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Biography
Elaine Jin Yan-ling (Chinese: 金燕玲; pinyin: Jīn Yànlíng; born 15 December 1954), also known as Elaine Kam, is a Hong Kong-Taiwanese actress.
She began her career in Taiwan in 1973 before moving to Hong Kong in 1981.
She has been nominated seven times in the Hong Kong Film Awards and won three for her supporting roles in Love Unto Waste (Chinese: 地下情) (1986), People's Hero (Chinese: 人民英雄) (1987) and Port Of Call (Chinese: 踏血尋梅) (2016). In 1994, Jin earned her first Golden Horse Film Award, also in the supporting category, for her performance in Edward Yang's A Confucian Confusion (Chinese: 獨立時代) (1994).
Jin won the Golden Horse Award and the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 2016 film Mad World.
Personal life
Jin has been married twice, to Liang Tingbin (梁廷斌) in 1975 (divorced in 1981) and then with Robert Wong in 1989 (divorced in 2005）.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | A Brighter Summer Day | Miss Jin | Nominated - Golden Horse Awards for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1984 | I Love Lolanto | ||
| 1985 | Women | Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
| 1986 | Love Unto Waste | Won - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
| 1987 | People's Hero | Won - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
| 1988 | I Need to Escape | Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
| 1994 | A Confucian Confusion | Won - Golden Horse Awards for Best Supporting Actress | |
| 1997 | The Soong Sisters | Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
| 1998 | Tempting Heart | Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
| 1999 | Gorgeous | ||
| 1999 | Metade Fumaca | Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
| 2000 | Yi Yi | ||
| 2004 | Three of a Kind | ||
| 2007 | Lost in Beijing | Wang Mei | |
| Brothers | Tin's wife | ||
| The Romantic Fool | |||
| 2011 | Mei Mei | Miss Chen | |
| 2012 | The Viral Factor | ||
| 2013 | Finding Mr. Right | Chou | |
| 2013 | Indigo | Short film | |
| 2013 | A Complicated Story | ||
| 2014 | Beijing Love Story | ||
| 2015 | Port of Call | May | Won - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2015 | Monster Hunt | ||
| 2015 | Tale of Three Cities | ||
| 2016 | Buddy Cops | ||
| 2016 | Mad World | Tung's Mother | Won - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress Won - Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated - Asian Film Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated - Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress |
| 2017 | 29+1 | Elaine |
TV series
| Year | Title | Network | Role | TVB Anniversary Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | The Man in the Middle | TVB | ||
| 1984 | 101 Citizen Arrest II | ATV | Ling | |
| 2006 | Central Affairs 2 | ATV | Tung Zhi-shu | |
| 2007–2008 | Best Selling Secrets | TVB | Ng Han | Nominated - My Favourite Female Character (Top 24) |
| 2008–2010 | Off Pedder | TVB | Ka So San | |
| 2011-2012 | When Heaven Burns | TVB |