Michelle Ye
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Michelle Ye Xuan is a Hong Kong actress. In 1999, she won the Miss Chinese International competition. Ye then signed a contract with TVB from 1999-2005. After she left TVB, She signed with Rich & Famous Talent Management Group Limited to pursue a movie career.

Ye is fluent in Cantonese, English, and Mandarin. She immigrated to the United States at age 10. She attended John Dewey High School
John Dewey High School
John Dewey High School, commonly referred to as JDHS or just Dewey is a public school in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, founded and based on the educational principles of John Dewey. It opened in the Fall of 1969 and is located at 50 Avenue X at the Gravesend/Bensonhurst-Bath Beach border of...

 where she won first place at the International Science and Engineering Fair in the Botany
Botany
Botany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...

 sector (1998). She was a scholarship student at Wellesley College, but left before graduating to pursue a career in the entertainment industry.

In July 1999, Ye accepted a contract offered by TVB after winning the Miss Chinese International Pageant
Miss Chinese International Pageant
Miss Chinese International Pageant or MCI for short, is an annual international beauty pageant, organized and broadcast by TVB, a leading network television station in Hong Kong.-Composition:At its inception in 1988, delegates comprise of either winners or runner-ups of regional Chinese...

. She had a number of leading roles in dramas such as, Eternal Happiness
Eternal Happiness
Eternal Happiness is a 2002 TVB television drama from Hong Kong based on a short story of the same name by Qing dynasty novelist Chen Ruisheng. Eternal Happiness was produced by Poon Kar Tak and edited by Tong King Ping...

, Triumph in the Skies
Triumph in the Skies
Triumph in the Skies is a Hong Kong drama television series. It premiered on TVB in 2003. The show tells the story of several people who work at Solar Airways as well as the Hong Kong International Airport...

, and Lost in the Chamber of Love.
Ye has worked as a host and MC.

In 2004, she was TVB's on-site reporter at the Olympic Games
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

 in Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

. Additionally, she was the MC for a special mid-autumn evening broadcast on CCTV
China Central Television
China Central Television or Chinese Central Television, commonly abbreviated as CCTV, is the major state television broadcaster in mainland China. CCTV has a network of 19 channels broadcasting different programmes and is accessible to more than one billion viewers...

.

She left TVB in June 2005 and moved on to Rich & Famous
Rich & Famous
Rich And Famous is an EP by German heavy metal band Accept. It was released in 2002. It features the bonus track for the Japanese edition of the 1993 album Objection Overruled.-Track listing:All songs by Hoffmann, Baltes, Kaufmann and Dirkschneider...

 one month after to get more exposure in the movie industry. Ye also starred in a few series with ATV
Asia Television Limited
Asia Television Limited is one of the two free-to-air television broadcasters in Hong Kong, the other being rival Television Broadcasts Limited . It launched in 1957 under the name Rediffusion Television as the first television station in Hong Kong...

, China Productions, and I-Cable.

Ye published an autobiography
Autobiography
An autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...

 titled Shang Shan Ruo Shui - Xuan Gong Lue in July 2006.

Early life

Michelle Ye was born in Hangzhou
Hangzhou
Hangzhou , formerly transliterated as Hangchow, is the capital and largest city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern China. Governed as a sub-provincial city, and as of 2010, its entire administrative division or prefecture had a registered population of 8.7 million people...

, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

. She was named after her mother’s favorite actress Zhou Xuan
Zhou Xuan
Zhou Xuan was a popular Chinese singer and film actress. By the 1940s, she had become one of China's seven great singing stars. She is probably the most well-known of the seven, as she had a concurrent movie career until 1953.-Biography:...

. Ye’s mother was a housewife and her father a lawyer. Her father was constantly on business travel, thus leaving Ye to be cared for by her mother solely. When Ye was 7 years old, her father moved overseas and only returned home for a total amount of weeks within a year. Ye’s parents divorced when she was 9 years old. Her mother no longer wanted to care for her and instead wanted Ye’s father to know what it was like to take care of their child.

Ye then lived with her paternal grandparents. Her grandparents were retired professors who lived in a professor’s hostel in the university. She was loved and spoiled by her grandparents, but her grandfather was extremely strict with her academics. Under his guidance, her academic results were good. Ye was involved in a lot of school activities.

