Michelle Ye

Michelle Ye
Born	(1980-02-14) 14 February 1980 Hangzhou, China
Occupations	Actress Entrepreneur Model Spokesperson
Years active	1999–present
Awards	Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Supporting Actress 2010 Accident
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	葉璇
Simplified Chinese	叶璇
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yè Xuán Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Jip6 Xun4
Musical career
Also known as	Ye Xuan, Michelle Yip, Yip Suen
Origin	China

In this Chinese name, the family name is Ye.

Michelle Ye or Ye Xuan (born 14 February 1980) is a Chinese actress and producer. She is best known for her roles in Eternal Happiness, Triumph in the Skies, and Lost in the Chamber of Love. Her most notable role was in the 2009 film Accident, in which she won the 2010 Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Ye has worked as an on-site reporter for TVB at the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004. In 1999, she won the Miss Chinese International competition.

Apart from her acting career, she is the owner and chairman of the production company Michelle Ye Studios-Zhejiang Bohai Television Ltd, the owner of a sushi restaurant, and the vice-president of the Hengdian Film Association.

Early life

Michelle Ye was born in Hangzhou, China. She was named after her mother's favorite actress Zhou Xuan. 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 seven years old, her father moved overseas and only returned home for a total number of weeks within a year. Ye's parents divorced when she was nine 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. Her grandfather was very strict with her academics, and under his guidance, her academic results were good. She was involved in a lot of school activities.

At the age of 10, her father brought her grandparents and Ye to New York City. Her grandparents could not acclimate to the new environment and returned to China. Her father was still busy with his career, and at the age of 13, Ye asked to move out. Her father agreed and let her rent an apartment. Every month she would go to her father's company for spending money, and was otherwise self-sufficient. To earn extra money, she lied about her age to work in a video rental store, from where she rented many series and movies, sparking her interest in the entertainment business.

She attended John Dewey High School. While there, she learned to speak Cantonese from a classmate. She won first place in the botany category at the International Science and Engineering Fair in 1998. She was the valedictorian of her class, thus earning a full scholarship to Wellesley College, where she majored in political science.

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, but subsequently opted to terminate her studies and sign a contract with TVB.

Entertainment career

In July 1999, she signed a contract with TVB. She starred in several series and eventually earned "Fa Dan" status.

After Jessica Hsuan was unable to film World's Finest, Hsuan recommended Ye to take the role of Hai Tang. Director Wong Jing offered Ye a contract with Rich & Famous Talent Management Group. Ye's contract with TVB ended in June 2005, and she the contract with Rich & Famous Talent Management Group a month later. In 2008, Ye renewed her contract with Rich & Famous Talent Management Group. She won the 2010 Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Supporting Actress.

Other projects

Ye published an autobiography titled Shang Shan Ruo Shui - Xuan Gong Lue in July 2006.

In 2011, Ye established her own production company (Michelle Ye Studios-Zhejiang Bohai Television Ltd) and has produced and starred in three series thus far, Ninth Widow, Athena, and Purple Hairpin. However, Ye has not ruled out a return to TVB, after revealing she invited by several producers. In 2012, Ye was voted Vice President of the Hengdian Film Association, and opened a sushi restaurant in Hengdian.

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
• (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 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 and Kenneth Ma 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 for Accident
• (2011) Won "Hong Kong and Taiwan's Most Popular Actress of the Year" in LeTV Entertainment Awards

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Moonlight in Tokyo	Lu
2006	Undercover Hidden Dragon	Sister Han
2007	The Closet	Mang Ping
2007	Simply Actors	Judy
2009	Lady Cop & Papa Crook	Yammy
2009	The Sniper	Mon
2009	Vengeance	pregnant woman
2009	The First 7th Night	Fong
2009	Murderer	Sonny's mother
2009	Accident	Woman
2010	Fire of Conscience	May
2010	Dream Home	Flat 8A owner
2010	Once a Gangster	Nancy
2010	No Rest for Restrooms		Short film
2010	Bruce Lee, My Brother	Lee Hap-ngan
2011	Hi, Fidelity	Josephine Ma / Jo-Jo
2011	Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu
2011	The Founding of a Party	Li Lizhuang	cameo
2011	Overheard 2	Tsui Foon
2012	Motorway	Mrs. Lo
2013	Hotel Deluxe
2013	Drug War	Sal
2014	Overheard 3	Luk Wing-yu
2015	King of Mahjong	Ramona
2015	Insanity
2020	Thorn Kiss

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Street Fighters	Ho Hei
2001	Reaching Out	Jess
2001	Gods of Honour	Yeung Lin-fa
2002	Treasure Raiders	Cheung Git-git	guest star last episode
2002	Network Love Story	Yeung Wai-man
2002	Eternal Happiness	Mang Lai-kwan
2002	Golden Faith	Rain Ching
2002	Lofty Water Verdant Bow	Lai Sing-nam
2003	Evil Butterfly	Luo Yiping
2003	Oriental Flower Maiden	Ma Qili
2003	The Case of the Green Hair		mini movie
2003	The Driving Power	Ding Ming-jyu
2003	Triumph in the Skies	Zita Tung
2004	Hard Fate	young Suen Yeen-chou	guest star episode 7-8
2005	The Royal Swordsmen	Shangguan Haitang
2005	Lost in the Chamber of Love	Cui Yingying
2005	The Herbalist's Manual	Dong Ching
2005	Central Affairs	Season
2006	Central Affairs 2	Samantha
2007	Liao Zhai II	Xiao Qiao
2007	Jiao Yi Sheng Ma Ma	Jian Xiao Dan
2007	Tutor Queen	Suki
2010	The Legend of Yang Guifei	Madame Guo
2010	Grandma's Ancient City
2010	Spell of Fragrance	Su Hongyu / Su Yuning
2011	Gang Hun	Da Daoshu
2012	The Ninth Widow	Wang Putao
2012	Find You	Ning Xinran
2013	Athena
2013	The Purple Hairpin	Fok Siu Yuk	TVB Overseas
2014	The Virtuous Queen of Han		Guest star episode 38
2014	Gu Cheng Wang Shi
2014	Muse Dress
2018	The People's Army	Jiang Xu
2018	Lou Wai Lou
2018	Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
2020	In the Name of Father

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 at IMDb
• Michelle Ye Xuan at the Hong Kong Movie Database
• Michelle Ye's Sina weibo
• Michelle Ye's Autobiography/Shang Shan Ruo Shui - Xuan Gong Lue