Françoise Yip

Françoise Yip ( Chinese  葉芳華  /  叶芳华 , Pinyin Yè Fānghuá , Jyutping Jip ⁶ Fong ¹ waa ⁴ , born September 4, 1972 in North Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada ) is a Canadian actress .

Life

Yip was born to a Chinese father and a French-Canadian mother. Through music and a degree in political science, she came to acting and initially stood in front of the camera for commercial productions. In 1994 she took part in an international casting for the Jackie Chan film Rumble in the Bronx , which was then being shot in Vancouver , and eventually got the role of Nancy . The success of the film in Asia and later also in the United States helped the actress to gain international fame and also earned her two nominations at the Hong Kong Film Awards for "Best Actress in a Supporting Role" and "Best Young Actor".

In the following years, Yip lived in Hong Kong and stood there in front of the camera for various action productions , including in Black Mask (1996) at the side of Jet Li . Shortly after its release, she returned to Canada to pursue her acting career there. Since then she has appeared in numerous films and television series, but mostly in supporting roles. In the series Freedom (2000) and Flatland (2002) Yip got bigger roles, but both were canceled after only one season. In the third season of the Smallville series , she was in a recurring role as Dr. See Lia Teng . For her appearance in the television film A Beachcombers Christmas (2004), the actress was nominated at the Canadian Leo Awards 2005 for "Best Supporting Female Role". Between 2007 and 2008 she was seen in the series Blood Ties in the role of Kate Lam , most recently she had guest appearances in the series Caprica (2010), Sanctuary - Wächter der Kreaturen (2011) and Fringe - Grenzfalls of the FBI (2011).

Françoise Yip is also called Ye Fanghua; Françoise Yip Fong Wah; Francoise CJ Yip; Francoise Yip; Françoise CJ Yip, François Yip listed.

Filmography (selection)

• 1995: Two Impossible Films (short film)
• 1995: Rumble in the Bronx
• 1995: Infatuation (Nie lian)
• 1996: Wan choi ng fuk sing
• 1996: Meng Bo
• 1996: Black Mask
• 1998: Futuresport (TV movie)
• 2000: Romeo Must Die
• 2000–2001: Freedom (TV series, seven episodes)
• 2001: Lunch with Charles
• 2001: These Arms of Mine (TV series, three episodes)
• 2001, 2005: Andromeda (TV series, two episodes)
• 2002: Flatland (TV series, eight episodes)
• 2002: On the course of death: Airplane out of control ( Cabin Pressure , TV movie)
• 2002: The New Beachcombers (TV movie)
• 2003: Jeremiah - Warriors of Thunder (TV series, two episodes)
• 2003-2004: Smallville (TV series, five episodes)
• 2004: Blade: Trinity
• 2004: A Beachcombers Christmas (TV movie)
• 2005: The Deal
• 2007–2008: Blood Ties (TV series, 14 episodes)
• 2008: Dim Sum Funeral
• 2009: Motherland
• 2010: The King of Fighters
• 2010: Caprica (TV series, two episodes)
• 2016: Signed, Sealed, Delivered - From the Heart (TV movie)
• 2017: Deadly Lessons (TV movie)
• 2017: My Favorite Wedding (TV movie)
• 2017: Ring of Deception (TV movie)
• 2017: Karen Kingsbury's Maggie's Christmas Miracle (TV movie)
• 2017: Everything, Everything
• 2017: Seduced by a Stranger (TV movie)
• 2018–2019: Shadowhunters - The Mortal Instruments (TV series, four episodes)
• 2018: The Perfect Bride: Wedding Bells (TV movie)
• 2018: The Predator
• 2019: The Order (TV series, three episodes)

Yip had one-time guest appearances in the series Millennium - Fear your neighbor as yourself (1998), Mission Earth - You Are Among Us (1998), Secret Agent Man (2000), Seven Days - Das Tor zur Zeit (2000), Wolf Lake (2001), Dead Zone (2004), Men in Trees (2006), Flash Gordon (2007), Sanctuary - Guardians of the Creatures (2011) and Fringe - Borderline Cases of the FBI (2011), Mistresses (2015), Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce (2015), Motive (2016), Ice (2017), iZombie (2017) and Take Two (2018).

Web links

• Françoise Yip in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Ada Tseng: Outfest 2009: An interview with Francoise Yip on July 31, 2009 at Asia Pacific Arts
• Glenn Griffith: My Interview with Francoise Yip from July 18, 2009 on A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed (English)
• Short biography on the website The Beachcombers (English)