At the age of 10, her father brought her and her grandparents to come live with him in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

. Ye’s father told her that a man’s career is first priority and bringing her to the States would allow her to have a better education. Ye’s grandparents could not acclimate to the new environment and returned to China. Her father was still busy with his career. She stated that initially she did hate her father. At the age of 13, Ye suggested to move out, claiming she did not want to live with a stranger. Her father agreed and let her rent an apartment. Every month she would go to her father’s company for spending money. She would take care of laundry and meals herself. To earn extra money for other expenses, she lied about her age to work in a video rental store. Whilst at the store, she would often rent numerous series and movies to watch, which eventually influenced her to work in the entertainment business.

In truth, Ye actually longed for her father’s attention. She performed and succeeded exceptionally in school, hoping that it would attract her father’s attention. Although she always felt that her dad was never too far away (despite the physical distance), she secretly acted with indifference and irrelevance. Nonetheless, today Ye bears no more animosity towards her father, but instead thanks him for training her to be independent and tough. It has taught Ye to face any obstacle that comes her way. Consequent of that experience, Ye is a tough-minded, formidable actress. She is willing to confront any challenges, including professional movie roles and personal tribulations with a sure-mindedness that distinguishes her from her contemporaries. This fortitude has gained her critical acclaim from both the movie industry as well as the print and electronic media.

She attended John Dewey High School
John Dewey High School
John Dewey High School, commonly referred to as JDHS or just Dewey is a public school in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, founded and based on the educational principles of John Dewey. It opened in the Fall of 1969 and is located at 50 Avenue X at the Gravesend/Bensonhurst-Bath Beach border of...

. While there, she learned to speak Cantonese from a classmate. She won first place at the International Science and Engineering Fair in the Botany
Botany
Botany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...

 sector in 1998. She was the valedictorian
Valedictorian
Valedictorian is an academic title conferred upon the student who delivers the closing or farewell statement at a graduation ceremony. Usually, the valedictorian is the highest ranked student among those graduating from an educational institution...

 of her class, thus earning her full scholarship to the prestigious Wellesley College, where she majored in political science
Political science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...

.

She was influenced by her stepmother to enter the 1998 Miss Greater Chinatown NYC beauty pageant. She was 2nd runner up, but the winner resigned and the 1st runner up declined the title. She accepted the title and competed in Hong Kong for the Miss Chinese International 1999 competition on her birthday and won. After the competition, she went back and finished her first year of college. After further consideration, Ye decided not to continue her studies, but instead signed a contract with TVB. Her previous aspiration was to become a lawyer.

Career

In July 1999, she signed a contract with TVB. At the beginning of her career, Michelle Ye was well promoted by her company. She starred in several series and eventually earned “Fa Dan” status.

Ye’s most notable friends in the business are Myolie Wu
Myolie Wu
Myolie Wu Hang-yee is a Hong Kong actress for the Hong Kong TVB television station and a singer under contracts with Neway Star-Career:...

 and Rain Lau, in which they became sworn sisters after filming Eternal Happiness
Eternal Happiness
Eternal Happiness is a 2002 TVB television drama from Hong Kong based on a short story of the same name by Qing dynasty novelist Chen Ruisheng. Eternal Happiness was produced by Poon Kar Tak and edited by Tong King Ping...

. Ye was rumored with several men, but among all of them, she only admitted to dating Benny Chan
Benny Chan
-Filmography as a director:*A Moment of Romance *Son on the Run *What A Hero! *The Magic Crane *A Moment of Romance 2 *Happy Hour *Man Wanted *Fist of Fury *Big Bullet...

. Chan and Ye first worked together on the set of Gods of Honour
Gods of Honour
Gods of Honour is a Hong Kong television series adapted from the classical Chinese novel Fengshen Bang by Xu Zhonglin and Lu Xixing. The series was first aired on TVB in Hong Kong in 2001...

. It was not until filming Network Love Story in China that they started to date. They dated for two years and allegedly split due to personality differences.

