Karen Mok

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Name: Karen Mok
Chinese: 莫文蔚
Birthdate: June 2, 1970
Birthplace: Hong Kong
Height: 167cm
Blood Type: O

Bio

Mok attended Diocesan Girls' School from primary to secondary grade in Hong Kong. When she was a student, she received the 1st Hong Kong Outstanding Students Awards. She later left Hong Kong in 1987 and studied abroad. She attended United World College of the Adriatic near Trieste, Italy from 1987 to 1989, and majored in Italian literature when studying at the University College London, University of London. Mok is the sister of the writer and producer Trevor Morris, and a descendant of Alfred Morris, the first principal of King's College, Hong Kong. She speaks English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Italian, and French. She is Eurasian: her father is half-Chinese and half-Welsh, while her mother is half-Chinese, quarter-Iranian, and quarter-German.

Mok is often credited as Karen Mok in Chinese movies, but as Karen Joy Morris (her birth name) in Hollywood movies. She supplied the voice of Princess Kida for the Cantonese dub of Disney's "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" (2001). Mok performed in the international tour of the hit Broadway musical Rent as Mimi during the Asian stops of the musical in 2005 and 2006.

In Oct 2008, Karen Mok launched her own brand of perfume in Hong Kong.

She tied the knot with her first boyfriend Johannes at a church in Florence, Italy, on 1st October 2011.

Movies

East Meets West 2011 (2011)
The Road Less Travelled (2010)
Go Lala Go! (2010)
Lost Indulgence | Mi guo (2008)
The Coffin (2008)
Mr. Cinema | Lo kong ching chuen (2007) - Luk Min
The Heavenly Kings | Sei dai tinwong (2006) - Cameo
Wait 'Til You're Older | Tung mung kei yun (2005) - Tsui Man
DragonBlade (2005) (voice) - Yingying
Around the World in 80 Days (2004) - General Fang
Enter the Phoenix | Da lao ai mei li (2004) - Julie
The Twins Effect | Chin gei bin (2003) - Ivy
So Close | Chik yeung tin si (2002) - Hong Yat Hong
The Irresistible Piggies | Zhu ba da lian meng (2002) - So Mei
Haunted Office | Office yauh gwai (2002) - Pat
La Brassiere | Chuet sai hiu bra (2001) - Baby
Shaolin Soccer | Siu lam juk kau (2001) - Team Moustache Player 2
Goodbye, Mr. Cool | Gau lung bing sat (2001) - Helen
All the Way | Zou dao di (2001)
Roaring Wheels | Biu che ji che san chuen suet (2000) - Suki
The Teacher Without Chalk | Lau man bye biu (2000) - Sister Teresa
Dragon Heat | Lung feng (2000)
Yan fei yan mie (2000)
Tempting Heart | Sam dung (1999) - Chen-Li
The King of Comedy | Hei kek ji wong (1999) - Cuckoo To
Hot Blood Is the Strongest | Yit huet jui keung (1997) - Shirley
Kitchen | Wo ai chu fang (1997) - Jenny
Lawyer Lawyer | Suen sei cho (1997) - Wu-Man
Young and Dangerous 4 | 97 goo waak jai: Jin mo bat sing (1997) - Lam Suk-Fan/Wasabi
First Love: The Litter on the Breeze | Choh chin luen hau dik yi yan sai gaai (1997)
God of Cookery | Sik san (1996) - Turkey
Black Mask | Hak hap (1996) - Tracy Lee
4 Faces of Eve | Si mian xia wa (1996)
Best of the Best | Fei hu xiong xin 2 zhi ao qi bi tian gao (1996) - Karen Kook
Sexy and Dangerous | Gu huo nu zhi jue zhan jiang hu (1996) - Van
Young and Dangerous 3 | Gu huo zi 3: Zhi zhi shou zhe tian (1996) - Shuk-Fan
Viva Erotica | Se qing nan nu (1996) - May
Those Were the Days | Si ge 32A he yi ge xiang jiao shao nian (1996) - Patricia
Fallen Angels | Duo luo tian shi (1995) - Punkie/Blondie/Baby
Heaven Can't Wait | Jiu shi shen gun (1995) - Joan
Out of the Dark | Wui wan yeh (1995) - Kwan
Family Affairs | Ching guan nan shen (1994)
A Chinese Odyssey Part Two - Cinderella | Sai yau gei: Daai git guk ji - Sin leui kei yun (1994) - Pak Jing-Jing
A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box | Sai yau gei: Dai yat baak ling yat wui ji - Yut gwong bou haap (1994) - Pak Jing-Jing
The Tigers: The Legend of Canton | Guang Dong wu hu zhi tie quan wu di Sun Zhong Shan (1993)
The Best of Best | Fei hu jing ying zhi ren jian you qing (1992)
Seven Warriors | Zhong yi qun ying (1989)