{"id":56857,"date":"2026-05-31T12:47:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T04:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=56857"},"modified":"2026-05-31T12:47:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T04:47:59","slug":"how-sharla-cheung-excelled-next-to-stephen-chow-during-hong-kong-cinemas-1990s-golden-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=56857","title":{"rendered":"How Sharla Cheung excelled next to Stephen Chow during Hong Kong cinema\u2019s 1990s golden age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/05\/28\/e893cb34-58d7-4a7f-8353-c93584337d36_d700384b.jpg?itok=s_vRqcWu&amp;v=1779982354\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Sharla Cheung Man was one of Hong Kong cinema\u2019s most popular actresses in the early 1990s. A Shanghainese beauty with classic film-star looks, she focused on commercial dramas rather than art films and awards, leaving behind solid, unpretentious performances that have weathered well.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Here we look at a few of the highlights of <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Cheung<\/span>\u2019s 60-film career.<\/div>\n<h3 type=\"h3\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"eh0yk8h0 css-17x7qa9 e1pqa4re1\">God of Gamblers (1989)<\/h3>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Cheung only had a small supporting role in the trendsetting <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Chow Yun-fat<\/span>\/<span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Wong Jing<\/span> gambling smash, but her cool glamour made her a star.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">She had been noticed by the industry for her chirpy performance in the tasteless <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Faithfully Yours<\/em> (1988) \u2013 a yuppie \u201ccomedy\u201d about three friends trying to figure out who impregnated a woman after a blackout night of heavy drinking \u2013 which led to a contract with the powerful Win\u2019s studio and the role in <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">God of Gamblers<\/em><\/span>.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Playing Jenny, the wife of Chow\u2019s character, Cheung sets the tone for the rest of her career by refusing to be diminished by the male lead\u2019s effortless charm. After a short introductory prelude, she makes a stunning entrance alongside Chow at a gambling club, her 1980s power hair ensuring she commands just as much attention.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The actress does not get many lines in the film, but audiences were impressed by her sophisticated looks. It was becoming fashionable for Hong Kong\u2019s female stars to look girlie on screen \u2013 but Cheung was most definitely a grown woman here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/entertainment\/article\/3355116\/how-sharla-cheung-excelled-next-stephen-chow-during-hong-kong-cinemas-1990s-golden-age?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sharla Cheung Man was one of Hong Kong cinema\u2019s most popular actresses in the early 1990s. A Shanghainese beauty with classic film-star looks, she focused&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[13552,1464,1828,1984,8715,23847,5485,3569,5231,23846,8890],"class_list":["post-56857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-1990s","tag-age","tag-cheung","tag-chow","tag-cinemas","tag-excelled","tag-golden","tag-hong","tag-kong","tag-sharla","tag-stephen","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/56858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}