After Jessica Hsuan
Jessica Hsuan
Jessica Hester Hsuan, or Suen Huen is a Hong Kong actress. Jessica holds a degree from Imperial College London.She is currently one of the most popular television actresses of Hong Kong. She started her career in late 1992 and early 1993...

 was unable to film World’s Finest, Hsuan recommended Ye to take her role as "Hai Tang". Director Wong Jing
Wong Jing
Wong Jing is a Hong Kong film director, producer, actor, presenter, and screenwriter. A prolific filmmaker possessed of strong instincts for crowd-pleasing and publicity, he is often cited as the most consistently successful filmmaker , in commercial terms, in the Hong Kong cinema of the last...

 took notice of Ye and eventually led him to offer her a contract with Rich & Famous Talent Management Group Limited, the same company that manages Shu Qi
Shu Qi
Shu Qi is the stage name of a Taiwanese actress born Lin Li-Hui . Her stage name is occasionally romanized as Hsu Chi or Shu Kei . Her name is sometimes seen in the Western order as Qi Shu.-Early life:...

, Anthony Wong
Anthony Wong
Anthony Wong is the name of:* Anthony Wong , a Hong Kong actor, screenwriter and film director.* Anthony Wong , a Hong Kong alternative singer, composer and producer.* Anthony Wong , an Australian actor....

, Edison Chen
Edison Chen
Edison Koon-Hei Chen is a Hong Kong film actor, Cantopop singer, Hong Kong hip hop rapper, model, record producer, fashion designer, and a pop icon. Chen is also the founder of CLOT Inc., and the CEO of Clot Media Division Limited...

, Denise Ho
Denise Ho
Denise Ho Wan-See, also known as HOCC, is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer.-1996-2001:Denise Ho was born in Hong Kong and received her education in Canada and Diocesan Girls' Junior School, Hong Kong. She emigrated with her family to Montreal, Quebec at the age of 11. She studied and graduated High...

, etc.

After Ye’s contract with TVB ended in June 2005, she did not renew it. Instead, she accepted the contract with Rich & Famous Talent Management Group Limited a month later. It has always been a dream of Ye to be on the big screen.

Ye is slowly gaining recognition from renowned directors, such as Dante Lam
Dante Lam
Dante Lam Chiu-Yin is a Hong Kong film director, an assistant director, actor, producer, writer, and action choreographer. In 2008 he won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director for his work on Beast Stalker.-Director:* Option Zero...

 and Johnnie To
Johnnie To
Johnnie To Kei-Fung, born 22 April 1955, is a Hong Kong film director and producer. Popular in his native Hong Kong, To has also found acclaim overseas...

. She won the 2010 Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2008, Ye renewed her contract with Rich & Famous Talent Management Group Limited.

Awards and nominations

  • (1998) Won second runner up in the "Miss Greater Chinatown NYC beauty pageant 1998"
  • (1999) Crowned first place as Miss Chinese International Pageant 1999
    Miss Chinese International Pageant 1999
    Miss Chinese International Pageant 1999 was held on February 14, 1999 in Hong Kong. The pageant was organized and broadcast by TVB in Hong Kong. Miss Chinese International 1998 Louisa Luk of San Francisco, USA crowned her Michelle Ye of New York City, USA as the 11th Miss Chinese International....

  • (1999) Won "Miss Classic Beauty" Award in the "Miss Chinese International 1999"
  • (2002) Nominated as "Most Improved Actress" for TVB 35th Anniversary Awards
  • (2002) Nominated as "Favorite Partnership" with Raymond Lam
    Raymond Lam
    Raymond Lam Fung is a Hong Kong actor and singer contracted to the television station TVB and EEG's Music Plus label. He has been famous with his "choking" look.-Early years:Raymond Lam was born into a wealthy family...

     for TVB 35th Anniversary Awards
  • (2003) Nominated as "Most Improved Actress" for TVB 36th Anniversary Awards
  • (2003) Nominated as "Favorite Actress" for TVB 36th Anniversary Awards
  • (2003) Nominated as "Favorite Partnership" with Raymond Lam
    Raymond Lam
    Raymond Lam Fung is a Hong Kong actor and singer contracted to the television station TVB and EEG's Music Plus label. He has been famous with his "choking" look.-Early years:Raymond Lam was born into a wealthy family...

     and Kenneth Ma
    Kenneth Ma
    Kenneth Ma Kwok-ming is a Chinese Canadian actor from Hong Kong. He graduated from University of British Columbia majoring in Mechanical Engineering...

     for TVB 36th Anniversary Awards
  • (2005) Nominated as "Best Newcomer" in Hong Kong Golden Horse Award for Moonlight in Tokyo
  • (2009) Nominated as "The Best Leading Actress" in The 66th Venice Film Festival for Accident
  • (2010) Won "Best Supporting Actress" in 29th Hong Kong Film Awards
    29th Hong Kong Film Awards
    Ceremony for the 29th Hong Kong Film Awards took place on 18 April 2010 . Here are the nominees listed taken from the official website.Wang Po Chieh's original nomination for the Best New Performer was withdrawn after he was confirmed to be an actor in the 2008 Taiwan film Winds of September...

     for Accident

Television series

  • (2000) Street Fighters
  • (2000) Reaching Out
    Reaching Out
    Reaching Out is Menudo's 13th album and the first one in English.It features Ricky Melendez, Charlie Rivera, Ray Reyes, Roy Rosello, and new member Robby Rosa. Robby replaced Johnny Lozada after Johnny reached the group's age limit...

