Cherie Chung was born on February 16, 1960 in Hong Kong. She was third
runner-up in the 1979 Miss Hong Kong Pageant and entered the film
industry afterward, becoming one of Hong Kong's most popular and
beautiful actresses.
Chung would go on to appear in dozens of comedy and drama movies, most
notably starring along side actor
Chow Yun-Fat in a host of films, including
the award-winning
An Autumn's Tale (1987).
She also dabbled in a few action, horror and fantasy films, including
that of Sister Yuen in Sammo Hung's ghost comedy
The Dead and the Deadly (1982) and Hsiao-Hsueh in
Eric Tsang's
Golden Swallow (1987).
In 1991, Chung retired from show business and married advertising guru
Michael Chu in the United States. He was known for his achievements in
the Hong Kong advertising industry; he passed August 24, 2007 from
stomach cancer.
Since her marriage, Chung has been active in promoting environmental
protection and ran a furniture store in Hong Kong.