Karen Mok

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Karen Mok (2016)

Karen Mok , born Karen Joy Morris , Chinese  莫文蔚 , Pinyin Mò Wénwèi (born June 2, 1970 in Hong Kong ) is a Chinese singer and actress . She has released over 20 solo CDs, appeared in more than 40 films and has over 36 million followers on the Weibo social media site ; she won the Golden Melody Award three times . She plays guzheng , oboe and piano.

Life

Mok is the granddaughter of Alfred Morris, the first principal of King's College in Hong Kong. Her brother is the writer and producer Trevor Morris. She went to school in Hong Kong and at the United World College of the Adriatic in Italy and then studied Italian literature at Royal Holloway, University of London .

After graduating, she returned to Hong Kong, where she began her film and singing career in 1993 and published numerous Chinese-language recordings. With increasing success she also made films in Hollywood, but there under her maiden name Karen Joy Morris. At the 2008 Olympics , she performed at the opening and closing ceremonies. In 2013 Mok released her first English-language album "Somewhere I Belong", on which she jazz standards a . a. reinterpreted by Cole Porter and George Gershwin .

Mok often went on concert tours internationally. The more recent ones are The original Karen Mok show (2011/2012), The Age of MOKnificence (2014/2015) and the world tour REGARDEZ (2015/2016). She was the first Chinese pop singer to give solo concerts in Madrid and Milan.

In 2016 and 2017 she appeared in reality TV series: “Up Idol” (我们 来 了), and two editions of “The Next” (天籁 之 战).

Karen Mok speaks English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Italian, French and German. Since October 1, 2011, she has been married to the German Johannes Natterer. Mok lives in London and Hong Kong.

Filmography

  • 1992: Fei hu jing ying zhi ren jian you qing
  • 1993: Guang Dong wu hu: Tie quan wu di Sun Zhong Shan
  • 1994: Ching guan nan shen
  • 1995: A Chinese Odyssey (Sai yau gei: Yut gwong bou haap)
  • 1995: Sai yau gei: Sin leui kei yun
  • 1995: Wui wan yeh
  • 1995: Heaven Can't Wait (Jiu shi shen gun)
  • 1995: Fallen Angels (Do lok tin si)
  • 1996: TK project (short film)
  • 1996: Gu huo nu zhi jue zhan jiang hu
  • 1996: Gu huo zai 3: Zhi shou zhe tian
  • 1996: Si mian xia wa
  • 1996: Black Mask: Mission Possible (Hak hap)
  • 1996: Se qing nan nu
  • 1996: Sik san
  • 1996: Si ge 32A he yi ge xiang jiao shao nian
  • 1996: Fei hu xiong xin 2 zhi ao qi bi tian gao
  • 1997: 97 goo waak jai: Jin mo bat sing
  • 1997: Suen be cho
  • 1997: Where ai chu catch
  • 1997: Yit huet jui keung
  • 1998: Choh chin luen hau dik yi yan sai gaai
  • 1999: Hei kek ji wong
  • 1999: Lung feng
  • 1999: Sam dung
  • 2000: Yan fei yan mie (short film)
  • 2000: Lau man bye biu
  • 2000: Biu che ji che san chuen suet
  • 2001: Zou dao di
  • 2001: Gau lung bing sat
  • 2001: Shaolin Kickers (Siu lam juk kau)
  • 2001: Chuet sai hiu bra
  • 2002: Zhu ba da lian meng
  • 2002: So close - Nothing is what it seems (Xi yang tian shi)
  • 2003: Ngoi zoi joeng gwong haa (short film)
  • 2003: The Twins Effect (Chin gei bin)
  • 2004: Office yauh gwai
  • 2004: Enter the Phoenix (Da lao ai mei li)
  • 2004: In 80 days around the world (Around the World in 80 Days)
  • 2005: DragonBlade (voice)
  • 2005: Tung mung kei yun
  • 2007: Lo kong ching chuen
  • 2008: Mi guo
  • 2008: Coffin - Buried Alive (The Coffin)
  • 2010: You Lala sheng zhi ji
  • 2010: Yat lou yau nei
  • 2011: Wan You Yin Li
  • 2011: Dung sing sai tsau 2011
  • 2013: Yue lai yue hao: Cun wan
  • 2013: Man of Tai Chi
  • 2014: Cui mian da shi, The Great Hypnotist: Ren Xiaoyan
  • 2016 A Chinese Odyssey Part Three

Awards

  • 1995: Hong Kong Film Award for “Best Supporting Actress” in the film Fallen Angels .
  • 2003: Golden Melody Award, Taiwan, Best Female Mandarin Artist
  • 2008: Golden Melody Award, Taiwan, Best Mandarin Album of The Year for Live Is ... Karen Mok
  • 2011: Golden Melody Award, Taiwan, Best Female Mandarin Artist
  • 2017: Mnet Asian Music Awards , Best Asian Artist Mandarin

Web links

Commons : Karen Mok  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Adam Sherwin: Karen Mok: Hong Kong's unstoppable queen of music and movies sets her sights on the West. The Independent , May 31, 2013, accessed September 23, 2013 .
  2. ^ Biography on Karen Mok's website, accessed on September 23, 2013 (English).
  3. ↑ Samir H. Köck: Karen Mok: "Somewhere I Belong". DiePresse.com , February 28, 2013, accessed February 1, 2014 (English).
  4. ^ The original Karen Mok show. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 18, 2016 ; accessed on August 16, 2016 .
  5. ^ Press Conference - Karen Mok 20th Anniversary Concert Tour. Accessed August 16, 2016 .
  6. ↑ World Tour 2015. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 18, 2016 ; accessed on August 16, 2016 .
  7. ↑ “MIKA” on Twitter. Accessed August 16, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Hong Kong Movie Database. Accessed August 16, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Celebrity weddings: Karen Mok and Johannes . Retrieved January 10, 2015.
  10. ↑ Prestige Hong Kong - Luxury Lifestyle… . Retrieved January 16, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Karen, Mok
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Karen, Joy Morris (maiden name); 莫文蔚 (Chinese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese singer, songwriter and actress
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd June 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Hong Kong