  • (2001) Gods Of Honour
    Gods of Honour
    Gods of Honour is a Hong Kong television series adapted from the classical Chinese novel Fengshen Bang by Xu Zhonglin and Lu Xixing. The series was first aired on TVB in Hong Kong in 2001...

  • (2002) Eternal Happiness
    Eternal Happiness
    Eternal Happiness is a 2002 TVB television drama from Hong Kong based on a short story of the same name by Qing dynasty novelist Chen Ruisheng. Eternal Happiness was produced by Poon Kar Tak and edited by Tong King Ping...

  • (2002) Network Love Story
  • (2002) Treasure Raiders
  • (2002) Golden Faith
    Golden Faith
    Golden Faith is a TVB drama released in 2002 starring a cast that includes a strong mix of new generation actors such as Gallen Lo, Deric Wan, Jessica Hsuan, Raymond Lam, Anne Heung, Myolie Wu, Tavia Yeung and Michelle Ye and old generation powerhouse actors such as Paul Chun, Lau Dan, Shek Sau,...

  • (2003) Lofty Waters Verdant Bow
  • (2003) The Case of the Green Hair (mini movie)
  • (2003) The Driving Power
  • (2003) Triumph in the Skies
    Triumph in the Skies
    Triumph in the Skies is a Hong Kong drama television series. It premiered on TVB in 2003. The show tells the story of several people who work at Solar Airways as well as the Hong Kong International Airport...

  • (2003) Evil Butterfly
  • (2003) Oriental Flower Maiden (musical drama)
  • (2004) Hard Fate
    Hard Fate
    Hard Fate is a 30-episode series which aired on TVB in 2004. It stars Flora Chan 陳慧珊, Damian Lau 劉松仁, Kevin Cheng 鄭嘉穎 and Niki Chow 周麗淇.-Synopsis:...

     - Guest Appearance
  • (2004) Lost in the Chamber of Love
    Lost in the Chamber of Love
    Lost in the Chamber of Love is a TVB costume drama series broadcast in February 2005.-Synopsis:Cheung Kwan-Sui and Hung Leung each picks up one half of a matching jade at a lantern fair. However, they do not meet each other that night...

  • (2005) The Herbalist's Manual
    The Herbalist's Manual
    The Herbalist's Manual is a Hong Kong television series released overseas in May 2005 and broadcast on TVB Jade channel in November 2005....

  • (2005) Royal Swordsmen
    Tianxia Diyi
    Tianxia Diyi, also known known as Royal Swordsmen, is a wuxia television series. The series was directed by Deng Yancheng and Wei Liyuan, and starred Roger Kwok, Li Yapeng, Wallace Huo, Dicky Cheung, Damian Lau, Tammy Chen and Michelle Ye in the lead roles...

  • (2005) Central Affairs I
  • (2006) Central Affairs II
  • (2007) Liao Zhai II
  • (2007) Jiao Yi Sheng Ma Ma
  • (2007) Bou Zaap Tin Hau (Tutor Queen)
  • (2009) Lady Yang
  • (2010) Grandma's Ancient City
  • (2010) Spell of Fragrance
  • (2011) Find You
  • (2011) Ninth Widow (tentative title)

Film

  • (2005) Moonlight in Tokyo
  • (2006) Undercover Hidden Dragon - Guest Appearance
  • (2007) The Closet
    The Closet (2007 film)
    The Closet is a 2007 Hong Kong horror film directed by Kin-Nam Cho.-Plot:Due to his rebellious nature, Lo Fei suffered a traumatic childhood with abuse and maltreatment from his bad-tempered but famous sculptor father. Apart from receiving corporal punishment and verbal abuse, he was often locked...

