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Françoise Yip

Françoise Yip

Actor · Born 1972-09-04 · North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Biography

Françoise Fong-Wa Yip ( born September 4, 1972) is a Canadian actress. Her best-known roles are the redeemable bad girls in Jackie Chan's Rumble in the Bronx and Jet Li's Black Mask. The critical and financial success of Rumble in the Bronx (and its subsequent number-one box-office bow in the United States) made Yip an instant success and garnered her two Hong Kong Film Award nominations. She continued to do movies and star in TV, but her roles were less known or temporary. The characters she plays often get killed or serve as a background character. Yip appeared in the television series Andromeda as two different characters. Her first character was arrested, and her final character was murdered. She did two movies with Jet Li, the first as a lead romantic interest in Black Mask and the second in Romeo Must Die, but this time she played a Chinese gangster motorcycle assassin killed by Jet Li and Aaliyah. An unfortunate aspect of her career is that none of the TV shows she starred in lasted beyond a full season, and if she did have a starring role in a movie it was a straight-to-video/DVD film. Her most recent appearance was in the new Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem movie, and she gue…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Arrow (2012) — The Priestess
  2. The Predator (2018) — Tracking Supervisor
  3. Smallville (2001) — Lia Teng
  4. Blade: Trinity (2004) — Virago
  5. Everything, Everything (2017) — Dr. Francis
  6. Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (2007) — Ms. Y
  7. iZombie (2015) — Meg Nevins
  8. Fringe (2008) — Dr. Rosa Oporto
  9. Romeo Must Die (2000) — Motorcycle Fighter
  10. The Pledge (2001) — Bartender at Airport
  11. Rumble in the Bronx (1995) — Nancy
  12. Wayward Pines (2015) — Sharon
  13. The Order (2019) — Kepler
  14. Travelers (2016) — Judge
  15. Alone in the Dark (2005) — Agent Cheung
  16. Caprica (2010) — Desiree Willow
  17. Edison (2005) — Crow
  18. Kung Fu (2021) — Diana Soong
  19. Andromeda (2000) — Rekel Ben-Tzion
  20. Sanctuary (2008) — Dr. Lillian Lee
  21. Black Mask (1996) — Yeuk Laan
  22. Millennium (1996) — Stewardess #2
  23. Goosebumps (2023) — Victoria Chen
  24. The Dead Zone (2002) — Maria
  25. The King of Fighters (2009) — Chizuru Kagura
  26. Earth: Final Conflict (1997) — Beverly Wu
  27. Karen Kingsbury's Maggie's Christmas Miracle (2017) — Lauren
  28. Blood Ties (2007) — Kate Lam
  29. Garage Sale Mystery (2013) — Katherine Norbet
  30. Futuresport (1999) — Keahi
  31. The Wedding Banquet (2025) — Susan
  32. Robocop: Prime Directives (2001) — Lexx Icon
  33. Rip in Time (2022) — Dr. Zarkhai
  34. A Little Christmas Charm (2020) — Sheyla Green
  35. Flash Gordon (2007) — Susan Glass
  36. For Better or For Worse (2014) — Beverly
  37. The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story (2014) — Pauline Gosselaar
  38. Men in Trees (2006) — Alice K
  39. The Perfect Bride: Wedding Bells (2018) — Georgia
  40. Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From the Heart (2016) — Becca