Deanie Ip (born 25 December 1947) is a

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singer and actress. She has won the

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once for Best Actress and three times for Best Supporting Actress. Deanie also won the

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once for Best Leading Actress and twice for Best Supporting Actress; she also won a

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for the Best Actress at the 68th Venice International Film Festival. Her Cantopop albums were released by

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and several local labels. A

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of Huiyang ancestry, she speaks

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, Dapeng dialect, Mandarin and English.

Music career

In the 1980s, Ip released five albums with a local producer. After complaining about the direction of the Cantopop industry and falling out with her then label, Black and White, Ip chose to retire from music in 1988 and went into semi-retirement, with occasional roles in movies. She returned to the Cantopop scene in 2002 with an EP, which, along with a live recording of her 2002 concert in Hong Kong, were both released by

. In the mid-90s, she teamed up with male star Andy Hui to produce the hit duet "教我如何不愛他" (lit. "Teach me how not to love him") and again in 2004 for the award-winner "美中不足" (lit. "A minor defect in something otherwise perfect").

Film career and recognition

Ip has been recognised on several occasions for supporting actress roles except for her role in '' A Simple Life'', where she won

for the Best Actress at the 68th Venice International Film Festival. Hong Kong's Secretary for Commerce & Economic Development

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congratulated her for winning the award. Mr So said this award is not only an international recognition of Ms Ip's outstanding achievement, but a testimony of the level of excellence of the Hong Kong film industry. ''A Simple Life'' marked the 10th collaboration between Ip and actor

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, they first starred together in '' The Unwritten Law'' in 1985. Ip has won the Best Supporting Actress awards at the

twice, for her roles in '' Dances with Dragon'' (11th Hong Kong Film Awards, 1991), and in '' My Name Ain't Suzy'' (5th Hong Kong Film Awards, 1985). Ip also had three other nominations for Best Supporting Actress for '' Wrong Wedding Trail'' (4th Hong Kong Film Awards, 1984), '' Spiritual Love'' (7th Hong Kong Film Awards, 1987) and for ''Murder'' (13th Hong Kong Film Awards, 1993). She has also won Best Supporting Actress at the 36th

for '' Crying Heart''. Before filming ''A Simple Life'', Ip had a 12-year hiatus from acting, about the hiatus she stated “I was viewed by some in the business as a disobedient actress who loves to play the role of a director on set. I am also not great at networking. I guess these are the reasons why I haven’t been offered a lot of work."

Politics

Ip alongside concert promoter Cheung Yiu-wing. Ip participated in Hong Kong's 2014 Umbrella Movement, where protesters demanded

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from the government. She was involved in recording

Denise Ho Denise Ho Wan-see (born 10 May 1977) is a Hong Kong-based Cantopop singer and actress. She is also a pro-democracy and Hong Kong human rights activist. In 2012, Ho came out as lesbian, the first mainstream Cantonese singer to do so. In 2014, H ...

's Cantopop song "Raise the Umbrella" ().Qin, Amy; Wong, Alan (24 October 2014)
"Stars Backing Hong Kong Protests Pay Price on Mainland"
. ''The New York Times'' The song had been described as an inspiring

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for the pro-democracy movement. During the

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campaign, Ip expressed her support for activist Nathan Law and stated, "I believe that this young man does everything he does for Hong Kong, and for his generation." In 2019, Ip joined the

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demonstrations during the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests. Ip was one of few Hong Kong celebrities to voice support for the protesters, leading to her songs being removed from

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's music streaming platforms. Untroubled by the loss of this income stream, she continued to voice her admiration for the young protestors.

Filmography

Footnotes

References

External links

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Deannie Yip Tak-Han at hkmdb.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ip, Deanie 1947 births Living people 20th-century Hong Kong actresses 21st-century Hong Kong actresses Actresses from Guangdong Best Actress Asian Film Award winners Cantopop singers Hakka musicians Hong Kong contraltos 20th-century Hong Kong women singers Hong Kong film actresses Hong Kong people of Hakka descent Hong Kong television actresses People from Huiyang People from Shenzhen Volpi Cup for Best Actress winners