     (Yi Zhong) - initially known as Yi Gwai Geng Wan
  • (2007) Simply Actors (Hei Wong Zi Wong) - Guest Appearance: Judy
  • (2008) Sniper
    Sniper (2008 film)
    The Sniper is a 2009 Hong Kong action thriller film directed by Dante Lam and starring Richie Ren, Edison Chen and Huang Xiaoming, as top snipers for the Hong Kong Police Force...

  • (2008) Lady Cop & Papa Crook
    Lady Cop & Papa Crook
    Lady Cop & Papa Crook is a 2009 Hong Kong crime film written and directed by Alan Mak and Felix Chong, and starring Sammi Cheng and Eason Chan...

  • (2009) The First 7th Night
    The First 7th Night
    -Synopsis:A helpless Taxi driver, a mysterious delivery boy, a 30 years abandoned motel, a touching past, all stitches up to form a strange tale.One day, a strange passenger “Pony” hires a taxi driver “Map King” , paying him a huge sum of money to fetch him to an abandoned old motel “Chun Lei motel”...

  • (2009) Accident
  • (2009) Vengeance
    Vengeance (2009 film)
    Vengeance is a 2009 neo-noir crime film directed by Johnnie To from a screenplay written by Wai Ka-Fai. A co-production between Hong Kong and France, the film stars Johnny Hallyday, Anthony Wong, Lam Ka-Tung, Lam Suet, Simon Yam and Sylvie Testud. The film was produced by Milkyway Image, and...

  • (2009) Murderer
    Murderer (film)
    Murderer is a 2009 Hong Kong mystery thriller film directed by Roy Chow, and starring Aaron Kwok. The film centers on a police detective investigating a series of gruesome murderers. As the case pulls him deeper, he soon realizes that he may be a prime suspect. The film co-stars Cheung Siu-Fai,...

  • (2010) Fire of Conscience
    Fire of Conscience
    Fire of Conscience is a 2010 Chinese and Hong Kong action film directed by Dante Lam and starring Leon Lai and Richie Ren.-Cast:*Leon Lai as Detective Manfred*Richie Ren as Inspector Kee*Wang Baoqiang as Xiao Yong*Vivian Hsu as Ellen...

  • (2010) Dream Home
    Dream Home
    Dream Home is a 2010 Hong Kong slasher film directed and co-written by Pang Ho-cheung. The film is the story of Cheng Lai-sheung who saves up money to buy her dream home...

  • (2010) Once a Gangster
    Once a Gangster
    -Cast:* Ekin Cheng – Sparrow* Jordan Chan – Roast Pork* Alex Fong – Kerosene* Michelle Ye – Nancy* Candice Yu – Lady Pearl* Wilfred Lau – Yan* Conroy Chan – Scissor-External links:** at the Hong Kong Cinemagic...

  • (2010) Bruce Lee, My Brother
    Bruce Lee, My Brother
    Bruce Lee, My Brother is a 2010 Hong Kong biographical martial arts drama film based on the life of Bruce Lee in his teenage years to part of his adult years. Directed by Raymond Yip and Manfred Wong, film stars Aarif Lee as Lee and Tony Leung Ka-fai and Christy Chung as his parents...

  • (2011) Hi, Fidelity
    Hi, Fidelity
    Hi, Fidelity is a 2011 Hong Kong romance film written and directed by Calvin Poon. The film stars Pat Ha, Michelle Ye, Carrie Ng and William Chan.-Cast:* Pat Ha* Michelle Ye* Carrie Ng* William Chan* George Lam* Chapman To* Lawrence Cheng...

  • (2011) Choy Li Fut
  • (2011) The Founding of a Party
    The Founding of a Party
    The Founding of a Party, alternatively titled in English Beginning of the Great Revival for its international release, is a Chinese film released in 2011 to mark the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party of China...

  • (2011) Overheard 2
    Overheard 2
    Overheard 2 is a 2011 Hong Kong crime thriller film produced by Derek Yee, written and directed by Alan Mak and Felix Chong and starring Louis Koo, Lau Ching Wan and Daniel Wu...

  • (2011) Motorway

Pageant history

Michelle Ye was originally 2nd runner up at the 1998 pageant, but the winner and 1st runner up did not want to compete in Hong Kong. She took over the crown and title. She later on represented New York at Miss Chinese International 1999 where she won.

External links

  • Michelle Ye's Autobiography/Shang Shan Ruo Shui - Xuan Gong Lue
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