Before she died 15 years ago today, Anita Mui Yim-fong shone not only on stage as a singer but on the silver screen as an actor for nearly two decades.
Mui’s chiseled features, lean figure and charismatic voice made it possible for her to waltz between masculine and feminine roles, and therefore stretched the range of characters in her filmography while exploring the possibility of characterisation in Hong Kong cinema. Here’s a look at the many faces of “Hong Kong’s daughter” in front of the lens:
