphrase "A Cult classic."〕 ''Saviour of the Soul''. Among her more frequent collaborators are Yuen Biao, Lai Kai Ming, and Wong Jing. Her early roles were primarily cute and comedic, while her more recent, post-divorce roles, have primarily been dramatic. She was discovered as a teenager by a Japanese talent scout. Like many movie stars in Hong Kong, she has also pursued a career as a singer, touring in Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea, and she has released more than half a dozen CDs.〔http://www.abcde.com.hk/gloria/profile.html (in Chinese)〕 In her homeland, she retains a reputation for wholesomeness, a childlike face described as "forever 19 years old,"〔 and the philandering of her husband, leading to a divorce in 2000, caused a media stir. While she was married, she went into semi-retirement, enjoyed being a mother, and pursued interests in arts and crafts, primarily embroidery and clay sculpture. She graduated from Hong Kong Art School in 2008. She is fluent in Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin, and English and is a fan of Jackie Chan (with whom she has worked), Tom Cruise, Rie Miyazawa, and Madonna.〔English-language bio screen, ''Saga of the Phoenix'' DVD, Universe Laser & Video〕 Her roles in ''Mark Six Comedy'' and ''Boxer's Story'' include brief passages of English dialogue. ==Discovery by talent scout== During secondary school at St. Margaret's Women's Academy, she went to Japan, and was discovered by a talent scout. She was only thirteen (though she claimed at the time to be fourteen), took a Japanese name,〔 and appeared in television commercials for McDonald's and TDK. Her career continued from there. In 1987, at age 14, she appeared in the play, 呷醋大丈夫 (''The Real Man Sips the Vinegar'' or ''Goodbye Darling'').〔http://ueno.cool.ne.jp/sankyoh/profile.htm (in Japanese)〕 At age 19, she appeared in another play, 洗腳水 (''The Water for Foot Washing'') (1992).〔http://big5.cri.cn/gate/big5/gb.cri.cn/9964/2006/11/13/114@1299634_4.htm (in Chinese)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gloria Yip」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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