Nancy Sit Ka-yin ( zh, 薛家燕; born 30 March 1950) is a

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on the TVB network. Her acting career dated back to the 1960s, when she was a popular teen idol alongside

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, and

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. Sit recorded many albums in her teens, and later served as a mentor to

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, who went on to become one of the biggest superstars in Hong Kong history. Sit left the entertainment business after she got married and raised a family, but in the early 1990s, her marriage fell apart when her husband left her. Sit was devastated and has said she contemplated suicide. But she thought of her children, which gave her the will to continue with life. She decided to get back into show business and was able to capitalize on the popularity she had achieved as a teen idol, even though it was so many years later. She first starred in the long-running series

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, playing one of the show's central figures. It was the longest-running series in Hong Kong history, with more than 1,000 episodes. In 1975 she joined to Flatfoot Goes East, a film of Italian director Steno with well-known actor

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. In this film, she plays the brief and touching role of a young mother which sacrifices herself to save the life of her son Yoko ( Day Golo) from a gangster band. Sit stars in the sitcoms, ''

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'' and its sequel ''

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''. In ''Virtues of Harmony'', Sit plays a boss of a

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, and playing a similar character in a modern setting in its sequel, ''Virtues of Harmony II''. In 2000, Nancy is the first actress to be awarded the HKSAR Medal of Honour in Hong Kong. In 2005 Nancy, and co-star William Hung, featured in the Hong Kong movie '' Where Is Mama's Boy''. The accompanying soundtracks included theme songs from the movie that were performed by Nancy, William and Huang Yi-Fei (Wong Yat-Fei). She also visited several countries, including

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and

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, to promote shows in which she performed such as ''

'' and to host the Channel U variety special. In late 2009, rumours circulated about Sit in regard to serious health problems (she had surgery to remove

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and cholangitis). Around this time, she was seen walking uneasily and needing assistance in public by her daughter. As of late 2010, Sit appears to have made a full recovery. Nancy is the first actress to be awarded "Outstanding Women Professionals Award" at "The Outstanding Women Professional and Entrepreneurs Awards 2014" organized by Hong Kong Women Professional & Entrepreneurs Association. The TVB variety show "''Walk The Walk, Talk The Talk''" she hosted with

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is also awarded "My Favourite TVB Variety / Infotainment Programme" and "My Favourite TVB Variety Show Host" at Star Hurb Awards 2014 in Singapore.

Filmography

Television

TVB series

RTV / ATV series

Other series

Films

Theater

Program Host

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TVB

RTV

Personal life

Nancy Sit is one of five sisters. Sit has three children from her ex marriage to Shek, Jamie, Justina and Jackson Shih. Justina and Jackson reside in the

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and Jamie with her in

. Since Sit was admitted to the hospital for gallstone removal in Mar 2009, as of 2010 all three of her children returned to Hong Kong to lessen her work load and start a career in Hong Kong. Justina acts as Sit's manager as well as looking after Mother Hong Kong Arts Centre. Sit's address has been leaked after her Mid-Levels apartment was among the developments that were locked down by the Hong Kong Government on March 13, 2021, in a bid to contain a new COVID-19 outbreak. The Independent.SG. 2021-03-22

Awards

Performance Awards

Other Awards

References

External links

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Nancy Sit Ka-Yin at hkmdb.com

Nancy Sit at senscritique.com

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sit, Nancy 1950 births Living people Hong Kong film actresses Hong Kong television actresses TVB actors 20th-century Hong Kong actresses 21st-century Hong Kong actresses Hong Kong television presenters Hong Kong women television presenters Hong Kong child actresses Hong Kong women comedians