Elaine Jin Yan-Ling
Acting
Biography
Elaine Jin Yan-Ling, 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 four for her supporting roles in Love Unto Waste, People's Hero , Port of Call and Mad World.
Born: December 15, 1954
Place of Birth: Taipei, Taiwan
Known For
Off Pedder
The sitcom is about office politics in a magazine company, as well as family and romantic relationships amongst the characters, with the majority of the cast from Best Selling Secrets.
When Heaven Burns
When Yip Chi-Yan, Lau Chun-Hung, Sung Yee-Long, and Cheng Chun-Hin are brought together again by an accident, their lives change irreversibly. Chi-Yan is a radio host. She and the other three were members of the same band eighteen years ago. The memory of them playing music together comes back vividly to them, and so does the pain they have all tried so hard to bury. Eighteen years ago her boyfriend, Ka-Ming, was killed in a hiking accident. Time flies, but she can never forgive Chun-Hung, Yee-Long, and Chun-Hin for failing to save Ka-Ming. As they reconnect, the four good friends and the people around them are drawn into a vortex of love they have no control over.
Let's Make Laugh
The cheating husband goes bankrupt, and his house is soon to be taken by the government. A security guard is assigned to guard it while the husband goes missing. However, only the mistress stays alone in the house. Will the lonely, handsome guard and the sexy, heartbroken mistress hook up?
A Brighter Summer Day
A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.
Hidden Whisper
The film consists of three stories: One about a 5-year-old girl, one about a teenager, and still another about a 30 something woman involved in an affair with a married man. Without providing a definite answer whether the three leading actresses are playing the same person in different stages of life, the movie instead hovers on several consistent themes that keep on emerging in all the stories. For example, the image of drops of blood on the clothes, in the shape of maroon flowers.
Set Me Free!
Alex Man leads a cast of Mainland Chinese characters having survived political turmoil but still gets on the criminal path in Hong Kong in order to make a living.
Wrong Wedding Trail
Wrong Wedding Trail is a Hong Kong Romance starring Kent Cheng.
Best Selling Secrets
Wong Ka-Nam disappeared to the United States, leaving behind her son and husband in Hong Kong. When her husband dies in an airplane accident looking for her, Wong Ka-Nam's son, Luk Chit is taken into the custody of her mother-in-law, Ng Hang. After eighteen long years, Wong Ka-Nam wishes to see her son again and returns to Hong Kong. However, she is met with adamant resistance from her mother-in-law, who views Ka-Nam as bad luck, blaming her for the death of her son. Highly protective of her grandson and fearing that Wong Ka-Nam will attempt to take him away, Ka Nam's mother-in-law does everything in her power to keep mother and son apart. However, Wong Ka-Nam is ironically assisted by her own son, who befriends her and secures her office job in his advertising agency.
Yi Yi
A Taipei family faces personal and moral uncertainty as everyday events test their relationships and sense of purpose.
The Last Dance
A debt-ridden wedding planner inadvertently becomes a successful funeral planner. However, he must convince a traditional Taoist priest of his legitimacy to continue operating in the field.
Filmography
as Kam Muiday
as Lin
as Guy's Mother
as Lui Hang-Wah
as Min-Min (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Mrs. Lau
as Aunt Lian
as Ji Minglan
as Ding Ling
as Shi-Chun’s Mother
as Elaine
as Elaine
as Mother
as Giu
as May
as Yuerong's Mother
as Gao Quan
as Grandma
as Xue Aijia / 薛艾佳
as Mrs. Huang
as Jon's Mother
as Yung Cheuk Wah (Brenda)
as Miss Chen
as Ka So San (Susan)
as Wang Mei
as Ng Hang
as Barbra
as 美云姐
as Min-Min
as May
as Smokey's Mother
as Sheo-rou's Mother
as Bu's Mother
as Cliff's Mother
as Madam Soong
as Mother of Red Fish
as Auntie
as Grandmother
as Elaine
as Mother
as Yun Ying Mei
as Ching-Ching
as Elaine Lee
as Li Ya Wen
as Councillor Chu
as Fong Hung
as May
as Auntie Jane
as Cheng's Supervisor
as Dauphne Huang
as Lotus
as Gi Gi
as Liu Yuk-Ping
as Nam's Wife
as Night club hostess
as Zhu Lin-Lin
as Waterloo Tai
as Mrs. Cheung
as Ah Hsing
as Shing's rebound bride
as Mrs Yu Ren Da
as Maltesa's sister-in-law
as Louise
as Jenny
as 仁妻
as Lin
as Mrs Lisa Tsun
as Taiwanese Girl
as Dior's sister
as Billion's killer
as Suzie
as Law Hung
as Feng Ling-Ling
as Qing Lan
as Sister Zong